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[upbeat music playing]

[Tarek] Oh, you guys want to go for a walk?

-[Heather] Yes. -[Tarek] Come on, Buggy.

[Heather] Here, you go. You got her?

-Yeah. -Are you sure?

What are you eating on, dude? What is that?

[Heather] It's his banana toothbrush.

[Tarek] Oh man, I still can't believe

he's almost a year old.

Seriously, it feels like it was last week

-like we're in the hospital. -[Heather] Oh, I know.

[Tarek] Come on, Bugs. [whistles]

-Hi, sweet boy. -Oh, look it. She made it.

Whoa, whoa, where we going, Bugs?

Who do you see? [fake heavy breaths]

Okay. Look at us.

[Heather laughs]

We got the broken arm, the dog and the baby.

I love you.

[Tarek] The best thing about my broken arm,

is I can't go to the gym in the mornings,

-[Heather laughs] So you've... -so, we've been going for walks.

Um, so...

you know, I have a hypothetical situation for you.

Just 'cause, you know, like, "what would Tarek do?"

-Yeah, "What would Tarek do?" -Okay. "What would Tarek do?"

So, say you have a house in Torrance.

-So, LA County. -L A County.

So the purchase price is $860,000.

[Tarek] Okay.

-Rehab budget of $150,000. -1,010,000, okay.

-Three bedroom, two bathroom, -Okay.

Resale value, 1.25 to 1.3 million.

-Okay, an 860 purchase? -Mm-hmm.

So, 860. 150,000 to fix it up.

[Tarek] Puts us at a 1,010,000. And what did you say?

Resale, 1,250,000 to 1,300,000.

-Yes -Yeah, I do that deal all day long.

-You would buy that house? -Of course, I'd buy the house.

-That's a good deal. -Oh, I'm so happy to hear that,

because I bought that house.

-What do you mean? -I have it under contract.

Sight unseen.

[Heather] So, I have not seen the house.

Has anyone walked the property?

-No. -[Tarek] Oh, honey.

[Heather] I looked at comps.

I feel like the numbers are good.

I've definitely learned a lot over these years

from Tarek about flipping

and one of the major things he tells me

is you have to move fast and make quick decisions.

So, I came across this deal,

and that's what I did.

-[Tarek] But you know the listing agent? -Yes.

And you asked what the condition was,

of the structure and everything?

Yes.

It scares me to hear she's buying things without me.

But at the same time, I know I can trust her

-'cause she is a rock star. -Well--

I mean, she did learn from the best.

-I'm just saying. -I did.

When did all this happen?

Why didn't you tell me?

Listen, I found a good deal,

and I thought it would be a great project for us.

So we better make money on this one or else,

you're never gonna let this go,

-It's yo' ass, not mine. -are you?

[Heather laughs]

[opening theme music playing]

[Tarek] I've always done well in Torrance.

You know, I used to live in Redondo Beach,

so I was right next to Torrance.

So, you know the area.

What I like about Torrance, is it's close to the beach,

-but it's still affordable for people. -[Tarek] Yeah.

I'm hoping the house isn't too beat up,

and I'm hoping we have a floor plan we can work with.

So, hopefully, the layout is decent.

-[Tarek] Yeah, you know, we can remove -It's not awful.

one or two walls, but it can't be like, you know,

some of the bigger projects we've been doing,

where we're like, moving bathrooms from one side of the house

-to the other side of the house. -[Heather] No.

[Heather] All right, let's look at the neighborhood.

[Tarek] Yep, looks like Torrance.

-[Tarek] Okay, it should be-- -This one's cute, look at this one.

I think that's one of the comps, so um...

-[Tarek] Oh, my gosh. -Is that it?

Oh, all right, let's just park in the driveway.

-[Heather] A lot of junk in here It looks like too -[Tarek] Pfft. Yeah.

-[Tarek] Oh, my God. -[Heather] Wow, oh, my gosh.

-[Tarek] Oh... -[Heather] The garage is being pushed out.

[Heather] Is this a junky house?

[Tarek] All right, what do you think? How nasty?

[Heather] I'm gonna say, oh--

-What? -[gasps]

[Tarek] Oh, Jesus...

[Heather] Oh, my God, it's bugged in.

Hey, forget the damage.

That's a camera. Those are lights.

That's a camera.

[Heather gasps] Why would they have camera?

[Tarek] I have no idea.

[Heather gasps] They're doing something illegal in here.

-[Tarek] Maybe. -[Heather] For sure.

[Heather] Oh, God. I'm scared.

[Tarek] Oh...

[Tarek] Oh, my God!

-Oh, it's bad. -It's real bad.

Can we leave the door open and get some fresh air?

Yeah. What is that?

-Dog. -That's animal.

-[Heather] Mixed with cigarettes. -[Tarek] Cigarettes.

[Heather] And something rotting.

[Tarek] Oh, God, you can almost like, taste it.

-[Heather] Mmm. -Right?

Yeah, it's disgusting.

-Oh... -Yeah...

-Oh. -Mmm?

Immediately, this wall has got to go.

-[Heather] Okay, I clean this up. -[Tarek] That's got to go.

[Tarek] And look at the house goes back here too.

[Heather] Yeah, and then, what is over here? Kitchen?

[Tarek] I think all the walls come down.

