I do have some bad news.
When I was doing demo, I accidentally stuck my finger
-on that needle. -No, you didn't.
-I for sure did. -Well, then,
we gotta go get another tetanus shot.
[Joanna] So Chip bought an investment property.
This house gives me the chills.
What?
Did you just see, that door closed on its own?
What have you gotten us into?
[Chip] They didn't use proper rebar.
We should bulldoze this 1000 square feet.
[Joanna] I have the movers scheduled.
-[grunts] -Whoo hoo hoo!
Hopefully we can surprise Chip and get it to the finish line.
I'm starting to have some regrets.
High risk...
I'm done with the high-return crap.
This house is a piece.
-Baby, you can't say crap. -Oh.
Okay, Chip. Are you ready to see your fixer upper?
-Yes! -[Joanna] Go, Duke.
Wow, mate. What?
♪ Oh, I love me some home ♪
All right, Minty Green. Be sweet to me, baby.
Today I'm at a property that I bought that we're gonna try to flip,
and I'm lovingly referring to it as minty-green.
[Chip] It's probably been little over a decade
that I've been trying to buy this sucker.
I got a call.
The seller was finally interested in selling this house,
and so I bought it sight unseen.
The house is a lot bigger
than most of the houses in this neighborhood
which is the only thing that leaves me a little pause.
It's got a really funky layout.
Lots of add-ons.
I probably am gonna have
my hands full with this project.
The house is great. The neighborhood is great.
Let's just hope that it doesn't have so many problems
that Jo is forced to kill me.
[exhales] Okay. So far, so good.
All right.
Jo is not gonna kill me.
So far, the floors look great.
These gorgeous French doors.
So far, it looks like I've...
Made an incredible decision.
See this?
That is nothing to worry about.
Little bit of insulation
came down through the HVAC duct.
That's easy. We got that.
Oh!
But, in the kitchen,
a hole in the floor is never a good thing.
These are cast iron pipes,
I can almost assure you that all that stuff's
gonna have to be redone.
That's $10-15,000 worth of...
problems.
And then look at this. Look at the ceiling.
[laughing]
That's bad.
This is clear water damage.
This is the evidence of a bad roof.
Which is bad.
All right. What else we got? What else we got?
When you run into these situations,
you can really find some things of value.
Dolls always valuable.
Raccoons, everybody wants one of these.
Oh, shoot!
Okay, the raccoon has no value.
Oh no.
When you buy a place like this,
you kind of assume that maybe somebody's gonna come in
and clean some of this stuff out.
but in this particular case,
they were kind enough
to leave all of these valuable things for us
to find. Like this.
What is this?
That is a bit spooky.
Wonder what they did with all this.
Definitely makes you wonder, you know,
Whoa!
Spooky!
Jo is not gonna like that.
[Joanna] Hello?
If I start like this, a lot of times you...
you don't get as mad later.
Oh, so this is a sign, you're in a pickle?
Yeah, remember how I told you, it was as bad as any...
we've done before?
Are you in the house?
I'm in the house. Can you see behind me?
Is it really that bad?
I may have under-estimated this one.
Oh, Duke is in here.
Duke, listen, bro.
Are you ready to get to work?
-Uh, sure. -There's a few things--
We were actually gonna go on a little lunch date, babe.
Well, there's a few things in here
that I think Duke could sell
at a flea market or something,
and maybe pick up a few bucks.
But then, after that,
I need you to, like, tell me,
what the floor plan should look like
and all that smart stuff you always do.
There's some messed up stuff going on here, babe.
There's a sign that I found, that says
"This house is haunted."
And you know how I'm like, "Yeah, right."
But then I walked in and I kept hearing these children,
uh... laughing underneath the crawl space.
-Oh, goodness. -Okay, come on.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna start demo like now.
[Joanna] Give me 30 minutes.
Come... Come sooner.
Bye.
Come now, babe.
You're gonna love it.
She hung up.
[music playing]
[Joanna] You look like you're in trouble,
Duke...
This was hard house to get.
But hopefully one day, you'll get to live in it.
Uh...
-You wanna live here? -Don't think I wanna live in here.
I don't like the green.
[Joanna laughs]
[Joanna] I didn't realize this had no roof.
It's like disintegrated.
So Chip bought an investment property
that he calls the minty green project,
-and... -High-risk, high return.
High-risk.
I'm done with the high-return crap.
This house is a piece.
Baby, you can't say crap.
-Oh. -It's like a g-rated...
-They can bleep me. -Oh.
Babe, it was not on the market.
This one is one of these
that the guy didn't wanna sell it.
He grew up in this house, so it had a lot of
sentimental value.
But it took me so long to get this guy to finally...
-[Joanna] Let go of it? Okay. -...agree to sell it.
So. Chip, before we actually mess with the house,
remind me again how many bathrooms, bedrooms.
[Chip] There's five bedrooms, four bathrooms,
about 3500 square feet.
[Joanna] This house is so much bigger than it looks.
[Chip] It was built in the 1950s,
and has just been sitting vacant here for about 15 years.
Are you about to hand me a house,
that we have to spend a lot of money to fix?
It's like, foundation, roof, siding, windows...
