I wanted to introduce you to Anna.
You got like, a real, like, grown-up gal.
[Mina] She's his accountant.
Giving him some "financial advice."
[Mina] Isn't she pretty?
It's smoked.
I don't know if I'm fixing to get razed today, but...
So, you're saying you want me to go first?
-[Cory] Get in there! -[Mina] You're such a gentleman.
[Austin] One, two, three.
[Cory] Chop and pop, baby!
-What the hell? -[Mina] Hey, hey, hey!
-We have lost the sewer line. -[Tad] Oh [bleep].
-Top five favorite things you've ever done. -Really?
Can't remember the other four, but I know they're there.
[laughs]
-[Mina] Ta-da! -Oh my goodness.
[Lindsey] Oh, it's so beautiful.
[Mina] Mom and I take one some of the nastiest houses you've ever seen.
Our team isn't afraid to tackle the worst of the worst.
[Karen] That is so gross!
[Mina] Holy cow!
Then we turn those rundown houses
into some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man] Wow. -[woman] I love it!
♪ Whoa oh-oh, whoa oh ♪
[Mina shrieks]
You lost a bag.
-Good thing you own that property. -[Mina] Yeah.
I am doing the never ending job of picking up
after the dog and the kids, and the yard.
And I get to meet Tad's new girlfriend, so...
It's very exciting.
Brought you some coffee.
-Thank you. -[Tad] There you go.
We were in the neighborhood and wanted to stop by,
-and-- -How long have you guys been dating?
-[Tad and Anna] Three months. -[Mina] Okay.
-Three months now. -[Mina] Okay.
Well, I'm actually his tax accountant.
-So... -She's on the clock right now.
So, you got like, a real, like, a grown up gal.
-Yeah, oh, yeah. -This will be good for you.
Yeah, I know, it's exciting.
Anna seems like...
like, a real grown-up.
She's got a stable job,
like, they met
in, you know, not a bar.
So, I think this is promising.
[Tad] What are-- what are you up to today?
I'm swooping Cory
and going, uh, over to Singleton.
-Oh, nice, okay, back to Bates. -[Mina] It's been a minute.
Yeah.
All right, well, thank you guys for the coffee.
-Thank you for coming by, it was lovely meeting you. -Okay.
-Lovely to meet you, too. -Yeah.
-I'm gonna go get Cory and roll to Singleton. -[Tad] Cool.
-[Mina] Bye, guys. -[both] Bye.
[Mina] I'll come back for you, poop.
My hands are full.
I just met Tad's new girl, have you got to meet her yet?
No, I haven't. I heard she's a sweetheart.
She seems sweet and she's his accountant.
-Ohh! -[Mina] Yeah.
Giving him some "financial advice" huh?
-That's fantastic. -[Mina] Yeah, but...
back to, uh, the plan at hand.
We're heading to Singleton.
Singleton's in the more southern part of Bates-Hendricks
and that neighborhood has grown
into one of the most desirable places to live in Indianapolis
over the past few years.
We did a house in Singleton a few years back...
-Ohh, ah! [laughs] -[Mina] Oh my God!
...which was a roach infested nightmare.
And this house isn't much better.
So, the one that we're going to is like, four houses down from that
and, uh, it's had a fire also like your house.
-Oh, no. -Um, so little to no roof.
There's a bedroom on the front
and then at the back of the house is the kitchen and bathroom.
But, the foundation at the back of the house is shot,
so it's gotta come off.
I got this for $35,000 which is a bit steep.
But Bates-Henricks has steadily been rising in prices,
so, I think it was still a good deal.
It's gonna need a whole heck of a lot of work.
-There's like, a crappy shed addition. -Oh.
So, it's definitely gonna be a chop and pop.
-A chop and pop. -[Mina] Yup.
-Wow, bringing it back to the roots. -Mmm-hmm.
♪ It's gonna get better you're gonna be all right ♪
♪ It's never too late... ♪
♪ Gonna see the sunlight ♪
[Mina] Isn't she pretty?
[Cory] Oh my God.
It's smoked.
It's very zombie apocalypse.
[Cory] This is pretty tattered.
[Mina] We're here for location, we're in Bates-Hendricks.
[Cory] Yeah, definitely paying for location.
This street has come a long way.
It was really dark,
-no street lights. -And cockroaches.
[Cory] Lot of cockroaches.
[Mina] I think the church next door is a strip club.
Uh, it was definitely a speakeasy of some sort.
-We're not sure. -[laughs]
The plan is to keep the front,
-um, and do a two-storied addition on the back. -[Cory] Yes.
[Mina] The shed addition needs to come off.
-That's kind of, always the situation. -[Cory] Okay. Yeah.
-Uh... -[Mina] Let's go around.
So, this looks like a car hit it.
-[Cory] This looks like a music video happened here. -[Mina laughs]
-[Cory laughs] -Because that-- the joist is gone.
-And that's ridded out. -[Cory] What did you do?
[Mina] Well, this is the addition, it's gonna come off anyways.
[Cory] Oh my God!
-[Mina] And this side's just as bad. -[Cory] Yeah.
Wow, Mina.
So, the addition, 100% gone.
And the back is a big garage which needs cleaning up,
but otherwise, it should be good.
-[Cory] Okay. -[Mina] All right, come inside.
[grunting]
-[Cory laughing] -I have short legs!
-Oh, what was that? -[Mina] I have short legs.
[Cory] Watch the dome.
Ta-da!
[Cory] It's got skylights!
[Mina] It's got skylights.
-I know you love skylights. -This is fantastic!
[Mina] I love it so much.
[Cory] Me too!
Kinda like the olden days.
[Mina] I know this house would scare most people,
but it's houses exactly like this uh, where I started,
and this one already is demoed so much
I can really see what it can be, and it's gonna be awesome.
So, this back portion
with the kitchen and bathroom, like, that's the--
that's the part that's 100% coming off.
