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- What the heck. - [Tarek] You made it.

- [Christina] Oh, come on. - It comes with a horse.

- You should take that home. - It's horse property.

You should take that home.

All right. What do you think about this beauty?

[Christina] Uh, it looks like literally out of a horror movie,

like the creepy children's play stuff

that hasn't been used in 30 years

inside of the, like, tumbleweeds.

[Tarek] But here's the good thing about this house.

It's a four bedroom, three bathroom,

1,344 square-foot house.

I don't know how they fit so many bedrooms and bathrooms

in this tiny little house, but they did.

Talked to the owner today, he's asking 490.

I ran the comps and some are even as high as, like, 670.

- Oh, my God. - So at four ninety, if it's not too bad--

It's definitely going to be bad

based on the outside.

Only the finest for you.

- It's almost like it's been abandoned for 50 years. - [Christina] You think?

-Look at the ceiling. [exclaims in disgust] -Oh, that's nasty.

- [door thuds] - We're in.

- Okay. - Okay.

- [Tarek] You're going to love this entry. - Oh, stop.

[Tarek] Look, this is screaming mid-century modern.

- [Christina] It's very dark. - [Tarek] And we love mid-century modern.

[Christina] The high ceilings are cool, but the rest, not so much.

Look at the size of this kitchen.

[Christina] It's big because half the kitchen juts out to the family room.

And also, do you not notice how dark it is in here?

[Tarek] Not that bad. Maybe nine grand.

- [Christina] Nine grand. - [Tarek] Ten grand.

- [sighs] Jeff. Jeff! - [Tarek] Jeff.

What's in this creepy room right here?

Oh, no, there's just aluminum patio cover.

Okay. So this room needs to come down.

[Tarek] Yeah, it's not permitted. I mean...

[Christina] Eww.

I'm sorry. I'm not... I can't step in that.

I have, like, cropped jeans and I'll get really itchy.

- Just get outside. - No! You!

- Just get out. I am outside. - You'll leave me out there. You're stepping in it.

I don't understand. What are these mounds? Like mounds everywhere.

[Christina] Dead bodies. Needs a lot of work.

[Tarek] I mean, look how much fencing we need.

This is at least ten grand back here.

Man, this house is dark.

- One tiny little bedroom. - [Christina] Oh, my God! Oh, it smells so bad.

- What is this? - [Tarek] This is nasty.

It's like some creepy murder room.

[Tarek] Hey, cool.

Oh, what?

Okay.

Yeah, we'll just pop this out right here.

We'll put a tub in here. Full tub shower.

- Uh, and here... - Oh, uh-oh.

...eight grand, nine grand.

Why is the carpet multicolored?

Oh, my God, it smells so bad. It smells like urine.

[Tarek] There's something going on.

I'm not even going in there, I'm going this way.

I'll see you around the corner.

- Oh, my God. - You're such a sissy. You know that?

[Christina] Such a sissy?

- What's under there? - [Tarek] Jeff needs to pull this out.

- [Christina gags] - There's a big problem in here.

- What is it? - It's got to be the foundation.

Oh, my God, you're making me real itchy. That's really gross. [gags]

[Tarek] So, bathroom number two...

- I tell you-- - [Christina gasps, shrieks]

Perfect! We have a guest house!

[Christina exclaims] Look at the ceiling.

I mean, it's a great space,

- but it's illegal. - Oh, stop.

It's really stressing me out.

[Tarek] It's not permitted. We're gonna have to tear it down.

We're probably looking at two, three grand to tear down.

Okay. So, it's going to cost a lot.

What's with all the unpermitted stuff here?

You have the patio addition.

You have the other creepy room with the kitchen.

It's just a fixer-upper. It's not that bad.

I knew this was gonna be a disaster.

All that stuff has to come out.

[Christina] It's really bad. Really, really, really bad.

What do you think's... There's a reason why that's there.

Why is it there?

[Tarek] It's a design feature. What do you mean?

[Christina] No, it's not. There's something really strange going on up there.

- I think we're done. - [Tarek] No, no.

There's more to the-- Right when we walked in.

- Okay. This is four bedroom, three baths. - [Christina] Mm-hmm.

[Tarek] This could be nice. Private bedroom and bathroom for guests.

This box is good news? With holes in it? Holes in it?

Oh, we have major water damage. Look, you see it from here.

The roof might need to be replaced.

[Christina sighs]

[Tarek] Is there a shower in this one or no?

[Christina gags] I don't know.

[Tarek] Oh, we have a shower. Look.

- [Christina] Oh, my God. - Full shower. This is a huge win.

Four bedroom, three bathroom, Garden Grove.