-Yes. -I can do nothing pretty?
No, you can do $50000
-worth of pretty. -Okay.
-And I'll tell you for sure it's haunted. -[Joanna chuckles]
Duke, did you bring that cross that we have you
-when you were a little kid? when you were a little baby? -Shh! Quiet.
-[laughing] -You're not touching this one.
He's gonna stay in the car.
Can we go check this house out
before you guys start the demo?
-Come on! Let's go check this out, Duke man. -Okay.
Age before beauty.
[Duke] Not bad.
Oh, babe, it's not that bad.
What do you say?
-I told you? -Popcorn ceilings?
It's like...
this were a kind of a renovation.
These floors.
The floor. The fireplace.
[Joanna] Wow. Okay. Okay.
[Chip] What do you say, Duke?
Better than I thought it was gonna be.
Same here, this is nice, it's clean.
-Okay, so... -[Chip] Shh!
-[wind howling faintly] -Oh sheesh!
[Chip] What was that?
I have no idea.
[Chip imitating ghost kid's voice] Help me!
[laughter]
You hear that?
Duke, would you live in a house
-that was haunted like that? -No.
-No way. -[Joanna] He's not even making
eye contact with you anymore.
What?
"If you walk any further, I will take the young one."
Babe, go in the next room.
Bring this, in case we need it.
Okay, dining, I see it.
Hey, bump on that a little bit, bro.
Oh.
Just, barely, don't... don't... not right there.
-like bump around it. -[Joanna] Just around it.
[Chip] There you go. Like that.
Totally...
Did you just see that door closed on its own...
Watch this.
If you are here,
Please show us by closing the door.
[laughing]
What?
I hate you.
What have you gotten us into?
[Chip] We're sorry, but we're gonna come
a little further into your house.
-Oh no! -Okay.
Good feeling, gone.
[Chip] Check this kitchen out.
This isn't too bad, right?
Kind of got this cool cottage-y... feel.
[Joanna] Interesting, this situation.
It's a home plate.
It is a home-plate.
[Chip] Yeah, it does look like a baseball field, doesn't it?
Holy cow, so babe,
there are a lot of holes in the floor and the ceiling.
[Chip] I think we're gonna have to take a few steps back
before we take a few steps forward, you know.
That's a cute little back den.
[Chip] Right? That's what I was saying.
[Joanna] So this is the den.
That's the formal living and dining,
kitchen and then all the bedrooms
-down here. -[thud]
Oh, great!
[Joanna] Oh, my gosh.
What is this little room? This is weird.
This is like the tiniest little...
-Yikes. -Fireplace room.
Duke, you know why... What happened to cause that floor
to give out like that?
Uh, those bugs...
-Look up. -No.
-Water leaking? -Water.
So that water leaked,
-And then this whole area collapsed... -Just fell through.
because of the weight.
And then it continued to leak
And it just literally, just...
rotted this floor out.
Now look at this.
That's bad.
[Joanna] This house gives me the chills.
I'm gonna get out of here, Chip. I've got the floor plan
I'm working on just from paper,
but there's a ton of cleanup in here,
and I'd say overall,
don't take any of the big walls out.
Just demo the basics.
Fair enough. Adios.
-Be careful. Okay. -Okay.
Scaled to 1 to 10, how haunted is this house?
Oh, it's a ten.
[Chip] Baby, it answers a lot of questions
about all those people that were yelling at us,
"Help! Help!"
While we were doing the walkthrough.
I don't like it.
[Chip] All right, come on, Duke, haunted or not, let's go to work bro.
Okay.
Don't know it that's gonna work.
Okay, so look. Don't hit it on this side, okay?
This is like a...
-What the... -[Duke laughs]
This house is freaking me out. Let's get out of here.
I got to see this backyard.
[laughs] Okay.
[Chip] Oof! Gee whiz!
Listen to me, Duke.
Before we bulldoze something like this,
we always want to check it out on the inside.
-Okay? -Okay?
Oh my [indistinct]
There's gotta be something cool and valuable.
No, nothing's cool in here.
[Chip] Nothing's cool or valuable?
No.
Oh hey, this is cool, Duke.
Check out this cool bottle.
No.
You see anything?
Oh what? Duke!
That's a casket.
-[Duke] That thing they keep people in? -What?
Yeah, this is the thing they put dead people in.
Let's see what's inside.
What?
[Duke] Ah, there's nothing.
[Chip] Wait, do you smell that?
-[Chip] Yeah, I know. -Oh.
-What in the world... -Hey, look.
Oh. Let's keep that.
Here, hold on a second.
Okay, let me whack that.
There you go, just like that.
[engine starts]
All right. You ready?
Here, we're just gonna pick it up
and put it on top of the skid steer.
All right, here we go, dude.
Here, it's a little too wide.
So we're gonna turn this thing,
and I'm gonna pull it out
-and you just walk with it, okay? -Okay.
All right, here we go.
[forklift beeping]
Why is my kid handling a coffin?
[metal scraping]
So I pull up to pick up Duke,
then I see Chip with a skid steer
backing out with a coffin.
I'm thinking Chip is trying to figure out a way
to repurpose this casket
and maybe potentially make it a flower box.
