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[Heather] Oh, do we do oatmeal with prunes and breast milk?

[imitating plane sounds]

[Tristan] Mmm.

[Tarek] Ooh, that's yummy.

[Heather] Is that good, baby?

-Can I have some? -Sure.

No, it has breast milk.

-You just asked for some. -I was kidding.

[both laugh]

[Tarek] Sure, get it.

[phone ringing]

Who's that? Tell him we're in the middle of breakfast.

What's up, Adam?

[Adam] Hey, quick question.

Remember that house that we bought in Laguna Niguel?

That seller has another house,

and she just reached out to me,

and she wants to sell it to us.

Where's this house at?

[Adam] It's in Garden Grove.

Oh, I love Garden Grove.

Yeah, we've had some pretty good luck there, so...

It is such an awesome city to flip in,

because the houses in Garden Grove

are typically entry level.

They're not very big, and there's just so much demand.

If you get it at the right price,

you know you're going to exit with a good profit.

[Adam] The house is three bedroom, two bath.

Just under 1,300 square feet.

-We can pick it up for $615,000. - [Heather] Oh.

[Adam] I think it's worth $900,000 to $950,000.

Wow.

We used to buy houses in Garden Grove for like $250,000.

We'd put $100,000 into them and sell them for $500,000.

Those houses today are selling for $1.2m, $1.3m.

[Heather] Does this look familiar to you?

[Tarek] Uh-huh.

-Good neighborhood, right? -Yeah.

Wait, this one.

-[Tarek] Is that it? -Yeah.

[Tarek] Oh, my God.

[Heather] That's a lot of junk already.

This is beat up.

[Tarek] Got the shared driveway, single level.

This looks like a mess.

Yeah.

Is this house nasty, stinky, dirty?

No idea. I'm about to find out.

Like a surprise every time.

[Tarek] Every time.

Well, for sure we need a new roof.

Look at this thing.

-You see how they just put layer on top of a layer? -[Heather] Yeah.

How many is that, four layers?

[Tarek] It looks like it. Yeah.

[Heather] How much would a new roof on something like this be?

On a 1,300 square foot house.

[Tarek] Here, probably $15,000.

[Heather] Wow.

This whole front of the house is concrete, though.

Look at this. It's all concrete.

[Heather] Yeah.

I think we need to add some curb appeal to this house.

Why don't we do some siding here or some wood?

Like some wood shutters around the windows, a wood door,

and just bring some warmth--

[Tarek] Look at you.

-Bam, bam, bam! -[laughing]

Oh yeah. Bring the design, baby.

[Tarek] All right.

Doesn't stink. All right.

-Mmm. -[Heather] Wow.

Oh, there's a pool.

[Heather] Yes.

[Tarek] Well, could be good.

Could be bad.

This is brown.

Drab.

Uh, beat up.

[Tarek] This whole thing's weird.

I don't like how the dining room is just

-sitting here by the front door. -Yeah.

So that's why we'd have to open up this wall.

It's very closed off.

It looks like the kitchen's back there.

We can. Look.

-Right? -Yeah.

This part's not load-bearing because it has a pocket door.

Which means it's not solid.

But here's the thing, though.

The kitchen only goes back like 12 feet.

What's past the kitchen?

-That's what I'm-- -Let's go see.

So washer and dryer here.

[Tarek] Yeah.

And then we have a bathroom here.

There's going to be a lot of structural with this house.

[Heather] So is this bathroom the guest powder bathroom,

or is this for this bedroom?

[Tarek] Oh, I hope this isn't the primary.

This is tiny.

[Heather] Tiny.

[Tarek] If this is the primary, that's a big problem.

[Heather] Let's go this way.

[Tarek] A fireplace.

[Heather] I like that we have a fireplace.

[Tarek] Kind of a weird fireplace, though.

[Heather] It looks very fake.

What is this? Oh, no.

It's real stone.

Well, you could probably modernize it.

Big chunky wood mantle or something.

[Heather] Let's go see the other bedrooms. There's two more.

[Tarek] Yeah.

So look at... so you have the bathroom in the middle,

and then you have split bedrooms.

This bedroom's bigger than the primary,

and it has a full-size closet.

This house doesn't make sense. How it was built.

[Heather] This is a good-sized bathroom.

What's this right here, though?

Okay, it's a storage.

You know what?

I wonder if we could move the water heater over here,

relocate the laundry, and then expand the primary.

[Heather] Yeah, I like that.

So make the primary bathroom bigger.

There's a lot of reconfiguring.

Let's see how big this room is.

-[Tarek] Oh, this is the biggest room in the house. -Oh.

[Tarek] The smallest bedroom's the primary.

So let's go back over there

-and see how we can expand the primary. -Okay.

[Heather] Because we can't reconfigure things over here.

It would cost way too much.

So we could extend the kitchen all right along this wall.

[Tarek] Yeah, we could.

We can push the kitchen over four or five feet.

Okay.

So we shift the kitchen.

Okay, I have an idea.

Would this work if we closed this off?

So this door is gone.

This would be a walk-in closet, bathroom, primary.

So you walk through the bathroom into your walk-in closet.

You know, if we did that,

maybe we can move this wall over.

Okay.

And we can move this bedroom wall over a foot.

[Heather] So everything would be moved over.

Shifted, and then we'll have like a bigger primary, right?

[Heather] Okay.

There's big potential in this little house,

but we do have to reconfigure the layout quite a bit.

First, we're going to move the laundry room

into the hallway storage to free up space for the primary.

[Tarek] Then we're going to be removing the living room wall

to open up the kitchen,

giving it a much more spacious feel.

In the primary, we're going to shift the bathroom

over a few feet

in order to enlarge the tiny bedroom

as much as we possibly can.

[Heather] And finally, we'll create a walk-in closet,

utilizing the old laundry space

plus a couple feet of the existing kitchen.