This would be a full reconfiguration.

So, this would be open, we'd do be like a big island.

Maybe keep this, so that we have counter space

and uppers and lowers, and then,

it'll be like a, get L-shape?

Yeah.

[Tarek] Yeah, that'll work.

So, budget wise, think about it.

[Tarek] Pool table.

-[Heather] Your dad would love that, huh? -[Tarek] Yeah.

[Heather] Okay, so what are we thinking of this original fireplace?

Oh, can we keep this?

[Heather] Babe, I love this fireplace. It's real wood burning.

I love the brick.

[Tarek] This is awesome. It's a modern stack brick.

This is exactly what people are putting in their houses.

This is one thing, we don't need to touch,

besides cleaning it up a little bit.

[Tarek] This right here, saves us thousands of dollars.

[Heather] Ching!

-[Tarek] All right. -[Heather] Let's go back here.

Oh, the glass is broken, careful.

-[Tarek] God, it's so gross. -[Heather] Yuck.

[Heather] They haven't cleaned in how many years? [Tarek] Ugh!

[Heather] Ugh!

[Heather] Okay.

So back here, just make it look like a cute yard.

[Tarek] Honestly, we just put sod in.

We do a planter with some mulch, some flowers.

I want to keep avocado tree. Look.

[Tarek] I mean, we want to keep a tree

in the middle of our backyard, though?

[Heather] You want to rip out avocado tree?

[Tarek] I mean, you walk right out your patio

right into a tree.

I mean, if anything, I'd love to move it, like from here.

Maybe we can put it over there next to that lemon tree.

[Heather] But if we move it, it'll probably die.

So we need to figure out if we can do that.

We're gonna have to call a horticologist. Is that what they're called?

[Heather] What happens if you transplant an avocado tree?

Still doesn't believe it.

-Oh. -[Tarek] Hmm.

In most cases, it takes a year or so,

for trees to shake off transplant shock.

How sad.

Imagine how it must feel.

It's a tree.

[Heather] Yeah, that provides food and nutrition for someone.

[Tarek] We're putting the tree into a happier home with more sun.

No, he's happy where he is.

No, he's blocking the view.

[laughs]

Okay. So I like the idea

-of just keeping it simple back here, then. -Yeah.

Even simple is going to be 10-12,000 back here.

-[Heather] Yeah, 'cause the mess. -[Tarek] All right.

[Tarek] So far, the most expensive part of this house

-is going to be this. 'Cause we have to remove these walls. -[Heather] Yeah.

-And completely rebuild everything. -Oh!

-I just got a whiff of some... -Oh, it's-- Oh, it's [sniffs]

-It's worse over here. -[Heather] No.

[Heather] I just got a really bad whiff of something,

-There's a laundry back here, hon. -[Heather] I dunno how.

-And a bathroom. -[Heather] Okay.

-[Tarek] Yeah, you gotta come. -[Heather] Yeah, but...

-[Tarek] Attached to the bedroom. -[Heather] Is it bad?

[Tarek] Yeah, it's bad.

-[Tarek] All this needs to be reconfigured. -[Heather] Oh, God.

Blow this out, reconfigure the whole bathroom.

-So this is our primary? -Yeah.

[Heather] So, at least we have an attached bathroom.

[Tarek] Yeah, it's not bad. And like, in here,

you know, we'll do a nice bathroom.

Probably, 15 grand.

-[exhales] Smells like dog butt hair. -Let's do this.

[Tarek] Yeah, this is the primary. Oh, my gosh.

[Tarek] Aw, man. This is stinky, huh?

[Heather] Ugh, I feel dirty in here. Like, don't you feel filthy?

-Oh, yeah. -Look.

-[Tarek] They're filming. I told you. -[Heather gasps]

That's our car on camera, right now.

[Tarek] Is this recording? It's so weird.

[Tarek] That's our car on camera right now.

Is this recording?

[Tarek] It's so weird.

To be walking through a house

and to see your image and see your car on video.

It's a little bit creepy because we have no idea.

Someone's sitting in a basement somewhere watching us.

[Heather] But why wouldn't they take their equipment?

Like their camera? Why wouldn't they take this?

I have no idea.

I mean, why would they?

[Tarek] There's a lot of "Whys" here, okay.

They could have been just over-paranoid people.

There's a whole bunch of different reasons

why there could be cameras there.

So I think it's better just to get rid of them.

Okay, I feel like we don't need this little desk area.

Why don't we make the closet, this whole back wall?

[Tarek] Yes. Good sized bedroom.

I feel like I'm getting a headache in here.

Yeah, it's gross.

-50 years of weirdness. -[Heather] Filth, filth, filth.

[Tarek] Oof!

-[Heather] What kind of smell? -[Tarek] Smell this room.

[Heather] What, like what?

[Tarek] Cigarettes and dog. Maybe, a chain smoking dog.

[Heather] I don't smell dog.

I don't smell dog. I smell cigarettes.

[Tarek] The bedrooms are good sized bedrooms, though.

That's one thing I like.

That's a big bedroom right here. The primary is a big bedroom.

This is a decent sized bedroom.

-[Tarek] This bathroom is actually pretty good, too. -[Heather] Let me see.

[Tarek] This is a full-sized bathroom in here.

-We can do something real nice in here. - [Heather] Gosh...