-I'm actually think about maybe -We're hauling that thing off.
-Making it like, I can do uh-- -No.
Like a dummy door.
-Like a trap door of sorts. -We're not doing any of that. Yeah. No.
[rattling]
[Joanna] Duke stand up right here.
Would you come back for another demo day?
-Not if dad's involved. -[chuckles]
Do you need to go to counselling?
-No. -[Joanna chuckles] Okay.
-Let's go to lunch. -Okay.
-Come on. -[Duke chuckles]
[upbeat music playing]
[Chip] After clearing out the rooms
and finishing with demo
we discover some seriously significant issues
with the backside of the house
that now we need a little time to discuss.
Demo day on this thing was like demo week.
This was not a typical ordeal to say the least.
[Joanna] Yeah.
I always wondered what was add-on in this thing.
This feels like a garage.
[Chip] Babe, all of this was add-on.
They did not use proper rebars
so this is the reason that all of this rubble is just rubble.
They used this wire mesh that you would use
-for like a chicken coop. -No, man.
Oh, my gosh.
[Chip] And these folks made some
pretty severe flaws along the way.
Not least of which was building a slab foundation
for this entire section of the house.
It had zero chance of performing
past 10-15 years.
-[knocking board] -I don't like it.
Listen, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt, babe.
Of all the experience
-that I've had in this business. -Yeah.
We should bulldoze this 1000 square feet
and pretend it never happened.
But the problem is we're going to loose our tail.
On the flip.
-We're screwed no matter how you slice it-- -That's not great.
That's not gr... It's terrible. It's embarrassing.
-I'm embarrassed at myself. -[Joanna laughs]
I am. I'm serious.
I'm supposed to be a freaking expert.
If I can't figure this out, who could?
-Well-- -I'm telling you.
When I had the opportunity to buy this house
I knew it was a winner.
And I knew wrong-ly.
[Joanna chuckles]
Well, this just seems done really wrong. So--
-So let's just bulldoze all of this. -Bulldoze it off.
And so now our whole objective is to not loose any more.
And by bulldozing this 1000 square feet
we're going to loose less in the end.
-Repeat after me. -Okay.
Loose less.
Where every step moving forward
the decision is going to be
-driven by losing less. -[Joanna sighs] It's hard.
-Loose less. -Loose less.
[Chip] But that's it.
We're going to have to be very, very conservative
moving forward on all the decision
from this point moving forward
in order for us to even break even on this one.
And my wife is not-- That's not her forte.
-It's not. -That's not her expertise.
[Chip sighs]
[whispers] I've already ordered the tiles for the kitchen.
What do you mean? As in big bucks?
-Just nice. -[Chip sighs]
Moving forward I will loose less
but when I looked at the plans
like I've already done like the countertops,
the flooring and the back splash.
Let me just have that and everything else.
-Yeah. -I'm going to make you proud.
Okay. You can have those things--
But don't make your loose my loose.
We'll take that as a loss.
I've got a few losses on my side
but moving forward all the decisions
need o be very practical and very budget conscience.
I am practical.
-Come on. We've got this. -Let's go.
[Chip] Hey we may just make it out of here alive after all.
Oh, my gosh.
What have I gotten our selves into.
[birds chirping]
-[Joanna] Hey, Chip. -[Chip] Yes, ma'am.
Hey, I want to show you these plans for Minty Greens.
-Sit right here. -[Chip] Ooh. What?
A design meeting with me?
Yeah, it's going to be very quick and hopefully efficient.
[whispers] Oh, man.
[Joanna] So that we can get on the same page.
So the biggest thing I need you to notice here,
this is the new floor plan.
I'm just going to go over with you
then I'm going to hand this over and you're going to--
Go to work.
-So, this is the new front door you walk into here. -Okay.
[Joanna] So what you walk into now is a cool entry
creating this nice foyer with shiplap walls
and an arched opening into the dining room.
[Chip] I like that.
We're going to be in great shape.
[Joanna] So you got your dining and your kitchen
I'm going to splurge on the kitchen--
[Chip] Lightly...
or massively?
I am going to make the kitchen really cute.
This is like the island.
-We've got a big built in, big windows. -Hm.
The kitchen's what can sell this house.
[Chip] I believe that.
The kitchen will help sell it.
But don't go bananas.
I like being a part. More part.
-Of this? -Of like the planning...
-phases. -Oh, that's fun.
It's like do you want me to help you
with any selections? Like, design wise?
What color do you think the floor should be?
Stained or white?
[whispers] Say white.
Stained.
[laughs] I knew you weren't going to answer that.
[Chip laughs]
Okay. So, you imagine either like a newly married couple--
-Hold on. I got to ask another question. -Okay.
You know how you're so good at this?
Okay. Thank you. That's very nice.
Babe listen to me. In my opinion
-you are incredible at this. -Oh.
But when you do this you envision
the person that's going to buy it from us.
Like see when I do this, I think about a market.
-Hm. -And I hope there's a 100 people...
-[chuckles] Okay. -Really.
-Trying to buy a house right that minute. -Yeah.
And if the 100 people I hope that 10 of them
sincerely consider this house
and of those 10 I hope that one pulls the trigger
and makes us an offer we can't refuse
and we sell it to that person.