I'm telling you, this house is going to sell for a lot of money.

I'm telling you, this house has a million problems.

I feel like this house is gonna be a super disaster.

Like there's gonna be a lot of problems here that we're not even, like, aware of.

[Tarek] Well, I mean, it really comes down to Jeff's bid,

but it's in Garden Grove, super-hot market.

And on top of that, we have four bedrooms and three baths.

- Is that the worst yet? - It ain't that bad.

That's one of the most janky houses

- I've ever been into. - [Christina] It really is.

What is wrong with you two? I love this house.

- You're so weird. - How much? Fifty, sixty?

You're looking at 105.

$105,000 for 1,300 square feet.

Yep. Big-ticket things, you're looking at a roof.

I don't know how they did this aluminum roof.

You're looking at your AC, you've got a lot of demo.

So you're at $105,000,

he wants 490 for the house.

[Christina] He's asking too much.

Our break-even would be like six-and-a-quarter

and the resale is like 650 to 670.

- I think we can get a better deal. - [Tarek] I love Garden Grove.

I love that it's a four-bedroom.

I say we come in at 440.

If we come in at 440, it gives us a spread.

If things go right, we get lucky,

things go wrong, we break even.

- All right. - [Tarek] All right. Guess I'll let you know.

- [Jeff] Let me know, you guys. - Thanks.

[Tarek] We ended up getting the house for 450,000.

Forty grand under the asking price, which was good

because they left everything that we saw in the house,

and then also the garage, which had even more junk.

Come on, Jeffrey. I told you it was gonna fit.

- It's perfect. Like a glove. - [Jeff] I told you it'd fit.

[Tarek] Ow, my finger!

[Tarek] It's costing us six grand just to remove the trash.

[banging]

[Christina] Hello.

Hey, back here in the kitchen.

- Yay, we own this. - Oh, my God.

- All this luxury. - [Tarek exhales]

- Wow, it's hot. - What's going on with, like, the funky rooms?

- [Tarek] I don't know. Jeff. - [Jeff] Yo.

[Tarek] Did you get that carpet up?

- [Jeff] Not yet. - [Tarek] Let's lift up the carpet.

Let's see what we're working with.

[Jeff] All right, so, this seems to be the worst of it in here.

Got some water damage, that's for sure.

[Tarek] Pull it a little bit slow

because I don't want all this stuff coming up.

[Christina] Oh, my... Oh, my God.

[Tarek] All right. Well, we have dry rot and wood damage.

[Christina] That's disgusting. What is it?

[Tarek] Is that the foundation or is that the floor?

What? I'm confused. What are we looking here?

- [Jeff] There is bugs in there, too. - [Christina] Ew!

[Christina groaning]

- [Tarek] Where? - [Jeff] They're everywhere. Look at them.

[Tarek] They're crawling. There's fleas and bugs all over.

[Christina whimpering]

- [Tarek] Come on, come back. - [Christina] No, no way. Nope.

There's fleas and bugs all over.

[Christina whimpering]

- [Tarek] Come on, come back. - [Christina] No, no way. Nope.

[Jeff] So it looks like what they did, is they laid a parquet flooring

over the concrete.

So the foundation is good then?

[Jeff] Foundation seems to be there. You got good news, dude.

- I got bugs on me. - [Tarek] Ew.

[Jeff] What we're gonna have to do is just demo everything,

pull up everything and spray the house.

That's disgusting, dude.

It is what it is. I mean, I don't know what to say.

[Tarek] This house looks like a bomb shelter.

Oh, my God.

- [Christina] Wow. - [Tarek] Look at this.

[Christina] It's a hot mess.

- [Tarek] What's up, Jeff? - I mean, you guys have got so many problems.

Look how much termite damage though.

- [Christina] Yeah. - [Tarek laughing] Oh, my God.

[Jeff] The studs literally fell out.

- Ew. Nice choice. - I know.

[Jeff] So I've got to do a lot of framing.

You guys have got about another 1,000 bucks in that.

All righty.

So right off the bat, we have a wall going back in here.

- Yep. - So from this point forward is the kitchen.

- [Jeff] Yep. - Do you think we need an entry door right here?

- No! - Okay.

- No. Get rid of that. - So just close off that door.

So this entire space is now kitchen,

- wrap around cabinets, uppers, lowers, uppers, lowers. - Mm-hmm.

[Jeff] If you guys are gonna end up running the cabinets all the way down...

- [Christina] I feel like you should. - ...that means,

I can run the cabinets here,

but, oh, I have no uppers here.

- I think we can get rid of the window. - Okay.

[Jeff] It costs a little bit more to do that.

You guys have 500 here.