[Heather] Do a tub, stand up shower.

[Tarek] Yeah, so, the layout works.

-Like, we don't have to move anything. -Yeah.

The only thing so far,

-we have to take down the kitchen walls. -Yeah.

[Heather] Since we already own this smelly house,

We need to figure out how to make

a few key structural changes

while also keeping the budget down.

The biggest thing is that we're going to remove

the two kitchen walls, right when you walk in.

It's going to open up the whole front room,

creating a more inviting, breathable space.

When we remove the main walls,

we'll also take some space away from the laundry,

to maximize the primary bathroom,

but for the most part,

we'll be sticking to the current layout.

Do you like the idea of doing, like a mid-century house?

[Heather] Like the vibe with paneling outside.

-That's a mid-century fireplace. -Fire pit, fire...

-[Heather] Keeping the brick. -[Tarek] Yeah, I love that idea.

-And we always crush mid-century. -Mm-hmm.

All right, so we need to figure out contractor and designer. Um.

What about Erica?

Yeah, she's doing one house for us.

-Which is in Long Beach, which is not too far from Torrance. -True.

-All right so, Erica, general. -Okay, so Erica...

-Who's the designer then? -[exhales]

[Heather] So, I'm thinking,

the designer is...

-Me. -[Tarek] Oh, really?

[laughs]

I think you would nail a mid-century modern design.

But do we go mid-century beach vibes?

So it's more like light and bright mid-century.

Or maybe a little more moody, sexy, black fireplace vibe?

See, that's where this stress comes in.

You're gonna have to figure that out.

I've learned a lot,

especially with design, with my flips,

I feel like I can take it on and do a good job.

[Tarek] I like it. I think you'll crush it.

[song playing]

[Heather] We're only making one big structural change

to this small house.

So we're hoping to stick to a renovation budget of $150,000.

We plan to finish it in about 15 weeks,

so with holding and selling costs,

we're all in at $1,120,000.

If we sell it for 1.3 million,

that's a potential profit of $180,000.

-[baby crying] -[Heather] Are you hungry?

[Heather] You want some lunch?

You can give him a little lunch.

[Heather] Huh.

[Tarek] Hey. What's up, Erica?

Hi. Okay, so, um, when we started to demo...

It was just-- It starts again.

Worse and worse, the energy became like really kind of

- dark and negative. -What? [laughs]

to the point that I couldn't even really be in the house.

I had to leave the house.

-Okay. - So, we've had these situations before,

and then we'll bring in a spatial energy cleanser.

And I've had amazing results.

-Listen. -[Tarek] All right.

If she wants to energy cleanse the house,

what is that gonna hurt?

-[Heather] What? -[Tarek] I got a couple questions.

Would we lose any time, and would it cost any money?

[Erica] No and no.

-OK, I like that. -[Erica] Yeah.

[Erica] I would love us all to be there

- and cleanse the energy, get it just, you know... -[mouthing] You really want?

Let us know when's a good day, and we'll make it work.

[Erica] Awesome, well, have a good day, you guys.

All right, you too, thanks!

Maybe we should do our house too.

-No. [laughs] -[laughs]

-Is that funny? [laughs] -[Tarek] Is that funny?

-Is that funny? -[Heather and baby laugh]

[wolf howls]

-[Heather] Oh, here's your, here's your cure all. -[Tarek] Oh, here we go.

-[Tarek] Here's the witch doctor. -[Heather laughs]

[Tarek] It's about to get weird.

-[Tarek] All right, I'll behave, don't worry. -[Heather] Listen,

-[Tarek] Don't worry, I'll behave. -[Heather] Tarek...

Hello.

-[Anita Rosenberg] Oh, my God, they're here. -[Erica] Hi.

[Heather] Hi.

-Honey, you ready to cleanse yourself. -[Erica] How's it going?

I'm ready. My wife's been trying to cleanse me for years.

[Anita] We will cleanse you. we'll dash you with feng shui.

-How's that? -[Heather laughs]

[Tarek] I don't believe in feng shui.

Yeah, you do.

I believe that people believe in feng shui,

but I don't believe in feng shui.

Here's the difference.

If a buyer comes in, I can tell them

"Oh, the house is feng shui.

But the staircase is going out the door."

They're gonna know I'm lying.

You can see it with your eyes. Your energy stuff, you can't.

[Anita] The house is really chatty.

And it wanted me to share something with you.

[Heather] Like what?

So the house is embarrassed.

-'Cause its bad kitchen? -As it should be.

-You know, how expensive it is to fix it. -Oh, cause it--

[Heather] And it smelled really bad.

[Anita] You've exposed how long it's been neglected.

-[Tarek] Oh, yeah. -[Anita] So, you know what we're gonna do?

I used Dragon's blood aura cleanse.

There are no dragons. It's really a stop of a tree.

And we do a money seal

'cause I want to raise the energy and I want to

-seal in the value of the house. -[Heather] Great.

[Anita] So, you know what, also, you can talk to the house

as you're working on it and let it know,

"We love you. We're gonna make you fabulous."

And just reassuring. I think there's a reassurance.

We love you and we're gonna make you beautiful.

-[Anita] That's it. -[Erica] Yes.

As long as you sell for the right price.

[Anita] Intention is everything.