-Okay. Yeah. -That's the probabilities I'm working against.
-I can't design for a 100 people. -Right.
So I imagine a specific type of person--
But walk me through that a little bit.
So a lot of newly married couples
-they start in this area. -Yeah.
-I get that. -It's like family friendly.
-Uh-huh. -But the prices are really affordable,
-the houses are unique and cute. -Yeah. Right.
It's kind of this, you know,
-this little area where a lot of younger families. -Entry level spot.
Okay. So when you see room
-who is it that's buying this house... -I have to-- It is a--
...and what is it you want to put in there
-that they can't live without. -Yeah.
It's either newly married couple that has no kids
or couple that has like one kid.
-Okay. -That's what is this home.
That's who I am designing for.
Well, that's fine babe. [claps]
So one of the things I'm most excited about,
you've got this beautiful primary suite.
We're going to brake this entry into your bedroom.
-[Chip] I didn't even catch that. -[Joanna] Connect you
to the closet, the bath room
And then you step in here and it's all--
[Chip] Like a really nice hotel room?
It's just like a hotel room.
[Chip] Wow. I like that.
So this just feels unique
-to lot of the houses... -That is so unique.
...we were designing. We don't get--
What made you think of that?
This goes back to that newly married couple
that's going to remind them of their honeymoon
in the hotel but right off of that you got these doors
that are open you can, like in morning,
you wake up you can walk into your library
-with this little fire place, these beautiful stairs. -[Chip] Sweet.
When I bought Minty Green
this is all that I ever dreamt of.
Okay, babe.
Bid this out I kind of need to know
pretty quick what my material budget is?
-There's going to be some other things-- -Why aren't these
ever like no brainer.
Uh... I don't think this business is no brainer.
If people are wanting to actually make money.
-If you want to be in the flipping business-- -Let's do this seminars
where we talk people out of it.
That should be our seminar. [chuckles]
Yeah, we would be good at that.
Hey, listen you all, you actually make no money.
-Ninety nine dollars come this weekend to the local hotel. -Yeah.
It costs them a 100 bucks
for us to save them thousands of dollars.
-We could save people thousands. -Yeah.
Maybe more.
We could be the demotivational speakers.
I'm going to go draw this up.
-I've got some ideas. -Get me my budget.
That was fun, Chip.
[crackling]
[Chip] With a floor plan finalized
we were able to demo that back part
of the house with the foundation issues.
And now we're full steam ahead with construction.
We've stripped the shingle siding.
Reframed the house.
Added the windows.
Obviously a new roof.
And started wrapping the chimney
with this really cool stone.
[knocking]
Each of these bricks, you know,
are pretty drastically different in size.
So you either got to make up for that with the mortar
or you got to make up with that by picking up a better uh, a better option
'cause at the end of the day what does need to be
pretty consistent is just these joints.
Dang. These things are heavy.
What about these?
[man speaking indistinctly]
These?
[grunts]
You ready?
[strains]
Almost.
[laughing]
Not perfect.
-Man, these freaking thing are heavy. -Hey, Chip.
Hey, Jo.
Hey, let's switch places. I want to catch yours.
Oh, you all playing games?
[man] I'm not a very good thrower.
-You're not a very good thrower? -No.
Worse than me?
[Chip laughs] Oh, my God.
Jo, what are you doing babe?
I need to show you something I'm adding.
All right. We're going to see if we can set a record.
Oh, no.
I can do this with bricks. And I mean, a lot.
I can do with bricks but I don't know about rocks.
-[Chip] That's what I'm saying, rocks are hard. -[Joanna] Oh, my God.
[Chip whooping]
[Joanna] Okay.
I feel like I could do this all day.
-[laughs gruffly] -Y'all are pros.
-Okay, babe. -Okay Jo, what do you got?
Slide back down.
Come here really quick.
[Joanna] Once we have these two chimneys
completely finished with stone.
I wanted to bring in one more area
that'll have that to kind of bring those two together
'cause they're kind of on the opposite ends of each other.
You know, at my garden shed
-how I have got stone steps. -Yeah.
And a stone skirt.
I know what you're talking about. Yeah.
I think I need to do that.
It's like I need one third element of stone.
So I've got the fire place--
You want the skirt to go all the way around the parameter
where the hardy's not?
Or you're just talking about just the entry?
Yeah, we're going to hopefully build up that landscape.
Just like a little faux
-wrap around? -Yeah.
I just need stones stairs and a stone skirt
just here but for cost I can't do it everywhere.
What about some kind of cool indoor out door tile?
-No, it'll just be concrete. -Gotcha
I don't want to add cost
to this project. So if we have left over--
Babe we got tons of material.
-Great. -Then add it here.
So me and Mikey are shopping today.
We're in Salado.
We're at Fletchers book store.
I mean, it's a cute little antique shop
and I found the perfect thing for Minty Green.
I want to show you.
Mikey will you hold this real quick?
I love these windows.
I think they'll be so good in between maybe the living room
and the dining room.
Somewhere in Minty Green.
But I want to incorporate these into the dry wall
so that instead of taking out the wall
we put these pretty windows up so it looks more like
this unique architecture.