To save money, why don't we just

keep everything where it's at.

We put the sink right here. The dishwasher right here. Stove, microwave right here.

I agree, the existing layout actually makes sense.

[Jeff] Good thing is, those look pretty new.

This is your bug bedroom.

We can't have a shared bathroom.

We need to make sure at least one bedroom has their own bathroom.

So all we have to do is put up a new wall and now we have a private bathroom.

[Jeff] Right. You've probably got 400-ish in the drywall work.

Not only do we have these issues in here,

we also have all these issues back here.

Well, the illegal patio cover is gone, you can actually see the yard now.

Oh, my God. Look how awful this looks.

- [Tarek] Oh, my God! - [Christina] It's like everything's wrong.

- [Jeff] Oh, my gosh, look at the house. - Look, guys. Look at this.

Look at the roof line, the whole thing.

[Christina] How much is all this gonna cost?

[Jeff] Fascia, tails, you're looking at 2,500 bucks.

What I'm worried about is this.

I've got gas lines that potentially run under concrete.

You're gonna have to locate where the tie-in is, cap it off.

If this runs under the concrete, that means I gotta break it up.

Oh, don't do it. Don't say it. Are you serious?

[Christina] Like literally, every inch of this house,

there's something wrong.

I told you this house was gonna be a disaster.

We're already $10,000 over budget,

and we haven't even started designing.

We agreed it was gonna be a disaster,

and that's why I said we shouldn't buy it.

- No, you didn't. You were like... - Yes, I did.

- "A four bedroom, three bath in Garden Grove." - That's what you said.

I was like, we have to take down additions,

there might be a bunch of problems.

- And you were like all gung ho about it. - Liar.

All right, so we're only doing

the Garden Grove kitchen today, right?

- Correct. - [Tarek] Let's make a pretty one.

Okay. So gray, flat panel cabinets.

Oh, you're telling me we're going gray?

Or are you asking me, "Can we go gray?"

- I'm telling you. - Okay.

All right, so this house isn't that big.

It has like a mid-century modern vibe to it.

- What are these? - What?

Eh? Eh?

No, I feel like we've literally done everything on that wall.

- I'm trying. - I want to find something new.

We've done a lot of mid-century modern homes,

but I want to lean more modern with this design

and find something we've never done before.

Of course, after flipping over 500 houses together,

that's easier said than done.

This is new. We haven't used this.

That's pretty cool. Let's try these.

- This is $12 apiece. - Let's try these.

All right. That's fine. Yeah.

Well, I think we've done every other tile here, so might as well.

[Christina] I like that, with the flat panel.

- Maybe we should go lighter. - Now, hold on.

Is it laid like this or does it go like this?

[Christina] No, no. It doesn't make a circle.

[chuckling] You can go with gray or you can go with black.

- Okay. So you just show me the layout. - [Christina] Yes.

Personally, I like the gray.

- [Tarek] All right. - [Christina] Wanna look at counters?

[Tarek] All right. I kind of like this one.

- It's super bright white... - Uh-huh.

...and the color really picks off the gray.

- This is perfect. - Yeah. Really pretty. We haven't used it yet.

Makes me like it even more. I think it's perfect for the house.

- [Tarek] All right. - [Christina] Cool?

Let's go order.

- [Tarek] It's going nice. - [Christina] Layout looks good.

All right.

Is it gonna look big? You know what? It works.

- [Christina] At least it's private. - [Tarek] It is private.

Okay. So this is the kitchen look, right?

- Yeah, the half moon. - [Christina] Yes.

Imagine we use this material

to create that semicircle look.

So with the gray tile, I want to create a half moon design right here.

So this is all gray, and then run the white tile on top of that.

- So you're not talking about using this tile. - No.

- You're talking about copying the look. - Correct.

- With this tile. - Yes.

- Oh, God. - Creating our own semicircle with our own tile.

I can just tell you that just based on what we're trying to do here,

it is going to be more expensive

because we have all those cuts to create that half moon.

At least an extra, like 700 bucks.

Well, I think, "Worth it."

Every bathroom? 'Cause that's gonna be $2,100 extra.

Why don't we do two bathrooms like this

- and one bathroom we just do all grey? - 1,400.

- Not bad. - All right, I love it, good job.

[machine whirring]

Hey, we got some bad news.

- Remember that tin roof we had? - Yeah.

There was nothing underneath.

No sheeting, no plywood, nothing.

Like you take the tin roof off

and you're looking in the house.

So now, [chuckles] we have to put plywood on the entire house.

[Christina] Uh, this looks really expensive.

Hey, Tim, can you come here real quick?

