-I'm sorry for calling you unreliable. -Thank you.
I don't think you're an unreliable person.
I guess I felt you were unreliable at that moment.
That was very selfish, and I do take full responsibility for that.
At Christina's, there hasn't been anything going on for the last few weeks.
There should be no more excuses.
The pool's beautiful, Matt. It really is.
There's been a lot of problems and setbacks at Anthony's.
But Andrew got a lot accomplished in just a very short period.
So, this is already going up.
I can at least see the end. You know, for awhile there, I couldn't.
-Hi, I'm Kate. -Jeff.
-Hi, Jeff. How's it going? -Nice to meet you.
-This is an amazing property. -Thank you!
There's one outstanding project, and that is the pool house.
One of the parts that I'd love to talk to you about,
is the idea of this being, like, a bar.
This part of the property, to me, is the entertainment part.
I don't want to let her down because she trusts me so much.
I'm going to be going through one more round of treatment.
We all were very optimistic after his first round of chemotherapy.
It is disheartening that it's come back. I'm gonna do
everything in my power to help him. He needs us right now.
[upbeat music]
What's with all the pillows over here?
It's a pillow party.
'Cause we couldn't fit on the couch, Jeff.
There's a lot of pillows on this couch.
We got rid of a pillow. We got rid of the big lumbar.
-Actually, Toby chewed it. -[laughs]
I have a few pretty large projects, and I want to finish the work.
A lot of things have gone wrong,
but I believe we can get all of these things accomplished.
And I try to do a weekly meeting
where you kinda have to sit with them and solve the problem.
The project we have to discuss is Anthony's.
All we have left is to build the outdoor kitchen, add the appliances
the outdoor furniture, the sod, and the pots.
Andrew has done a great job with Anthony. He handled a lot of issues over there.
He did get some, um, unfortunate news
that there is a little bit of cancer that resurfaced.
Did you know? Did he tell you?
He's gonna now start... Are they starting a different treatment for him now?
-Yeah, it's... -Not radiation.
No, it's different. A new kind. He's in great spirits.
He seems good. He always says, oh, it's been hard, I'm tired.
but he's doing great at work.
-He also probably likes the distraction. -Yeah. Something to think about.
As of now, he's gonna be able to finish it.
Unless something comes up where we all have to jump in. But...
-I feel so bad. It's awful. -It's terrible.
Okay, what else? Um... What's going on with Kate's? Tyler?
Roof was redone. Tile's there, it's going in soon.
So, in the pavilion, we're redoing that small bar area.
Next to it will be kind of a living room set up.
Then, the back side of the pavilion, there was a pool bath,
but it wasn't usable or functional because there's plumbing work to do.
And so far, everything has been repairs.
The leaking roof, the electrical, the rotted framing,
I mean, I'm pretty much rebuilding that whole damn thing.
I do think it's kind of like a nothing little bathroom.
But since now, we're spending money re-drywalling and putting new fixtures in,
we might as well add a few sconces and make it pretty.
Mm-hmm.
-Christina? -Razmik has started,
and everything is going full-steam ahead now.
-When does the window come in? -The window should be in tomorrow.
-So, let's ask Razmik to install that. -Absolutely.
Razmik is also gonna waterproof hot mop the shower.
Yes, and then we can start tile.
[Jeff] Megan was a little touch and go for awhile.
I was a bit nervous. But I'm glad that she's... back.
She's already painted the fireplace white and removed the screen.
Did all the rough plumbing. But I mean, there's a lot to do.
I'm trying to get as much as I can done quickly.
And then, as soon as we get the drywall in,
then we can start installing the cabinets. Is the cabinet guy ready?
He's absolutely ready. He asked me last week.
-Then Enrique will drywall. -[Megan] Yes.
He's your guy and you think he's really good.
-He's a good guy, that Enrique. -Yeah.
He's not from here.
No matter what you ask, he says, "okay." [laughs]
Isn't he like Russian or something?
Enrique?
I'm telling you, he's Russian or something.
I don't think anyone named Enrique is Russian.
You're thrown off by the name "Enrique."
-[Megan] Yes. -Mm-mm.
Enrique does not sound Russian.
[Megan] South America.
I'm just gonna call him.
You two just keep talking about it.
[phone ringing on other end]
[Enrique] Yes?
Hey, Enrique, how are you? It's Jeff Lewis.
[Enrique] Oh, okay.
Did you get the check for the Campo job?
[Enrique] Yes.
I have a question: Where are you from? Like, what country?