And so I've got six of them.
So I'm going to snag these today.
Tyler will you tell me how old are these windows?
Where did you go and find these?
Uh, these came out of an old house in Weldon
that was being torn down
and they were in a butlers panty
between the dining room and the living room.
[Joanna] Thirty five bucks apiece.
I love them. Okay.
So if we can wrap those up I'm going to take them home.
Okay. That sounds great.
-Thank you. -My pleasure.
[Chip] You know, we bought Minty Green,
we were really hoping that these shake shingles on the front
and on the roof were-- We're going to be able to uh,
be refurbished or salvaged
but there were so many of these shingles
themselves that it completely deteriorated.
So as we went back to bid
the new shingles exterior and the roof
it was just astronomical.
So this Hardie siding option was extremely affordable
the stuff lasts forever,
it comes free painted
and so there were a lot of huge benefits
and it was not brainer for out perspective.
[thuds]
[Joanna] It's a more subtle green. It's not as minty green.
It just feels like a brand new house when you look at it.
We'll have these beautiful doors and shutters
that'll help kind of age the house,
so it won't look as brand new here in a couple of weeks.
Jo always finds the most complicated doors in the world.
They're never square.
They never open and close properly.
These are true antiques that she finds...
God knows where.
[motor whirring]
[Joanna] Antique doors do give you a run for your money 'cause--
-No, they give you a run for my money. -[chuckles] Okay, sorry.
They give Chip and the team a run for their money.
[Chip] For Jo
to pick this door out of the litter
and for every one of these guys to actually curse her.
-Her name becomes synonymous with a curse word. -[chuckles]
[laughs] When they say you've been Joanna'd,
-they do not mean that in a positive way at all. -[laughs]
Okay.
That's tight. That's close.
You need me to come a little to the left or you're good here?
We're gonna center it up, yes, sir.
I'm gonna bring it just a little bit.
[hammering]
But then it's really fun to watch these guys step back and they're like
-Joanna. Well, Joanna. -Well, hold on a second.
I mean, it turns. Turns pretty quickly.
Chip, those look awesome.
There it goes.
[grunts]
-I love to see the light bulb go on... -Yes.
off in some of these fellow's eyes.
Girl, look at this.
Dang!
That's special, man. I'm a part of something very unique and very special.
That is sharp. Well done.
All right, Jo. What else you got?
These doors, babe, these cabinets, so
-you guys have these boxes for me? -Yeah.
-I think it's of just a little bit. -Yeah.
-Okay so... yeah. -It'll go there.
-And then I come this way. -This will frame this thing out.
-So listen-- -You know what I'm saying?
How hard this is gonna, this is a 'I get a pain in the butt?'
I thought this wall was a two by six wall,
-it's a two by four wall. -Okay.
-When I did this-- -You thought you were gonna have a little--
When I did this by spice rack in the 3D model,
-I gave myself more space... -Uh-huh.
...for if I wanna do more than spices and I wanna do cups or glasses or a vase.
-I mean are they as little as you would imagine? -The spice will actually fit.
But I don't want a whole kitchen of just like a wall of spices.
That's not super functional for like the real person buying this house.
-Okay. -So, I'm wondering
how hard, I don't wanna tear this wall down but can we further this out
another two inches so it's a two by six wall?
So I messed up on some measurements in the kitchen
so now I've got to figure how to fix it.
Chip's gotta figure how to fix it.
My spice cabinet, I need more of a six inch situation
and right now it's about four inches.
-Got an actual two by six. -So that's a two by six?
So you thought this wall was that, that, that wide?
I, I thought I had more depth here with my spice rack.
So this is actually perfect.
So the only thing we gotta do is basically reset
-all the elements that's not gonna affect any of this. -All the...
I think we'll be in good shape if you're cool with having that additional space.
-I mean it'll definitely give you some... -I would love that.
-...some room to place something other than spice. -That's all I need.
I need some versatility.
But then what I'm wondering even that two inches you're gonna feel it.
Two inches sound insignificant but you run into that plumbing,
two inches is going to be like a mile.
So do I tell Marvin to make this cabinet two inches
thinner 'cause I don't need this to be super deep.
You can buy two inches here and we can move this island over just a little bit.
It'll give you enough room here, it'll give you enough walking space.
It'll be like you never knew it.
The good news is we gotta further out this wall just a couple of inches
All thing being equal, this is the perfect time to be doing this.
-All right. Two inches it is. -Two inches.
Hopefully, with what we have decided today, when you step into the kitchen,
you'll never know all this weird situation was there to begin with
instead it's just a beautiful, seamless space.
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[Joanna] So today I'm meeting with Ray at Homestead pianos.
He took our piano from the farm a few months ago
to restore it, get the paint off.
And I'm getting to see it for the first time.
Hi, Ray.
-Hi. -How are you?
-Fine, thanks. -Wow.
-Welcome to the piano shop. -You've got some beautiful pianos in here.
-It's a completely different-- -Welcome to your piano.
It's a completely different piano and I love it.
Hold on. Did you stain this?
I did not.
-This a raw-- -Raw wood.