Let's go look at the backyard.

Oh, this is kind of cool. Look at this.

It's covered.

So why don't we do something cool right here,

like make this like a sitting area?

[Tarek] You know what would be nice, actually,

if we extended the patio cover?

So now it's like a full covered outdoor living space.

So this whole thing is covered.

I love that idea.

And then we can stage it with a couch, a table, and a TV.

I mean, buyers would flip.

I like that. Get rid of this fence.

[Tarek] Oh, look at all this concrete.

See how it's sloping and cracking everywhere?

[Heather] What would that mean?

[Tarek] That's new concrete.

That's old concrete.

Oh, this is a problem.

This could be 30, 40 grand back here alone, you know?

[Tarek] Oh, this is a problem.

Look at all this concrete.

See how it's sloping and cracking everywhere?

This could be 30, 40 grand back here alone, you know?

[Heather] I don't like concrete around the pool.

We need to do something back here to give it some love.

[Tarek] We need to bring up almost all of this concrete

and then we can just redo things.

But what do you think about this house?

I like it.

-Yeah, me too, actually. -I like the size.

It's very peaceful here.

-I like the vibe. -I like that there's no neighbors behind.

[Heather] Yeah, it's very quiet, it's calm.

Do you think it's worth it?

I mean, I think it'd be a good flip.

Do you think that... are you okay?

No, I've had something in my eye for like 20 minutes.

Baby, I have eye drops.

You know I don't like eye drops.

No, no, no, I don't need them. I'm fine, it's gone.

Okay, don't touch your eye then.

Come on.

-No, it's actually fine now. -Bend down.

No, no, legitimately, for real, check this out.

Come on, bend down.

Go like this.

Okay, good.

Now, keep it open.

There, got it.

[sighs]

Want me to do one more?

-No, no, it's great. -[laughs]

All right, well, let's talk real quick.

[Heather] What's our numbers on this?

Just to redo the pool, the plaster, coping and all that,

it's probably like 10 grand, 12 grand.

Roof?

Roof, 15 grand.

Backyard, reconfiguring this whole side of the house.

-[Tarek] Let me call Adam. -Okay.

-[Adam] Hello. -Hey, dude.

What up?

Hey, quick question, have you seen this house

in Garden Grove yet?

Just the photos, I haven't seen it in person.

Okay, so we're estimating it to be about $175,000.

What are they asking for this thing again?

Uh, we can get it for $615,000.

Then we should be exiting at $950,000-ish.

[Tarek] If we reconfigure the floor plan,

it's gonna have an awesome layout.

There's a huge yard, it has a big pool,

and then also behind the house, it backs to a school,

so maybe even a million.

[Heather] Yeah.

Let's do it. Let's write the offer at $615,000 then.

-We're good with that price. -Yeah.

[Adam] Perfect, okay.

I'll give you a holler back and let you know

once we have it locked in.

All right, buddy. Bye.

Okay, offer's going out.

I like it.

[Tarek] We were able to purchase the house as planned for $615,000.

With an estimated bid at $175,000

and added selling and holding costs,

we are all in at 875,000.

Comps in the area suggest a listing price

between $950,000 and $1 million.

So if we don't get hit with a lot of added costs,

that puts our potential profit of cool $100,000.

What's up, Jake?

[Jake] Hey, what's going on, man?

Not much, how you doing, buddy?

I'm doing all right, I'm over here in Garden Grove.

I was wondering if you had time to stop by

so I can get going on the drywall.

I can swing by, are you gonna be there?

Yeah, I'll be here for about another hour.

Okay, I'll leave here in like 15, 20 then.

-Thanks, man. -All right, buddy.

[Heather] Hi, babe.

Hey, babe, Jake just called the Garden Grove house.

He did a bunch of work

and he needs us to go approve things.

-Look at how cute-- -Oh, look at him.

So I told him we'd be there in like an hour.

Can we do that?

Oh no, baby.

I have a appointment with Tristan.

So what's this doctor appointment for?

[Heather] Just a checkup.

[Tarek] Oh, you told me about this, didn't you?

Okay, let me cancel with Jake then.

No, no, no, you don't need to cancel.

Why don't you drop me and Tristan?

You can go to Garden Grove

and then pick us up on the way back.

I won't be in trouble?

No, it's okay, because you've gone a lot with me.

I can drop you off, shoot over to Garden Grove.

By the time I come back, you guys will be done.

Oh, his sock is falling off.

Babies always lose their socks.

All right, let's load him up.

[Heather] All right.

-Jake, is that you? -[Jake] Hey.

What's up, buddy?

Is this house almost done?

It doesn't look like it.

[Jacob laughs] You wish, you wish.

Oh, my God.

[Jake] Yeah, it looks different.

[Tarek] What's up, buddy?

How's it going?

-Just as a quick recap, if I remember, -[Jake] Sure.

we're planning on opening the wall just to right here.

This is actually gonna open it up a lot.

Yeah, but I have a little bit bad news.

Actually, take a look at this.

So we have to keep this wall.

[Tarek] Wait, wait, wait.

Are you talking about this one right here?

-Yes, we have to keep that one. -No.

[Jake] Yeah, we're running a beam here,

and because this roof pitch here,

we kind of have to have this wall

sticking out a little bit.

Okay, so it's coming out this way,

and then this wall's coming this way,

like this is our kitchen, this little box.

That's not a real big kitchen.

Shoot.

Is there any way to... [clears throat]

-Make the kitchen a little bigger? -[laughs]

Well, you probably can,

but you'll lose on your walk-in closet.

We're already encroaching a little bit in there.

If we take any more,

it's no longer a walk-in closet.

[sighs] Oh, my gosh.

So, I mean, so this is the kitchen.

Yeah.

If we go from a walk-in closet to a regular closet,

-this is now the kitchen. -Yeah.

So we gained two feet.

Let me call Heather, I'm just gonna ask her.

