[Tristyn] I think it's one of the worst houses
we'll probably ever encounter in our entire career.
This house excites the crap out of me.
I'm Kamohai Kalama.
- Right? - Ew!
[Kamohai chuckles]
And I'm Tristyn Kalama.
I put on extra deodorant for this.
Oh, my God!
[Kamohai] We buy and renovate homes in the most challenging place
in the country-- Hawaii.
The shipping is more than the actual material cost.
Wow.
[Tristyn] We want to restore homes for our local families.
Wow! It's amazing!
- Aw! - [sobbing]
[Tristyn] The real estate here is crazy expensive.
[Kamohai] So to make this work, we have to take on some of
the most rundown homes on the island.
[Kamohai] Can you hear 'em?
- [Tristyn] No! - [clicks tongue]
[Tristyn] Disgusting.
[Kamohai] How do we do it?
[Tristyn] Our giant family.
[Kamohai] I have 87 first cousins.
Yo, what's up, cuz?
[Kamohai] More than anything, we want our children to be
good human beings.
[Tristyn] Exactly.
Can't have little ass[bleep] walking around.
[chuckles] Little ass[bleep] walking around.
[theme music plays]
♪
[Kamohai] Made it to Maui.
I'm excited to see Joice and Dierl.
[Kamohai] So am I.
This is super, super important to them.
It's been two years since the fires.
Today, we are meeting with our friends
Joice and Dierl.
They unfortunately lost their family home
in the 2023 wildfires that occurred.
We're hoping we can figure out what they need
and use our contacts to help them
rebuild their parents' home.
[Kamohai] What happened in Lahaina affected so many,
and was felt all across Hawaii.
So, if we can help out that community in any way,
that's what we wanna do.
We hear so many stories because we have friends and family
that are up here,
and they're still dealing with this. - [Tristyn] Dealing with it.
[Kamohai] Like, a lot of houses have gone up, but there are still
some real struggle with families.
And people are just starting to rebuild too, right?
- Like Joice. - [Kamohai] Mm-hmm.
[Tristyn] She's just starting to rebuild.
[solemn music plays]
[Joice] My parents moved to Hawaii,
and they bought their house in 2000.
This was a special house because it's
my parents' first house that they bought here.
My mom's name is Josie, and my dad is Ray.
They're two hardworking immigrants.
My mom had two jobs.
My dad was the person who picked us up from school
every single day.
And so he had one job,
and his other job was taking care of us.
So there's a lot of history in that house.
The house was a gathering place for our whole extended family,
where it wasn't just us sitting at the table.
It was, you know, cousins and aunties and uncles
that all came over for dinner.
Any day of the week, they were there.
And then they had an Ohana in the back.
Very, very tiny home, which is
why we spent most of the time outside.
On the night of the fire, all my aunties and my uncles
and my cousins, my siblings, they were all there.
And once we determined that the fire was just way too close
for us to remain, we could feel the heat.
That's when we knew this was definitely something different.
[solemn music hits]
But we got out just in time.
You know, it was a deadly fire taking out 100 lives,
destroyed 2,200 structures,
and most of them, Lahaina homes.
The amount of people that were stuck in the traffic
and didn't make it...
it's... heartbreaking.
[sobs]
[cries]
[breathes deeply]
I'm just happy...
I made it through.
[cries]
[breathes deeply]
[Joice] We were speechless and it was devastating.
Everything that we had saved up for, my parents had saved up
for all their life, was there.
In one event, it was gone.
My daddy was crying because there was really nothing left.
It's super emotional.
On top of everything, we found out that
we didn't have insurance to pay for the rebuild.
Been two years, my parents have been back and forth
to the Philippines because
we didn't have enough money to start rebuilding anything.
So we reached out to charities, grants to help get funding,
waiting to see if we get approved for help.
We've been waiting for such a long time now,
and we didn't know how else to move forward.
So we reached out to Kamohai and Tristyn to help us.
[Tristyn] Oh, my gosh. Babe, look.
Crazy.
- [Joice] Hi! - Hi, guys.
[Joice] Hi, guys!
How are you guys doing?
- What’s up brotha! - Nice to see you guys back here.
- How are you? - Good, good.
[Kamohai] I can't believe we're here.
- Yeah. - No, I can't either.
- It is-- - This is our first time
since the fires.
I can't even really put it into words, but...
- Yeah. - It's actually gotten a lot better.
I mean, if you were here right after the fire, it--
this is more hopeful to see. - Crazy... yeah.
- Oh, my gosh. - Houses actually being built.
I was like, there's a whole community coming back.
[Joice] Yes... OK.
So I'm really, really glad that you guys are here.
And, you know, we just really need help with the rebuild
of our home. - Yeah.
So let me show you guys what the house used to look like.
- [Kamohai] Yeah. - [Tristyn] Let's do it.
[Joice] We had the house in this area.
The house was four bedrooms, two baths.
We had a big driveway that went to a garage,
and that's where my parents had the outdoor kitchen.
[Tristyn] Got it.
[Joice] So, right in this area here, we have tables,
and that's where we had all of our dinners, so...