Intention is everything, right?

Okay, let's just go through and see what we think, okay?

-All right. You ready? -[Anita] All righty, so...

[Heather] Oh wow! It looks so open now.

[Tarek] Oh, the house looks great.

-[Heather] Look at this. -[Tarek] Look how open it is.

[Tarek] Yeah, this feels great. The flow is awesome.

[Anita] I think it's really gonna be excited to get fixed.

[Anita] And have a, probably a family would probably be a good--

-[Anita] Whoo. -[coughs] I'm kidding.

-[laughs] -[Anita] Okay.

This is a room that doesn't have the best energy 'cause I,

I dunno, I get a hit that there were lots of couches

and lots of people laying around, hanging around.

There was a pool table in here.

[Anita] Interesting.

[Erica] When we started knocking it down,

I was just like, "What is going on in here?"

You released the Kraken?

-I was just like... -Gave you the heebie-jeebies

-Yeah, something. -Something made you feel uncomfortable.

-[Erica] Super uncomfortable. -Yeah.

That's what she told me after the first date

[sighs in exasperation]

[Heather] All right, so let's go feel the energy in the primary.

[Tarek] I mean, this house is just looking so much better.

-[Heather] Right? -[Tarek] It feels like a house now,

like the layout makes sense. It used to be a maze.

[Tarek] Hey, Erica, are we raising these ceilings over here?

[Erica] Um... We can.

-[Heather] With some money. - [Erica] Yeah.

-[Tarek] Let's get a price to raise the ceilings up. -[Erica] Okay.

-To match, yeah, please. -[Erica] Yeah.

Because it feels a little tight in here.

-Feels very tight. --[Erica] Yeah.

-[Anita] So... -[Heather] Here is the primary bedroom.

-[Heather] Okay. -[Anita shudders]

[Tarek] There's a lot of uh,

-dark energy going on. -[Anita] It's a lot...

[Anita] Well, this room doesn't feel that bad.

You know, you've taken down walls, stirred it up.

-A nd this energy feels really kind of young right here. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

[Anita] This area just feels a little embarrassed.

It's like taking a shower and someone catching you naked,

and you're not that attractive.

-[Anita] All right. -[Heather laughs]

-Our house is naked. Our house is embarrassed, -Embarrassed, ashamed.

ashamed.

It doesn't feel beautiful.

[Tarek] When we're done with it,

it's gonna be coming out confident,

ready for the runway.

-You'll see. It'll be pretty. -Mm-hmm. Yep.

I hope it was helpful.

-Thank you, Anita. -It was lovely to meet you guys.

-Nice to meet you too. -Thank you.

-Bye, Erica. -[Erica] Bye.

-Thank you so much. -[Anita] You're welcome.

All right. Talk to the house now.

One, no change orders.

Two, no change orders.

Three, no delays.

-[Erica] I thought you were talking to me. -[Heather laughs]

[Tarek] No, I'm talking to the house.

Multiple offers. You, what? What was that?

You want to go over a list?

-It's telling me. -[Heather] All right.

Is there anything else that you've seen in the house,

that we need to know about?

There is a few things.

So, what is the bad news?

[Erica] Okay, the bad news is,

is that we do have change orders.

And we're at about $30,000 in change orders.

[bleep]

[Erica] The bad news is, we're about

$30,000 in change orders.

[bleep]

Okay.

-[Tarek] Is this design? -[Erica] So some of it is design revisions,

like opening up this beam,

in order to raise it up into the ceiling.

We had to have structural and foundation.

-[Tarek] Oh... -[Erica] Mm-hmm.

Also, you're gonna have to change out the entire sub-floor.

-The whole house? -[Erica] Yeah, the whole house.

[Erica] The sub-floor has to go.

It's not to code and you need CDX plywood for the sub floor.

-[Heather] How much are you thinking? -[Tarek] What--

[sighs] So, to do the whole thing, for all the floors,

we're looking at like, 9200.

Oh, my God.

[Tarek] So where are we at with the bid?

So it was 150, and now we're at 180.

-[Heather] And that doesn't include all the designs. -Like the extras.

[Heather] We're already talking about lifting that up.

Regardless, you know, no matter what.

Not anymore. After I didn't know we were to spend $30,000.

[Tarek sighs] This is the worst news we could have got

because we were basing all of our math on a $150,000 remodel.

And then to find out to fix the structural beam

and redo the sub-floors.

Give me $30,000 right there.

It just shows how far over-budget we're gonna land.

All right. Where's that smoking tin thing?

Can you go grab her? Where'd she go?

-Did she leave? -[Heather] Yeah, she's gone.

She needs to come bless the house again.

Design-wise, there's nothing like major.

That's gonna be like huge ticket items.

-Like wallpaper, paneling, little extras, maybe, maybe. -[Heather] Exactly.

-So, we might maybe go an extra five over, ten over... -[Heather] For keep--

-Five over. -[Heather] We're keeping that fireplace.

[Heather] The backyard needs love.

There's got to be something done back there.

[Tarek] Does that 180 include the backyard?

[Erica] Yeah, the landscaping was in the bid.

-As long as, it's not far off from what we... -[Heather] Okay.

-[Erica] ...were planning on. -All right,

we got some work to do.

-And so do you, by the way, if you look at this house. -Yes.

