All language subtitles for Dont.Hate.Your.House.with.the.Property.Brothers.S01E02.1080p.WEB.h264-FREQUENCY[EZTVx.to]_[English] (SUBRIP)

[upbeat music playing]

One, two, three. It's heavy.

[grunts] It's heavy.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

-We'll put it over
this wall over here.
-Sure.

You know what sucks?

Huh?

Hating your house
before you even move into it.

Well, I mean, it's dated,
but all houses are dated.

No, no. Not this place.
Ben and Krystal's house.

[Jonathan] That's a whole
different story.

It's a '50s home that Krystal
didn't like from the start,

mainly, because she knows
there are gonna be problems.

[Drew] They bought it so they
could live closer to family

but it's in terrible shape.

They just can't figure out
what to do with it.

I think there's a lot
of pressure on Ben.

-He pushed for the house.
-Ben definitely bit off
more than he can chew.

Who knows what else we'll
find behind those walls.

We definitely have our work
cut out for ourselves.

[upbeat music playing]

This is my nightmare.

It's really frustrating.

Ooh. This is not good.

-[man] What?
-I'm stressed.

You're not alone.

[Drew] This all has
to be ripped out...

I just felt like throwing up.

and rebuilt.

I don't wanna finish
a beautiful house
and then they aren't happy.

No pressure.

[Jonathan] My hope is that
they will see this house

as everything
they've dreamed of.

I love the house now.

Before it was a love-hate.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jonathan] Krystal and Ben
bought a real fixer-upper

with family in lines.

They're LA natives
with four kids.

Their three boys are older,

two live away at college

and one son goes
to boarding school.

But their daughter, Monroe,
is only five.

After living out East,

they moved back
to their old neighborhood

so Monroe could grow up
close to family

and also have a place
for the boys

to come home
for the holidays.

[Ben] There was a pool.

[Jonathan] But the house
is over 70 years old

and it hasn't been updated.

I hope they realize
when we open up the walls,

we're likely gonna uncover
some unwanted surprises.

It is a great neighborhood.

-Yes. We love
the neighborhood.
-I love it. I love it.

[Drew] Hold on.
Look past the house.

You got the view
of the city right there.

-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.
-[Drew] That's pretty amazing.

-[Ben] That's what we love.
-[Krystal] That's why
we stopped here.

This was like
the perfect location.

My mother-in-law
is two minutes away.

My sister is one minute.

My mom and dad
are five minutes.

-That's amazing.
-Right. Right.

Perfect. Except for
it needs a couple things?

-Yeah. That's right.
-To say the least.

-[Krystal chuckling]
-Oh, wow.

[Drew] Yeah.

[Jonathan] Has anything
been touched,

because this looks
almost fully original?

[Krystal]
They said that everything
was original from 1951,

-so--
-[Jonathan] Oh, my gosh.

On first sight,
I think we both liked it.

Yeah. We both
love the location,

the view, the pool together.
But then...

-[Ben] Yeah. When we started--
-[Krystal] all the work,

I was like,
"This is a bad idea."

I got every inspection
known to man,

all the things, trying to say,
"This is too much."

I really wanted something
though that was turnkey.

-Right.
-That we could just move

-our furniture in.
-Yeah, but you pay for that.

The turnkey stuff
might not have been

in the neighborhoods exactly
that we wanted.

It's been a challenge.

We've been looking
for the better part of a year.

And all the turnkeys
are super expensive, right?

So it's hard
to find a combination

of the house
that you wanna live in

and the neighborhood
that you wanna be in

at the same time.

We kind of found everything
that we wanted in this house

but it just needs
a lot of work.

[Jonathan] So you're gonna
have lots of asbestos.

Your electrical
is not grounded,

so you're gonna need
all new electrical.

-[Ben] Right.
-[Jonathan] The windows
need to be replaced.

-Your seals look broken.
-[Ben] Yeah.

[Jonathan]
We've got all the floors
that have to be done.

[Drew] How about HVAC?

Needs to go.

Do you have mold issues?

Have you seen?

-Supposedly.
-Oh, you do?

[Krystal] Considerable.

I didn't even mention
the sewage line

is completely broken
in the front of the house

-that goes out to the street.
-Right.

So that
was when I really thought

I wouldn't have been able
to convince him

that we should move on,

-but--
-But look at the view.

Look at the view.

You could just keep
going back to the view.

That's not gonna cost you
money out there.

This is gonna cost you
money in here.

-[Krystal] Yes.
-Yes, it is.

[Jonathan] We haven't even
left this room

and you've got a good 75 grand

-and stuff that has to happen.
-Yeah.

[Krystal] Yeah.
That's not okay.

Now, we're gonna
spend all this money

to fix things
that you can't even see.

So it's really frustrating.

I didn't know
she felt that strongly.

-Yes, you did. [laughs]
-I could pick up...

I was picking up
on certain things,

but I figured if she really
didn't want the house,

we wouldn't be buying
this house, right?

Aside from the view
and being close to family,

is there anything
within the house you like?

-The space.
-Yeah.

The space is a... Is a plus.

I love this...
The size of this living area.

-Yeah.
-And the fireplace,

but we want it to be open.

[Ben] As much as possible.

Not closed off where you
can't see me in the kitchen

or everybody's blocked off.

So the main area
you wanna focus on

is between the living room
and the kitchen?

-Right.
-Yes.

[Krystal] Yeah. I really
wanna make the kitchen

kind of extend in here.

I want it to be
a big kitchen area.

I don't need
a formal dining room.

That's why I'm thinking
these walls can all go.

Opening this up
will give us all the space

to sit around an island
that I think we'd all enjoy.

-The island is
super important to me.
-Yes.

What's this right here?

[Krystal]
That's the set of stairs

that goes down to the garage.

[Jonathan] Yeah, if this
is part of the kitchen

and you have stairs
right there,

we can't push
that wall back or open it up.

-[Ben] No. Right.
-[Jonathan] So it would end up

being a little bit tighter.

But no matter what,

it would make a huge
difference to open this up...

-to the kitchen at the back.
-Absolutely.

-Oh, wow.
-[Krystal] Oh.

-[Jonathan]
Oh, and it gets older.
-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.