Actually, no, she's at the doctor's.

Okay, I can't call her.

-Well [bleep] -[both laugh]

What I'm trying to figure out is,

are we gonna get a better price

with a smaller kitchen

and a walk-in closet and a larger primary suite,

or a two foot larger kitchen, but no walk-in closet?

So it's two feet versus an entire walk-in closet.

Yeah.

Honestly, once this wall's up,

like this ain't gonna work.

Yeah, it's pretty tight.

Okay, so forget that.

We can't have that small of a kitchen.

So let's just do a regular closet

and then let's bump the kitchen over as far as we can then.

Okay.

Like this is where the old wall was.

We're really just probably gonna put it back.

[Tarek] Okay.

What else do you got, Jake?

[Jake] We haven't even made it outside yet.

Oh, my gosh, this house is problem after problem.

-Did you redo the pool? -[Jake] No.

Wasn't it green or am I imagining that?

[Jake] Just filled it up and cleaned, and got the filter running.

What about all this concrete, all the pebble,

all the landscape?

Yeah, so we do have a budget of $7,000 for landscape.

You need new sod in the front.

We need sprinklers back here.

We're gonna do some sod, clean up the planter areas,

but that doesn't include any concrete, by the way.

Now, obviously you see some cracks over here.

[Tarek] The big thing here is trying to soften the yard

because there's just concrete everywhere.

[Jake] Right.

What if we just saw cut, you see this curve here?

Yeah.

[Tarek] Saw cut along this.

So all that concrete along that line is gone

and now we add flowers, planter, mulch.

-Soften it. -I love it.

I think we came up with a plan here.

[Jake] I think so.

-Look at that. -There you go.

-All right, I'm feeling a lot better. -[laughing]

[Tarek] I can't tell you how happy it makes me see these photos.

Like seriously.

Okay, done.

-[Tarek] All right, done? -What do you think?

-Oh, I love it. -Pretty even?

[Tarek] I love it.

-[Heather] Okay. -Hmm.

So, Garden Grove.

So I've been working with Rejoy a lot on the design

and I wanted to bring in pops of... pink!

No.

-Red. -No.

-Green. -No.

Blue.

-[laughs] -Maybe green or blue.

Okay, blue.

-Okay. -Not like a bright blue.

What do you mean pops of blue,

is this for kitchen cabinets?

-Is this for-- -Kitchen cabinets.

So Rejoy thought the only way to find this blue

was if we bought cabinets and custom painted them.

So custom, custom, that's already too expensive.

But I did some research

and I found some prefab cabinets that are blue.

Okay.

I love the color online.

So the sample is here. Okay.

I'm hoping that we love the color

and guess how much money we would save?

Uh, 50%.

[Heather] $7,000.

[grunts] Ooh.

-That is-- -That's gorgeous.

Let me see that. It's like a deep--

-Gorgeous. -Navy.

This works. I mean,

it's gonna have a real designer look to it.

Okay, so the foundation of the kitchen

is gonna be the blue cabinets

-and we're gonna work around that. -Yes.

I mean, have you started to see some inspiration?

We have a whole design board.

Okay, so you and Rejoy have been working on it.

We've been working on this for a long time.

But this is amazing.

This saves us $7,000 instead of painting.

Okay, done.

Okay, so take a look at this with me real quick.

Did I tell you about the change

that we made to the kitchen or no?

[Heather] Um, I don't think so.

[Tarek] Okay, so this is the Garden Grove.

This is the front door, right?

-Yep. -So before we were gonna have bathroom,

-walk-in closet and kitchen. -Yes.

But then the kitchen felt tiny.

-It did? -Yeah.

So what I had them do,

instead of doing a walk-in closet,

we went to a regular closet that--

-No... -But we have a bigger kitchen now.

So now it's just like a normal sliding closet?

Yeah, but we have a bigger kitchen.

Hmm.

It's weird having a closet in a bathroom as it is,

but it looks good if it's a walk-in closet,

because it's like grand.

You're walking through your bathroom

to get to your walk-in closet.

If you're walking into your bathroom

and you have the sink right here,

you have the toilet right here,

so it's gonna be a tiny space to open your closet.

And it's just this dinky little slider.

And you're on the toilet

and you're trying to get into your closet

and the toilet's right here.

Say I was going potty and you had to grab a shirt.

You're gonna walk over me to get a shirt.

-Depends if you're doing number one or two. -[chuckles]

I don't do number two, okay?

Don't you think that's, I get it, what you're saying.

Smaller kitchen, nobody likes a smaller kitchen,

but I wanna keep the walk-in closet.

Yeah, well, I guess based on this,

if I'm on the toilet,

I could literally open and close the closet door, right?

So that is weird.

Kinda gross.

[laughs] I don't know, it's just--

Okay, fine, you want the walk-in closet,

-smaller kitchen? -Yes.

And I love that you made these decisions

without even asking me.

And obviously it was a wrong decision you made.

Oh, really? It was a wrong decision.

Yes.

[Heather] Okay, so this is a blue cabinet house.

The design is featured around blues, whites,

-like some silver. -But not the whole kitchen.

It was just the island or something, right?

-Not the whole... -[chuckles] You'll see.

What's up, Rejoy.

Hey there.

[Tarek] All right, let's see this thing.

[Rejoy] All right, let's do it.

[Heather] Here we go.

Oh, my gosh, that's the kitchen?

[Rejoy] This is our kitchen.

[Tarek] Well, that's not looking good.

It's small.

So do you remember I said

I wanted to make the kitchen bigger?

What I did is I moved it to here.

It still would've been small.

Exactly, but this is small.

This is tiny.

But what happened to that bathroom, laundry area,

and the kitchen pushed all the way out?

I didn't think it was gonna be this small.

I thought it would at least, we'd have,

I mean, I guess to here.

Well, remember, because we made

the primary bedroom larger.