How did you get into all of these cracks
-with that green paint? -With a toothbrush.
Unbelievable. How long did it take you?
Um, probably 16-20 hours.
Wow. You have brought this thing back to life.
[Joanna] I'm gonna end up putting this in the entry at Minty Green.
I wanna show the future buyer of this house kinda the potential in that foyer.
I've actually built up the foyer to be largest than most.
So I wanted to put the piano in there and kinda create this you know, beautiful scene.
Can you play something so I can just hear it?
All I've ever heard is the kids banging on it.
I've never actually heard the sound of this piano when it was tuned.
[piano music playing]
You know the fact that it's been restored
and all the original parts are in it, it's functioning.
I really feel like now this is like, this treasure, like this
work of art that I just wanna be very careful with.
[clapping] That's amazing.
I could cry. Oh, my, you really did bring it back to life.
Hearing it tuned, it was just, it was so lovely.
I can't wait to get that thing in that foyer. I think it'll be beautiful.
-[chuckles] -I want it now. Oh, I want to give it a hug.
-Okay. Thank you, Ray. -Okay. Thank you.
[Joanna] I can't believe how fast this project is moving.
In the past few weeks, we've put in dry wall,
finished the fireplace,
installed new floors in the kitchen and the den,
completed the shiplap ceiling in the bedroom
as well as the tile in the bathroom.
The interior has been painted and we've started on the trim
and I'm here today because Chip needs me to pick out
final floor paint colors and carpet for the library.
So I'm gonna go in and do that really quick.
I've got a fun little idea. Let's see if, if I can pull it off.
-Hey, Jo. -Hey, where are you man?
Oh, my goodness, have I got my hands full.
I got, I bit off more than I can chew, babe.
-Sorry, I'm running late. -Where are you at?
I'm at this project on the other side of town, babe.
So I've got myself in a pickle.
Two guys no showed on us.
What do you think if I just try to tackle some of this stuff today.
You stay there. You gotta get that project done.
You feel okay about that?
You've got some big items on the agenda today at Minty.
And if you feel good about moving it forward, then I say move it forward.
If not, I'll be there in 30 minutes.
What if I buy you a couple of days?
What if you kinda let me take this one
and try to get it closer to the finish line?
Baby, you've got like four projects you're supposed to be at today.
You need to go do that. I'll take care of Minty...
Okay, babe.
-I'm gonna make you proud. -Yeah. go get them plant lady.
Bye.
[Joanna] I told Chip to
stay at the job he's at. What he doesn't know is
I wanna surprise him and see if we can get this thing done and
two or three days, I have the movers scheduled for three days from now.
So I wanna show you what the project is looking like
and hopefully we can surprise Chip and get it to the finish line.
It looks a little messy out here but it's gonna come together really quick.
The front door's gonna be installed.
And then I'm gonna show you
on the inside, we've got a lot of things happening.
Here's the foyer. We're about to paint this with high gloss
paint color.
I'm gonna show you the fireplace that's complete in here.
We still need to do the trim at the base.
These lights are just too big, so I've gotta go find another one really quick.
But in the kitchen, so exciting
because the countertops just got installed.
So the tile will actually get done today now that these are installed.
And then...
Here's the library.
So I'm gonna be picking the carpet for this room.
And then in the primary,
we've just painted the ceiling.
This is the same color as all the trim work in the house.
We're finishing up sanding. This is the last part we've got to sand.
That over in this corner, this is their sample of white.
And so I have these options right here.
This is the color of all the base work. We're doing just nice creamy grey.
And I feel like...
that white is too white. I think I'm liking this, like, warmer white
with this nice grey.
So I'm gonna be doing this white on the floor.
And then my carpet selection
which I've gotta get in today.
I'm gonna eliminate that one and that one.
I think we're gonna go with that one.
It's gonna be really pretty. The walls are gonna be dark.
This'll be a nice plaid carpet.
So I've got a lot to do in two and a half days.
But I'm gonna try to make Chip proud and we're gonna bust it here and get it done.
[Joanna] So much has happened in the last two days.
The wood floors throughout the house have been painted.
The new front door's been installed.
We swapped the light fixture in the dining room.
In the kitchen, the tile's been put in and we've installed the island
and the rest of the cabinets.
Outside, we've put down... and added flower beds.
In the library, carpeting has gone in.
But there is still a lot going on.
I always say that because I just feel like there is a lot going on.
But at this house, there is too much going on.
Wallpaper's cute.
Here we are, a day left and a lot of things haven't been painted yet.
Doors. Big doors haven't been painted yet.
All the trim needs a second coating of paint.
All the vents haven't even been primed yet.
So because we're coming down to the wire,
I had to basically call in the full team
and we're just going to divide and conquer.
Days like today are little more stressful.
What I thought was gonna happen was
the glass door was supposed to start here so this was like a thin drawer.
And then the door start here but he made it... door starts here
so now it's, I don't get why this will be in glass.
So I think we put a panel and it goes away and this is just one solid cabinet.
The big pantry in the kitchen, I saw it on a 3D rendering
and I thought it was gonna be a little different. So now that it is what it is,
it doesn't feel right to me, so now I've just gotta see if we can just cover it.