-By the moment.
-[Jonathan] And deadlier.

[Drew] Look at how sharp
that is.

-This--
-[Ben] That's gotta go.

-[Jonathan] That's awful.
-[Ben] Please take that away.

-[Drew] There's a lot of '50s
charm in this kitchen.
-[Ben] No.

-I'm good with the '50s.
We can move on.
-[Krystal] Yeah.

If this were gone,

we're talking about a really
nice big, beautiful kitchen.

How do you do family dinners?

I mean, I'm okay with
some table that could fit,

but it doesn't have to be
a big like dining table.

-It could be just a nook.
-Right. Nothing formal.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

What's this big chunk

-of real estate?
-[Krystal] Oh. Ugh.

[Jonathan] Oh, laundry?

I don't think
the laundry has to stay.

We... I figured
we could put it

in the garage or something.

-I don't... I don't
wanna lose that space
-Open it up.

for washing machine and dryer.

Is there space over
by the bedrooms for laundry

or would it have
to go downstairs?

I think it'd probably
have to go downstairs.

So having your laundry
on a different floor

or in a garage is not ideal,

but also having all
of this prime real estate

taken up with that
is even worse.

-This is wasted space.
-[Ben] Right.

[Jonathan]
The only place that's wide
enough to have a dining table

would be this back area
back here,

which is a nice place to sit

'cause you've got
all the natural light.

-[Ben] Sure.
-[Krystal] Right.

[Ben] Let's take it out.

I think it'd be great
seating space.

-Yeah. I agree.
-I would rethink

the kitchen as a whole.

If we got rid of this
broken-down laundry room

and all the dividing walls

in the kitchen
and dining room,

it would open up
so many options.

There would be enough space

to fit a dining room
over by the windows

that's large enough
for your whole family.

We'd be able to add tons
of cabinets

and all modern appliances
on the sidewall.

We'd put in a massive island
in the middle

with a sink
and plenty of extra seating.

You would have it all in here

with much better flow
and tons of light.

[Ben] Yes. That sounds
much better.

-Yeah.
-[Ben] I agree.

I just saw something
that is totally illegal.

You can't open a door
onto the stairs,

'cause from below,

it's dangerous
to open it that way.

But, also, what if one
of the kids come by

-and they lean back
on that...
-Oh, no.

and they fall down the stairs?

I literally just jumped
when he did that.

I did too. I was thinking
he's going down.

[Jonathan] We'd fix that so
your door goes the other way.

This is a cool room.

-So you can watch
your old slides.
-Don't you love that?

[Ben] Yes.

-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.
-[Ben] Yeah.

It's so bad. It's so bad.

I wanna see it opened up.

Like gone?
The whole thing gone?

Gone. Completely.

Okay. Great. Let's open it.

[Jonathan] We'd take
this fireplace

at the end of the room
out completely,

which would be a big job
but completely worth it.

And at the other end,
we could give you

energy-efficient
collapsible doors,

which would give you
amazing indoor-outdoor flow.

When you walk
in the front door,

this is wide open

and you see right through
to the pool.

-[Ben] Now, you're talking.
-[Krystal] I would love that.

-[Jonathan] Yeah.
-I think we the fireplace
is nice

-but we have another one.
-We have another one. Yeah.

Is the pool in great shape?
Everything outside is fine?

-It is.
-[Krystal] The pool
is in great shape.

I... That was one
of my other inspections.

-[Drew] Okay.
-And I think, for us,

this dated '50s deck

and all of that
is pretty funky, but--

[Jonathan] I mean, to me,

it makes sense
to tear down this patio roof

-to let in a lot more light.
-[Ben] Yeah.

-[Jonathan] Yeah?
-Now, I'm excited.

Do you know what
kind of aesthetic you want?

Probably a farmhouse-y feel

with some modern
light touches.

-Yeah.
-It...

We love
the California lifestyle,

so we do wanna bring
some of that in it too,

but we don't really know.

Design-wise, we're gonna
depend on you guys for that.

I just...

California farmhouse?

-Yeah. [laughs]
-[Drew] Yeah.

[Krystal] I like the idea
of the beams.

They like warm up the space

-so much too, right?
-[Drew] Right. Sure.

[Jonathan] When you look
at everything

that we've just
toured through

with all the problems
that would have to be fixed.

The absolute lowest

I could see
your budget coming in at,

lowest, would be $215,000.

But that could jump
right up to 300K or more

depending on what we add on.

Yeah.
You're making me nervous.

That's a lot of money.

I don't...
We don't even know what's
in the walls yet either.

-So I haven't--
-Yeah.

I'm terrified on some level.

Just the cost, like we've
never done anything this big.

We need to live here now,

and, right now, we can't.

There's so much to be done.

You've got mold problems.
You've got asbestos.

You've got all kinds
of hazards.

This is not a safe house
to live in right now...

-[Krystal] Okay. Yeah.
-so it has to be fixed.

Has it actually crossed
your mind at all

to just resell it

and find something that does
not need all the work?

-Absolutely not.
-Yeah.

-[Jonathan] No?
-The family's too important.

They're so close.
Everybody's right here.

It's gonna be a headache
but I think, in the long run,

-it's gonna be worth it.
-We're in a place

that we think
is worth making work.

Think of Monroe.

This is all for Monroe

because she's gonna run
this place.

-[Ben] She already is.
-[Jonathan laughs]

[Krystal] I'm really excited
being back

and to raise Monroe here

close to the family, right?

Yeah. It's a great place
to be in LA too.

But then the fact
that so much money

is going into electrical,

plumbing, sewage is tough

because it really eats
into our budget

for making the house
look fantastic,

so it's stressful.

-I can see
you're nervous, but...
-I am.

we'll work through
the nervousness

and we're... We'll do our best
to make this awesome.

[Ben] All right. Perfect.

We've got mortgage and rent,

so we're ready
to push this thing along

and get into the house

-sooner rather--
-Sooner rather than later.

[upbeat music playing]

[Drew] Krystal and Ben
bought this house

because it's spacious,
close to family,

and has tons of charm.

A big chunk
of their $215,000 budget

will go toward opening up
the common areas

to create better flow,

fixing all the issues

that came with the house
when they bought it,

and also updating the kitchen

and every window and door
on the main floor.