These three rooms is what I wanna keep
and so a two-story addition on the back.
But, we need to get into the crawl space
to check the foundation to see if it's salvageable,
because if it's not, the whole house has to be torn down.
I don't if I'm fixing to get razed today, but...
The raccoons would've left by now.
Oh, yeah, you're sure of that?
-Possums might not have, but raccoons would-- -Including the angry one
that split-- that feels like he's cornered right now and that-- over there.
So, you're saying you want me to go first?
You're such a gentleman.
Cory is willing to let me get attacked first.
-All right. [grunts] -[Cory] Get in there.
Yeah, you know, I'm not one to wanna get bit in the face
with a-- a raccoon that has rabies.
Like, not-- not on today, not any day.
-Okay, this brick isn't bad. -[Cory] Do I really-- do I really need to get down there?
It's a lot further down than I anticipated.
[Mina] A lot of makeshift piers.
-This brick isn't bad from the inside. -[Cory] Hold on.
Hold on, let me see what you got.
-[Mina] That's not bad. -[Cory grunts]
-[grunting] I can't-- -[Mina] That's where we attach to the porch.
But, that corner looks good.
Let me crawl.
Not bad, Cory.
I think this is sufficient.
I think this is good.
[Cory] That corner concerns me a little bit.
-That's not a big deal. -[Mina] That corner does concern me.
[Cory] But, all we need to do is just draw on both directions
-with new foundation in that corner. -[Mina] Yeah.
[Cory] It's actually in really good shape.
[Mina] It's turned out we could save the main portion of the house.
Obviously there are some foundation fixes that need to happen,
but that's gonna be more cost effective than demoing the whole house.
-[Cory] All right. -Okay.
-It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. -No.
-[Cory] Honestly. -[Mina] Keep this,
get rid of the addition,
-put a new two-story addition. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
It's good to hear that you're saving it, though, that makes my heart so happy.
-I always will if I can. -Mmm.
Some of the houses that are being torn down in this neighborhood
are being replaced with a-- like, a modern-style home
and, uh, that's not really indicative of what the neighborhood used to be.
And our goal is to get the neighborhood
back to its original charm, if you will.
[Mina] Obviously, we have plenty of work to do.
The back of the house needs to come off
since the foundation is wrecked.
Then we can build on a new addition,
we can reconfigure the front of the original house
which should get us four bedroom and a two-and-a-half bath
which is what we're gonna need to be able to be competitive
against some of these new builds around here.
What is your perception on how much it's gonna take
to do this little dance in here for--
to keep it, rehab it and put the addition on?
[Mina] It was $35,000 to buy and because the foundation under the house is fixable,
I think if we stay around $265,000 for the renovation budget
so, all in it $300,000,
I can list it for about $370,000
which would give me a profit of $70,000.
-I think we can make it happen. -[Mina] I think-- oh my God!
-It's a bird's nest. -[Cory] Don't touch it.
-Well-- -You always wanna touch things.
-If we-- -I wonder if there's actually eggs in it.
[chuckles] Do you-- do you need another stool?
No, I'll just take my camera.
[Mina gasps] Oh my God!
[Mina] I wonder if there's actually eggs in it.
[gasps] Oh my God!
-There are eggs! -[Cory] I know, it's brand new nest.
-Oh my God! -And there's three of 'em!
[Mina] So pretty.
We can pay homage to this when we get done with--
Do not tell mom there were birds in here.
-I'm gonna tell Karen 100-- 100 p. -Don't!
-She's gonna find out. -[Mina] No!
We can't move that though, right?
[Cory] So, you're gonna hold off demo until...
[Mina] I think you have to, there's like, rules.
[reading] Please note that under the law, it is not legal
to simply move the nest to another location in your yard.
Additionally, it's unlikely the parent bird will continue to use it,
and they'll abandon the eggs and try to build the nest.
-So, do you wanna murder babies? -[chuckles]
They just take- I don't know.
They chill for about two weeks.
So, either have two weeks of waiting
before we can do anything with the property,
or we find out sooner than later
that the birds aren't even really alive in the eggs,
which is very possible because it's Indiana
and it's been cold and then it's been hot and then it's been really cold.
So... ugh.
We'll leave the nest.
We'll keep an eye on it, we'll just peak in here
and actually see if it's an active nest.
-I think we can make it happen. -I need you to put it
on your daily rotation to come check on the birds, okay?
Of-- [scoffs] I'm gonna kill you.
-It'll be fun, you'll be, like, their daddy. -[indistinct muttering]
Put in on your daily rotation.
♪ Ooh-ah, ooh-ah I should've known ♪
♪ Ooh-ah, ooh-ah ♪
-[Mina] Hey, boys. -[Tad] Buenos dias.
-[both] Hello. -[Mina] Our bird's nest
is gone, took care of itself.
We came to check on the bird's nest a few times
and at the most recent visit, the eggs were gone.
The nest is still there, so, they possibly got eaten
maybe something else, but,
they're no longer there which means we can start demolition.
-We're keeping, uh, the house. -Okay.
Just gonna take off the shed addition.
We need to get a couple more of the layers off
in preparation for pulling it when the excavator shows up.
Mom will be here a bit later,
but there's nothing really in this house to save,
so she's not gonna miss much this morning.
So, get inside and rock and roll.
-[Cory] This is fantastic. -[Tad] All right.
[Austin] One, two, three
-Hang on. -You need--
Okay, that's a nice tool you got there.
[Tad] Why don't you just climb up there kick him?
[Mina] This is not that kind of demo,
because it's gonna wanna take the whole house with it.
The walls look good.
[Mina] I started on the addition,
heading the members of the ceiling
that we're attaching into the vertical structure of the house
to make sure we don't pull the main house down with the addition.
-[Tad] -[Mina] No, no, no, no, no.
-[Cory] Don't break stuff, man. -Don't do anything back there.
We're taking that off with the ex.