-All right, Let's hit it. -Yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

[Tarek] Okay, hold on. Hold on. We're gonna race.

You ready? Come on.

Come on. Get it!

There we go. Come on.

Let's get it.

Yeah. Oh.

[strains] Oh, my gosh. When did you get so big?

When did we get so big?

You want the car?

It's your mama. Can you say, "Mama"?

[Tarek] Hey, honey. How's it going?

-Good. How are you? -[Tarek] I'm good.

Our little man over here just did some army crawls.

He's, like, really crawling now.

[Heather] He's so cute.

[Tarek] He just smiled. Oh, he's just so ooey-gooey.

[Heather] Well, baby, I want to get out of this house.

- I'm here now. I'm designing for Torrance. -Torrance, yep.

And I'm running into a little bit of a problem, um.

So there's this engineered wood floor that I'm obsessed with.

It's new. It's super popular.

-Okay. - Golden, blond color.

And the store has 1380,

but we need a 1410.

So, we're like, a little bit under what we need.

-So, it's risky. - It's risky.

So when you're ordering flooring,

it's a good idea to order 10% extra.

To account for any different cuts you're gonna have in the rooms

or in case anyone messes up.

'Cause if not, you come up short,

you're gonna have mismatched rooms,

that will not look good.

[Heather] So they have just enough to cover the square footage of the house.

I mean, the price is, literally, dirt cheap.

I can get it, 'cause this is all that's left.

It's gonna take three months to order new ones,

and I love it. I love the color.

Worst case scenario, if we are short,

I mean, one of the bedrooms

is gonna have a different flooring

than the rest of the house.

Yeah, and I don't want to do that.

I really don't.

I want it to be, like, seamless throughout the house.

And if you don't wanna risk it, just go with a different floor.

No, honey, because my design is circled around this flooring.

And it's also what the house wants.

The house wanted this floor. It told me.

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

So, we're talking about 40 sq. ft., right?

-[Heather] Yeah. -We can save some square footage

by not putting the wood floor underneath

the kitchen cabinets or the kitchen island.

[Heather] Yeah, that's a good idea.

I mean, I love it, so I'm willing to risk it

because of how perfect it is.

[Tarek] I'm good with it. We just gotta make sure

that the subcontractors don't make any mistakes,

because if they do, that's a huge problem.

Well, if there's any major issues, then it's your fault.

-I love you, I'll be home soon. -[Tarek] Yeah, normal...

Bye, baby. [chuckles]

-[Tarek] Hi. -[Heather] Hi.

-How's it going? -Little help here.

-Oh, my gosh. You got it? -Yeah.

[Heather] This is my first real design presentation.

No, I'm definitely nervous.

I mean, you can't hold this against me,

if we don't make a big profit on this one.

Because I feel like you wouldn't have made any other decisions that I made.

I bought this house sight unseen.

You would have done that if it was a good deal.

-True. -And the design I'm choosing is incredible.

You know, you gotta take risks.

Okay, so this is the gorgeous flooring that I chose,

and this is gonna run throughout the house

-except for the bathrooms. -Okay.

[Heather] Possibly, we're not gonna be able to do it

underneath the countertops of the island, if we don't have enough.

[Tarek] It's actually-- It doesn't feel very modern.

It feels a little earthy.

-It's not like the light that we've been choosing. -Yeah.

It's a little more golden.

[Tarek] And I like the texture on it.

-It's like a little rougher. -Yes.

-Okay, so I like the flooring. -Okay.

[Heather] So, I'm gonna tell you about this,

without telling you about this.

-So this'll be-- -Wait, wait, what do mean,

you're here to tell me about, without telling me about it?

-Because I have a few surprises, so, -[Tarek] All right.

This'll be throughout the house in different places.

[Tarek] Okay, just like accent walls?

-You'll see. -Okay.

So kitchen two-tone cabinets is what I'm thinking.

To make it feel like custom and make the kitchen feel enhanced.

Um, so, I was thinking doing the charcoal gray

-on the lowers. -[Tarek] Okay.

[Heather] So it really grounds the space.

And on the uppers,

I wanted to bring in the white.

So that, it gives the illusion that the ceiling is higher

and it makes it just feel bright and open.

[Tarek] Okay so, I mean, I love these cabinets.

-[Heather] Uh-huh. -I absolutely love the idea of mixing them together.

Um. How do you think it's gonna look

with all the wood, though?

Because I kind of feel like,

they're two totally different looks.

No. Look how pretty it looks with the flooring.

[Tarek] Actually, it might be right.

Actually, I think you're right,

because it actually pulls in

a little bit of the dark colors.

You, know, I like it. Let's do it.

[Heather] Okay, so then, backsplash for kitchen,

there's a couple different options.

First of all, what are the counters?

Okay, so,

this is my number one choice.

Wait, why does it feel so expensive?

-What is this? -[Heather chuckles]

This, this is porcelain.

-It's porcelain. -[hesitates]

You know porcelain is more expensive,

and then also, the labor is more expensive.

But I've done my research. I've worked my magic.

I got a really good price.

So what I was thinking, now this...

You're gonna be happy about this because we can save some cost.

So, I have to order 3 slabs to have enough,

for the countertop but I'm gonna have extra.

So do you like the idea,

if we run this up the wall and use this as backsplash?