[Enrique] Argentina.
Oh, Argentina. Oh, I was curious. Okay. I never knew.
All right. Thanks, Enrique.
[Enrique] Okay.
Why did I think Russia?
And it's Enrique and he speaks Spanish.
[Megan] Stupidest thing I've ever heard.
[upbeat music]
Are we meeting Matt here?
Matty and Andrew.
Okay, no Anthony. He's out of town?
I don't think he's here.
[upbeat music]
[Andrew] Look at all the welding.
This is gonna be giant beams that goes to each one of those.
[Jeff] We could probably put five stories above it.
[Andrew] Above it. Yeah.
Oh, God.
[Jeff] Oh, no.
Oh, God. How are you?
Why is this mother ****** so big?
We couldn't pull a permit to put aluminum posts up?
No, because there's gonna be an earthquake and you'll be crumbled
then it's like, why'd we do all this work?
Did you know, at one point, aluminum was more precious than gold?
I wanted to build this in gold.
-Well, it cost that much. -Yeah.
The pergola's almost completed. Pool has now been plastered and filled.
Landscaping is happening. The putting green is finished.
So, I think now, Anthony is like, wow, okay, this thing is moving.
It's not like he calls me and says, "I'm really happy with the progress.
You guys have done a lot in three weeks." He doesn't do that.
But I haven't had any nasty messages from him in weeks.
I should knock on wood.
Your pool gets started up today. Aren't you excited?
I'll be excited when you mother******* are off of my property.
You're gonna miss us and you know it.
I'm not even gonna miss you.
Still haven't gotten in my pool, got my feet wet. But today,
they're gonna start the process of running everything.
It'll take a day for everything to clear up
then I can get in and have fun.
But it looks beautiful, can't wait... to have a party.
Now, can we talk to you about the kitchen too?
What about it?
-We originally were gonna order cabinetry, -Mm-hmm.
but because it's 125 degrees in this back yard,
we were gonna build it through cinder block.
Then, we would stucco it and we would still put a countertop on it,
but then we would do the stainless steel doors and drawers.
I think that's gonna be the best for longevity.
To build Anthony's outdoor kitchen, we're gonna be installing an island,
a sink, dishwasher, barbeque, refrigerator, and an ice maker.
Then, we're gonna do comfortable, casual seating in front of the television.
We sat on Friday and picked out all your appliances.
I want to go over that with you.
It's a 42" Wolf barbeque...
Mm-hmm. How much is the Wolf barbeque?
-Oh, it's... -Fifteen thousand?
It's under $7,000 for the barbeque.
-Okay. -And it's nice, Anthony.
-It's Wolf. -Just give him prices right now.
Dishwasher, $3,500.
I don't think I want to go with a dishwasher out here, go on.
Ice maker, $4,600.
I'm not spending $5,000 on an ice maker.
You're gonna come out with buckets of ice?
I'm from the 'hood. I'll bring an ice chest out.
-You're not in the 'hood now. -Yes, I am.
Jeff says, you're not in the 'hood.
I'm always in the 'hood. The 'hood is in my heart.
And then, on top of that, I don't know if I want to spend $4,000
on an ice maker that's this big. No, I'm cool.
What I like about this job is we've never had a budget.
And I'm not liking this budget talk.
There was a budget, you've gone over it.
I told you we were gonna spend $1M.
I told you that. I said we'll spend $1M. We're almost there.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
Oh, good. Megan and Jamie will meet us at Christina's.
That's gonna work out fine, right?
Yep.
[upbeat music]
[saw buzzing]
[tool whirring]
-Hey. -Hey, Jeff.
How's it going? Hi. This looks good.
-The window looks so much better, right? -Oh, yeah.
At Christina's, I'm feeling a little bit of relief seeing a lot of progress.
We've had the window installed. The kitchen cabinets have been installed
but not the door or drawer fronts, 'cause we're waiting for countertops.
Then, in the meantime, what we're working on now,
is kinda the fine details.
[Megan] I found some pendants.
That's pretty.
That matches the back splash.
[Jeff] I like the idea of a black accent with the gold hardware.
-[Megan] Okay. -Then, with the backsplash tile,
-do we want to go all the way up? -I gotta tell ya, I saw a photo
and I saw it go all the way up and it's really pretty.
But that was lighter tiles. This may feel too heavy.
Jeff, what color do you want the shelves?
Painted white is kinda boring.
It's kinda boring.
I was thinking it'd be a natural wood like...
something like this, with a lighter tone.