-[Heather] Yeah, but I-- -And this is what we got.

[Heather] I wasn't envisioning it to be that big.

Let's just go look.

So you see, this used to be the closet, right?

Which means this was the bedroom.

-We wanted a bigger bedroom. -Yeah, we did.

So we got a bigger bedroom.

The closet was there, it's gone.

Now, this is our new primary bathroom,

and then this is a walk-in closet.

So my thought was to make it smaller,

just having a regular closet, moving it to right here.

I don't think we, I mean...

I don't think we can sell the house like this.

I feel like we over-built this primary.

All right, let's go look at the kitchen again.

Let's go look, yeah.

I mean, we can make the kitchen look a little larger

by expanding it out to this area.

We could do some type of island here with the chairs,

so that's like the dining area.

That would be the only space for a dining room.

Okay, so maybe we just put cabinets here,

and under the window, we could put a bench for seating.

So it feels like it's an extension of the kitchen?

Visually, the kitchen's gonna be that wall to that wall,

which is like 15 feet.

That wall to that wall.

-It's actually a big kitchen. -Uh-huh.

[Tarek] It's gonna come out to about...

-Whoa, watch your shoes. -[laughs]

So this is why I hire a contractor...

So these cabinets would come across that way.

And then we would also do an island

somewhere in this vicinity.

[Tarek] Yeah, here's what I'm worried about.

Let's just say the island starts...

[Rejoy] Ooh, I wouldn't go that far.

-That's too big. -[Rejoy] That's too big.

I would say like here to here.

[Rejoy] Exactly.

So we're gonna go this direction,

and we're gonna have the walk-in closet.

-Yeah. -Okay.

[Rejoy] I think you get the best of both worlds.

The kitchen is the heart of the home.

The kitchen is where most people spend their time.

Buyers usually want a larger kitchen.

So by carrying the cabinets into the dining area,

it gives the illusion

that the kitchen is larger than it is.

So buyers are not gonna even feel like the kitchen

is as tight as it is.

So now that the kitchen is kind of figured out,

let's get into the design

so we can only start locking things in.

So Heather and I have talked about

maybe starting the blue, the entry door.

So you come in, you get introduced to the blue there.

Then as you come in, the whole kitchen being blue.

-The whole kitchen is blue? -Yeah.

Okay, see, I didn't know that.

Well, we have a slab that's more light,

a back splash that's more light and white.

So you have some brightness there.

-It's not all blue. -Actually, that could be nice,

though, if we did blue cabinets

with like a white back splash,

-a light gray. -Yeah, of course.

The blue sprinkled throughout the house.

[Rejoy] Let me actually paint the whole picture, right?

What if we do that with that?

That is your back splash and that.

[Tarek] Okay, I like that.

[Rejoy] Absolutely timeless and handsome.

Okay, so--

I think we should talk about the primary bedroom

because I think we need a wow factor on that wall.

And I know you like those geometric kind of designs.

-So, okay, here we go. -[Heather] Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's what I'm talking about.

-I like that. -RIght?

[Heather] Well, this is cheap.

It's not gonna be that expensive,

but it'll be major wow factor.

And keeping it that blue color.

-[Rejoy] Yes. -So this is the actual color?

[Rejoy] That's the actual color.

So it's a rich navy.

And then the rest of the walls,

I'm proposing we do this color.

It's almost like a blue gray white.

And then we just accent it with the navy here and there.

-Yeah, I like this color. -[Heather] Yeah.

[Rejoy] Now we go into the primary bathroom.

We need to repeat the blue again.

So Heather and I found this.

What do you think of this?

He's gonna say it's too much blue.

I mean, we're kind of all in with the blues

-at this point. -Oh, we're committed.

Let's do it. Let's go, come on.

-She's selling it. -All right, fine, I'm in.

Okay.

So then in the shower, I'm proposing...

Yes.

Yes, look how gorgeous with the floor.

So keeping the floor consistent.

So this is your color scheme.

And the only other thing that we're adding,

this on the pan of the shower.

Because we don't want this to be lonely.

It needs a friend.

-Yeah. -[Heather] Let's do it.

-[Rejoy] Yeah, I like it. -So that is locked in.

Okay, that's everything.

-Um... -Except the backyard, which...

...which I feel like because the house is so small,

we would need the backyard to be really gorgeous.

So, Rejoy, this is what we were thinking.

At our old Costa Mesa house, when you walk out our slider,

we had a covered patio, heat lamps,

-couch, dining table, TV. -[Rejoy] Hmm.

We literally lived there. Every single night,

we would sit outside right off the slider for hours, right?

-I love that. -[Heather] Yeah.

So, the goal would be to extend the roof line,

-bring it here. -Okay.

[Tarek] And then to do some type of a tile

-from here over to make it its own separate space. -[Rejoy] Mmm.

So, tile-wise, Rejoy,

we need to look and find something that will look good.

[Rejoy] Okay.

[Tarek] Well, let me see if they cut the concrete.

Oh, lookit, they did.

The whole yard was concrete, so I was trying to soften it.

-I mean, do you like that? -Yeah, I do.

I mean, I think it's better than having all concrete,

'cause it was so, like, stark.

-Like, concrete and hard, yeah. -[Rejoy] Hard. Yeah.

[Heather] But what if we just got rid of all the concrete,

and we did sod up to the pool?

-[Rejoy] The grass would add so much softness. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

I think it would look clean and nice.

-But, like, what if we create a walking path right here? -[Heather] Yeah.

[Tarek] But the way to do it to save thousands of dollars

instead of pouring concrete,

just go to the store and buy, you know, 24-inch-by-24-inch

-concrete blocks... -Yeah.

[Tarek] ...and we just set them.

-I like that. -[Rejoy] Yeah.

And actually, we can just take it here from this side of the house,

wrap it all the way right across

to that side of the house.