[Tristyn] Wow.
[Joice] And as you walked out of that,
is where it opened up into the backyard.
And then outside of, like, that little garage area,
we also had, like, this huge mango tree where my dad built--
Seating around-- like wooden seating.
[Joice] Like a tree house.
[overlapping voices]
- I love that. - That's crazy.
Yeah, and that was another, like, huge sitting area.
That's one thing that I noticed when we got out,
is there's no trees. - [Joice] Yeah.
- Yeah, they all burned down. - [Tristyn] Oh, my God.
- [Kamohai] All the trees burnt down, too. - [Joice] Yeah, yeah.
I'd love for you guys to meet my parents.
They are in the Philippines right now,
so I'm gonna give them a call if that's OK with you.
- Yeah, let's do it. Let's call them. - I'd love to meet them.
Hi, Mom.
- This is Kamohai and Tristyn. - [Kamohai & Tristyn] Hey! Hi!
[Kamohai] How is it? How are you?
It's so nice to meet you.
We're honored to help you rebuild your home.
We hope that we can bring it back to something
that you're gonna love.
Whatever you can do, it's OK for us.
Aw, you guys are so humble and sweet.
- I know. - Well, I'll pick Joice's brain,
and I'm sure she'll get more information from you.
But anything that you guys really want to see,
you let me know so I can make it happen for you, OK?
Thank you. Thank you.
- [Tristyn] You're so welcome. - [Kamohai] Right on, you guys.
[Tristyn] It's so nice to meet you.
- We'll see you soon. - Bye, Mom.
- Bye, Dad. - Bye, you guys.
We love you guys.
- Bye. - Bye.
No, they seem like the most sweet, humble people.
- Sweet, sweet people, yeah. - Like, you know.
- They never ask for anything. - I know.
- I can tell. - Yeah.
What would be the most help that we could give you guys?
- Yeah. - Going back to the concept of--
of making this a continued gathering place for our family.
So the original home was very small.
So, like I said, some of the family members were here,
and it would be so much more nicer to have a bigger house
to accommodate family if they ever needed a place to stay.
[Tristyn] Yeah.
[Joice] It would be great to have at least
two to three bathrooms.
That would help us so much.
- My parents, they always had an outdoor kitchen. - [Kamohai] Yeah.
That's going to be a huge thing.
One thing I would like to see is a nice kitchen for her
to cook in indoors. - [Tristyn & Kamohai] Yeah.
We're going to have to sit down and really work through it
together, because I just want them to love this place.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
If we can have them walk in and it feels like them,
it feels like home.
[Tristyn] Yeah, that's the goal.
- That will be the goal. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
- It's amazing. - Yeah.
It's amazing.
The average cost to rebuild in Lahaina is not cheap.
We're talking about anywhere between $350 a square foot,
all the way up to $600 a square foot.
So after hearing them describe their house, I would estimate
the rebuild cost to be about $900,000.
Over the years, we have established a lot of
relationships with vendors, and we're gonna ask all of them
to see if they're willing to donate and participate
at a discount or whatever that looks like,
but it's a big ask, right?
So I'm just hoping that
we didn't promise more than we can deliver.
- [indistinct chatter] - This is just the beginning, though, so...
- Thanks, bro. - Yeah.
♪
Hey, it's Tristyn.
I just wanted to chat through a project that I'm working on
and see if you want to participate.
The thing is, this is a full donation to this family.
They literally lost everything.
Really trying to alleviate costs and bring costs down
for the family.
[Kamohai] Man, we've made a ton of phone calls,
texted a bunch of different contacts that we have.
We've got in touch with a number of non-profits.
But unless we can get someone on board, like,
we can't build this house.
OK, yeah, no, I can send that over.
OK, shoots.
[upbeat music plays]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[indistinct over phone]
No way.
OK. OK, you too.
Bye.
- Babe. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
I just got some huge news about the Maui house.
What do you mean, huge news? Is that good or is that bad?
I just got some huge news about the Maui house.
Is that good or is that bad?
Joice just called, and they found a nonprofit
to build it.
- Are you serious? - I swear to God.
- This is not a joke? - This is happening.
They're going to build the entire thing.
They just can't do any materials inside.
Really?
Framing, siding, windows, roof.
Framing, siding, roof, windows,
literally everything. - That's huge.
- It's wild. - Oh, my gosh.
We needed that so bad.
Like if we didn't have cooperation
from that nonprofit, we wouldn't be able to do it.
No, we wouldn't be able to do it.
We're stoked that a wonderful nonprofit
that Joice had spoken to
agreed to help them.
[Tristyn] This is a nonprofit that she's been working with,
and they'll be funding the complete build of the house.
That means building a new 2,100-square-foot home
with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms.
They're funding everything up through drywall.
And at that point, that's where we're going to come in
with our resources
to help really finish the house and elevate with design.
It's been two years since the family has lost their home
to the Lahaina wildfires,
and so it feels really good to say
like they're finally going to start the process
to rebuild their house.
[inspiring music plays]
[Kamohai] Construction of the family home has begun.