We'll see if he can do that. Really quick.
Thank you Odiaz.
Chip always does a good job at handing the baton over
when he knows, 'Hey, this is 98% there, Jojo's got it.'
And I took the baton from him at about 80%
and I'm starting to have some regrets.
I love these. I just think they're orange and they're competing with this.
-So do we have the stain? -Yeah, we have. We have.
So I think we need to stain them, I'm sorry.
So typically when these projects are going,
I can kinda go into each room and do my thing.
I think with the timeline and with a lot of the things being unfinished,
we can't actually start yet.
Okay, got it.
No.
Oh, that's pretty.
So it's between this one and that top one.
Can we just keep both of those in here?
Once all the big picture starts to set, like the rugs and the coffee table,
then I can come in each room and kinda fine tune all the details.
That's the part I really love doing.
There was a point in the project where we decided,
'Hey if we can just lose less on this project, get it done.'
[Joanna] So I used a lot of items that I had stored in the warehouse
whether that be chores, trim work.
It felt kinda hotchpotch as we were selecting.
But now when you walk the space, it almost feels like,
''Hey, we kinda knew what we were doing.''
So I think we do two,
four like botanicals that tie together,
a mirror there.
One tree in the corner.
Think at this point it feels like we're gonna be pushing it
This is literally gonna be one of those an all nighter
kind of projects but we're gonna get there because we have no option.
It's just, you know, if I'm gonna sleep tonight.
-[Chip] Hey, mama. -Hey, listen real quick, I have a big problem
and I'm wondering are you close by chance to Minty green.
[Chip] I'm gonna be 10-15 minutes away, what do you mean babe,
-what, why... -Do you hear that voice?
That is water coming out from under the sink in the kitchen
and I can't figure out how to turn it off and there's no one here.
[Chip] I'm 10 or 15 minutes out so hang tight and I'll be there when I can.
-Okay, hustle. -[Chip] Bye.
He bought it.
-[Joanna] We're gonna surprise dad with this. -[Duke] Okay.
I said there was a really bad water leak
and he was like "I'll be there, I'll be there in 10 minutes".
-Oh. -So he's coming thinking he's gonna save the day,
what he doesn't know is that this house is completely finished
and we're revealing this house to him. So he's gets to finally be the...
-Hi. -[Chip] What? What?
-Surprise. Are you ready to see your fixer upper? -Hi.
Babe did you really believe me?
-You get to see it right here on your mark. -I cannot believe you two...
-Yeah. -You know we've never got to like surprise
-you with a... -I want to be surprised too.
-Were you in on this? What? -Yes.
-I cannot believe this. -Is this fun?
Duke really wants to pull this thing.
I feel like I'm gonna blow the reveal because I've seen it.
But you haven't seen it finished and that's the surprise, let's do it.
-Let's do it. Okay. -[Duke] Okay.
I'll be honest with you if it weren't for the ...
I would've never taken on this type of a challenge
Okay, Chip, are you ready to see your fixer upper?
-Yes. -[Joanna] Let's go Duke.
Babe.
-[Joanna] You like it? -You did great.
Chip, stop.
[laughs goofily]
-Stop. Babe isn't it pretty? -Babe, look at the house.
-[Joanna] Isn't it pretty? -[Chip] Wow, babe I mean this is incredible
-[Joanna] It's like a brand new, old house. -[Chip] The chimneys,
the siding, the roof. Oh my goodness, babe this place look great.
[Joanna] It's just a totally different house
-and it's clean and it's pretty. -[Chip] I can't believe it.
Wow.
-Oh, and I brought Crew, Crew made it to the reveal. -What?
-Crew, do you want to live here? -No.
-Okay, babe let's go inside. -Hey, you want to go and see the inside?
-Yeah. -Okay let's go see.
-Wow. Woah. -Woah.
-Say woah good job, mom. -Wow, good job mom
Crew, thank you. Look at this. Do you remember this?
-[Crew] Yes. -[Chip] Go play it.
[Joanna] This is our piano.
-That's the green one in the house. -Yes.
-But I had the striped down. -Holy smokes.
-That's amazing, the detailing. -Crew, come here buddy.
Check the ... Duke, do you remember where the front door used to be?
-Oh, right here. -On the side, right.
[Chip] Babe, this little foyer, This is amazing.
-I love this space -[Chip] Somebody is gonna love this house.
Crew, let's go see some more stuff.
-[Chip] Watch your head. Whoa. -[Joanna] Look how pretty.
-Holy Molly. Son look at this. -Ready guys.
[Chip] This is amazing.
-[Joanna] Look at the molding that got painted. -[Chip] Look at this.
Look at all this work that I did.
-You should be proud of yourself. -Yeah.
Look at the archways I installed. Look at the new windows that I have put in.
Look at the... Who put his rug there?
Look at the floors, how pretty they're. You didn't see the floors.
[Chip] The floors? Hey Crew, listen I need you to jump to me
-This is not the way I thought this reveal was gonna go. -Far. Come on, son.
-As far you can make it? Yeah. -Okay.
-Okay, what else? -Let's go to the living room.
-The living room. -Look how pretty. It's all finished and clean guys.