- I know we had to do a new roof on the house. - Yeah.

But how much extra was all this?

We reckon about $5,000.

- An extra $5,000? - Extra. Extra 5,000.

This house is costing a fortune.

- [Tarek] We got counters going in? - [Christina] Pretty.

What's up, guys?

- [Jeff] What's going on, dude? - Ooh, it's dark back there.

[Christina] Is there lighting in the ceiling here?

[Jeff] Not in here.

When you have no attic space, there's nowhere to hide anything.

So you have no room for anything to run wiring through here.

It's very dark in here.

And don't forget, like, this is our cabinet color everywhere.

It's a flat panel, but still, it's a really dark gray.

[sighs]

But we can't sell the house like this.

[Christina] I mean, we shouldn't close off that window.

I know, I know. This is terrible.

Jeff, I'm gonna have to ask.

How hard would it be to get that window going?

- Put the window back? - Yeah, look how dark it is, we can't sell like this.

I mean, do you think we can pull it off with just lighting?

Just put a bunch of lighting, maybe we do under cabinet lighting.

Under cabinet lighting. I like that idea.

I can do up lighting on the top of the cabinets.

- Just gives a reflective glow off the ceiling. - [Christina] Let's do that.

But then what are we gonna do about lighting up this room?

[Jeff] Look here. You see the line that ran up?

- You see, how it ran all the way down here. - [Tarek] Yeah.

That was where they had their wiring running.

So if you want some lighting in here,

essentially, what we're gonna have to do is

just run that metallic cable back up there to give you wiring.

I don't love the idea of an exposed wire,

but we definitely need a light in the dining room.

People aren't gonna be able to see what they're eating.

[Tarek] How much do you think it would cost to redo it?

[Jeff] For all the lighting and fixtures, about 2,500.

All right. It's gonna look nice.

- [Tarek] The yard looks huge. - [Jeff] Now for some good news.

The gas line, the water line, everything that we thought we might have to rip it up,

it just runs back to the meter.

We're gonna cap this off. It'll be fine.

- Sold! - Can I get a bigger smile than that, dude?

What do you mean, bigger smile? That's great news.

- Bigger smile! - I just gave you a clap and a smile.

- I thought that was good news. - No, that's good news.

- I'll take it. - You didn't have to break up concrete.

- All this stuff come out, $5,000. - Wait, wait, all jokes aside,

now you're talking about concrete.

- What are we gonna do with this concrete? - [Jeff] You tell me.

- You could tile it, you could paint it. - What's cheaper?

[Jeff] We could resurface it. Have all kinds of options.

[Tarek] What if we just resurface it? What do you think that would cost?

[Jeff] About 1,800.

[Christina] I like that better than paint. Let's do that.

[Jeff] All right. So most of the backyard,

you guys just want grass, what are we doing?

- [Christina] Sod and mulch. - Yeah.

Let's make it a nice, clean yard.

Good?

- All right. - [Christina] Yep.

[Tarek] All righty.

[whooshing]

- [Tarek] Jeffrey. - [Jeff] What's going on, dude?

Look at you working hard for the money. Oh, my gosh. I love it.

- [Jeff] You like it? - [Christina] Yeah. So cool.

[Tarek] That is actually really, really cool.

Dude, you would not believe how long it took.

Did you do this yourself?

- No, I'm not that talented. - [Tarek] I dig it.

There's one thing missing in here, that's a little odd.

- There's no mirror. - [Jeff] Yep. You guys have a window in the way.

Yeah. Why didn't we think about that?

We should have done a smaller window and then put a mirror right here.

[Jeff] What if we can find something

that's kind of like, you know those swivel TV mounts

that'll pull a TV away from a wall?

You put the mirror down low,

- so when it's in there... - Actually, that's a good idea.

- ...and then it pulls up and goes into it. - Look at you. Such a designer.

- [Tarek] I like that. - Like that?

I think that's our best option.

[Jeff] You guys gonna let me get back to work now?

- Thank you. - Yes, sir.

[Christina] All right, you ready to talk paint?

[Tarek] Yeah, we got the windows in, the roof is on.

One of these will be really pretty for the body.

I kind of like that kind of slate-ish blue.

- I like this for the body. - Okay. And these are trim options,

because the roof's so dark I almost feel like that one's cool.

- [Tarek] Okay. - But for this house, I think, like, it'd be really cool

- to have the front door a pop of color. - Okay, depends on the color.

- Pop. - I mean, that is really hipster.

Or pop.

Actually prefer the yellow. That looks pretty.

- Okay. So-- - Super cute. Okay.

- I'm gonna tell Jeff this. - Okay.

Look, we have light.