The crew has dug up the old lot,
run plumbing, and poured concrete.
With the foundation done, we're stoked to be heading
back to Maui to see the progress ourselves.
- [Tristyn] Hey! - Another beautiful day.
[cheers] Aloha!
[Tristyn] Look at that foundation.
[speaking Hawaiian] Oh, mahalo ke akua.
- [Kamohai] Long time coming. - [Tristyn] I know.
[Danny] Yeah.
- How's it? - Hi, sweetie.
- Hi. - Aloha Mai.
- Aloha. - How are you?
- How's it, brother?
[Danny] Nice to meet you.
Today, we're meeting with the general contractor,
Danny Palakiko, who works with the nonprofit
and is heading up a bunch of builds in this area
and is also in charge of Joice's house.
- [Tristyn] Hi. - What's up, you guys?
[Kamohai] Aloha.
[Tristyn] I feel like you've already snuck over
and saw this. - [Kamohai] I know.
- [laughs] - [Kamohai] How are you?
Hi, guys.
- Mwah. - Crazy, right?
[Joice] It's been a long time coming, but Danny made it happen.
[Danny] A lot of people made it happen.
It's our first time stepping on this concrete.
[Danny] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Step into your hale, right?
[Joice] I wanna walk where the front door is gonna be.
- I think your front door... - So come on in.
- Yeah. - Step on in.
[Danny] The kitchen's off to the side.
- Living rooms over here. - [Joice] Ocean view.
[Danny] And then this, of course, this whole area here is
the suite side, right downstairs.
[Tristyn] Oh, nice, all on the same floor.
- [Danny] All on the same floor. - [Joice] For mom and dad.
- [Danny] For mom and dad. - [Tristyn] Yeah, for mom and dad.
- [Danny] Not having to go upstairs. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[Danny] Have some privacy.
You're standing in the stairwell that'll take you upstairs
to the bedrooms and bathrooms. - [Joice] Upstairs.
[Kamohai] Yeah.
- [Tristyn] All the rowdy ones upstairs. - [Joice] Yeah.
- [Dierl] Yeah! - [Kamohai] There you go.
Danny, thank you so much. We're so happy.
I think my parents more so.
- [everyone] Oh, yeah. - I'm gonna be so ecstatic.
- It's been a long time coming. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
- So excited for new beginnings. - [Tristyn] I know.
You know, I appreciate everybody that came together
and made this happen. - It's a huge milestone.
Yeah, it is.
[Tristyn] Well, next up, framing.
- [Kamohai] Yep, framing. - [Danny] Yep.
♪
[saw whirring]
[Tristyn] So as Danny and his crew are framing the house,
we're meeting with Joice and Dierl at the beach park
to go over the design that I came up with based on
the information I got from the family.
- Hello. - [Tristyn] Hi, guys.
- You guys picked the best spot. It's beautiful over here. - Yeah.
[Joice] We've had so many birthdays and parties here.
It's so pretty. Well, you want to come around?
- Yeah. - Come to my office.
So, I mean, after digesting all the information that I got,
two main things really came up for me, which is Joice's mom
and her dad lean more into a traditional style,
but they also love color, specifically yellow.
And Joice and her siblings like modern designs.
So clean lines and not a lot of color.
So I'm trying to figure out how to blend the two designs
together to make an aesthetic that makes sense.
You guys really challenged me to put things together
that I haven't put together before, like yellow.
It's not a color that I would
just gravitate towards. - Normally gravitate towards.
- But this is a color that your mom specifically talked about. - Yeah.
So I want to make sure it's incorporated.
- You know what I mean? - I appreciate that.
- I think she would too. - Yeah.
- OK. - OK.
Parents' room.
[Tristyn] So their bed will go on the far wall.
And behind that, we'll do a floral pattern wallpaper
with yellow accents and then two pendants coming down
from the ceiling.
Then we'll do a koa wood-colored flooring
throughout the house.
And that's based from the style of the furniture your mom lost
in the fires. - [Dierl] Perfect.
This is going to be huge just because, like I said,
she did love her wooden furniture. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
And to tie that in would be nice.
Yeah.
So then now we go into the bathroom.
Picture a fun shower.
I know your mom loves color, so a colorful shower
with dark green, a 4x8 rectangular tile on the bottom half,
and then a shiny, pearly yellow 4x8 on the top.
There'll be a white vanity with a white countertop.
We'll have wallpaper behind it with an LED mirror,
and then a beautiful gray hexagon tile on the floor
and the shower pan.
She definitely would love it, because it's also subtle,
but you're also very modern. - Yeah.
[Dierl] I like those colors, yeah.
Yeah, so that's parent.
For the kitchen we'll have a two-tone cabinet design.
The uppers will be the same white from the bathroom
for cohesiveness, and then the lowers, we'll do
a modern flat-panel light oak.
The backsplash is gonna be a marble-textured hexagon,
and for the countertop, we're gonna do a plain white
on the perimeter.
And then on the island, we're gonna do a quartz
countertop with gray and gold veining.
- Pretty. - It's so pretty.
- Yeah, it's so dope. - Yeah, I like it.