Could this be a stained grade?
[Megan] The rift oak?
-Is that possible? -[Megan] Yeah.
With the white cabinets and the brass poles, it'll elevate it.
-Okay. -Yeah.
We were gonna paint the shelves white, but it was looking like
a sea of white cabinets to me. So, we're doing light rift oak
so it'll have a little bit of variation.
Then we'll do the hood in light rift oak. We're doing the brass hardware.
And we have two black pendants, but they have kind of brass on the inside.
Which is nice.
This looks great, doesn't it?
There's an aquarium in one of the rooms and it's really dirty
-and the fish are barely hanging on. -Let me look at it.
I don't think Christina's ever come back.
[Megan] And she left the fish to fend for themselves?
Yep. I feel like we need to save them.
-There's a dead one there. -Where?
-Right here. -[Jamie gasps]
They're just living with their dead brother.
You know what it's like? It's like yellow jackets.
[Jeff] Oh, yeah, with the corpse.
There's no dead fish on it.
-[Jeff] What is that? -It's a toy.
[Megan] She must have a service.
Have you seen the house? You think she has a service?
She doesn't even have a gardner.
Christina could benefit from a team.
I'm working on the kitchen and the primary bath, that's it.
However, there's a lot of things there that need to be addressed
if she wants to get the most money for that house.
I would say in multi-million dollar homes, people expect certain things.
I'd redo the pool, redo the landscaping. She's gonna have to work on curb appeal.
Then, my guess is there's gonna be repairs.
-We need to clean this side. Hold on. -I'm gonna leave it open.
Use her loofa. Here.
I bet there's more fish, we just can't see 'em.
-Oh, God. -There you go.
That is really disgusting.
They're gonna love this. Look at them, they're so happy.
[Jeff] How can you tell?
[Shane] They have a new zest for life.
Should I put her loofa back in the shower?
Yeah, hang it back in the shower.
[upbeat music]
All right. Tell Jeff what you told me about when it's raining
and you have to go outside in your country.
When it's raining, you can't talk on the phone.
Because the thunder goes straight to your phone and you die too.
[Shane laughs]
-Believe me. -What?
When it's raining, you can't talk on the phone.
You can't talk on the phone.
Because the thunder or the lightening goes through the phone and you die.
Believe me. That's happened in my country.
-I don't... -[Jeff] You've seen it happen?
Just in my country.
I've hired a pretty good team of people.
Everybody knows it takes a lot to take care of a family and run a household.
And to do that while you're working over full-time,
more than full-time, you need help. I have a lot of people there to cover me.
If you take a nap in the afternoon, under the tree,
when it's raining, as when you wake up, you can have crossed eyes.
That's happening in my town.
That's a very specific scenario.
Yeah.
The common denominator here is the rain.
-It's the rain. -Yeah.
Well, her country.
[Jeff] Or it's Aurora.
Aurora does dumb things on the daily. But when you do find someone
that is good at their job, you want to hold onto them, right.
And now, we have a situation after I had Monroe,
it's like this whole other layer, because now you have to find people
that are good with Monroe, or Monroe likes.
So, you start to overlook things
if someone has a really good relationship or takes good care of your kid.
-You have the list in your head? -How many bottles of olive juice...
I think there's three little ones down there.
-Maybe the larger one. We need juice. -Yeah, big.
Yeah, they just haven't had any, but I'll find 'em.
All right, then just get three of the smaller ones...
I'll find 'em.
Okay. When is your last day?
[Shane] We have a month.
We have to find someone and train them.
Why would you move to Orange County?
Because I just want to be by the beach.
Did you think about how much money you'll lose by this move?
Not that much.
[Shane laughs]
Nancy Cook is our House Manager 'cause she's not just an assistant.
She kind of runs my house. She takes care of a lot of things for me.
The cars are getting washed and house repairs.
And then there's grocery shopping and there's dry cleaning.
She's a former police officer, she also has a gun.
So, she's kinda like security too.
She's worked with me collectively for many, many years.
But now, we're at a situation where she and her partner sold their house,
and they're now moving to Orange County and the commute doesn't make sense.
Can I give this to you, please?
Nancy, you leave us?
[Nancy] Well, we're moving.
She's been talking about it for three weeks.
-You didn't know she was leaving? -Who tell me?
How are you so out of it?
I don't remember. Who tell me?
-So, someone did tell you. -Yeah.
-So, you knew. -Yeah.
You, right?
Why do you act like you don't know?
Yeah, that's weird, right?