But our challenge
is to make sure

that, in the end,
they have enough left over

to have that modern
farmhouse style they want.

I know you guys
have been dying

to get your hands
on this nasty, old kitchen.

-You have no idea.
-Oh, my gosh.

I cannot wait.

The one thing we cannot touch,
the floors.

There's asbestos
in this linoleum here,

so we're gonna just leave
the floors for now.

But we're clear
to open up this wall here

to really expand
your kitchen.

So we'll start with that.

And we're also gonna
tear down the wall

between your living
and family rooms.

Or do you guys just wanna talk
about it a little longer?

-No. What else is there--
-No. [laughs]

Go ruin something. Get...
Grab a door,

-grab a drawer.
-[Ben] Sure.

Stand in the safety zone
underneath that hood.

-[Krystal] Okay.
-Watch your head.

[shrieks]

That's how that works.

-I love it.
-[Krystal] I love it.

[Jonathan] All right.
It's coming. Watch yourself.

Woo!

This is the wall
we wanna go through.

Just go ahead, Ben.

-Oh.
-Oh!

This thing is heavier than me.

-[Ben] Nice.
-[Jonathan] All right.

[Ben grunts]

-No big deal.
-[Krystal laughs]

This is all
where there used to be a door.

You wanna actually just cut it
with the reciprocating saw?

-That sounds like fun.
-[Jonathan] All right.

I love it.

That is the best.

-Take it all down.
-Such a big difference.

-I'm ready.
-Oh, you want the rest
of it down?

-Yes. Let's do it.
-[Jonathan] You wanna see
the whole thing?

[Jonathan] Oh.

Woo!

-Oh, that's fantastic.
I love it.
-[Ben] That's incredible.

It looks so much
better already.

You could really tell, just
in opening up those walls,

what it was really
gonna feel like.

I can see us now in there,

you know, actually
with the kids and with family

and entertaining.

Do you wanna see
the same kind of view

-through your front door?
-Let's do it.

[chuckles]

-[Ben] Ah.
-There is something charming

about this.

[laughs]

But we want it gone.

[grunts]

We just rip it out?

-All right.
-[Jonathan] There you go.

Here. You wanna...

This is the heavy hammer.

-I love it.
-[Jonathan] Keep going.

Oh, no.

-No!
-[Krystal] What is that?

-[Jonathan] Oh, no.
-[Krystal] What is that?

[Jonathan]
It's an asbestos pipe.

Uh-uh.

[Jonathan] More asbestos.

Are you kidding me?

So this is the vent
from your furnace

-and your hot water tank.
-Oh.

So it's taking fumes

or exhaust all the way up.

This is how they used
to do it.

They used to wrap it
in asbestos.

Tomorrow,

we have the asbestos
abatement team coming...

and they're taking
everything else out.

We're gonna have
to tack that on

-to what they're taking out.
-[Ben] Okay.

[Jonathan]
It also means we have to leave
a portion of the wall here

to accommodate
a new vent pipe.

So we'll open this up
as much as we can

but not completely.

This was your bright idea.

Right. Yeah.
It's gonna be beautiful.

-[laughs]
-We still get the view

from the... From
the front door to the pool.

-That's true. That is.
-[Ben] That's what we wanted.

So if just one pipe
is in the way--

-We can keep going.
-[Ben] All right. Let's do it.

-Okay.
-All right.

I don't wanna alarm
Krystal and Ben,

but the fact
that we found more asbestos

even after Krystal had
a thorough inspection done,

that gives me
a very uneasy feeling.

I'm starting to think
that maybe there's gonna be

more hidden problems
than we were anticipating.

-Yeah.
-[laughs] Woo!

-Walk through. Do it.
-[Ben] It's official.

[Jonathan]
And all of that gone.

[Ben] Oh, my God.
Look at that.

-I love it.
-And then with the patio
being part

of the indoor-outdoor
experience, it's gonna...

-It's gonna be better. Yeah.
-Oh, it's perfect.

[Ben] You could see,
finally, the vision

-firsthand, which is great.
-[Krystal] Yeah.

I'm a little still concerned

about the road ahead,

just in terms of what else,

you know,
Jonathan's gonna find?

Yeah. There's gonna be more,

but we'll keep
our fingers crossed.

No more. No more money.

[singer]
♪♪ Stop ♪

♪♪ Just send them
To the bank ♪

♪♪ To put inside your safe ♪

[Jonathan] Our aim
is to get Krystal and Ben

into their house
as soon as possible,

because right now
they're paying $4,000 a month
in rent until they're in.

But in a 1950s home
like this,

it won't be an easy task.

The remediation team came in

and removed all
the asbestos we found

in the floor in the kitchen
as well as that pipe.

We can now tear up
the rest of the flooring

and strip the walls
that are staying

right down to the studs.

Demolishing the wall between
the kitchen and dining room

to give this family the
massive island they dream of

is a pretty
straightforward job.

But to open up the wall

between the family room
and the living room,

we have to remove that
giant fireplace and chimney.

It's a huge endeavor

but it'll give them
open sight lines

from the front of the house
right through to the pool.

We've also gotten rid
of all the mold

that was plaguing this home.

However,
when our abatement team

was clearing out all
that mold in the crawl space,

they noticed something
that looked off.

-Oh, boy. All right.
-Gosh.

So, basically,
when the remediation team

was down here
getting rid of all the mold,

they said we have some
serious plumbing concerns.

Look. Right there.
It's completely detached.

-That's totally detached.
-[Drew] Look at this.

And you're down.
Like how is this gonna drain?

We'll look all of that water
that's coming down

the kitchen, the laundry,

all of that side of the house

has to make it all the way
to the stack over there.

This drain pipe should be
a continuous slope.

Ideally, a quarter inch
per foot,

so it drains
to the stack properly.

It's nowhere close to that.

That is going back up.

And you know that that's
where you're gonna get a clog.

I feel like
somebody cheaped out

on some of the utility
function of this house,

and now these guys
have to pay for it.

You can see this was added
at some point.

This looks like it slipped out
of the compression fitting

or it broke.