So, ta-da! There's Mom and Dad's house.
- Love it. - Do you think they'll like it?
I think they will.
- It just ties in very nicely. - [Tristyn] Yes, yes.
Awesome. I can't wait.
So now that we have an approved design plan,
we can start reaching out to all of our vendors and get
material ordered and on site as quickly as possible.
[Kamohai] Which is awesome because the crew has been putting up
siding, installing the roof, and adding windows.
- We're stoked at the progress that they've made to get - Yeah.
the family back in the house after two long years.
- It's a house. - [Tristyn] It's a big house.
Yeah.
[Tristyn] It looks so good.
- Look at this. - [Kamohai] Dude.
[Tristyn] We are totally framed.
- So this is-- - [Kamohai] All the rooms laid out.
- [Tristyn] This is the kitchen. - [Kamohai] Kitchen.
[Tristyn] And then over here you have half bath, primary bedroom,
primary bathroom, closet.
[Kamohai] Good size primary, good size primary ensuite.
It's so cool to see this thing all up!
- I want to go upstairs. - All business upstairs.
All the bedrooms, right?
[Tristyn] Yep, so four bedrooms and two bathrooms,
and it's perfect for the rest of the family
who's going to live up here.
- [Danny] Aloha! - [Kamohai] Danny!
- [Danny] Hey, guys! - [Tristyn] It's looking good!
- [Danny] Thank you, thank you, thank you! - [indistinct]
It's really important to us that we give the family
an outdoor kitchen space because, I mean,
it just meant so much to them.
[Tristyn] Let's talk outside.
[Danny] Yeah, I'm excited because the outside
is going to be all new to me.
- [Tristyn] I know. - [Danny] So you guys just drop the dream.
[Kamohai chuckles]
[Tristyn] Well, the big thing that
Joice's dad kept talking to us about
was an outdoor kitchen.
- Yeah. - They want to cook outside.
Well, we know what pulehu is, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Barbecue outside, so...
And that's where they spent so much time before.
- [Danny] Right. - [Kamohai] In the old house,
he used to cook outside all the time.
[Tristyn] And they made their own makeshift kitchen
before in their carport and whatnot. - [Danny] Yeah, yeah.
So it's like, is there a way we can give them a legitimate
outdoor kitchen here? - Love it, love it!
- I'm on board. - You know?
- Right. - And then, this is where the kitchen is.
And we tie into the plumbing that's here
for an outdoor scene. - [Danny] OK, OK, all right.
And then some type of countertop,
outdoor cabinetry, too.
And then you have, like, a stair system
that comes down. - [Danny] Got you.
They can have an actual outdoor table.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - And that's where they can eat.
Yeah, yeah.
Now, this is where the GC's got to get realistic, you know?
- You gotta get GC'd? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, let's remember that the current project is under
its own contract. - Yeah.
- Right? - Yeah.
And so, when we start talking about additional structures
that are not on the plans... - It's not.
Not in the scope.
[Danny] Let's start with...
a semi-realistic number, and in Hawaii, of course,
which would be different from any place else in the world.
- Yeah. - Always different.
So, you know, I'm thinking with slab work and side work
and everything else that's involved,
you can see 80, 100,
maybe 120,000. I mean...
- 120,000? - [Danny speaks indistinctly]
You can see 80, maybe 120,000.
I mean, it just really depends on what we choose.
- Everything that goes into it. - As our components, yeah.
[Tristyn] If we can get, you know,
some, like, decking material donated-- - Yep.
- What if we get a whole outdoor kitchen system for free? - Or a kitchen set--
- Right, right. - You know what I mean?
- [indistinct] - [Danny] Right? No, for sure.
- For sure. - [Kamohai] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Danny] For sure.
- It's about giving them back more... - Amen.
than what they had before. - As what they had.
Absolutely.
OK, I need to start conceptualizing this
and get it over to you.
- Yes, please. - As quickly as possible.
I got to start figuring out what materials we can get here
for the best possible price. - Yeah, yeah, nice, nice.
We're going to get a call very soon.
[Danny] All right. I'll be ready.
- [Kamohai] Right on. - [Tristyn] OK.
- Let's go. - Thank you.
Mahalo, all right, guys. Thanks for meeting with me.
- [Kamohai] Yeah, yeah. - [Tristyn] No, thank you.
With the funding secured for everything we need to build
the house up to drywall,
we still need all of the finished materials.
Like, literally everything
that's required to make the house livable.
Flooring, tile, cabinets, all of the things.
So it's about reaching out to our vendors,
our trusted vendors, the people that we've been
working with for years, and seeing if they're willing
to participate in finishing this project for this family.
I'm reaching out because we love your products,
and I'm just wondering if you'd be willing to donate?
[Lylah] We love to give back to the community.
Yeah.
And being a part of that, it feels so good.
- So, absolutely. - Yeah.
You're in?
[Kamohai] They're gonna be so grateful.
Yeah, dude.
[Tristyn] I really wanna make the house special, right?
- Count us in for pillows, - OK, yeah.
wall covering, drapes, bedding. - OK, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Tristyn] Let's do it. Let's do it!