So, we could do the tile to here,

and then the pavers could come in here

-with the grass in between? -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

-Oh, that could look nice. -[Rejoy] So, it's kind of a way to marry

the grass and the tile right here.

-[Tarek] Let's do that. -Yeah.

[Rejoy] That's gonna be beautiful.

-Really beautiful. -Let's do that.

So, I think we got a plan.

[Heather] All right, I like it.

So, let's make sure everything's in stock.

Let's get it ordered

'cause we gotta finish this house. I mean, we-- we're behind.

So, now it's on Jake.

-We should send him a note. -[Heather] Oh, yeah.

A threat, "If you don't finish this house...

-[Heather] Then what? -...I will steal your dog."

-Does he have a dog? -I don't know.

[Heather] No, don't write that. But just write,

-"Finish this house or else." -Yeah...

-Yes! -Yes!

[Rejoy and Heather laugh]

[Heather] Oh, oh, it's bleeding.

-[Tarek] Exactly. -[Rejoy exclaims]

-Oh, my God! -[Heather] Oh, great.

-Whoo! -[Rejoy laughs]

-I love it. -[Tarek] Is that scary?

[Heather laughs]

[Heather] You have my silk pillowcase on your pillow,

your nasty pillow. It's disgusting.

-What's wrong with my pillow? -It's brown.

It's a 20-something-year-old pillow.

-[Heather] Yeah, it's brown. -It's like-- It's like my...

You know, like, kids, they have their blanket?

-[Heather] Yeah, it's your-- -I got a pillow.

Smells nice.

-Ew! I don't want your nasty thing! -It is my pillow.

What are you-- What are you "ew-ing"

-my pillow for? -Ew! Yeah, it's disgusting.

I've had it for, like, 30 years.

[Heather] Why is it brown?

[Tarek] Well, it was the look back then,

-they faded the colors of pillows. -[laughs]

-[cell phone ringing] -Here, Jake's calling, love.

[Tarek] All right.

-[Heather] Hi, Jake. -[Jake] Hey, how's it going?

-I'm good. How are you? -What's up, Jake?

[Jake] I'm doing all right. I'm all right.

I got the nice message you spraypainted on the wall for me,

so I wanted to keep you in the loop here.

I kind of ran into a little situation

regarding the back patio.

[Heather] What's going on?

[Jake] Well, after discussing with the city,

and, uh, some of the things that they're requiring is gonna cost a pretty penny.

They want us to add some shear panel,

-remove some stucco, add footings. -What? [scoffs]

-[Jake] Um, it kind of just got the cost... -[inaudible]

[Jake] ...to about $15,000 in order to do this.

Wait, just for the roof?

[Jake] Yeah, exactly.

-No way. -[Jake] Don't think so, Tarek.

No way. Yeah, can't do it.

[sighs]

How about we put up cloth? We got a couple of T-shirts.

And we could use my old pillowcase, we'll make a little,

-uh, patio cover. -Ew, no one will touch that thing.

'Cause why don't we seriously go buy a huge piece of cloth

and we just nail it into the four corners?

[Jake] I'm down for that.

[Tarek] Just to create, like, a layer of shade.

[Jake] Like I did something at my house.

We could still give you guys that backyard, uh, relaxation kind of vibe to it and--

[Heather] Okay, if we can make it look nice,

-then sure. -[Jake] Okay.

Of everything we're doing at this house,

I was most excited for the area

right off the slider

because I just imagined this, like, indoor-outdoor living, firepit, TV.

We envisioned it because we lived in a home that had that,

and we knew how much we loved that.

Jake, also, I was expecting a delivery to show up.

It would have been a huge furniture piece size.

Um, did that arrive yet?

[Jake] Yes, it did.

[Heather] So, the dining area, we're gonna add that island,

-so we need to go and make sure it's the right size. -Okay.

And if not, we have to return it, and order a new one ASAP,

before we're finished with the house.

Okay, Jake, where are we at with the change orders?

[Jake] You know, the extended kitchen is $2,700.

Demoing all the... the concrete in the backyard,

it was, uh, $13,000 for that.

And by the way, when we, uh, demoed all this concrete,

we had a better look at all the plumbing for the pool.

And all the plumbing is in bad shape,

so we have to redo the plumbing as well.

And that's, like, an additional $5,000.

-$5,000? -Just the plumbing for the pool?

[Jake] Yeah, and with that,

we're having to replace the coping as well.

So... so, where are we at, total, with the budget, then?

[Jake] The new rehab cost is right around $215,000.

[Tarek] Wow.

And our original bid was $175,000.

We bought this one for $615,000.

$615,000 plus $215,00, plus curing cost,

closing cost, selling cost...

break even's about $910,000.

Last time I looked at the comps,

they were, like, $950,000.

[Heather] So, we need to relook at comps.

Okay, Jake, thank you for the bad news, as always.

-[Jake] All right, bye, guys. -Bye.

How did it get so expensive?

-This better look nice. -[Heather] I know.

Whenever we have these major change orders,

before I freak out, the very first thing I do

is run the comparable sales.

[Heather] There's not a lot of inventory right now,

so when a good home comes on the market,

they are selling for over asking.

That's the huge difference

between this year and last year, right?

Last year, we'd rerun the comps,

and they were lower.

This year, we're rerunning the comps,

and they're actually higher.

Oh, here's a good pending for us.

-$959,000, one week on the market. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

But it's almost 400 square foot larger than ours.

-But let's see the inside. -Four-bedroom.

-Not updated. -[Tarek] It's older. Yeah.

I mean, honestly, to make this house look like our house,

-it's costing $200,000. -Mm-hmm.

[Tarek] This is pending at $960,000 after a week.

-[Heather] It's insane. -[Tarek] Okay, listen,

if we can sell it for $1.1 million,

it's okay that we spend $215,000.

-You know what I mean? -Mm-hmm.