[Jeff and Shane laugh]
Oh, because I want to talk to her. We got an issue.
[Nancy] Oh, okay. Uh-huh.
[Aurora] Yeah.
She makes me crazy.
[Aurora] No, I'm not crazy.
The average I.Q. of me and my employees is probably here,
but Nancy brought us up. So, unfortunately, when she leaves,
you know, that average is gonna plummet.
We want to make sure the new person is competent and smart.
Can read your mind.
But more importantly, hot.
-[Shane] Yeah. Cute. -[Jeff] We want it all.
-I mean, look. -I know.
-The bar is so high. -I know.
♪ You got me feelin' so You got me feelin' so alive ♪
♪ So alive, so alive, so alive ♪
♪ We're gonna have a good time ♪
♪ You got me feelin' so alive ♪
♪ Alive We're gonna have a good time ♪
♪ You got me feelin' so alive. ♪
[upbeat music]
[Anthony] So, where are we headed right now?
We're headed... it's called Jackalope. We're gonna buy a bunch of pots
for all the potted plants we're gonna do by the pool,
-and a few in the front yard. -Correct.
Hey, you guys should roll down the window right now.
Roll down your window, Jeff.
Oh, God. Oh, God.
[Anthony] Hey, have you guys seen a star yet?
No, they haven't seen one, Jeff.
They haven't seen one.
-[laughs] -They haven't seen one.
[upbeat music]
[Jeff] So, back there we have a white house with black accents.
Jeff, tell me where these pots are going.
[Jeff] They're going everywhere.
If we can figure out the colors, we can just start choosing the different sizes.
We kind of have to, you know, narrow down just a couple color combos.
We don't want like 17... We don't want the gay rainbow.
[Shane] What's wrong with that?
-Careful where you walk. -I'm lookin'.
Some dog shit over there.
Might be cats, right? Probably cat shit.
No, that's a big-ass cat. No, that's a dog shit. [laughs]
That's a big-ass fat cat.
I love Jerry. Jerry's Anthony's best friend.
They've known each other since they were kids.
You know, Anthony's this huge, successful actor,
and Jerry's a retired UPS driver. And they're best friends.
You ever been bit by a dog?
I had one nibble. This lady said, don't worry about my dog,
that's my baby, blah, blah. I'm looking down and this mother ******
chompin' at my feet right now.
-She's like, my baby! -She break the skin?
No, it was just chompin' on my boots.
[Jeff] It's funny because he just brings Jerry along.
He's fun, he's got a big personality. He's funny.
And he keeps Anthony in good spirits, and happy and positive.
But that's how real Anthony is, right. He's got his old friends.
And those are like, his people.
Well, I need to put them... okay, so, where the firepit is...
I need to do a couple clusters on that patio.
Probably one on the other side. And then I have to do probably a few
by the pergola, outside by the pool.
I think we should start off with two dozen. Don't you, Andrew?
[Andrew] Yes. At least.
I think it's swallowed up, like that.
-I need just a splash of color. -Is that blue?
-Yeah, there's blue in it. -[Jeff] Yeah, that's nice.
-The blue, green, black. -Mm-hmm.
I think we could mix in some of the textured pots.
Do you want to do gray, black? Or black and...
Hey, Jeff, do we like this color?
Minus all this shit. Do we like that color?
That's the color you tried to do your pool, remember?
He was leaning towards that like bad resort...
Cheap Mexico resort.
-No. No cobalt. -Cobalt.
-We're gonna start committing. -I say let's commit to all of it.
-How many blue... Jesus, Andrew! -Help!
-Hold on, don't move. -[shatters]
Oh, ****!
It's okay. We saved all those, just...
Okay. You good?
[snickers]
How many did you break?
-Two. -I didn't break any.
[Anthony laughs]
He ended up breaking more trying to save one from breaking.
-No, no, mother******, just let it fall! -Only one.
-Only one and it was chipped. -How many pots do we have total?
-Ten blue, twelve black, right? -Okay.
And then, count the one he broke.
[laughs]
We're waiting for this kitchen to be finished. Once the kitchen is finished,
we've already landscaped... We just need to do the faux lawn
around the pool and real lawn. Have the furniture delivered.
Then we can place the pots and plant the pots.
He's trying to create this dream back yard for himself and entertaining.
And we really are almost there.
I think these are all a good set. Like, that looks good.
This is nice, that's nice.
[Jeff] I don't think they all have to be huge.
Do you like the story, Shane?
I'm really liking the story that this tells.