No, we're gonna knock these out
and we're gonna push this wall over today.
[Mina] No, we're not.
Why would we not?
'Cause we're taking it off with the excavator.
-That's so boring. -[Mina] Exciting.
Well, you know what.
Today was rough, it was kind of, a little bit of a...
a boring demo day to be honest.
-Um-- -But, when we bought the house,
it was pretty much already all stripped anyway.
-So, like, the amount of work was already approaching zero. -Right. Right.
I'll do boring things.
[Mina] Tad is just very upset
that he just has to do regular demo
instead of monkeying around on the addition,
uh, and swinging from the rafters.
-What the hell? -[Mina] Hey, hey, hey, there's people here.
[Tad] I'll do boring things.
[Mina] Tad is just very upset
that he just has to do regular demo.
-What the hell? -[Mina] Hey, hey, hey, there's people here.
I'm on a [bleep] ladder, dude.
[Tad] Whoo.
I'm on this ladder
and Tad is shattering glass all around me.
-[Karen] Of course he is. -I'm terrified, the house is shaking.
-It's time to get out of here. -Mmm-hmm.
Anyone that's within a five foot radius of you is just bound to get hurt.
I had no idea Cory was outside on the ladder.
I would never put him or any of the other team
in potentially harm's way.
So, it was a good reminder to be hyperaware
on demo days so nobody gets hurt.
[Cory] Chop and pop, baby!
Wow!
Good job.
All right, wow! This looks good.
The addition came off
with just a few chomps from the excavator
and now really, we just need to get the mess cleaned up.
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
[Cory] Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, Karen.
I've got an idea.
We have a bunch of bricks,
that don't have a, like, a perfect shape to them.
-Yeah. -And I think that we pay homage
to what once was.
-Uh-huh. -By using the bricks for a water feature.
Like, right back in that corner,
do something that looks kinda like a ruin.
-[Cory] Yes. -[Mina] What are you three planning?
[Cory] Oh, no.
We're fixing to put in a water feature.
-Easy-peasy. -What are you-- what are making it out of?
-Well-- -The brick rubble.
So, these vintage bricks are gonna make an amazing water feature
and I already know what Mina's gonna say.
"It doesn't add value to the house, not all the clients like it",
but I don't care, we do what we want.
Hey, also, I kept my promise to her
and I didn't tell you about the robin's egg nest
uh, that we found, so, sh-- oh!
She's lucky we didn't make a bird themed macrame lamp, okay?
-You would what? -I--
-I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about. -[laughs]
[Mina] Our foundation crew has been hard at work
not only fixing the existing foundation under the main house,
applying footers and laying blocks
for a brand new two-story addition.
We're on schedule to start framing in a couple of weeks.
-[Cory] Good morning! -[Mina] Good morning.
-How's it going? -Good.
Which means I need to finalize the floor plans
so we can stay on track.
All right, listen, we gotta go over Singleton.
-Mmm-hmm. -Because...
uh, we've got a lot of work to do here.
[chuckles] Our floor plan ends up being
new construction from here back...
-[Cory] Hmm. -...original, just like, the-the T of the front.
My goodness, not much left after we get done here, huh?
-[Mina] Mmm-mmm. No. -Okay.
[Mina] So, when you walk in the front door,
you enter into an open public space
consisting of the living room, dining room and kitchen.
I love this little layout up here, this is--
-[Mina] Mmm-hmm. -That's my favorite.
[Mina] And then everything past these rooms are the new additions.
So, on the left will be a powder room
with a laundry room in the utility space
and then, at the back of the house is the main bedroom
with attached en suite and closet space.
And that's the only way to access the backyard currently
-from the main en suite? The only way. -Yeah.
-That's different for us.
Well, I mean, you have the garage and you also can just...
-go outside. -Yeah. [chuckles softly]
Just go out there.
And then, the second floor, you walk up the staircase
into a hallway that curves right towards the back of the house.
You have a bedroom on the right of the hallway
and a bedroom on the back of the house
with a shared guest bath on the left of the hall.
And right when you get to the top of the stairs,
you have a flex space that I want to adjust slightly
- to add a closet. -[Cory] There-- okay.
[Mina] So it can be counted as a fourth bedroom.
So, we'd have technically three bedrooms up here and one bath.
[Cory] Interesting.
-Yeah. -Are we gonna pay homage to the little
-bird in some capacity? -[Mina] If you--
I will cut you.
[laughs]
-See you. -[Mina] I hate you.
Our addition at Singleton is going up smoothly
which is gonna give us enough space
in this Bates-Hendricks house
to squeeze in our four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths
which is exactly what we need to be competitive
in this prime neighborhood.
So, I wanna make a couple tweaks to the main level layout
before we get too far.
-I had so much caffeine this morning. -[Cory speaks indistinctly]
You're so jazzed.
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
If you come back here,
-this is kinda the-- your utility rooms. -Right.
-So, this is the half bath, washer and dryer. -Mmm-hmm.
-Utility room. -Mmm-hmm.
So, if we pull the water heater,
-put it under the stairs. -Yup.
-Take the furnace, put it in an attic somewhere. -[Todd] Right.
-We have this space free, then. -Mmm-hmm.
So, what do we do with this space?
[Cory] Oh my God.
I have the best idea.
Instead of having the half-bath here,
this is the walk-in pantry.
-[Mina] Put the half-bath over here. -Because...
because this is a little pantry thing,
-we'll wall this off, right? -Wall this off.
-No one will ever know you're back here. -[Mina] Wall this out.
So, you can keep the door there, where it was,
-and people think it's just a small little closet. -[Mina] And I'll have--
Right, I'll have the Iron Timbers boys
make white shaker-like pantry door.
So, the whole thing opens together
so, it looks like a cabinet,
-you can open it. -[Todd] Oh, that would be awesome.
-And then you-you take this out-- -With the-- whole wall--
-We're taking everything incorporated. -Yeah.