And then they have
extra pieces down here.

So they knew
there was a problem.

They knew this was a hack job.

[Jonathan] Oh, my gosh.

-[Drew] Heavy?
-It is like filled

with rocks or something.

Something has blocked the line

and it probably had
so much weight, it snapped.

You know what I should do?
Let me cut this open and see.

-[groans]
-[Jonathan groans]

-Gross.
-[Drew] Gross.

[Jonathan]
I can see in the pipe,

it is completely full.

[groans]

It's black and it stinks.

Oh, my gosh.
This isn't even a waste line.

What is that?
Why does it stink so bad?

Look at that.
It's like black tar.

It's been building up
for a decade

or more. Who knows?

Krystal was so afraid
of getting this house

and now we find
something like this.

We have to run new plumbing

from one side of the house

all the way across
to the other

and rip out all of this stuff

that was clearly not done
by a professional.

With the remediation
of the mold,

having to do
the other plumbing work,
this plumbing work,

now, all of a sudden, it's
getting into a big number.

They were aware
of all the problems

this house was gonna have
with the plumbing

from the house to the street.

But now there's
all this additional expense

that they're gonna have.

Almost the same amount
or more could come here.

-I'm getting out of here.
-[Jonathan] Okay.

-We need to get the others in.
-[Jonathan groans]

We need these guys
to come back.

I want Ben and Krystal
to be here.

I want them to see
the good stuff, the progress,

but I want them
to understand the problems

that we're encountering
because they're big.

[singer]
♪♪ I'm all business ♪

♪♪ And I ain't about
to live it easy ♪

♪♪ No, no ♪

[Jonathan]
Well, you guys, go in first.

Oh, my gosh.

-Are you serious?
-[laughs] Oh, my God.

-[Ben] What?
-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.
It's totally different now.

[Jonathan] It's a shell, huh?

[Krystal] Oh, my God.

[Ben] This is exactly
what we have in mind.

-It's so wide open.
-[Jonathan]
There's the ceiling.

I think coming in today
and seeing how open it is

is starting to feel like us.

You didn't even notice
that the chimney's gone
by the way.

You didn't even comment
on that.

[Krystal]
That's the best part.

And you can see completely
to the back now.

So I'm fired up about that.

Well, when you have it
at this phase,

this is where
you can really see

any of those issues deep

-inside the walls.
-Uh-huh.

-[Jonathan] Stuffed inside...
-[Ben] Ah, nice.

[Jonathan] that area there
are all these little papers

-from when we were born.
-1978.

Complete kitchen $1,495.

[Krystal]
Yeah. Call them right now.

-[Ben] Right now.
-Stuff like that

is fun and funny.

Other stuff not so much.

You already
have more open concept

for your kitchen?

-[Krystal] It's so much space.
-[Ben] Wow. It's huge.

[Jonathan] Do you want these to
be case opening

or do you want me to open these
up absolutely

as much as possible and do clean
drywall corners?

What do you think?

Originally, we talked about
matching up the two openings

and having it the same,
but we realized

that opening over there
has the potential to be wider

-than this one does.
-Oh.

SO I don't want to reduce that
one down to match this up.

I think maybe we just open it
all up.

-[Drew] I say open it up.
-Yeah.

Me too. I love it.

You can kinda start to see...

I could see the island going

right down the middle here,
correct?

And the light coming
from the windows in the back

-make a huge difference.
-[Krystal] Yeah.

-[Jonathan] Yeah. Absolutely.
-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.

Now, let's talk
about the problems.

The main line,
the sewer line of the street,

as you feared,

has to be completely replaced.

We have to trench out

and, unfortunately, it goes
right under the driveway,

so we have to break up
the driveway

to get to it.

It was not in the budget.

We're looking at $12,500

to do that.

-Yeah.
-[Krystal] That's bad.

[Ben] We anticipated
some cost for that.

It wasn't $12,000.

We also found the plumbing
right underneath the house

that comes from the kitchen
and laundry area

that goes all the way out,
drains to the main stack...

-[Ben] Yeah.
-completely detached,

-completely clogged.
-[Krystal] Ugh.

-[Ben] That's it?
-[Drew] It stinks.

There is no waste
in this line.

This is literally
just from the kitchen

and it is completely blocked.

-If it's--
-Hmm, that does smell.

-[Drew] It does.
-[Krystal] So it's additional

outside of the sewage issue
we had before?

-So it's additional--
-[Jonathan] It is.
So it's more plumbing.

When we're doing all the
plumbing for your new kitchen,

we need to move lines around.

We wanna accommodate

for things like the island
and whatnot,

but we did not
anticipate having

to replace the drain line,

which will be
an additional cost.

Okay.

So we'll replace that.

We're not the first house
to have this problem.

It's frustrating because
I can't afford the add-ons

'cause we're paying
for the sewage.

Every time
I wanna do an add-on,

I'm gonna say,

"There's your sewage pipe.
Isn't it pretty?"

This surprise costs
just kind of keep coming,

but we can only do
what we can do.

We can only afford
what we can afford.

So we're hoping we don't have

to forego some
of the design ideas

and hoping
the brothers can help us

like rectify that
and save some costs elsewhere

so that we're not
absorbing all of it.

We'll push through...
We're in it now.

Yeah. We have no choice now.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jonathan] Now, that Krystal
and Ben know the score

when it comes
to the plumbing,

we're replacing all
of the pipes under the house

and the connections
to the main stack.

It's an unexpected cost

but it absolutely
has to be done.

The more we open
things up upstairs

means the bigger our footings
have to be downstairs.

So we're putting some massive
posts down into the garage.

We've dug out some holes.

We'll be forming up
and pouring

pretty substantial
reinforced footings.

[Drew] Yeah, these footings
are gonna be big.

They work out.

Put one in each corner.

[Jonathan] And because we've
completely removed the wall

between the old dining room
and the living room,

we're putting up a beam
to reinforce the structure

so the house is rock solid.

I know Krystal is anxious
about escalating costs,

so I'm gonna give her a call
and just see how she's doing.

Hi.

Hi, Jonathan. How are you?

I'm good. I...

Actually, I guess the real
question is how are you?

I've been hearing that
you're having some anxieties

or some stress.