-It's a joke. -I mean--

This'll look good at our house.

-It's bold, but it's not, at the same time. Um. -Yeah, I like it.

Look at us. We are flying today.

-Can I show you outside, real quick? -Yes.

So, this is the paint color I wanna do.

Uh, for the main body?

-[Heather] Yes, with wood accent. -[Tarek] Okay.

[Heather] So the wood would be the front exterior wall of the garage.

[Heather] I wanted to bring in a little bit of a darker wood,

than we're doing inside.

It's a dark house.

I want it to pop more.

[Tarek] Okay, so, this is our paint color.

-[Tarek] This is the exterior garage door. -[Heather] Mm-hmm.

Okay, see the new primary bathroom?

[Tarek] Yeah.

[Heather] So, remember we made the primary bathroom larger?

[Tarek] Oh, yeah, 'cause we took the laundry area, right?

-[Heather] Yep. -[Tarek] The layout's gonna be awesome with this house.

[Heather] This house is moody, mid-century.

-[Tarek] Yeah. -[Heather] So I'm using a lot of geometric shapes,

-different patterns. It's gonna look gorgeous. -[Tarek] Okay.

-[Heather] This is a simple rectangular tile. -[Tarek] Mm-hmm.

But I put it into a herringbone pattern,

for our--

-Wow! -And you almost broke it.

I almost broke your tile.

Okay, this isn't expensive, though, right?

-No, this is just a normal rectangular tile. -It's not expensive.

But it makes it look expensive, putting it in the herringbone pattern.

So it's behind the vanity, carrying it into the shower.

Yeah, no, I dig it. I think that'll look really good,

but I mean, it's gonna be a little bit dark though.

Are we gonna go lighter grout?

[Heather] I'm doing like a gray, like a medium gray.

So you can still see the contrast of the herringbone.

And it'll be lightened up because of the flooring,

so, it's not like you have dark flooring and a dark wall.

-Wait, this is the flooring? -That's the flooring.

-Oh, that is dope. I thought that was a countertop. -[Heather] No.

[Heather] So, on the walls, I'm doing different shapes and patterns,

but on the floor I wanted to keep it a large scale format.

It's not busy, it doesn't take away from each other.

[Tarek] No, I like that, I think it'll be a good amount of balance.

-So like, busier on the walls. Simpler on the floor. -Exactly.

Hey, by the way, you're crushing it.

This is dope, like this is all super cool.

-You like it? -Yeah.

So you think I could design more houses?

Do a home. First of all, I got to see what you paid

for all this stuff. Once I verify that, you're hired,

[hip-hop music playing]

[Tarek] Oh, we're almost at the house,

so, I know you've been working on it. How's it looking?

Most of the flooring should be in.

Some of the tile work should be in.

Oh, you know, what we need to do too?

We need, we need to run comps.

-I haven't run comps in like three, four months. -[Heather] Well...

-I have exciting news. -[Tarek] What's that?

There's a new comp that recently sold.

$1.5 million.

Well, how big is that house? Ours is only like 1600 sq. ft.

[Heather] It's 1500 sq. ft.

-[Heather] Recently sold. -[Tarek] I can't believe that thing sold...

[Heather] Four bedrooms, two bathrooms.

Ours is three bedrooms, two bathrooms.

So listen, like, based on what we're spending on this house,

I think our break-even is gonna be like a 1,150,000.

I don't know if we're going to get 1.5,

-but I think that we could push it to 1.4. -point four.

1.4 is $250,000 profit

-Yeah. -[Tarek] That's a home run. I'll take that all day long.

-Oh, we're here. -[Heather] Here, we are.

Oh, this isn't far along at all.

-[Heather] There's progress on the inside. -[Tarek] There better be.

[Heather laughs]

-But I wanna tell you, I want to warn you. -[Tarek] Yeah.

-[Heather] We're 20 grand over budget. -Okay.

-It was 180 and we're now at 200,000. -[Tarek] How'd that happen?

[Heather] But now that we have this comp,

there's a few things that I wanna add.

[Tarek] We can probably spend extra 50 grand,

but we're not going to. We're not going to.

-[Tarek] I said we could. So, we could. -Woah! Pump the breaks.

[Heather] I wanna make a profit on this.

[Heather] This is my flip.

[Heather] Okay. What is done?

[Tarek] I like the door.

[Heather] The door.

-[Tarek] Oh, this looks rad! -[Heather] My flooring's in!

[Tarek] Look at this.

[Heather] Remember, there was a wall here we knocked down.

And then there was a door going into the laundry room.

You know, that's all gone. Reconfigure that whole bath.

[Tarek] This is so dope.

-[Heather] You love it? -[Tarek] I love that.

[Heather] And do you notice anything else?

[Heather] No? No? On the wood slats?

[Heather] Nope?

-What do you want? What am I supposed to know? -You're cold, you're cold.

Come on. Something secret.

[Heather] Ding, ding, ding, ding! [fake gasps]

[Tarek] No way!

-A hidden pantry. -Oh, that's neat.

-That's neat. -[Heather] Go in, go see.

-[Tarek] I mean it's not-- -[Heather] What do you think of the size?

[Tarek] Not the biggest pantry but--

[Heather] Oh, my gosh. And you're locked in

Oh, I can't open it. Babe?