-Yeah, we'll have to see what it looks like. -Oh, yeah, yeah.

I cannot wait to see how this kitchen turned out,

and then the primary,

-the walk-in closet. -Yeah, you wanna go now?

Well, let's eat. I'm gonna change.

Um, I gotta figure out the baby situation,

-and then we can go. -Yeah.

-[Heather] You know, we do have a little human. -Yeah, I know.

[laughs]

Bye, Tristan. We're going.

[Tarek] Can you believe we're standing at a $1.1 million house?

[Heather] Well, this one is, uh, not looking so hot.

[Tarek] So, what is the plan out here?

[Heather] We're doing grass,

and then the white trim, black roof,

the grayish color house.

I originally wanted to do, like, a wood accent wall in the front,

but we're gonna do blue shutters

to match the blue door, and then bring in the blue

-inside the house. -Okay, I like that.

So then, we're gonna save money

on this exterior wall right here.

What do you think of this? Actually, that looks real blue

when you're close, right?

[Heather] Yeah, it does look more blue up close.

-[Tarek] Right? -[Heather] Like an ice blue.

[Tarek] Yeah.

I think we sampled something else.

Like, maybe, like less blue, gray.

-Okay. -And maybe just more gray.

[Tarek] Okay, I think that'll looked nice.

-All right, let's see this thing. -[Heather] Please love it,

please love it, please love it.

[gasps]

[Tarek] All right, let's see this thing.

[Heather] Please love it, please love it,

please love it.

Wow.

This feels so much bigger.

Oh!

-Okay. -[Tarek] I don't know yet.

What do you mean, you don't know yet? They're in.

[Tarek] No, I know they're in. I don't know if I like it yet.

-[Heather] Okay. -Let me take this in for a second.

[Heather] I like it. Blue cabinets.

[Tarek] I do like the blue.

'Cause we're bringing the blue in

-throughout the house. -No, no, I like the blue.

Take a look at the wood floor right here.

Look how nice it goes together,

-'cause they're both kind of rich, you know? -Oh, I love that.

-See that? -[Heather] Yeah, this is a little bit darker

-than what we've been doing. -[Tarek] Yeah.

It feels bigger in here, having this.

-Like, it feels like a larger space. -[Tarek] Yeah.

We're gonna have our table island here.

-Like, can you imagine-- -[Heather] Bench here.

Like, you're here at the sink, right?

And, "Oh, like, oh, I need to go get something."

-Does it feel like you're walking to your pantry? -Yeah.

'Cause people are gonna know

that this is, like, pantry storage area,

and this is our seating area for the table.

We just have to make sure the height is good

-for this bench. -[Tarek] Sure.

The space is not very large.

We now don't have a dining area.

And also, the kitchen is too small for an island.

So, the dining table that I got,

it's multifunctional.

It's the same height as the countertop,

so we made the bench seating high enough,

where you can sit on the bench,

you can eat your food,

you can be on your laptop working,

or chopping vegetables,

making food, using it as an island.

So multifunctional.

Did you bring your tools?

-Yeah, I got 'em. -Oh, here they are.

Now, do you know how to use these tools?

When it comes to putting things together,

he is awful.

I think it's, like, taking the time

to read the directions.

Like, my brain is going at a million miles an hour.

-[Heather] Yeah. -I've just never really been handy.

Oh, look at that. I got it.

Look at that. Step one, done.

-Okay, I lied. -[Heather] Oops.

But that's okay.

You know, I feel like he's good at--

Finding the box, buying the box,

just not building what's in the box.

Super dope.

-Oh, I love-- [gasps] -Super nice.

Oh, I love this table, honey.

-Good job. -[Heather] Ay, ay, ay. Can't lift it.

Table legs, two pieces.

There's only two legs there?

[Heather] Oh, there, I did it.

-See? Oh, nice. -[Tarek] I figured it out.

Look.

No, I didn't.

[Heather] I just need to see the height.

Look, genius.

Oh! I see. I mean, I wasn't thinking about that.

It's a great height.

-What do you think? -That works.

Okay. I'm so excited it works.

Okay, I wanna see the primary next.

Now, the question is, was it worth it?

Because did this work?

Wow, look how much bigger this bedroom is!

[Heather] Oh, it was way worth it.

This feels like a primary.

[Tarek] Huge in here.

[Heather] Ooh, the vanity's in!

Yes!

-[gasps] Oh! -[Tarek] Oh, that looks clean, I like that.

-Well, these are real blue, though. -[Heather] Stunning!

No, it's pretty.

[gasps] Yes!

-It matches the vanity. -[Tarek] No, it's nice.

Okay, how did our closet come out?

Oh, my God, it worked!

-[Heather] Yes. -This is a real walk-in closet. Look at this.

-Wow, this is great! -[Heather] So much better!

-This is great. -[Heather] Yes! [laughing] We made the right decision.

-Oh, man. All right, we did it. -[Heather] Whoo!

-It's, honestly, home run. -[Heather] Yes!

Imagine if we had the toilet here

with this little dinky closet there.

I know. I told you it wouldn't work.

[Heather] This is legit.

-So happy. -[Tarek] I was so nervous

-about this whole thing. -I was, too. [chuckles]

Outside?

[Tarek] All right, let's see this thing.

Oh, my gosh!

-The backyard! -[Heather] Yes!

[Tarek] Wow, look what they had to do for all the new plumbing.

Look at that. [exhales] Wow!

Oh, my gosh, like, we gutted this yard.

-See how deep they had to go all the way around? -[Heather] Jeez!

Are we gonna figure out

what we're doing with the situation?

Yes, we're gonna finish this off.

We're gonna talk to Jake.

So, I have an idea.

This is our shade zone, right here.

Pop in the couch.

Here, we put a big umbrella, lounge chairs, table,

and then people can do what they wanna do with it.

I feel like if we add one of those sunshades,

what if it looks bad?