-So, looks like a totally hidden-- -[Todd] Yeah.
Cory has this great idea to do a walk-in pantry.
But we'll make the door look like the kitchen cabinets
so it looks like a pantry, like,
"Oh, I'm gonna open up my pantry cabinet",
then, boom!
Like, you walk in and you have this huge pantry.
We've been wanting to do that for a while, so,
this is a good opportunity.
So, basically, I wanna move the furnace and water heater
out of the existing utility area
so that can become the half bath,
and then the old half bath
which is walling the backside of the new kitchen now,
that becomes our huge, hidden walk-in pantry
and it's gonna be an awesome surprise
and something that's definitely gonna set our house apart
in this competitive Bates-Hendricks market.
Let me know if I'm forgetting anything
-and then we'll get the updated plans set. -[Cory] Yeah.
All right, come on.
♪ ... ♪
♪ Yeah, I will make you mine ♪
[Mina] We're vaulting the ceilings in that front room at Singleton
and they're gonna make a huge impact
which is really gonna set this house apart in the neighborhood
and hopefully get us a healthy return.
And outside, our siding is up.
Windows are going in and our front porch is being installed
along with our back deck.
-[Tad] Hello. -Hi.
However, we've run into an issue in the backyard
so, I've called the boys over to help me out.
-So, this is the situation. -[Tad] Yeah, what's going on?
We've lost the sewer line.
[Tad] Oh [bleep].
I know.
Not a fun game, not a fun day.
[Tad] Yeah, it's a mess.
We've lost the sewer line.
[Tad] Oh [bleep].
-What does that mean? -The main is 40 feet down,
we had it located
and it pretty much runs through the center of the garage
so, about where the door is,
and comes in to the property.
So, we had to replace all the original plumbing in the house
with new plumbing and then connect that back to the sewer.
But when the demo team dug for the new foundation,
they just threw caution to the wind
and dug up our sewer, buried it, I don't really know.
So now, it's a fun game of find the sewer line
somewhere in the backyard to re-attach to.
I think it might be under the deck, I'm not sure,
and I really don't want to un-build the deck,
so, this is a fun game.
It's probably good that we're far away from the house,
but digging down to locate it?
I know. It shouldn't be more than, like...
tops four feet deep.
So, what I'm hoping is,
we'll have to ride a few feet-- down a few feet,
-we find it and it's solid. -[chuckles]
-Yeah. -And we can do a clean cut,
attach and bore into the crawl from there.
[Tad] You guys talk, I'm gonna start digging.
[Mina] So, my thought was, bring the boys in here,
hour of digging, get down a couple feet,
see if we can locate the sewer line and save a chunk of money.
[Tad] Man, the sidewalk is still here.
[Mina] It is still there?
[Tad] Yeah.
Yeah, it's a mess.
But, you know, an inch down, we hit the sidewalk.
So, that plan failed.
-Floored it. [laughs] -[Cory] This sucks.
Obviously you can't dig through the sidewalk.
It'd be about an hour of digging
to get the little opening we need
to see if there's a sewer.
I think if you had the sewer company come out, though, like,
it's gonna take them 15 minutes to-to find that spot.
[Mina] That's what I was trying to avoid
-and getting it figured out quicker. -Yeah.
[Mina] We're not gonna be able to solve this today.
I wanted to try to avoid the extra cost
of scoping or bringing in equipment,
but the concrete is blocking where I potentially think the pipe could be.
So, it's not a problem we're gonna be able to solve today.
[Tad] That fully built deck,
and no connection.
But they were way ahead of the game on the deck board, at least.
-Grab that other shovel and let's-- -[Cory] Yeah.
-Get out of here for now, then. -[Cory] Okay, let's do it.
♪ Won't take no for answer ♪
♪ I don't apologize ♪
[Mina] After getting the plumbers out to scope the find the new sewer line,
they were able to locate it without tearing out our new deck
and luckily, everything's intact.
So, with our plumbing back on track,
we're able to finish our framing and start getting drywall up
which means MJ and I can start figuring out the design
that will mirror the old, original house with this massive new addition.
The thing I love most about this house is the original footprint.
-Yeah? -And that we're adding on
to the original footprint.
-Yeah. -So, you can be in, like,
"This is the original house, this is the new part of the house."
but it's all gonna flow and blend together.
[Mina] Yeah, 'cause the new part will start
-at the staircase, right? -Mmm-hmm.
I'm sticking to my guns about wanting a little, like, peek-a-boo
-to see the staircase. -Okay.
We did a cutout kinda thing like this, uh, at our Hoyt house, last year.
So I think something like that would be really cool here.
So a few weeks back, I had Cory meet with the guys
to start figuring out something creative for it.
We're gonna put like, an insertive railing in here
so you could see up into the stairs.
Some sort of jail style in the ceiling knowing Mina.
-[Dustin] Probably. -[laughs]
So we're already ahead of the game
and adding some great interests right in the front.
So right when you walk in the front doors, boom.
-So, this... -Love that.
...we have not used before.
This is loose lay.
[MJ] I'm into loose lay.
Because it doesn't have locking mechanisms,
you can put it in a ton of patterns.
And I think kind of like at my house,
where we did the herringbone in the public space
-transitioned and then did a straight lay... -Yep.
...and then, talking through tile.
-I think I like the browns in this. -Mmm-hmm.
'Cause it pulls in the floor, it pulls in those.
And then we can really have the focus
on the sick range hood thing.
-Amazing. -I'm very excited about that.
-Covered range hood. -Yes.
So talking to the guys last time they were in Indy,
I wanna have them make a custom island for over here
-that looks like a piece of furniture... -[MJ] Okay.
-...that matches the custom dining table over here. -The dining table.
-Love that. -So pink color and metal.
-Yeah. -This is not usually a you thing.
I have wanted to do polished nickel for a minute.
-We always do brass or black. -Yeah.
I think this is our polished nickel house.