[both laugh]
Thank you so much.
I mean, we are truly blown away and it's such a blessing that
so many of our vendors and businesses were willing
to come together to help this family get their house back
and help the Lahaina community truly just rebuild.
We obviously work with you guys a ton.
I'm like, "We got to ask Brent."
Yeah, absolutely.
We can help with flooring, maybe some tile.
- Perfect. - Yeah.
It really is community coming together
and the Aloha spirit in action.
Awesome. You guys are the best. Thank you so much.
♪
OK, I need your help to pick an interior paint color
for Joice's family. - Yeah.
I wanted to use HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams.
"Organized color chips."
Well, what's cool is they actually teach you
how to pick a color.
- "Mastering the art of using color chips." - Of the chips.
[Tristyn] I like that they have sheen on here,
because that's always a big conversation with clients.
"Choose your sheen."
And then I like that they have the color-correct collections.
[Kamohai] So it's actually a pretty cool little pamphlet.
These are our options.
So I think I'm between Bohemian Lace
and Snowbound, out of all of these.
They're the perfect hue of white
where we're gonna be safe.
It doesn't lean too yellow.
It doesn't lean too gray, because we have a very reddish
koa floor that's going in. - Right.
And then this is just the beautiful, clean,
crisp complement to everything else that's going on.
So I think Snowbound is the color.
Yeah, no, I agree. I think Snowbound's perfect.
[Tristyn] Order it up.
[Kamohai] The crew is working really hard.
They've installed all electrical and plumbing
throughout the house.
Insulation is going in upstairs, and they're getting
ready to install drywall.
Let's go check out the backyard space.
- [Tristyn] Thanks for meeting us. - [Kamohai] I know.
We're meeting Shannon from Maui Nord Farm,
who's agreed to gift
the family a ton of plants for the backyard.
[Tristyn] I appreciate you coming and trying to help basically
bring the yard back to life, because the family like to be
outside a lot.
- And all of my friends that have lost homes, we've worked - Yeah.
with a lot of families. - Yeah.
It's actually so hard for them to see the bare ground.
And so I feel like with plants, we're wanting to say
yes to new life, yes to a new season,
yes to hope, right? - [both] Yeah.
I think that with plants, that's what we get.
- Exactly. - 100%.
We can manicure this area.
What about two raised beds here?
- You could walk in the middle. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[Shannon] Some veggies.
We could do maybe some flowering herbs even.
There's also this big fence line.
If we could do a border garden all along there.
I would love that.
- [Tristyn] Thank you so much. - [Kamohai] So cool.
- [Shannon] Yeah. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[upbeat music plays]
Hi, it's nice to meet you and thanks for working with us.
- Yeah. - [Jason] Yeah.
Yeah, excited to be a part of it.
So today we have a virtual meeting with a mainland company
who is willing to donate everything we need
for the outdoor kitchen.
[Kamohai] The best part is that these outdoor kitchens are built
for any climate, which is super important here in Hawaii.
So now all we need to do is figure out the best design
to fit the family's needs.
They have a lot of people coming over here.
And so this kitchen needs to feel like the main kitchen.
You think we can add more storage and countertop
space somehow? - [Jason] Absolutely.
We're going to make this a U-shape here.
I'm going to grab a blind corner cabinet and we're going
to bring into the plan here. - [Tristyn] Look at that.
Oh, wow. That's so good.
[Jason] All of that useful storage,
which would normally get wasted in a corner. - Right, yeah.
So we're going to make sure that we can maximize that.
And then we're going to take this power burner accessory.
[Tristyn] Oh, in the center, yeah.
[Kamohai] Oh, wow, there you go.
- Amazing. - Yeah.
[Jason] And then we're going to take one more blind corner
and put in here. - [Tristyn] Boom, done.
[Jason] Look at all that storage here.
Well, now we just basically doubled the countertop space
and the storage space. - [Jason] Right.
You can easily and quickly move between the grill
to the burner and the sink. - [Kamohai] Burner and the sink.
- [Tristyn] Exactly. - [Shannon] And the fridge.
- [Kamohai] And the fridge. I love it. - [Tristyn] Exactly.
I think it works perfect. Job's done.
Let's just order it on up. It's perfect.
- All right. - Well, thank you so much.
- It was nice to meet you. - Yeah
- All right. - Nice to meet you, man.
- Have a great weekend. - We'll be in touch.
- Have a good one. - Bye.
- I'm excited. - I know, so am I.
[uplifting music plays]
[Kamohai] So over on Maui, the crew is installing drywall
and the exterior is getting painted,
while the crew preps the yard in the back,
as we wait for the permits to come in
for the outdoor kitchen.
[Kamohai] What are you on for dinner?
Um...
- I don't know. - Is this thing full?
It's done.
[metallic clacking]
- Joice is calling me. - Joice is?
- Yeah. - [phone vibrates]
- Hey, Joice. - [Joice] Hey, Tristyn.
- How are you? - I'm good.
How are you?
[Joice] So my parents, they just got into a major car accident,
and I don't know what to do.