I don't know, I kind of feel like it would be cool

because it, like, completes the space.

-Like, look how I'm hot right now. -Right.

Like, I'm starting to sweat.

He said he had it at his house.

Tell him to send a picture.

If it looks weird, we'll do your umbrella thing.

-Okay. -Deal?

Deal.

-[chuckles softly] -[Tarek scoffs]

Oh, burn.

♪♪ Sunny days, sky's blue New cool plus two ♪

♪♪ Kick it in the ocean Want a cold by the pool ♪

♪♪ Ask your friends 'cause They know I'm that dude ♪

♪♪ I'mma hustle for me ♪

♪♪ You gonna hustle for you ♪

♪♪ Guys don't know What to do, but I do ♪

♪♪ Gotta go forward And let me show you ♪

♪♪ How it's really Done in life ♪

♪♪ You gotta choose ♪

♪♪ How 'bout you? ♪

[horn tooting]

Cute.

-Honey, I'm home. -Hi, babe.

[Tarek] You look cute today. I love the outfit.

You know, this house looks cute, too.

[Heather] It's so cute, babe.

Wait, wait, wait. I want you to take it all in.

Blue shutters?

[Tarek] It's gorgeous.

[Heather] House color?

'Cause, you know, we changed that.

-[Tarek] I love it. -[Heather] I love it, too.

-Okay, do you wanna see the transformation? -[Tarek] I do.

Look at the pool.

Wow, gorgeous.

[Heather] It's such a nice day, too.

-I just wanna jump in. -[Tarek] Yeah.

Oh, man, this house came out good!

[Heather] Isn't it cute?

Oh, this feels like a kitchen.

-This is rad. -And look how-- Look at the table.

[Tarek] I love it.

Is this what we were trying to build?

[Heather] That's what you were trying to build,

and you were completely no success.

So, question about the appliances.

So, I'm loving the white.

What do you think about them?

'Cause we could change them.

-[Tarek] I kinda love the white, actually. -[Heather] Me, too.

-I really like this. -[Heather] Doesn't go well

with the backsplash?

Oh, this house is so cute, honey.

-This was, like, definitely edgy for us, doing the blue. -[Tarek] Yeah.

But I like the colors.

-Does the kitchen feel small to you? -No.

-It doesn't? -No. The house is rad.

Like... [applauds]

this house came out so much nicer than I thought.

And then adding this extra storage over here?

Oh, my God, imagine if we didn't do this.

-No. -Imagine this would be the kitchen.

That would have felt small.

All right, so love that fireplace.

[Heather] Do you like the shiplap?

[Tarek] I love it. I love the... the touch with the light on top.

[Heather] I feel like the fireplace is simple,

it goes with the vibe of the blue.

It doesn't take over too much.

Like, it just gives it a little bit extra.

I'm adding the wood touch with the mantle.

Yeah, this was a great idea for the base, just using the tiles.

-[Heather] Mm-hmm. -[Tarek] This came out great.

It really did. I mean, just standing here, looking around this house,

-like, look how big that kitchen is. -[Heather] I know.

All right, I gotta see this primary.

Oh, my gosh, honey, it's so pretty.

Dang, look at that.

[Tarek] I gotta see this primary.

Oh, my gosh, honey, it's so pretty.

Dang, look at that.

I love the blue and the white. It matches the kitchen.

I know.

-Oh, these are neat. -[Heather] Aren't they?

And how great is this?

And inexpensive to do.

-[Tarek] Awesome. -[Heather] And it looks like it's expensive,

-like, look at the design. -[Tarek] Okay.

[Heather] So, this room, remember how small it was before?

Like, we were wondering what we're gonna do

and how we're gonna add our primary.

Look at this space.

[Tarek] Well, that's what I was about to say.

This feels like a huge bedroom.

Don't forget, this room used to come out to here,

so this was the bedroom.

-[Heather] It was tiny. -[Tarek] Yeah.

There's walking space here, walking space on that side.

Okay, I love this shower.

[Tarek] Oh, my-- Okay.

[Heather] I love the shower pan.

[Tarek] This looks gorgeous.

-It feels like a builder model home. -[Heather] Oh, good.

You wanted to have a little dinky, rinky, dinky closet.

And now you have privacy.

You can close the door off here.

Someone could be changing in there.

-[Tarek] I love it. -And still using the bathroom.

You know, this... this, like, completes the room.

[Tarek] Man, it's cute. This is a cute house.

It has, like, that masculine feel,

but then we have the feminine touches

-with all the lighting. -[Tarek] Yep.

We reconfigured this entire side of the house.

From the front to the back, this is all different.

I wanna show you the bathroom and the other bedroom.

[Tarek] Oh, I love the blue racing stripe.

So, we've never done this before.

I like that.

[Heather] It was no cost,

'cause we're gonna paint anyways.

-Like the blue? -Everything.

Like, all the colors, really,

they go together, they're cohesive.

Look at this.

[Tarek] Oh, the wood sticks,

that looks awesome.

[Heather] The wood slats, lovey.

[Tarek] Yeah, I was close.

[Heather] How good is this?

So, we've never done it like this before,

'cause every time we've done this has been in wood.

So this-- Is this a paint grade?

It's paint grade.

Okay, so we didn't paint real wood.

-We didn't paint real wood. -Okay, good.

-This looks dope. I love this. -[Heather laughs]

[Tarek] And this is a neat light, too. Look at that.

[Heather] I love how it looks like water.

-[Tarek] Yeah. -[Heather] The nautical theme.

I like how we did the wood slats

just on the side and not in the middle.

And I just feel like every house, we're doing things different.

-Like, it's not all cookie cutter or the same. -[Tarek] Yeah.

No, and you know what the neat thing is?

Like, we have all these blue walls, blue cabinets,

and you look out all the windows and the sliders,

you see blue from the pool.