[Krystal] I'm anxious
about the renovation.

We've been thinking,
you know,

after we talked
with you and Drew

about all the things

that... You know,
that needs to be done,

just... It's a little
overwhelming.

Trust me, I get it.

It's not fun
when you get a place

and you have all
these big dreams

about what
you wanna do with it

and then you discover
all the not-so-nice stuff.

How is Ben doing?

[Krystal] He's trying
to stay positive,

but I do think the money
is starting

to wear on him
a little bit though.

-Yeah.
-I was thinking

about everything costs

more than you think
it's gonna cost,

and so we don't wanna
pay rent and mortgage

so we're moving in
with my dad.

[Jonathan]
That is a great idea.

The money you save on rent

can help cover some of the
overages that have come up.

I wanna make sure,
at the end of the day,

that you move into this home

that is gonna actually
make life better,

it's gonna help function
better for you,

and we can get you to a point

where it's a house
that you absolutely love.

You are not going
at this alone.

This is all manageable stuff.

Okay. I like that.

Moving in with Krystal's
parents will definitely ease

the burden of the extra costs.

I mean, we're gonna be going
for another couple of months,

so that's gonna save them,
at least, $8,000 in rent.

All of this just kind of puts

that extra pressure
on Drew and me.

We have to get this done

because I'm pretty sure
they would rather be sleeping

in their very own beds.

[singer]
♪♪ Yo, yo ♪

[upbeat music playing]

[singer]
♪♪ Yo ♪

[Jonathan]
One of the main things

that convinced
Krystal and Ben

to buy this house
was its gorgeous pool.

But right now
there's an unnecessary roof

over the patio that not only
obscures the view of the pool

from the inside of the house,

it also stops the light
from flooding in.

Knocking it down is gonna make
a world of difference

for this family.

One, two, three, go.

[man] Get that sledge.

[Jonathan] Hold on. Hold on.

[man grunts]

One, two, three, go.

Hold... [chuckles]

Hold on. Ready?

Get that sledge.

Hold on. All right, ready?

-And one, two--
-[laughter]

-It's all on me.
-[man] It's all on you, Jon.

-[Jonathan] One sec.
-[man] Oh, wow.

Watch it come...
Watch the sliding

back this way.

[man grunts] My gosh.

[Jonathan] Well,
they're gonna use the--

[grunts]

-Most unsatisfying situation.
-[laughs]

So you know why I did that?

They're sheeting material
continued

-up onto the roof.
-[man] Yeah.

Well, that was pretty
anticlimactic

and I did feel like we were
maybe The Three Stooges.

But we got it down and didn't
damage the house anymore.

It looks like
the rest of the roof

will come down
without a fight

or, more importantly, without
incurring any extra costs.

After all the financial hits

that Krystal and Ben
have taken,

they were long overdue
for a little win,

so I'll take it.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jonathan] We're starting
the massive job of fixing

all the pipes that run from
the house out to the sewer.

It's expensive,
completely unavoidable,

and, unfortunately,
we have to break up
the driveway to do it.

And we're replacing
this house's leaky,
decrepit windows

with energy-efficient ones
that will last a lifetime.

-Okay. Okay.
-All right.

All right. I need you to push
forward towards the doorframe.

[Drew] We have this
collapsible window wall,
which is amazing,

because if you have
friends and family over,

you have that
indoor-outdoor flow.

It brings in a ton
of natural light.

And also that wall gone

between the back room
and the front door,

it just means
that the entire flow

right from when you walk
in the house

is all the way
to the backyard.

If there's anything
in this entire house

that will make Krystal love
this house, it's this door.

-Why is that?
-So the view to the backyard
was key.

She loved the pool and that's
all she cared about.

She actually hated the house.

Now, she can see the pool

all the way from the front.

[Jonathan] See,
all we're trying to do

is get her to love the house.

All right.
Let's close this up.

Test it out.

[Jonathan makes sound]

This is one problem solved...

still 50 others on the list.

Yeah. Let's get to the others.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jonathan] Our crew continues
the grueling task

of running our waste pipe
to the city sewer.

If I can think
of anything positive

I can offer Ben
and Krystal about this,

it's that it will all
be over soon.

And now that everything's
updated and solid
behind the walls,

we can start putting
up the drywall.

We've really had to do
the unavoidable

and expensive work
of making this house safe

and sound for the family.

Now, we can focus
on aesthetics

and cutting costs
anywhere we can.

But none of that matters
if we don't have enough budget

left over
to make Krystal happy

with the finishing touches.

[upbeat music playing]

I'm telling you this is gonna
make a world of difference.

-Krystal's gonna love it.
-Oh, yes.

After pushing Krystal
to go for a fixer-upper,

Ben wants to make amends
by doing something nice
for the family.

Since we got rid of the old
laundry by the kitchen,

he suggested that we place
the new one

close to the bedrooms
and not down in the garage

so it's easier for everyone
to do their laundry.

We stole a bit of space
from a bedroom closet

to make a great laundry nook
that opens up

into the hallway.
And to make this happen,

Ben's putting in a little
sweat equity to help me
build it.

I am very happy that you
brought up this

-as a must-have.
-Yes.

And that we're able
to find a spot for it.

Well, the original location
that we were thinking of

was in the... In the garage.

And it's walking up
and down the stairs,

walking around the cars.
Nobody wants to do that.

Just to have this
right outside the bedroom,

tucked away in the hallway

is gonna be perfect.

And I know that
this has been stressful.

I know, you know, Krystal
didn't even want this house.

You really were fighting
for it.

And then now
that we're into it,

there are all these headaches
popping up and these expenses.

So anything we can do
that will actually make

Krystal's life easier
moving forward,

-I think, is key, so--
-[Ben] This is great.

I know typically we don't
insulate interior walls,

but because it's a bedroom,

we wanna make sure
that there is a sound barrier

-for the laundry.
-Oh, great. So...

[Drew] We're really trying
to reduce overages.
We've spent a lot of money.

But the good news is running
plumbing to this location

for laundry is cheaper
than if we were to run it

all the way down
to the garage.

We're also trying to add
as much style

and function as possible.

And I have some great ideas
to keep cost down.