-Do you like the story? -What the hell's the story? [laughs]
-We're telling a pot story. -Oh, is that what it is?
-Yes, I like the 'pot'-cast. -Mm-hmm.
[upbeat music]
[power tools whirring]
-Did it break? -No.
So, you're gonna weigh in on furniture, color, then the slab.
We're gonna take pictures 'cause I'm here.
We're gonna take pictures now and send 'em to you.
All right, then, call me anytime. Okay, bye.
Not every celebrity is accessible. They're busy, they're working, traveling.
In Kate's situation, she's been busy working back East.
But we've been able to move forward. This is why she hires me.
So we make the right decisions.
-I just finally reached Kate. -Oh.
Why don't you take a picture of that for her?
-Do you like the tile? -I do.
The tile's nice. It's very light.
-Did we get a picture of the roof? -I did, I did.
I wouldn't take a picture of back there.
-Why? -It's a mess.
-Really? Let me see. -Be very careful.
It's like there, there, and there.
Like a bear?
She doesn't have any pets, does she?
She has kitties.
Well, they don't come out here.
That's not kitty.
Oh, that's like, wild animal.
In the back side of the pavilion, there was four rooms plus a bathroom.
One is the utility room for the pool equipment,
that will stay the same, but it's getting new doors.
Next to it is the changing room which will become a storage room.
-We're gonna drywall this, right? -Has to be.
Next to that is kind of a narrow area, which I thought we could build shelves
and that could be linens. Then, next to that,
is a second changing room. The second changing room
we decided to combine with the bathroom to make one larger bathroom space.
There's like paw prints in the bathroom. Look at that!
What is this? That's a big paw!
[Shane] It's probably a bear.
-Well, that's a small bear. -Small bear.
Does it look like a coyote?
Somebody said they saw a bobcat.
Oh, maybe that's what it is.
I don't know what they were, but I think they're more scared of us,
hopefully, than we're scared of them.
She loves the whole '50s, '60s vibe.
Mm-hmm.
We're gonna do a basic clean pedestal faucet and toilet.
We can find a nice mirror. We'll pick a color to paint the walls.
That'll be nice, because that will be the changing room
and the bathroom, so you don't have to walk around
to a separate changing room. It's all in one.
All right. So, you're gonna get the three lights.
Three lights, three down lights.
We're looking for two sconces. And we're looking for a mirror.
'50's vibe. What was she saying? Scandinavian.
-Scandinavian, California, mid-century. -Okay.
The house is very mid-century. However,
the inspiration pictures she showed me
was not quite the clean, sleek line furniture
that I had expected.
She's seeing that space as a place where she could just relax, read.
So, I think the furniture will not be exactly
what she has in her main house.
I think she's looking for a little more comfort.
So, just keep in mind we need probably a smaller sofa.
-Right? Two chairs, coffee table. -Okay.
If you could find a dining table and chairs, that would be good.
-Okay. -All right. You know what to do. Bye.
-Busy. All right, bye. -[Shane] Bye.
Thank you. Shane. Watch where you're walking
'cause you're not getting in my car if you step in coyote ****.
[Shane] Not in my Coach sneakers, no way.
[upbeat music]
There's Jeff.
Okay, what's going on? What's happening here? Oh, this is gonna start?
Tomorrow they start laying tiles. We...
-Is it the brothers doing it? -Yeah.
-I love them. -You like them, Shane?
(in Spanish) I like the brothers.
You see he's already learned Spanish.
Sometimes at Anthony's, I start to sweat.
When I show up, like, what's today's problem gonna be?
But it's all getting done.
We got all the appliances, all the drawers.
-Tomorrow, we're pouring this. -[Jeff] Is this what it's gonna look like?
How many days is this? And won't this stain the concrete?
What do you think about plexiglass to catch the berries?
-You love that idea. -I hate it.
I could tell. I think you have to figure something out.
You have to cover that because these berries are gonna go everywhere.
Who put this kitchen here?
If only it was five feet that way, we'd be fine.
Don't say that.
Chewy, how many months a year does this tree shed?
Maybe, like a month.
-One month a year. -[Shane] That's nothing.
Can you trim this back now 'cause it's gonna stain our countertops.
-Yeah, I can do that. -Go ahead and do it.
-Can you tell him? Chewy. -Yeah.
Is he Rose and Leo's guy?
-Brother-in-law, yeah. -Oh, nice.
Oh. Mas hermanos.
So, I'm having them, um, trim...
Will you stop trying to prove to me that you speak Spanish?