Maybe do this in like,
-like cabinet pulls, but not like... -Mmm-hmm.
-...in all the door hardware all the bathroom stuff. -Yep.
-Okay. -Yes.
[Mina] I think we can pair it with like,
-a bronze or a black. -[MJ] Yeah.
-Okay. -I see this stack of wallpaper.
Oh, yeah, so I brought some options
for, uh, the main bedroom.
I love this, but I'm a grandma.
I get that it's probably not like, the right thing.
Between these two, I think...
picking one of those and doing it like,
do a chair rail detail and just do it above.
-Love. -This is just a slice of it,
but it's like thin stripe, thick stripe, thin stripe, thick stripe.
-[MJ] Okay. This is great. -[Mina] Okay.
And then, upstairs is a tub shower unit.
So no tile up there.
But the main en suite we need to pick.
-So, I kind of like that. -I love this.
[Mina] Based on this, we're going kind of like,
-serene-y spa vibe. -Mmm-hmm. Yep.
-The backyard is very spacious. -Okay.
You know your mom's gonna wanna do a water feature.
Great. I'm good with that.
-I'm feeling it. You feeling it? -I love it.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[Mina] Now that drywall's up,
we're moving quickly over at Singleton.
And since we're going for the serene spa look in the whole house,
we're keeping it pretty neutral in the kitchen
with off-white shaker cabinets
and then just a pop of contrast with the black countertop.
Good morning, Karen.
Good morning, Cory.
Look at this pile of bricks.
-[Karen] Uh-huh. -This is fantastic.
[Mina] And in the backyard,
Mom and Cory are repurposing those old bricks
we found on demo day
with the help of Adelle and my sister's dog, Ted,
that Mom is dog sitting right now.
[Cory] Hi, Ted!
-[Karen] Everybody gets a dog. -[Cory] No.
-[Karen] Everybody gets a dog. -[Cory] I-- Just let me pet--
[Cory] Just let me pet you. I know.
So what we're gonna do,
is we're gonna bring the bricks up around it.
[Cory] So, we're going above ground essentially.
[Karen] We're going above ground.
-We're gonna put some cinder block back here... -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
[Cory] I love that.
[Karen] ...to sit our green man on.
-Because he needs a nice stable base. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
Well, I've had this green man for a while.
And he's called a green man not because of his color,
but because of the leafy things.
And he's this auspicious symbol
of rebirth and new growth.
And he is going to be the centerpiece of this water feature.
[Cory] Here, we can treat it forward a little bit.
[Karen] So step one is getting the reservoir in place.
Here, we're just gonna-- There we go.
How much are we gonna mix? Half a bag?
Then mixing the mortar and then laying the bricks.
And Cory's over there, sorting through the bricks,
getting the good ones for me...
[Cory] I like this.
[Karen] ...bringing 'em to me,
and I'm mortaring them and laying them in place.
[Cory] Yeah, you know what that sounds like?
A well-oiled machine.
-[Karen] Are you happy? -[Cory] This thing is so freaking cool.
[Karen] And then the next step
is getting the tubing and the pump
so this is a functional water feature.
And the lastly,
we just need to get our surroundings all organized and set up.
[Cory] Oh, yeah, this is great.
This is part one.
Part two is we're gonna make this into the landscape, right?
-[Cory] Yeah. -[Karen] All right, let's go get a beverage.
-Sounds like we need a landscape plan. -Yeah.
[Mina] We're getting closer everyday over here at Singleton,
and to give the black and white exterior a pop of color,
I splurged on some copper-look gutters
which are higher-end ... should love.
Inside, our cozy, warm brown paint is up,
and it looks like flooring is going down in a fun basket weave pattern
in the main living area of the house,
which gives a ton of wow factor
for not a lot of extra cost.
[Cory] When's this dance?
Well, this is your dining table.
-Oh, this is the dining table? -And then this is the island.
[Mina] And Mom, Tad and Cory, are checking on some projects
that will give some wow factor to our kitchen, too.
-Well, this is gonna be awkward... -This thing looks awesome.
...cause the plates are gonna fall on the floor.
[all laughing]
Well, it's a new concept, this--
-[all laughing] -I'll tell you what, this is sweet.
-[Karen] Yeah. -[Cory] This is the island.
[Caleb] This is the island.
-I love that it's bar height. -[Dustin] Right?
Mina has sent us down here
to check on the plethora of projects
that the guys are doing for us at Singleton.
Yeah, it's-- it's a lot.
We got the custom dining room table,
and then we got the sick island
that's huge.
-[Karen] Mmm-hmm. -She really wanted it to look like a piece of furniture,
and the mission was accomplished.
Yeah, and these are saints.
There's nothing that they can't accomplish.
You-- are you guys doing a secret pantry entrance for us?
Well, we haven't manifested it yet,
-but you know, we're in the process of that. -[Cory] Okay, yeah.
[Gary] That how it'll look like--
-the rest of the cabinets in the kitchen, right? -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
-[Gary] There's no calamine. -[Karen] Right.
[Karen] So, it just looks like a cabinet.
-[Cory] Mmm-hmm. -Just want to kind of give you an idea.
[softly] Wait.
So this secret pantry that he's talking about,
can it be a series of secret panels that open
and then, there's a door that opens.
Yeah, like spice racks or something,
and do a little butterfly dance.
[Karen] Yeah, can we do levels of secret? Is that too much?
I just wasted all of your time, I'm very sorry.
-[Cory] And Gary's got his sketch cut out. -[Caleb] Yeah.
-So something serious is about to happen here. -[Karen laughs]
This is gonna actually have storage inside of it.
So there's your hidden secret right there.
-If this could open up... -[Dustin] Yeah.
[Gary] ...and have shelves enough for storage,
and you got the whole door opens up into the space back in here.
I think this might be one of the coolest pantries we've ever done on a house.
Oh, for sure.