All right. Well, is it gonna light up the whole room?

- [Tarek chuckles] - [Christina] Well, it's better than nothing.

I'm worried about the kitchen.

Oh, my God. Look how dark this is.

I can't even see over there. You just blend in.

- These look black. - It's actually kind of depressing.

Well, you better cross your fingers,

because if this kitchen doesn't light up,

we're gonna have to add a window. It's gonna be a ton of money.

You better cross your fingers,

because if this kitchen doesn't light up,

we're gonna have to add a window.

- Okay. - [sighs]

- It's a lot better. - It's a lot better, but is it passable?

Feels very industrial, but hopefully when the backsplash is in,

- it'll actually feel like a kitchen. - Guess we'll find out.

Would you consider putting the window back in?

Like if we put it on the market,

- and we don't get offers. - [groans]

I mean, if it was like a worse-case scenario, yeah, we'd probably have to.

[Tarek] We gotta come up with a list price

for the Garden Grove house,

and you are not gonna believe how much money we spent.

What?

We paid 450,000 for the house.

Originally when we walked in, we thought the rehab

was going to be 105,000.

- Which is a lot. Yeah. - Which is a lot.

We ended up spending $133,000.

133? Okay.

So after commission and closing costs,

our break-even is gonna be 616,000.

A lot for the neighborhood, no? What are the comps?

One just sold, three bedroom, two baths for 702,000.

- It's crazy. - It is crazy.

So, I mean, if that one sold for 702,

it's missing a bedroom, it's missing a bathroom,

- I think we come in at 728. - Seems fair.

Who would have thought that that crazy weird hoarder house

- would potentially make $100,000. - Yeah, six-figure profit.

- [Christina] Look at this cute house. - [Tarek] It is cute.

It's so much better. Remember before, it had all that, like,

really old, like, playground equipment?

Looked like a tumbleweed had attacked it.

[Tarek] It was like a haunted house. Yeah.

[Christina] Now, it looks cute.

[Tarek] What do you think about the color?

[Christina] I like it.

It's got a lot of character. It definitely pops.

I love that front door.

[Tarek] Oh, the yellow. It's a nice-looking house now.

Aw, it's so nice.

It has a nice mid-century vibe, I like the layout.

-And there's light -[Tarek] There is light.

The first time we walked in here,

it just screamed dark and creepy.

- At least we have natural light now. - [Christina] Right.

Before, they had that, like, big wall

kind of coming out here with the cabinets and everything.

Looks so much better open.

Okay. Is it too dark in there? Let's see it.

[Christina] The design looks amazing.

I absolutely love the backsplash.

I love the cabinet color. I love the countertops.

It's not too dark, right? This is good.

With the lights on, it works.

Should we turn the lights off?

- [sighs] - [laughing]

- [Tarek] Oh, no. - Never turn the lights off, ever.

- [Tarek] That's a big yard. Look at that. - [Christina] It is.

So this is where that addition used to be, right?

- [Christina] Right. - [Tarek] The patio actually came out pretty nice.

Yeah, we just resurfaced. It looks great.

All right. Nice bright, white walls.

[Tarek] You know, I like that it's all white actually. Makes the house feel bigger.

The main bedroom.

[Christina] This is a nice size bedroom.

The question is, how did our bathroom come out?

Came out nice. Look at this. That's a good compromise.

- Yes, that totally works. - Yeah. That's nice, right?

Huh, it's really cool. I like it.

I love the design, I love the penny rounds.

I love that we've never done it before,

that it ties in with the kitchen.

Yeah. Well, there's no other house in the neighborhood

that have a custom-designed tile.

These aren't the biggest bedrooms, but...

- [Tarek] They're bedrooms. - [chuckles] They're bedrooms.

And this room was a disaster before.

[Christina] Right, it works. Has a nice view of the backyard.

I love the flooring, too, by the way.

[Tarek] And then we have the office set up back here.

[Christina] It's nice. And we still have a closet,

so it is a technical bedroom.

[Tarek] And the bathrooms are nice.

[Christina] I actually like it like this. I like that it's different.

I like that they're... You know, not all of them are exactly the same.

[Tarek] Yeah. No, the house is great.

I mean, overall, it's a cute house.

[Christina] The design is super unique. It's really original.

I think there's a ton of value with this house.

Hopefully the dark kitchen doesn't distract buyers and we'll see what happens.

Yeah. Well, I guess we're gonna find out soon.

[Tarek] Christina had some doubts about this house,

and I must admit, the kitchen is a little dark.

But on the bright side, we received 11 offers

and sold the house to a cash buyer for 780,000,

making a profit of over 163,000.

Time to find another house to flip.