We're reusing
your washer-dryer,

trying to stay on
the budget here.

To add a little bit
of interest without a lot
of expense,

we could do some
shiplap detail.

We could have
floating shelves up above.

Something that's easy
to access and looks nice.

And we're gonna have
a beautiful door.

It's gonna be
a nice big slider.

Excellent. Anything to add
a little detail

and engage her
a little bit more

-is definitely appreciated.
-[Drew] Is she a shiplap fan?

[Ben] I think she is.
Actually,

as we were watching on videos

and searching around
for the style we like,

-she often pointed out
shiplap.
-Okay. Good.

The laundry, I think
it's just gonna make things

a lot easier.

Drew, this is gonna be great.
This looks awesome.

I'm excited about it.
But being away

from the house is tough.

We are not sleeping
in our own environment.

We're currently staying
with my father-in-Law.

Our daughter, Monroe,
just started school this week

and us not being
in our own space,

it's been somewhat
of a process

trying to get her
kind of into a schedule.

And so it's been difficult.
We're ready.

We're ready to move in
as soon as possible.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jonathan] With all the extra
cost that have come up,

one thing we've been able
to do is stay on schedule.

And today is a big milestone.

The flooring is going in.

The flooring's gonna
draw you into the space.

We're gonna run the boards
from the front door

all the way to the back
of the house.

And I think the flooring
is gonna be exactly

what ties together
all the spaces.

Krystal said she wanted
as large a kitchen

as we could manage,

so we're bringing in
a ton of cabinets

to give this family
as much storage as possible.

She wants this kitchen
to be the main hub

for family get-togethers,

so we have to get it right.

Lighting delivery.

[Jonathan] Yes. Yes.

I actually need some
consultation as well.

As you know, Krystal and Ben
hated everything

about their old family room
except the beams,

so they want us to integrate
them somehow into the design.

So there's gonna be another
beam going in here and then--

We're cladding the beams,
right?

[Jonathan]
Well, I'm still debating...

'cause we hit so many issues
with this project

and we went so over budget.
I'm like...

I love that aesthetic
of cladding these beams out

and making it look rustic.

That would be absolutely
beautiful,

my first choice.

But it's an entire
additional layer

when we could just
clean these up,

paint them out, and they would
still look gorgeous.

What would the price
difference be between

keeping it like it is and just
cleaning it up and cladding?

-Several thousand dollars.
-Let's find the savings.

-We need it.
-Yeah. I'm--

-[Drew]
We're still over budget.
-This is the...

[groans] This is where
I'm a little nervous.

'Cause I feel like we've spent
so much money

inside the walls,
fixing all these problems.

I don't wanna take away

another one
of the really classy,

-cool features, the details.
-[Drew] No, I know that,

but the whole thing is...

I know Krystal
will be happy aesthetically

if we do all these things,
but, at the end of the day,

both of them are gonna be
unhappy financially

when they see how much
it went over their budget.

Let's keep the beams as is,
save the money,

and hopefully Krystal and Ben
will be impressed

with the savings
and the stylishness

of the refurbished beams.

[Jonathan] Since we changed
the inside so significantly,

we thought we'd give the
outside a facelift as well,

touching up the stucco
in a fresh coat of paint.

Inside,
we're adding a dark stain

to the refinished beams.

They'll add warmth
to the space

and give the family room
more height and depth

by drawing the eyes upward.

And that's not all.

I mean, this island...

-Big.
-is gonna be big.

It's gonna be beautiful.

It's gonna have so much
storage, prep space.

This would never have been
possible with the old layout

and the walls in the way.

Well, before this kitchen
was a tiny little kitchen

and got a tiny little
dining room,

and now it's all opened up

to have one big
flowing space.

It really is gonna feel
like a massive kitchen.

[upbeat music playing]

[squirrel squeaks]

[Drew] I think, at the end
of the day, the biggest thing

that makes me nervous
is that Krystal and Ben
went over budget

and there's so much
that popped up

that they're not gonna see
as beautiful features

of the house when we're done.

It's behind the walls
or the ceiling.

Everything they have has gone

into the renovation budget

and so if we don't
get this right,

this is gonna be hugely
problematic for them.

[machine whirring]

Ready for the payoff?

-Oh, my gosh.
-The piece de resistance.

If this doesn't make them
scream and jump for joy,

-I don't know what will.
-[chuckles]

They have a good
indoor-outdoor flow.

They bought the house
for the pool and the view.

Now, they have an interior
that matches the beauty

of the outside.
Ben, from the get-go,

was a lover of this house,
Krystal was not.

So, at the end of the day,
she is the one that's gonna
be the decider.

My hope is this gets Ben
off the hook

and she realizes
the beauty of the home.

It is a beautiful home.

It was an expensive renovation

and a lot of stress, I know.

The only way to find out
if we brought her over

to the Ben side
is by getting them in here.

[Drew] Yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

[Krystal]
Last night was intense.

[Ben] I don't think we slept.

It has been a struggle
being away from the house.

This is the biggest investment
of our life though

and we're hoping that it's all
that we want it to be.

But it's been a sacrifice,
you know...

-Yeah. That's a good point.
-to be able to do this

but also be able
to pay for it.

But we're pushing through.
[chuckles]

Oh, my goodness. [laughs]

Ta-da.

[Krystal] Look at the outside.

-It looks incredible.
-[Ben] Completely different.

The color changed everything.

It looks like
a modern house now

-and not like a 1950s
hot mess.
-[Ben] The yellow--

[Drew] I thought yellow was
supposed to be mellow.

-No.
-Let's leave that to the plants.

Oh my goodness, you guys.

Windows are new.

I'm trying not to look at the
rest of the house, though.

Don't look beyond the windows.

-Should we go in?
-[Krystal] Oh, boy.

-[Jonathan laughs]
-[Krystal] I'm so excited.

You're gonna get even more
excited in two seconds.

[Krystal] Oh, I can't breathe.

-[Jonathan] Three...
-[Krystal] Oh, my God.

-[Jonathan] two...
-[Krystal] Oh, I can't--

[Jonathan] one...

[upbeat music playing]

-[gasps] Oh, my goodness.
-Are you serious?