I think that this is gonna make a major statement for this house
and be one of the best surprises yet.
[Karen] I say these guys know what they're doing.
-[Cory] Mmm-hmm. -They know we want extra surprises
and we let them do their thing.
-That's what I say. [laughs] -[Cory] Summarized it.
Do we feel good about that?
-I mean... -We'll get with it.
-[Karen] All right, perfect, let's get out of here. -Get it.
-[Gary] See ya, fellas. -[Caleb] See ya, take care.
[Cory] Would we say 84 and five-eighths?
[Tad] Eighty four and five-eighths.
[Mina] Cory and Tad are installing a chair rail
in our main bedroom at Singleton.
It's good stuff.
[Mina] We've got our suite built and hood vent done,
and the marble subway tile going up for a backsplash
for that serene spa vibe we're after.
[Cory] Where are we going?
Uh, the hidden room.
[Mina] And today, I tasked Mom, Austin and MJ
with a special job for our upstairs office.
It sounds like the three stooges out there,
but I only got two stooges.
-What is happening? -I am the third one.
So basically everything past the front staircases
are new addition.
And then upstairs,
we have three bedrooms and one bathroom.
One of which rooms is more like an office slash loft room.
[Austin] Right, and so Mina wants us to install
some antique doors at the top of the stairwell,
so there's a pop of interest on your way up.
Problem being,
that the doors are in pretty rough shape,
and they're not quite wide enough.
So what we're gonna do
is we're gonna add two inches of lumber
to either side of the door,
to make them four inches wider and eliminate the gaps.
-[MJ] Okay. -So I feel like the first thing we should do
is take the glass out.
Oh, look at you.
So these doors are actually rescued
from another house of ours
where they aren't gonna be able to go back in.
So it's nice that we're able to kind of zhuzh them up,
and then reuse them at a totally different location
so they don't go to waste.
Uh, I feel like we could give it a quick sand.
Once we got the doors sanded down
to a nice smooth surface,
we moved on to attaching our lumber to the doors
to give it the extra width we need
to fit the door frame.
So do a little paint on this door,
and then get it while it's laying flat,
and then get it out of the way.
-What do you think? -Yeah.
[MJ] The doors are gonna be a warm brown.
Similar to the beige brown downstairs,
so it ties in to the rest of the house,
but will be a nice accent color
in this upstairs hall
where everything is mostly white.
-Fresh glass. -Oh, look at glass.
This is exciting.
So there should be two in each of these little packages.
All right.
-[Austin] Sliding 'em down with some silicon. -[Karen] Yes.
[Austin] Did you get clear?
-[Karen] Yep, yep. -[MJ] Genius.
[Karen] Oh, we should've done a test fit first.
We're feeling real full of ourselves.
We are fairly confident this is gonna fit.
And sure enough, it does not.
[Austin sighs] Well? [clears throat]
Oh, we should've done a test fit first.
And sure enough, it does not.
[Austin sighs] Well? [clears throat]
Today, tragedy struck
as we neared the finish line with these doors,
because the glass we ordered does not fit.
It's a super buzzkill.
But all is not lost.
Because we can finish up all the steps we need to do with the doors,
take the glass back, get it sized correctly,
then plop it in and-- [smacks lips]
Voila, dunzo.
All right, so,
what we're gonna do is we're gonna solve the problem...
-[Austin] Yeah. -...by taking him the doors,
and letting him measure.
Which is probably what we should've done to begin with.
[Austin] Beautiful.
-We feel good about that? -[MJ] Yeah.
♪ Ah ♪
♪ Heading in The right direction ♪
♪ Going my path ♪
[Mina] As we finish up some final details at Singleton,
MJ and I are putting up our striped wallpaper
above the chair rail in the main bedroom.
We did it.
It's really pump up that serene spa vibe we're going for.
[Karen] Oh!
-Oh, the angels are singing right now. -Sits like a glove.
[Mina] And Mom and the boys got the right glass
for the office doors,
and they're finishing that up.
-[Karen] Perfect. -[MJ] Look at that.
-[MJ] We did it. -[Karen] We did it, we're done.
[Mina] All that's left is some landscaping work
and the house will be done.
[Karen] Our weigela are not as picky
as our rhododendrons about drainage.
These guys will be fine.
They look good, look how pretty that is.
[Austin] Yeah.
-[Karen] Okay. -[MJ] Cute.
Put that guy to the left of the juniper.
-[Karen] Hi. -[Tad] That looks incredible.
[Karen] No, it's gonna look good, right?
This looks amazing.
[Cory] Morning, team.
-[Karen] Oh, good morning. -[Tad] Morning.
Sorry for my late arrival.
-You better be. -[Cory laughs]
[Karen] Look how good your guy looks.
This is fantastic.
[Karen] Let's see how much this pumps.
Let's see if it hits anybody.
[MJ] Oh, it's gonna Austin for sure.
[Karen] This is adorable.
[MJ] I know.
Top five favorite things we've ever done.
-Really? -Can't remember the other four,
-but I know they're there. -[laughs]
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ I'm loving everything You say you like ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ And everything we do Is feeling right ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[Mina] The final pieces to this house
are all fun projects the boys whipped up for us.
So they are installing
the iron peak through cut out of the stairs,
and our super cool hidden door in the pantry.
And then with their custom dining table and island in,
we're ready to start staging.
[MJ] Cute little washable rug.
[Mina] I was worried it was gonna be too high 'cause...
It is a little bit high, but that's okay.
-[Mina] It looks really good. -It's okay.
[Mina] We're getting this house ready to show tomorrow
to a potential buyer, Lindsey.
[MJ] We took monochromatic to the next level
-with this rug, for sure. -[Mina laughs]
[Mina] I wanted a serene spa vibe in this house,
so I used a lot of soft colors and natural elements
to create a relaxing environment
that really feels like a homey little getaway.
Where do you want these little buggers?
-Um, kind of just around this corner... -Over here or over here?