Babe, it's stuck.

[Tarek] Oh, it's nice and cool in here.

-[Heather] Is it? -[Tarek] I can actually stay here.

[Tarek] I can stay in here, honestly.

[Heather] Do you like this?

Yeah, no, I love it,

-[Tarek] i t's super dope. -[Heather] This is a surprise for you because I know

that you're obsessed with hidden doors right now.

[Heather] In each house that we're flipping,

I like to add different unique features,

but I also have to keep the costs down.

So, doing this hidden pantry door.

Yes, it was something I didn't need to do.

I could have just painted the door.

But it was very inexpensive.

It costs about $2000.

They came as individual panels,

so I didn't have to stain them,

I didn't have to cut them.

-Prefab panels. -Yeah, so if it was custom,

it would be like, twice the price.

Exactly. So, I did save us money.

And look at the color. It actually turned out great.

Exactly. That's why I wanted this floor so bad.

-[Tarek] Okay, I like that. -[Heather] Okay so,

-Yeah, here. -it's boring.

-[Tarek] Bear with me for one second here. -[Heather] Yes.

-[Tarek] So this is the flooring-- -[Heather] Wait a sec!

-Wait. -The flooring's not supposed to be in the kitchen

-because the... -[Tarek] We're short,

Yeah, the countertops, and everything, the appliances...

-[Heather] Great. -No, this is a real problem.

-It is a real problem. -[Tarek] We're gonna run out of flooring.

-Yeah. -[Tarek] All of this right here was square footage

-we needed for the floor. -[Heather] And, look.

And all of this, we could have saved all of this floor.

And the closet, like this didn't need to be done.

[Heather] So, we're 40 sq. ft. short of wood floor.

And that's accounting for overages, right?

So, with what we have,

and as long as it's perfect, it should be good enough.

If we run out,

then one of the bedrooms will have to have carpet.

Or maybe I'll just do two of the bedrooms with carpet,

so it looks universal.

This is the big bathroom, yeah?

[Heather] Well, this is our second bath.

[Heather] Behind the vanity,

-we're doing dark wallpaper. - [Tarek] O kay.

[Heather] Glass around the tub.

And then, gonna do a large hexagon.

-[Tarek] For the wall, like... -[Heather] The shower wall.

[Tarek] Oh, this is gonna be a sexy bath.

And then, brass hanging pendants.

Okay, this will be dope.

-Moody mid-century. -[Tarek] I like it.

[Heather] And our primary bedroom,

[Tarek] It's a good size.

For a 1600 sq. ft. house,

like this feels like a good primary.

[Heather] On this wall, babe,

I'm doing like a geometric shape.

Mid-century wallpaper.

-Okay. -So the bed will be on that wall.

Wallpaper around the window. Pendant lights hanging.

Okay. I want to see the bathroom.

[Heather] Oh. Dang it. I just looked.

[Heather] Do you want to go in first?

Oh, my God.

[Tarek] Oh, this is rad!

-Absolutely. You killed it. -[Heather] Very dramatic.

[Tarek] This is awesome.

The whole wall is just so bold.

So it's not like dark black. It's that charcoal gray again,

that we're bringing in from the kitchen,

- and the fireplace wall. -[Tarek] Yeah.

This is just a normal subway tile that I stacked as herringbone.

So it's a little extra charge to stack it like this,

but look how dramatic it looks.

The details of this home.

Are so high end and beautiful.

I'm a little concerned about the backyard,

so I have a couple of ideas.

But if you say I can spend more money,

then I'll do a little bit extra.

Okay, well, let's go take a look.

[Heather] So originally, I wanna do a wood deck,

but I feel like instead, why don't we do

a awesome geometric-shaped tile?

Tile will look really nice because we can bring in

like a mid-century pattern.

Save some money.

-So we're gonna retile the deck, right? -Retile the deck.

[Heather] A nd then just plant our bed there.

So we can do grass over here, keeping my avocado tree.

We'll do our tile here.

We'll do a little sitting area.

-[Heather] We'll do a table. -[Heather] I like it.

We have that comp for 1.5,

so I feel like we can do these added things

to really make the house even better than it is.

[Tarek] Okay.

[Tarek] What do you think you want to do for paint colors?

And are we doing any accent, walls, wallpaper, anything?

[Heather] So originally, I was thinking of doing white walls.

But I do feel like,

the white walls are gonna be a little bit plain.

I think we should do something,

especially in this room.

-[Heather] Wood slots. -[Tarek] More wood slots?

-More wood slots. -Oh, is that the wood slots right there?

[Tarek] So are you asking me, or are you telling me?

[Heather] I'm telling you because cost-wise,

it won't be more than, probably about $1000.

Okay. I'm good with that.

Flipping is very strategic.

And something I've learned along the way is,

you start the process, you look at your comps,

and come up with a budget.

And then sometimes,

we get a comp that comes up in our favor.

And it's more than we even thought it was gonna be in the very beginning.

-So... -Pivot.

Yeah, so you pivot.

And in this circumstance,

we've got to pivot in a better way.

Because now, we can spend a little bit of extra money

to bring in some better designs

that I wanted to do originally,

but we didn't have the budget to do.

Okay, so, yeah, the voices are happy.

-Yeah, the house loves us. -They're happy.