[Joice over phone] So my parents, they just got into a major car accident
and I don't know what to do.
I'm so sorry that that happened.
- Are they OK? - Yeah, they're good.
My dad's recovering, but he needs more care.
My mom needs more care.
So it would be super important to get them comfortable back
into their own family space.
And we're looking at the next three weeks for them
to get back into the house.
[Mouthing] Three weeks?
Oh my goodness.
[Joice] Anything you guys can do to make that happen?
I mean, that...
is a short timeline.
Well, our original timeline for this house was 16 weeks.
Now we're hoping to bring it down to 12.
I mean, obviously, I would want your family to recover
in their own home, so I want to make that happen.
I'm just concerned that the crew...
Is going to be able to finish.
- Is gonna be able to, yeah. - In three weeks.
And now can they realistically pull it off?
- Yeah. - You know?
I mean, first there was the fire, right?
Then it's this car accident where I think the dad suffered
injuries like this family has just been going through a lot,
I think like all of the Lahaina wildfire families are,
and so it's like, let's get this family back home
as quickly as possible.
[Tristyn] Let me get with the crew, see where everyone's at
and basically not ask them, like tell them, like,
"Hey, this is what's happening
I need you guys on board, let's do this."
It has to get done.
- And just make it happen, you know? - Yeah.
I mean I'm putting myself in that situation,
I wouldn't want to be anywhere else...
- But home! - ...than at home to recover.
[Joice] That would be amazing.
And my parents would be super, super grateful
once they step into that house. - OK.
I'm going to do my best.
- [Joice] Awesome. - I'll talk to you soon.
- [Joice] All right, bye. - [both] Bye.
[tense music plays]
[Kamohai] After talking to Danny, there just isn't any way
that we're going to be able to shave four weeks off
of the 16-week timeline.
But we did come to an agreement
and a compromise that we can shave two weeks off.
So the family can get home sooner, but
it's still gonna be tight.
The crew has been jamming.
Paint's going up inside, the countertops are in,
and the bathrooms are almost done,
and everything for the outside kitchen has been delivered.
Once the permit is approved for the outdoor kitchen,
we can start installing everything.
♪
Inside of these 15-gallon pots are going to be
these trees here. - [Tristyn] OK.
And then we have some trees up there as well.
And it's going to be the bigger potted stuff
that's going to go in these. - [Tristyn] Uh-huh.
[Duane] And then we backfill with soil.
OK. Grab a pot.
Let's go.
[Kamohai] Today, we are on Maui at Lahainaluna High School
to work with a local non-profit, Treecovery,
that is helping donate and plant trees
in areas that were affected by the wildfire,
including Joice's family.
♪
[Tristyn] OK, what tree you want to do, bubbs?
- Pick one. - [Kamohai] No, you're good.
- [Tristyn] OK, grab it, baby. - [Kamohai] Grab some mangoes.
- [Tristyn] OK. - [Kamohai] Yeah.
- [Tristyn] Now you got to fill it. - [Kamohai] Yeah.
[Tristyn] Say, "Fill me up, sir."
We're working beside all of the amazing local volunteers
and students because we want to help out and do our part
to give back in any way we can.
And that means our kids, too.
Yes, our kids are here.
That's about right. All right, guys,
we're going to start putting soil in it.
- Use your hands, OK. - [Kamohai] Hands.
- [Duane] Use your hands. - [Tristyn] Push, push.
Come here, Bubba. Get in here.
After the devastating fires of 2023,
we started this program because of the loss of
over 21,000 trees in Lahaina.
400 acres in Kula burned amongst a number of homes.
And so we are also offering the homes trees around
the houses as well, just to make sure that they can heal properly,
and to know that they're gonna have trees
when they move home.
[Duane] Repeat after me.
Kanu ne’oe.
[Tristyn & Kamohai] Kanu ne’oe.
[Duane] Ai ia ia oe.
[Tristyn & Kamohai's family] Ai ia ia oe.
[Duane] Ka’ulu.
[Tristyn & Kamohai] Ka’ulu.
That means, "I plant you in this earth so you may grow.
Now grow."
- Love it, awesome. - I love it.
[Kamohai] Ready to see this thing?
[Tristyn] Yeah, let's check it out.
[Kamohai] I know a lot has gotten done.
- [Tristyn] Hi! - [Kamohai] What's up, Max?
- It's looking good in here. - [Kamohai] Yeah.
- [both] S'up, bro? - Love it.
- How's it going? - How's it?
[Max] Good.
Yeah, so this is actually the cabinets for
the outside kitchen. - [Kamohai] Kitchen?
- In progress. - In progress.
[Max] But hopefully, as soon as permits come in,
we should be good to go.
It would suck if it's not ready,
because Joice's parents are, like, ready to move in.
How much longer do you think the permits are going to take?
Maybe a week?
If we can get it in a week, we'll be good.
Any longer than that...
- You're pushing it. - ...we'll be pushing it, yeah.
[Tristyn] Yeah, especially since we've only got two weeks left
to get the parents back into their home.