[MJ] ...as extra seating.
-Cute. -[Mina] We're ready.
[Mina] Good job.
♪ Hey ♪
♪ I'm a sunshine Shining on you ♪
♪ I'm a feel-good feeling Like ooh ♪
[Mina] Good morning.
[all] Hi.
[Mina] It's so nice to meet you.
-[Lindsey] I'm Lindsey. -[Karen] Look at the excitement.
Today, we are at Singleton,
and I'm showing the house to Lindsey
and her friend, Hillary,
who apparently is an avid house hunter, very experienced,
and it's finally done, so they get to check it out.
So this is a great little pocket of Bates-Hendricks.
And now you will be hopefully the newest member of...
-I will be. [laughs] -[Mina] ...the Singleton team.
I'm so excited.
I love it so much.
[Mina] How do you feel about the white black window, copper gutter?
[Lindsey] I love it. The copper gutters are such a nice addition.
[Hillary] It's like jewelry.
[Lindsey] Really adds some additional contrast.
[Hillary] Oh, I love the green, the green door.
-The green door. -That's my favorite color.
-[Lindsey] I love the door. -[Hillary] I mean, it's not my house,
-[Hillary] but my favorite color. -[Lindsey laughs]
-So I'm glad you guys like it. -[Lindsey] So good, I love it.
[Lindsey] I'm so excited.
[Mina] The front shape,
-if you look at the two roof lines... -[Lindsey] Mmm-hmm?
[Mina] ...that is the portion of the house that existed before,
and that we kept.
There was an addition on the back that we took off,
and then added that two storey,
-which is the back two roof lines. -[Lindsey] Yeah. Mmm-hmm.
So, a pretty small chunk of the actual original home
was all that's left.
It's still the same shape, it's still very quaint.
I don't know if it's a phase or what,
but I'm obsessed with board and batten.
[Hillary] And they're light.
-It's so pretty. -[Lindsey] I know, I love the white, I--
I'm very much into white aesthetic.
-[Mina] Love it. -We tried to give you a little bit of color
[Karen] with your landscaping.
And this is-- I don't say the word right,
but I'm not changing how I say it.
-These are weigelas. -[Lindsey] Yeah?
This is sonic bloom weigela.
-[Mina] It's a fun name. -[Karen] It'll top out just below the windows,
-[Karen] so it'll get a little bigger. -[Lindsey] Oh, nice.
-And you don't have to do anything. -[Lindsey] Perfect.
All right, let's go check out the inside.
-Ta-da! -Oh, my goodness.
[Lindsey] Oh, it's so beautiful.
-Ta-da! -Oh, my goodness.
-Oh, it's so beautiful. -[Hilary] Ooh.
[Lindsey] Look how high the ceilings are.
-[Hillary] Oh, wow. -[Lindsey] It's so beautiful.
-[Hillary] It's so perfect. -[Lindsey] Aw, Hillary. [laughs]
Don't make me cry.
-It's supposed to be happy. -I know.
Lindsey's friend started crying for her.
Because she was so happy
that Lindsey was going to get this amazing house.
And I--
I feel like that's the first time that's ever happened.
-It's like, a really good friend. -Yeah.
So really, all that was here before,
-it felt very open floor plan before... -[Lindsey] Mmm-hmm.
[Mina] ...because there was only like,
- maybe five or six studs left in the house. - [Lindsey] Yeah.
[Mina] And now, you have this nice big open space.
High ceilings always just make the square footage
-seem like so much more. -Yes, yes.
I love it so much, it's perfect.
-[Hillary] Mmm-hmm. -[Lindsey] I'm a single woman, right, living here?
So it's a perfect balance of having a nice open space
-without really having so much square footage... -[Mina] Yeah.
...that I have to maintain.
So I love, I love how it's situated.
You talked about maintenance.
These floors are basically maintenance-free.
They're the easiest floors to take care of in the world.
[Lindsey] I think it's beautiful.
I wanna show you one more thing about this peekaboo.
-[Lindsey] Yes. -[Mina] Instead of a solid wall there,
[Mina] you can see just a little but further.
So it brings your eye, gives you something interesting.
And it just opens it up a little bit more.
-I really, really love it. -I agree.
I love that rounded edge on the top.
-[Lindsey] Yeah. -[Hillary] It's so pretty.
-So let's go take a look through there. -[Lindsey] Yeah, sounds great.
Awesome.
[Karen] Oh, there you go.
-Goodness, I love it. -[Mina] I love it here.
-[Lindsey] I love it, look at the light. -[Hillary] Oh, my gosh.
-Look at the lighting fixture. -Oh, crap.
-I didn't even see that.
[Lindsey] There's so much to look at.
[Mina] We don't do polished nickel a lot.
And MJ and I were just feeling it.
[Hillary] Love the contrast of the black window frames.
-[Lindsey] Yeah. Yeah, me too. -Incredible.
This chunk and this chunk is original construction.
And then from the staircase wall back,
there was an addition that we've removed that was small.
And then put this big new addition on top.
-[Lindsey] Yeah. -[Mina] So, that's all brand new block foundation...
-[Lindsey] Brand new. -[Mina] ...brand new framing.
All right, let's take a closer look at the kitchen over here.
-Oh, yeah. -Oh.
-I love this island. -[laughs] I love it too.
-[Lindsey] I love the height of it as well. - [Hillary] It's gorgeous.
[Lindsey] I particularly enjoy
that the pattern that's on the countertop isn't super heavy.
And it doesn't--
It's not like, visually distracting.
[Hillary] I also love there's this subtle pattern in the countertop,
that you pick up in the tile.
But it doesn't...
-Like, they're not fighting. -[Mina] Yeah.
They're not, yes, they're not fighting each other.
Also wanna show you your pantry,
so you got a little bit extra space over here.
But you also have...
[Lindsey and Hillary] Oh, my goodness.