-More brothers. -Is that what you put when you...
You know what, he's learning as he goes.
(in Spanish) I speak Spanish.
So, let's get the furniture here. We'll place the pots.
When do you install more lights?
-'Cause he's gonna come home... -Thursday.
-and he's gonna send me videos. -Thursday.
You get them, too?
[Jeff] Okay, listen...
[Anthony] I can't be sexy and blind.
We're gonna put lights here. Can we wire everything
so we have lights around here?
And yes, Jeff, I did say I wouldn't call after business hours about my house.
But m***** ******, this is a video.
[laughs]
That's my nickname, mother ******. That's what he calls me.
We all call you that.
I think Andrew's doing a great job. You know, considering his situation,
I was concerned, but he really did well.
It's not just luck, it really is skill,
and I think Andrew's a fantastic project manager.
And I was very impressed. I just feel lucky that we can work together.
And I find that the jobs
move very quickly with Andrew.
I have a lot of confidence in you. I think you might get this done.
-This is gonna get done. -Yeah.
Wow, Andrew's projects get done on time.
Okay. We have a 3:30.
-All right. -[Shane] Here.
-If you walk in the sun. -Thank you, Shane.
You really should be wearing SPF.
[laughs] You're such a smart-ass.
[upbeat music]
Oh, the dog's gassy, I think.
Cian, is that you or the dog?
[Shane laughs]
God! It's so bad.
Tobes, you're all stinky.
What did you have for lunch?
Cabbage.
[laughs]
All right. Do we have Nancy's last date in the calendar?
Yes.
We have to place that ad. If we don't have someone,
we're gonna be in trouble.
We'll find someone like Nancy.
It's gonna be hard to find someone.
-We will. -Okay.
-The person's gotta be smart. -They have to be.
Because you need to start delegating some of these things to the new person.
'Cause he has like seven jobs. Doing so much stuff.
Shane is still my right-hand man and I trust him.
And as a result, I delegate a lot to him.
I mean, the guy works 24/7. He has probably three different jobs.
He is heavily involved in radio.
He's helping with the design business, helping with personal.
Look, he's always thinking about the business. Always.
Okay, how 'bout responsibilities that I mostly stole from someone else's posting.
And then, I tailored it to us.
Okay.
Part time position, nine AM to six PM, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Run errands, shopping, dry cleaning, order groceries, bath and beauty supplies,
other household goods.
Transport dog to daycare and coordinate with groomer.
Oversee and hire vendors for various potential repairs.
Do you want someone to do any sort of travel booking?
That seems time consuming.
It is. So tedious.
Throw that in there somewhere. Like, book travel.
[Cian] That's a lot you're trusting that person. I'm just saying.
But I know that he needs to stop doing certain things that...
His little brain is overloaded.
My little brain. So small.
Are you interested in applying, Cian?
-No. -[Shane] He couldn't do this.
-[laughs] -[Jeff] Yeah.
[Cian] That is like the one position where you can't really be as dumb.
If she forgets any of your groceries, like, you'll just fire them.
-Well, that's... yeah. -[Shane] That's just you.
[laughs]
Jesus.
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I've got a question. This is important.
-What? -What's going on with the fish?
The fish are being moved.
We've had a friend who's been taking care of them.
They're not doing a very good job.
We literally came back in the next day; flawless.
Yeah, it's all clean and everything.
Yeah. It doesn't have a ton of water.
[Megan] Oh, it's perfect!
Those are the Three Musketeers.
-They, and boy, they're resilient. -Yeah, they really are good fish.
-[Jeff] Hey. -Hi! How's it going?
-Got you a lemonade. -Oh, thanks. I'm really excited.
We have snacks too. We got some, if you're hungry.
-Doritos. -Sorry, I'm late.
-The fish are good. Everything's great. -Everything's good.
-Who cleaned it? -Oh, wow!
The guy who works for us.
[Jeff] This week at Christina's, there's been a lot of progress.
So, now we can start looking at things and make the design decisions.
So now, we can move forward quickly.
[Megan] Anyway, this is the presentation.
[Christina] Oh, neat. These are nice.
[Megan] Yeah, so, those are some of our options for pendants.
Yeah, I created some for you.
Ooh! So nice.
[Megan] So, that's Jeff's favorite. I like the texture.
We're gonna have stone, we'll have wood. And I think introducing a metal...
-Yeah, it is really nice. -It's cool.
This one is 23 high and 28 wide.
[laughs]
That seems big.