Can we live here right now?
Is that...

[Krystal] I think so.

-Oh, we're serious.
-Uh-huh.

-I wasn't expecting it.
-When you walked in

and you said,
"It's too closed off," fine.

-[Krystal] Oh.
-[Ben] Opened it up.

-Look at that.
-[Krystal] No,
this is everything.

[Ben laughs]

Oh, my gosh.

-[gasps]
Look at the pictures, honey.
-[Ben] Look at the chimney.

[Krystal laughs] My gosh.
It's perfect.

-[Jonathan]
I'd like to point out...
-Just the fact that--

after all the stress and
throwing Ben under the bus,

you just said
you love this house.

-Yes.
-Hey.

-[Ben] Yes.
-[Drew] Yes. It paid off.

[Ben] Exactly.
How many inspections?

-It's my favorite.
-[Ben] A dozen?

-It's your favorite?
-[laughter]

You were right, honey.
How about that?

-[Jonathan] Oh, my goodness.
-[Drew] Hey.

Yo, what's the date?

Can somebody
please record this?

[Krystal] You were right.

[Jonathan] Check out
your new living room.

-[Ben] Oh, my goodness.
-[Krystal] Oh, my goodness.

Look at this living room,
honey.

Look at the fireplace
and the--

-[Ben] Oh, my goodness.
-[Krystal] Oh, it flows

-so well.
-[Ben] The furniture.

It's not the same house.

-It's just not.
-[Jonathan] No.

[Drew] Well, you wanted
to have somewhere

where you could gather
with friends and family,

somewhere comfortable,
take a seat.

Oh, it feels like home.

Like I'm...
We've been so disheveled

and moving to get to family,

and now it feels like

-we can do this here.
-I'm ready to settle,

ready to sit down.
You're gonna entertain.

[Krystal] Oh, the boys
are gonna just freak out.

-[Drew chuckles]
-[Krystal] That is what
it's all about, this family.

-[Ben] Yeah.
-[Krystal]
And we are so grateful.

[Jonathan] You know,
it's one thing

to have a great
lounging space,

but you guys talked
about the heart of the home,

the kitchen.

Oh, my God.

Look at this kitchen, Benji.

-[Ben] That's incredible.
Look at all the seating.
-[Krystal] It's enormous.

[Ben] Remember where you were
worried about how much
space would be...

-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.
It's like--
-[Jonathan] on the either side

of the... Of the island?

Look at this ceiling.

Oh, my goodness. I love it.

[Jonathan]
In between the millwork,

we changed the paint color,
did like a really nice,

soft linen so that it punches
up the white on the middle.

Yes. It makes it stand out
so much.

I think the detail
in the ceiling

stretches the room out more.

[Jonathan] It does.
It seems even bigger.

[Krystal] This is insane.
There is...

I can't even think of it
being any better than this.

-[Jonathan] Yeah. Yeah.
-Get in there. Make yourself--

That was that farmhouse sink
that you've been asking for

-for 10 years now.
-Yes. Oh, my. Forever, right?

[laughs] Look at the gold.

This is like heaven.

I'm so happy right now.
Oh, this is so warm.

[Jonathan] Everything about
this kitchen is transformed.

-The sink--
-[Krystal]
We are fancy, fancy.

-[Krystal] Moving on. [laughs]
-[Ben] I feel like we made it.

We got a pot filler.

Yes, we have, honey.
Oh, my goodness.

-The light--
-[Ben] It made all
the difference.

[Krystal] That's the thing.
It was so dark in here.

-Do you remember?
-[Ben] Right. Right.

[Krystal] Like horrible.

This just...
All the light's...

Oh, my gosh.
Look at the windows.

Well, also,
do you remember too,

your kitchen before
was pretty much here...

-Stop... Right.
-to just over there?

-[Krystal] Yes. Yes.
-[Drew] It was so tiny.

-[Ben] Yes.
-[Ben] It's expanded
threefold.

And I was really worried
about how much space

was gonna be over here,
but this is...
This is perfect.

[Krystal] It doesn't feel
narrow at all.

[Jonathan]
This is the backdrop

for all the memories
you wanted to create
within a space

for family, for entertaining,

for all of the things that
you said you wanted to do.

-Yeah.
-[Krystal] I'm so excited.

[laughs]

What's going
through your mind?

This is just like why
we came here, right?

To be with family
and to have a place like this

-so we can all
do this together.
-[Ben] Right. Right.

It's pretty priceless.

-I love that. I love it.
-So that's good stuff.

[Krystal] Look at this dining.

Look, we can like
actually sit

and have a meal
at a table too.

-[Ben] Right.
-[Jonathan] Imagine that.

I totally didn't even see
all of these cabinets.

-You have so much doors.
-Look at all those drawers.

[Krystal] It's perfect.
And look at this.

-Can you move out the way?
-Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm out.

Drew, you're blocking
the view.

[Drew] Right, right, right.

-Look at this.
-Oh, this is...

When is the last time
we had a legit pantry?

And now a legit
coffee station.

[Krystal] Yeah.
This is perfect for us.

You can have your
espresso machine there

-and ready for the morning.
-Right.

Right next
to the breakfast table.

-Yeah.
-Perfect.

Oh, my gosh.
It's so much space.

And test out your...
I love it.

-entertaining hub.
-Uh, yes.

-[Krystal] Ooh. Oh, my God.
-[Ben] Oh, dishes.

-Look, we got dishes too.
-[Krystal] Dishes.

-We got dishes and snacks.
-[Ben] We're silverware-ing.

The kids might actually decide

to keep coming back
more and more.

Yes, they will.
Yeah, they're gonna say--

-No. We don't have
enough space.
-We can absolutely...

[laughs] It just feels like...

-[Ben] It's like it's a...
-[Krystal] a brand-new house.

-It really does.
-[Ben] Right. Right.

[Krystal]
I think I was terrified

when you decided
that we were gonna do this.

Yeah, you were. Yeah.

But I'm just really grateful
that I called the brothers...

[laughter]

-so we'll stay married.
-[laughter]

[Drew] Okay. Let's check out
the family room.

Oh, my goodness.
Look how... [gasps]

-Look at the door, honey.
-[Ben] What?