I mean, ultimately, like, we're on a timeline.
You're on a timeline.
Like, we got to get the family back in here.
So I think we're all on the same page
on how important this is, but it's, like, out of our control. - Yeah, definitely.
- [both] Yeah. - [Tristyn] But that sucks.
[tropical music plays]
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Whoo-hoo, oh, oh, oh ♪
[Tristyn] Are you ready to work?
[Kamohai] I'm always ready to work.
Today is going to be a lot of moving parts.
The permit for the backyard finally cleared and the crew
finished the deck yesterday.
So, the yard and the landscaping part
of everything is really happening.
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
We got stagers getting the inside put together
and basically, all things installed.
- You know? - [Kamohai] Right.
Outside in the kitchen, the countertops are
coming today.
- So, there's a ton of moving pieces and we're just here - Right.
to help make sure everything runs.
I mean, there is an army here today.
It is overwhelming.
[Tristyn] In, like, all the best ways.
- [Kamohai] Ways, yeah. - There's just so many people.
This is Hawaii, though.
- Yeah. - This is Aloha.
[Kamohai] This is community.
The amount of love that is getting poured into this family
and this house. - Yeah, just grateful.
[Tristyn laughs]
What?
[Tristyn] Making use of the deck?
[Kamohai] I found my spot.
[Tristyn] We got two days. Two days.
- We're ready. - We're ready
[conversation overlaps]
- We can do it. - [girls laugh]
- [Megan] Race to the finish. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[soft music plays]
[Tristyn] Oh, my gosh. Today is reveal day.
It is here.
Today we give a family their house.
I just have two words--
let's go.
[Josephine] Ready to go. Our new house.
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh.
[Joice] Just like coming home again.
Aw.
Well, I'm super, super excited to get into the house.
Super excited, yeah.
- This has been a long journey for all of us, - Yeah.
and even my parents, my siblings, just everybody.
And when that day comes, then they'll believe it.
And I think it's today.
It finally comes.
Oh, look at the entry, Mom.
- [Josephine chuckles] - [Joice] Wow.
[Josephine] Oh, nice!
[Joice] Wow!
[giggling]
- Hi. - [Tristyn] Hi!
[Joice] So nice to see you guys.
[Kamohai] You too, you too.
- [Tristyn] It’s such a big day! - [cheering]
[Joice] Wow!
[Kamohai] What's up, brother?
Oh, Mom...
[Tristyn] Hi! Hello!
[Kamohai] Of course, of course.
[Tristyn] How does it feel just standing here
and seeing your house?
Oh, my goodness. It looks amazing.
[Tristyn] Welcome home!
[Kamohai] It's been so long.
- It's been a long time. - [Dierl] Yeah, yeah.
It's very pretty.
[Tristyn] It's pretty? It is pretty.
It's beautiful.
[Joice] I think everybody is gonna be so amazed
once they get here. This is so beautiful.
[laughing]
[Joice & Josie speaking]
[Kamohai] Yeah?
[Tristyn] It's a good-looking house, guys.
[Joice] Super.
We can't wait to see the inside.
[Tristyn] Come on, Mom, let's go inside.
- [Kamohai] Let's go. - [Tristyn] Let's go inside.
Follow your path.
[door creaks]
Wow! [chuckles]
[Josephine] Ooh. Beautiful.
Wow.
[crying]
- Oh, my God. - [crying]
Oh, my God.
[Joice] Look at the kitchen.
- [Tristyn] This is your house. - [Kamohai] This is yours.
- Oh, my God! - Look at your kitchen.
- [chuckling] - Oh, my goodness.
[Joice] This is so beautiful.
[Josephine speaking]
Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Joice] It's beautiful, Dad. Look at this.
[crying]
[Joice] Oh, my God.
You did so good.
This is great.
[Tristyn] It was all custom cabinetry donated.
[Joice] Look at that tile. Oh, my goodness.
Look at that tile, Dad.
You guys did such an amazing job just incorporating,
like, the gold, the white, the wooden.
- I heard you like gold. - [indistinct]
Yeah, just everything.
I mean, even the fixtures are amazing.
- Just ties everything so well. - [Dierl] Yeah.
Your living room's big?
[Josephine speaking]
- [laughing] - [Dierl] Like a hotel, yeah.
[Kamohai] Everything's wide open.
- You're totally-- - You're still connected to every other space down here.
[Joice] We eat, we entertain.
Yeah, these pillowcases were donated.
That is amazing.
- [Tristyn] Yeah, yeah. - Oh, my gosh.
- Beautiful. - [Josephine] I like it.
[Joice] Yeah?
- OK, let's keep going. - Let's keep going.
- Let's go, let's go. - Let's keep going.
Your room over here.
[Tristyn] She's like, "Show me my room.
I want to see where my room is." - [Josephine laughs]
[Tristyn] You ready, Mom, for you and Dad's space?
- [Josephine] Yes. - [Tristyn] Go on in.
Oh, my.
Oh, my goodness.
- [Joice] Wow. - [Josephine] Nice.
- Oh, my God, that's beautiful. - That's really pretty.