-That seems big. That's huge. -Yeah.
-You could do one. -No, you gotta do two.
It's been committed. There are holes already.
They've already done the holes.
Are they all big? I didn't really do my research, I just kinda picked.
I'll find something in this family that's 14 or 16 inches.
[Jeff] I realize what Megan's strengths are.
She's great picking out beautiful tile, window coverings, furniture, colors.
That is her strength. Implementing the installation,
um, that is not her strength.
So, ultimately, I have to step it up and I have to keep it moving.
All this is going.
Everything in the house goes. So, we're good.
[Megan] Everything?
-Seriously, there's no fight? -No fight.
No. That was the thing... What would I argue about?
I wanted a fight.
Maybe you can find something to fight about.
Get rid of these things. What about outside?
-Is all that going too? -Yeah.
-Let's go look. -[Jeff] How long did you live here?
I don't know, five years, six... Why?
Were you living here with other families?
- **** off. -[laughs]
[Christina] Why, because there's so many toys?
[Jeff] There's a lot of stuff.
I mean, we can donate all of this stuff.
That water fixture up there works. So...
[Jeff] Where? What?
Over here. You can't see it 'cause it's being hidden right now.
-You used to be able to see it. -That's really pretty.
Water runs down his face.
[Megan] I love that.
Have you not been up in the back? Do you want to see it?
The back yard is gorgeous. I walk through and see so much potential.
There's so much deferred maintenance.
We have to re-plaster the pool.
Landscaping; I know she's been doing some tree trimming.
The landscaping needs to be tweaked.
I'd like to take the Christmas lights down. They're still up.
So, there's certain things that we need to do.
Oh, this is getting replaced. Obviously.
Everything can go. There's also furniture here that can go.
Are we taking lights down?
Yeah, 'cause I'm gonna have them put lights up out here to make it pretty.
Where's the water feature that she said?
That... it comes down the Buddha's face.
The water comes down the face.
It's cute back here. Needs to be cleaned up.
It can be fixed. It can be really gorgeous.
[Jeff] I told her I would help her. I will. I'll guide her.
I'd want to do a home inspection and make sure
that everything that we know of is fixed. Because I'd hate for her
to get into escrow and someone to come up with a 149 item list of repairs.
But she has to spend the money. if she wants top dollar for that house.
[Megan] I don't know if I can make it down here.
[Jamie] Oh, my God.
-Shouldn't you go first? -[Jamie] I'll help grandma.
-I'm gonna hold your shoulders. -So you'll fall on top of us?
It's gonna be like a domino effect.
I fall on you, you fall on Christina...
[Christina] My God, are you guys like 80 years old? It's fine.
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That looks nice. I've never seen it running like that.
I like it like that.
I'm very proud of what we've done there and I'm very happy with the result.
I love the pergola. The pool is great.
It's the perfect size and scale for the yard.
If it were my house, I don't know if I'd do it differently.
It really does look beautiful.
I can't believe you finished it, Andrew. I really can't.
Andrew was instrumental in getting everything done.
Very committed to that project. He was there almost every day.
So, he really helped making that happen.
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Will you take a picture of this?
I like it. I think this is what we do at June Street.
Here he comes. Hey, what's up?
-How are you? -I'm all right.
Good to see you.
-Oh, really? You're a handyman today? -Every day!
Eight months ago when we came in, it was just dirt and debris.
It looked like a barren wasteland.
But in the long run, it's worth it. And it looks great.
Okay, so, let's talk about the changes.
The putting green.
That was your idea.
We weren't gonna be doing anything up there anyway.
So it was, let's have some fun with it.
-Are you glad we went with the zero edge? -[Anthony] Yes.
We planted how many trees?
We took out a few, but we added 150, 200?
But it's not... Is that supposed to do that?
-What are you doing? -Can you not do that?
Trying to calm it down.
That's what happens when I turn the Jacuzzi on!
-Help! -That's why I haven't been in the pool.
Wait, hold on.
- I mean, you would drown. -Yeah!
Jaws attacks!
-What the **** just happened? -He just hit a button.
There's still a few little bugs that we need to kind of work out. Kinks.
I hit the booster. You hit the booster.
Someone really could get hurt if they don't adjust those pumps.
Or at least, I mean, a serious enema.
-You like all the furniture, umbrellas? -Yeah, I like that.
With all the concrete that was poured and it was just the concrete,
I told you I didn't want a prison yard in the back.
Right. We wanted more like a halfway house.
I mean, halfway house works.