-[Chip] Whoa babe, you did great job on this room. -I love this room.
Duke, so this where you're talking about the front door used to be here.
-[Duke] And now it's a window. -[Joanna] Now, it's a window.
-I love it. I love it. I love it. -I love the fire place.
-[Joanna] Isn't that pretty Crew? -[Chip] It's crazy.
Hey you all want to see the kitchen. Let's go walk into the kitchen.
He is not impressed with the kitchen. He's gone.
-Look how pretty. -Crew, wow, What do you thing about all this?
-Wow. -That's sounded pretty resounding.
[Chip] Jo, tell me about the kitchen?
[Joanna] What you didn't see was the back splash.
The island top came in, all this storage.
[Chip] I like it. It looks great.
The frame around the fridge looks good.
-[Chip] Duke, what do you think about the kitchen? -[Duke] I like it.
-Do you like this big island? -Mm-hmm.
-[Chip] Where to next mama? Okay. -[Joanna] That back den.
Crew, we're leaving and going to another room.
-Go get that. -No more dude.
-[Chip] Okay, so hey kiddos just go check out the den. -Let's go in that room.
Okay. Crew, come here. [indistinct]
-Come here. Crew, you're gonna get snacks with your sister. -Throw it to me.
-Give it to dad. Come here. Come here. -This is a bad idea.
-See you later Crew. -You'll go into that bathroom.
-Hey, let's go check out the den. -Okay.
-Whoa. -What? Do you remember this?
Duke, What do you remember this room as?
Lot of magazines, weird trophies.
[Chip] What's weird about trophy or two?
-[Joanna] Maybe just a lot of trophies. -[Chip] Lot of trophies.
So Duke, your dad had to do this whole floor all over again.
The foundation was completely shot.
So this room is basically brand new except for the fireplace.
[Chip] Except for the fire place.
[Joanna] Let's go look at the bedroom.
Look how pretty guys. It's like a hotel.
-It's a big bed. -Check this out.
-[Joanna] Isn't this fun? You got this little foyer. -[Chip] Holy smokes.
-[Joanna] Here it is. -[Chip] What a incredible primary suite, so cool.
[Joanna] You said we just got some loose less now.
-From this point-- -[Chip] Did you do that?
Remember I said that the only space I was gonna splurge on was the kitchen.
-This looks like splurge. -[Joanna] No. It's not it's just paint
and trim and a little bit of detail on this ceiling.
-I would, I ... class. -[Chip] Splurge, splurge, splurge.
-All these windows were repurposed. -How much was this fella?
That's not the part of the construction cost.
I want to show you the bathroom. I lost less in here.
it's big.
It's big but I used very affordable materials to make it look pretty.
-Come look. -Can't wait to see numbers on this thing?
-[Joanna] Isn't it pretty? -[Chip] Doesn't look like you saved any money?
-I did. That was leftover from the kitchen. -Marble on the countertops.
[Chip] Joanna, I love the double vanities. This is amazing.
But it is simple. This tile is like three bucks a square foot.
Subway tile. I really think that this is like a suite.
-It get pretty. -Every square inch of this babe, you killed it.
[Chip] I think people are gonna go bonkers for this.
[Joanna] I think they're gonna love it.
But I think your dad gonna love this next room
because the last time he saw it wasn't painted and there was no carpet in here.
-What? -You can go upstairs?
A room upstairs Duke. I haven't seen this, babe.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Duke] ...go upstairs.
-And the carpet. What do you think? -I love the color.
It's interesting, it's real kush.
-I know it's carpet. -What do you think about that though?
[Joanna] I love it, I can imagine breathing in here on the floor.
It's just feels comfortable.
-[Chip] This is amazing. -[Joanna] Duke, do you remember this room?
Wasn't there a big hole in the fireplace or something.
Yeah, I remember a huge leak had eaten out the whole sub floor.
[Duke] Did you add stairs or was it there?
So, this stairs were here but this was all dry walls so you couldn't see through it.
-Isn't that crazy. -[Chip] It's crazy.
-[Chip] All right. What else big mamma? -[Joanna] That's it.
-I just love this house. -This house looks great. What if this was Duke's house?
Like when he's older?
Do you want to buy this for twice what it is worth, yes or No?
-No. They are smart kids. -Kids are smarter than us.
Hey, Duke, let's go check out the front elevation and talk a little bit more
-about the project. Do you want to? Come on, let's go. -Okay.
♪ I wait for you old friend ♪
♪ It's been so long again♪
We did it.
-It looks gorgeous. -[Joanna] She's put together.
But she's still a little quirky like she was when we bought here
-And I like that, I like that element. -[Chip] Yeah, I do too.
And to be honest with you, I don't know if we're gonna make much money, if any.
But the fact that we've been able to do this final good deed
for this beautiful neighborhood, I think is worth it.
[Joanna] I think it's very worth it.
-And Gaines never what? -Quit.
-So do you know how long it took me to get this house. -Ten years.
Ten years bro.
-That's crazy. -[Chip] I can't wait,
let's put it on the market and see what we can do.
-Sounds good. -Thanks for coming with us, Duke.
-Duke, thanks for the help on this project babe. -Welcome.
Yo, well done
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