[Hillary laughs] Are you kidding me?
Look how big this is.
This is incredible.
[Mina] The things that usually clutter the counter...
-Yeah? I love it. -[Mina] ...could all go in there.
I don't know how you live your life.
Mine with kids,
I, no joke like, re-clean my pantry every other week.
Mom has an open shelf life.
-I can't live it. -[Karen] Yeah.
I live the open shelf life.
-So this is kind of the best of both. -[Karen] I'm bold like that.
I think we need to take a moment
and talk about the hood.
It definitely deserves a moment.
It's beautiful, it's substantial.
-It becomes like an architectural piece. -[Lindsey] I'm not gonna lie--
[Lindsey] Yes. It is very, very architectural.
That is the better way to describe it.
[Mina] Let's go up and see your main bedroom.
[Karen] Come on in.
[Lindsey] Oh, my goodness.
[Hillary] This is dreamy.
-[Lindsey] I love it. -[Hillary] This is adult.
It is adult.
[Mina] So this was all part of the old shed addition
on the back of the house that we had to tear down.
So now, all this is brand new construction.
[Lindsey] I love the detail with the grasscloth.
I love it so much, I love the, the doors in the room.
Oh, we're gonna walk out of those in a few minutes, so.
What size do you think that bed is?
[Lindsey] It's a full.
-It's a queen. -[Karen] No, no, no, it's a queen.
-[Lindsey] Really? -[Mina] It's a queen.
-[Lindsey] It looks like it's like, miniature in here. -[Mina] I know.
So one of the things that I was really, really looking forward
when I was looking at houses,
-was a sizeable main bedroom. -[Mina] Yeah.
-[Hillary] Mmm-hmm? -This could satisfy my need
-as far as the space is concerned. -[Karen] I mean,
-you have dressers on each side of the bed. -Yes.
-And there's still plenty of room. -[Lindsey] Tons of room.
You know, when you step in to a space
and it feels like, warm and inviting.
[Karen] And you wanna touch things.
It's like that car commercial
where you lick the handle 'cause now it's yours.
[all laugh]
You're gonna wanna lick the bathtub.
-[all laugh] -'Cause it's really cute.
[Lindsey] I'm so excited.
-[Hillary] Yeah, we should go see. -[Lindsey] Okay.
[Lindsey] Oh, my goodness.
Oh, boy.
♪ Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh... ♪
-[Lindsey] This is incredible. -[Hillary] Ooh. [laughs]
[Karen] Will you get in the tub?
-[Hillary] This is a great tub, Linds. -[Karen] This is...
[Karen] So...
-[Hillary] Oh, my God. -Love it.
[Mina] You look fabulous.
-[Hillary] You know, this really is dreamy. -[Lindsey] Yeah.
-[Mina] And you have a double vanity. -[Lindsey] I love it.
[Mina] I think if we didn't have the few wood elements,
the wood mears along with the floor.
It would feel very cold.
And then, this light fixture, which I feel like...
-[Lindsey] Oh, my gosh, I didn't even see that. -[Mina] Yeah.
Doesn't even get it's moment,
-'cause there's so many other cool things. -That is so cool.
You know what else didn't get its moment?
The tile in the shower.
So beautiful.
[Mina] There's a couple more spaces,
but while we're down here,
we can go out in the backyard and see your--
[Karen] You're gonna see my magnum opus, girl, come on.
[Lindsey] I'm so excited.
It's so beautiful, it's so peaceful.
-[Hillary] This space just feels so good. -[Lindsey] Mmm-hmm.
[Mina] This deck back here also has a lot of false steps.
I just want you to look in the distance.
We have the best water feature that Cory and I've ever made.
[Lindsey] Look at the flowers.
That is really, really cool.
Are you working from home? Do you go into an office?
What do you do?
I work from home.
-My office is based out of here... -[whooshes]
...but I work exclusively from home.
Didn't even know that.
-We're gonna go see your office upstairs. -Ooh!
-[all laughing] -[Hillary] So exciting!
[Mina] What is your fourth bedroom but also...
-Look at these doors. -[Mina] ...an office.
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
So up here you have three technical bedrooms,
as well as a full bath.
But this one's perfect for the office.
Because not only do you get this light
-from those windows... -Stairs.
-The stair light is unbelievable. -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
-[Karen] Mmm-hmm. -[Lindsey] It's-- it's really great.
It's like, the perfect size for an office,
it would be the perfect size for a nursery
-if I have a child. -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
-It's a great functional, useful space. -[Mina] Yeah.
All right, let's go downstairs...
-Okay. -...to the kitchen and
kind of go through everything.
♪ I wanna know ♪
♪ What it takes to go The distance on my own ♪
[Lindsey] It's beautiful. It is so, so beautiful.
It just feels like...
It feels...
I don't know, she just sighed,
-and it feels like... -[sighs]
...it feels comfortable and it feels like home,
and it feels really inviting, and it's so beautiful.
[Mina] This is,
-gosh I think we're like, 1865 square feet. -[Lindsey] Mmm-hmm.
You're gonna have four bedrooms, two and half baths,
you've got the garage.
So I think when you do decide to you know,
do your next step after this house,
I think you're gonna be in a really good position
with everything that's happening
in Bates-Hendricks, in the surrounding neighborhoods downtown.
So it'll be good now house,
but also I think a good investment house for you.
The purchase price for this was $35,000.
And we ended up putting in $265,000
for an all-in investment of $300,000.
And Lindsey loved the house so much,
she wants to get it under contract at list price
which is $370,000,
leaving us with a final profit of $70,000.
So I feel like we should get some delivery service
to bring us some margaritas,
-and just go reconvene at the back patio, right? -[Lindsey] That's awesome.
I think that's a really great idea.
-[Mina] Let's get out there. -Let's go enjoy the back.
[Lindsey] So exciting!
♪ And make 'em mine Is what I do ♪
♪ Na, na, na, Na, na, na ♪