-Where they allow you to go outside... -You go out and you come back.
It's not too much concrete, right?
[Anthony] No, not at all. Now that we've surrounded it with grass
and shrubbery and trees that you're not gonna cut down, no, not at all.
It was always about softening it up. And we did it.
I'm a trash talker, we have our fun. I think that's the ebb and flow
of our relationship. There've been some things I push back on.
Jeff was like, you really need 'em.
All this hardscape, that is one thing that surprised me.
How soft it is. Jeff was right.
You know, I'll give him his credit. He's great at what he does.
-You use the firepit a lot. -I do.
I come out here by myself sometimes and I set up my hookah
on the ledge right there, and I pull up a chair and sit there and chill.
I turn the pool on, I turn the lights on, I turn the music on,
then I just sit back and relax. It's my place of zen.
-It's like an oasis. -It is.
It's all about energy for me.
No matter what I was going through in my life,
there's always been this energy about this property
when I bought it that took everything away.
This is my little place where I go to relax and chill.
I love it. I tell Andrew every day he's here that I love it.
Initially, I thought this might be too big.
but look, it accommodates the furniture, the island.
I love all the stainless drawers.
I noticed you stocked this with water for us, thank you.
-Would you like one, Shane? -[Shane] Yeah.
-He was seeing how cool... -I wanted to see if it worked.
He works really, really hard and it's nice to come home to such a beautiful place.
I think he certainly wants to entertain. I think he's been wanting to
share that house with his friends for a long period of time.
Are you glad we did the cross beams? It's nice and shady in here.
-[Anthony] It is. -It's cool.
I mean, it's 87 degrees. It doesn't feel that way in here.
-Why are you saying are we glad? -We weren't gonna do it.
I agreed with that.
You said the place was already shady and I said you need them.
Then we bought five and put them in and you approved.
We put them in to see what it'd look like.
You said you didn't want that many
-because you didn't want it to look busy. -Early onset dementia.
Yeah, I like your cross beams.
I will tip my hat to Jeff, reluctantly.
Reluctantly, Jeff!
I just want you to understand that throughout the process,
there's quite a few arguments.
[Anthony] Yes! In any relationship there are gonna be arguments.
We're dating, Jeff!
-I wasn't aware of that. -We're dating.
Don't tell Andrew that.
It sounds like a date.
Jeff and myself and Shane and Andrew; I think we're in a situation-ship.
I think they fight over me. [laughs]
Well, Jeff, Andrew, Shane, thank you for the work that you've done.
[Andrew] You're welcome, Anthony.
Who said that?
This asshole.
-[Jeff] Who said that? -Jeff.
He's expressing gratitude, just accept it.
Thank you, very much.
I know we've had our battles and arguments and our...
You can't even call 'em fights, but just our disagreements.
I like what you've done to my property.
It was unexpected. He's not one of those people who shower you with compliments.
-Shane, thank you, very much. -Thank you for having us.
Andrew, you get the love where the love really goes.
No, but thank you.
Who are you right now?
He actually sent me a very nice text. He said,
"Hey, Jeff, I sat in the back yard today and had lunch on the patio dining table.
It was ******* beautiful. Thank you. You did an amazing job."
I wrote, "I like these new meds you're on. Keep taking them and you're welcome."
That's it? You just leave me like that, Jeff?
-No, we're not done. -[Anthony] All right.
-We're gonna talk about what's next. -Yeah.
A text means more to me than you saying it on camera.
Because that means that you really believe this
and you're not concerned about how you look.
The text meant more than when he said it on camera.
All right, I'll see you in two months.
-All right. -[Jeff] I'll be back next week.
Don't hit the booster pump before you leave.
You know, like two, three, four... If you did three of the large pumpkins,
you can add some gourds and the different...
Gus is the house manager that we just hired.
I've noticed it's taking a bit longer for Gus to adjust.
We're getting there.
[Jeff] How's our friend, Gus, doing?
I'm almost afraid to go outside.
What's going on? How are you? Good to see you.
-[Megan] Look at this. -[Jeff] That's a pretty color.
That's almost exactly the tile I had in my kitchen.
-[Shane laughs] -[Christina] It is!
But when we do it, it's high design.
Yeah, exactly.
-We'll hold onto this one. -I love it!
-[Kate] Hi! -Hi!
Welcome to New York.
I have been working with Jeff from afar.
But I think both of us feel like we've had too much distance.
We need to see each other.
I really do defer to you in this, like, world.
-You've never deferred to me. -I do defer to you!
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