It is like a hotel, Mom. Look at this.
[Josephine] I like that one.
[Tristyn] You like the wallpaper?
[Josephine] Yeah.
Joice said what you liked.
It was like florals and yellow.
It was a way to bring texture and print and color
without it being like, whoa.
I'm so happy with this.
[Tristyn] Is it OK, Dad?
- Is it OK? - Oh, yes.
I know it's been a long time since you guys have been able
to have your room back, so I'm happy that you get it back.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Better than ever.
[Tristyn] And you have your own en suite here,
your whole bathroom.
I like it. Oh, my God.
[laughing]
[Tristyn] And I need to confess
that I've never designed with yellow before.
So you gave me a challenge.
So I hope it gives you excitement like that
every time you see it.
[Josephine speaking]
[Kamohai] Yeah.
[Tristyn] That's good. So it's bigger.
- [Josephine] I know. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[Josephine] Oh, I like my room.
[Kamohai] Are you guys ready to go upstairs?
OK. Head on up.
[Josephine] Ooh.
[Kamohai] Upstairs, there's a lot of bedrooms.
- [Josephine] Nice. - [Tristyn] You like that?
[Kamohai] Right? So it's a lot of function up here.
[Joice] Everybody's going to claim a room.
[Kamohai] Yeah, everybody.
[Joice] They're all gonna run in here.
[Kamohai] They're gonna run in, this one's mine.
- This one's mine. - [Tristyn] Yeah, exactly.
[Tristyn] You have two bathrooms up here.
Yes, no fighting over bathrooms.
- You don't have to. - [laughing]
[Josephine speaking]
Yeah.
That's the marble. I wanted to keep it consistent
with the backsplash downstairs,
but introduce it in a different way.
And it matches the other bathroom.
[Josephine] Perfect designer.
It's a beautiful blend of modern and traditional.
But you think that this is going to be functional
for the family and be enough space?
- [Joice] More than we expected. - [Tristyn] Yeah.
[Joice] You ready to move in?
Yeah, we're gonna move in tomorrow.
- [Kamohai] Yeah? - [all laugh]
Well, we're not done. You ready to go see outside?
[Kamohai] We gotta go see outside.
[Joice] Dad, this is your space.
They're speechless.
I think you guys have seen it.
They just don't know what to expect,
but I think this has been a long journey for all of us,
and they've been just so super ready to come back home.
Huh? Calamansi? Ooh!
[Tristyn] Everything you guys see was 100% donated.
[Kamohai] We had a non-profit partner called Treecovery.
They came and planted all of the trees.
[Tristyn] Yeah, and Maui Nord Farms did the rest of the landscaping
and garden beds.
And the calamansi, look, they have fruit already on it.
[indistinct chatter]
[Tristyn] Oh, yeah. Oh, let's keep going.
There's even more.
[Josephine] Oh, my goodness.
[Kamohai] She sees something back there.
[Joice] Dad, look! Your barbecue.
- [conversation overlaps] - [Dierl] Your station.
- [Kamohai] Go check it out. - [Joice] Look at the grill, Dad.
[Tristyn] An amazing mainland company called Matchless donated
this outdoor kitchen.
[Kamohai] These cabinets will last here forever.
[Tristyn] They're indestructible.
They're outdoor weather, everything can handle.
Dad can garden, and Mom can cook,
we can eat. - Perfect.
[Tristyn] I know family is the most important thing to you guys,
and so it was all about creating a space where you guys
get to enjoy it. Not just one, but many.
And I feel like you'll spend more time out here than inside.
- We are. - Yeah, exactly.
[Joice] I really think we are.
[Tristyn] Should we go get the rest of your family?
- [Joice] Yes. - [Tristyn] OK.
[Josephine] Hey, Maya. Look, Papa's house.
- [Tristyn] Hi, family. - [Kamohai] What's up, guys?
[Joice] I think it's a dream home.
They have way more than what we had to begin with.
No, you can't bring shoes inside.
It's going to be dirty.
[laughing]
[Joice] It's just amazing to see all the little kids
and everybody else running around the whole house.
It was nice to have everybody home.
[Kamohai] It's just really cool to see everybody love
their spaces and fight over rooms.
Just special that something that was such...
a loss, and you can feel like the joy,
and like the spark is back.
[Tristyn] Thank you guys all for coming.
Many hands went into everything that you see here.
I see all of your beautiful faces here.
Lahaina is still here. It is still rebuilding.
There are joys happening here, but there are so many resources
out there for people, and for us to be able
to highlight that is amazing, and I can't thank
all of you guys enough.
So this is my father.
He blesses all of our houses,
and he's gonna do the blessing today.
[sings blessing in Hawaiian]
[Speaking Hawaiian]
There we go.
Thank you very much, folks. Mahalo.
This family has worked so hard for so many years to even have
a home, to own a home, to now be able
to walk in the door again.
A house is so significant in somebody's life.
It's security. It's hope.
And they lost that.
And so...
[voice breaking] it's amazing that they have it again.
Yeah.
- [soft music plays] - [kids babble]
[family laughing]
[indistinct chatter]