-[Heather] Speaking of-- -[Tarek] Oh, backyard.

Let's go look.

[Heather] Okay, how do you feel like the vibe is out here?

-[Tarek] I love the tile. -[Heather] I love the tile.

-Oh, oh, what is this? -So--

Do we have shade?

[Heather] It's your sunshade.

[Tarek] Wait, hold on.

'Cause I don't feel like I'm getting sunburned.

And now I do.

-You see that? -[Heather] But if we had an umbrella--

[Tarek] Hold on, one more time.

You said this wasn't gonna work.

-Huh. I-- -So tell me, did it work?

I didn't say it was gonna work.

I just said it might look cheap.

Does it look cheap, or does it look nice?

-It works, yes. -[siren wailing in the distance]

-Oh, it works now. -[Heather laughs]

Lookit, the fire department's coming for you.

-They know you're lying. -It works, it works, it works.

I might now agree with you on removing all this concrete,

'cause this looks like a really nice yard.

[Heather] The grass looks so nice,

-and, you know, sometimes grass around the pool... -I like that.

...I don't love,

but because this part is so thick,

like, you can sit here,

you can put your feet in the pool.

[Tarek] Yeah, this looks great.

We have this area for the lounge chairs.

This is all concrete back here,

rocks, gravel.

-It was so ugly. -All of this, yeah,

it was just, like, wasted space.

Now, it's a yard, you can actually play back here.

[Heather] It's so nice.

So, how much did we spend back here in the end?

'Cause the landscaping was what, $13,000?

[Heather] $13,000.

The pool work and concrete work were $24,000.

So, we spent $37,000 back here.

[Heather] It's a lot of money in the backyard.

I know we spent a lot of money, but it's actually a deal.

Like, we had to dump all that concrete.

We had to redo all the plumbing.

We had to redo the plaster, redo the coping,

redo the tile,

build the gate, new equipment, new irrigation.

-Put in sod, planters. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

[Tarek] I'm glad we did everything.

[Heather] Okay, I'm gonna pull up the comps.

[Tarek] Yeah, you got the email?

[Heather] Mm-hmm.

[Tarek] Okay. Whew!

So, we're a three-bedroom, two-bath.

-How many square feet? -[Heather] Yeah. 1,266.

So, this is the comp, but now that I look at it,

this one's almost 1,800 square feet.

-[Tarek] Okay. -[Heather] It's not bad, but it's dated.

I'd consider that a comp, right?

So, you get a bigger house, older,

-or a newer house, smaller. -[Heather] Yeah.

-[Tarek] Oh, it's under contract, it's pending. -Yeah, exactly.

-It says, "Price--" -[Heather] Pending at $1.1 million.

"Price increase."

So I'll bet you, they went over asking.

[Heather] That's our highest comp.

But I mean, the comps similar to our size,

not fixed up, are selling in the mid-9s.

I mean, this house is really fixed up, so...

I think $1.1 million or a little above $1.1 million.

-But... -You know, I mean,

I've been liking the strategy of pricing competitive,

getting multiple offers,

-and going above asking. -Mm-hmm. Yeah,

I think if we go too high, it'll scare people away.

-Let's go over the numbers. -[Tarek] Okay.

So, we bought the house for $615,000.

Our rehab cost was $216,000.

-But that backyard? -[Heather] The backyard.

But I think it was well worth it,

and it's gonna bring us a higher profit.

[Tarek] Yeah. And plus, we opened up the floor plan,

-we expanded the primary. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

-Okay, so-- -What was our holding cost?

Holding cost,

-we're right around $43,000. -Okay.

Selling cost, if we sell at $1.1 million,

are about $44,000,

so our break even would be $918,000.

So, if we do sell at $1.1 million...

we're looking about $182,000.

-Yeah. -That's good.

And I, honestly, I think we can go over asking.

If we go up to, like, a $1,150,000,

that's over $200,000.

Isn't that wild? If we sell at $1.1 million,

we're gonna be the highest sold house per foot in this area.

Yeah.

All right, $1.1 million?

Crazy that we're listing this at $1.1 million

-in Garden Grove. -Let's go!

[Heather] Let's go.

Oh, the shutters are adorable.

Ooh!

[woman] Aw! Look at this.

Oh, my gosh, look at the cabinet space.

Oh. I love the color of the kitchen.

[man] Yeah, super nice.

[woman 2] You know what it's missing, though,

-is an island. -Yeah.

There's not enough counter space for me

-to not have an island... -Yep. Yeah.

[woman 2] ...and make this kitchen work.

[man 2] I like how they brought the...

I like how they brought the colors in

-from the kitchen into the bedroom. -[woman 3] Yeah.

Look at the closet space, though.

[man 3] Oh, there's your closet.

[woman 4] This would be my room.

-No, this would be my room. -No, it would be my room.

-Yeah, I need that closet. -[laughs]

Oh, wow, look at this.

[gasps]

I like that there's a double sink.

[man] Think you can fit a shower curtain here?

Oh!

-That would be tight. -[man] Little tight.

[woman 2] A little too small for me,

-but as a guest bathroom? -[man] Yeah.

-It's fine. -[man] Absolutely.

[woman 5] The only thing that I don't like is the wall.

I think I would wanna take it down completely.

-You think so? Yeah. -Yeah, and just do a new fence.

-[man 4] Yeah. -[woman 5] Because it kind of messes with the view.

This backyard, it's just-- It feels like it's built

-for a barbecue. -It is.

[woman 5] This is 4th of July.

Everyone's here, you invite your neighbors and your friends.

The kids are playing and there's sparklers, getting in the pool.

-[man 4] Yeah. -[woman 5] This is very much a family home.

[man 4] I like it.

[Tarek] Even though we were so nervous

about that small kitchen being an issue,

we knocked it out of the park

and sold this Garden Grove flip over asking,

at $1,130,000,

leaving us a nice profit of $212,000.