-Isn't that amazing?
-The door is fantastic.

You didn't even look
at this door

that's not gonna drop you
down the stairs anymore.

It opens away from the stairs.

-[Ben] Ah, the safety hazard.
Of course.
-[Krystal] Thank you for that.

[Ben] Look at that television.
Is that...

[Jonathan]
I mean, is it big enough?

No, but it looks good.

[Krystal]
This looks amazing, guys.

-[Ben] This is perfect.
-[Krystal] It is perfect.

[Ben] It's exactly...

You gotta show me
how to work these.

When you wanna come
in and out, open.

-Nice. Look at that.
-Oh, I love that.

-Yup. Slides all the way open.
-Look at that.

-Oh.
-This is what we thought.

This is what we thought.

Look at all the light
that just came in.

-It's beautiful.
-Oh.

Oh, honey, I love it.

[Jonathan] This is about
that indoor-outdoor flow.

-Yes.
-And now when you come
in the front door,

-you can see all of this.
-Right.

-This is great, yeah.
-Yeah. That's exactly
what we wanted.

So if you wanna be indoor
or outdoor,

-you have an option.
-[Ben] That's right.

[Krystal]
Guys, look at this couch.

Honey, it's long and deep
just for you.

That's exactly what I need.

[Krystal]
Oh, look at this one.

[Jonathan]
Taking out the fireplace,

which was so overbearing...

-[Ben] Right.
-[Krystal] Yeah.

that was the right decision,

but you wouldn't
wanna take out the beams...

-[Ben] No.
-[Krystal] No.

'cause they were actually
adding a nice element.

[Krystal]
Did you stain those or...

-[Jonathan] Yes.
-[Krystal] Oh, my gosh.

-They turned out fantastic.
-[Ben] Right.

It feels like this is how
it should have always been.

-[Ben] Always.
-[Krystal] Exactly.

I love this texture.

-Oh, it's texture?
-And it just brings

like a beautiful pop of color
in here, right?

It's warm, right?
The blue looks great.

[Krystal] Yes. I love blue.

[Ben] It looks great
with the wood...

-The color on the beams.
-Oh. Oh, my goodness.

And then they have
the same design

on the wall to the ceiling
in the kitchen.

-[Krystal] I love that.
-[Jonathan] Yeah.

[Krystal] It came out so...
Look at that.

It's like it flows
all together.

-Right.
-Everywhere you look,

-there's a little something.
-Yes.

Even down the hall.

Now, you may not know
the detail of this.

-[Krystal] Mmm-hmm.
-But Ben wanted
to do something

extra special for you.

He said there's no way that
he wants the love of his life

to have this
beautiful new home

and have to trek
all the way to the garage

-to do laundry.
-[laughs]

So he thought it'd be great

to have the laundry
where the bedrooms are,

and so we took
a little project

to move them into the hall.

-[Krystal] Are you serious?
-[Ben] You ready?

-Yeah.
-You're not ready for this.

-You knew about this?
-[Jonathan]
You wanna show her?

You wanna take her down there?

-Let's go check it out.
-[Jonathan] Yeah.
We'll wait here. You go down.

[Krystal] Oh, I can't wait
to see this. [laughs]

Oh, my goodness.

-Are those barn doors?
-[Ben] Yes.

But wait, wait.
Let's see what's behind

the barn doors though.

Oh, my goodness.

-[Ben] What?
-I love it.

Oh. Okay. Okay.

[Ben] All right. See?
Doesn't it make sense?

It didn't before but I think
I'm a believer now.

I love it. I wanted it to be
out of the kind of main area,

-but it's so tucked away.
-Right.

Like it's not impeding
any of our living space.

-And this door is gorgeous.
-[Ben] Right.

Like it's perfect, honey.
I was wrong.

I'm saying that a lot today,
aren't I?

-You are.
-Yeah. It's gonna stop.

-Oh, my goodness.
-Good surprise?

[Ben] What'd you think?

[Jonathan] That's all, Ben.

-Yeah. I love it.
-His idea.

[Jonathan] It really makes
a world of difference.

You hated this place
in the beginning.

You did not see any future...

-[Ben] Right.
-[Jonathan] in this place.

Let alone any near future
date of moving into it

-'cause there was
so much to do.
-[Krystal] Right. Right.

-[Ben] So much.
-[Jonathan]
But it's been a 180.

Oh, my goodness.

It is everything I think
he thought it could be

-and now, you know,
over time, I...
-[Ben] Right.

[Krystal] kind of, you know,
jumped onboard,

but now I am fully onboard.
[laughs]

Everybody's gonna
be coming over

and they're not gonna leave.

-[Krystal] No, that's true.
-Party hub.

-[Ben] Yeah. Right.
-They are so excited.

-[Drew] Why don't we--
-And, like we said,
they're super close.

-Let's get them in.
Yeah, let's do it.
-[Jonathan] Yeah. That's good.

-[Krystal] Yeah.
-Bring everybody over.

We gotta have a party.

[Ben]
Everything came out perfect.

We definitely went
over budget a little bit,

but I think
we still didn't lose

-in any of the design
elements.
-Yeah.

-[Krystal] Come on in.
-Oh, yes.

-I know. Hey. [laughs]
-I'm excited.

Okay. So this
is totally different.

Oh, my God.

[Krystal]
We've made a decision

over a year ago to, you know,

pack up and move
from the East Coast here.

And the goal was to
be with our family.

And so to now, finally,

be in a place that's ours

that they can come to
and spend time with us

in their space, you know,
being back in California,

this is exactly
what we did this for

and it is finally here.

It's finally here.

-[Monroe] I like it.
-[laughter]

-[Drew] Yeah. Yeah.
-[Ben] Yeah, you do.

[Krystal] We love it.

[Jonathan] How does it feel
having them back here

-closer to you guys?
-We love it.

-Oh, wow.
-[woman] Love it.

Their house for Sunday dinner.

-That's right.
-[all] Yeah. Yeah.

-Wait. Wait. I heard--
-Taco Tuesday.

Yeah, Taco Tuesdays,
Sunday dinner.

Oh, and Thanksgiving for sure.

-Yeah.
-Thanksgiving.