-Yeah? -Yeah. Are you ready?

I'm hearing, "Heather, you're the best flipper".

Is that what the voices said?

-"Heather!" -It's a happy house now.

[Heather] Okay, we love you house.

[upbeat music playing]

There we go.

Cleansing the house.

[Tarek] Looks good.

Dang.

[car honks]

-I'm here. -Hello.

[Tarek] House is looking good on the outside.

-Oh, my gosh. Oh! -[Tarek] I love it. It looks so good.

[Tarek] I didn't know it was the same house.

-I love the wood slats, by the way. - [Heather] Are you upset?

[Tarek] It looks so gorgeous. So gorgeous.

[Heather] I love the dark. I love the charcoal.

[Tarek] Oh, my gosh. Let me see this house.

[Heather] It's just one, big piece of beautiful.

[Tarek] Wow. Do you love it?

[Heather] I think this is my favorite house we've ever done.

[Heather] Look at this.

[Tarek] Wow, that is stunning.

Okay. Wait, let's take a second here.

-Oh. My God. -[Heather laughs]

-[Heather] Take it all in. -[Tarek] No, honey...

-[Tarek] This feels like a multimillion dollar kitchen. -[Heather] I know.

We have our hidden pantry.

-[Tarek] Dun, dun, dun! -[Heather] I know.

-[Heather] It's so good, right? -I love it.

As a mom and as a woman, having a pantry in any house,

is something that I value.

[Tarek] It was a home run idea.

Because in that neighborhood, in those size kitchens,

there typically aren't pantries.

So not only do we have a pantry,

but we made it cool and it's hidden.

These are the things

that are gonna make our houses stand out,

so they'll sell before the comps.

And we always wanna be the first

to sell in the neighborhood

because that means, we're the best.

-I mean, look at this. -I know.

You know, I like how you carry the dark lowers.

And then, how you kept the fridge dark,

but then you just had the white uppers

on top of the stove.

-Thanks, babe. Lots of compliments today. -It's super clean.

-I mean, come on. This house is dope. -[Heather] I know.

[Heather] There's all the lighting.

Like look at all the details in here.

[Tarek] I don't think the house seems very naked

-and afraid anymore, by the way. -[laughs]

People can be sitting in here, cooking in here,

watching a game, watching something on TV.

Yeah. No, I like it.

Okay, this is the creepy pool table room.

Damn. Look at that.

[Tarek] Gorgeous, Honey.

-[Heather sighs in relief] -[Tarek] Seriously, you outdid yourself on this one.

[Heather] We were gonna just have that plain wall,

- until we saw that comp. -[Tarek] Yeah.

Wouldn't have had this wow factor.

But look how everything ties in so well.

With the slats in this room,

the slats in this room, tying in the mantle of the fireplace,

the wood floor.

And this came out great, too. And this was...

[Tarek] F-ree, because it was here.

[Heather] Original fireplace.

This house is kind of based on this fireplace.

And then tying in the wood floor,

with the wood mantle.

-[Tarek] Yeah. -[Heather] Everything matches.

[Heather] It's all cohesive.

I think this is probably, aesthetic wise,

my favorite house we've done.

-[Tarek] So, this is a busier tile, huh? -[Heather] And doing--

[Heather] This is obviously a bold tile.

[Tarek] I like it because in general, the house is more simplistic,

modern, like really cool with colors.

But it doesn't have a lot of patterns,

so I like that you brought in some pattern.

[Heather] I'm doing the pattern to give it

the mid-century vibe,

so I'm adding like the shapes. Little touches throughout.

-[Tarek] Ah, this is nice back here, huh? -[Heather] Isn't it?

[Tarek] Look, how private it is. You have a block wall.

-We've got trees everywhere. -[Heather] Isn't it beautiful?

You have your avocado tree. You have an avocado growing.

-[Tarek] No way. Do we really? -Look, here it is.

-[Heather] A little baby. -[Tarek] So, are you glad we didn't move it?

[Tarek] I told you we shouldn't move it.

[Heather] I'm gonna strangle you.

-[Heather] Okay, baby. -[Tarek] Super dope.

Okay. Do you want to see...

Just love this house.

-Love this countertop. -...the other rooms?

[Tarek] Love the-- Love everything you did here, honey.

Okay, so you're gonna be obsessed with this bathroom.

Let me see.

[Tarek] Oh, that looks rad.

-[Tarek] Is that paint? -No, it's wallpaper.

[Tarek] Oh, my God, I love it.

It looks like industrial modern.

But then you brought in the woods and the golds.

[Heather] And you see the touches of the mid-century,

like with the lighting, and the geometric shapes.

-[Tarek] Yep. -[Heather] I love that

we could fit a double sink in here.

- [Tarek] Yeah. It's a huge bathroom. -[Heather] Huge bathroom.

Look at this light too or is it?

- Which one do you like? -[Heather] So we can change the tone.

[Heather] Mmm.

-[Heather] I like that. A little bit warmer tone. --[Tarek] This one?

-It's like we're on a beach. -[Heather] Nah.

[Heather] Orangey. I like this one.

-There we go. It's like-- -It's like we're in outer space.

-[Heather] Bright, make up. -Go back to the beach.

-There you go. Get a suntan. -No.

[Heather] There. That one.

That's perfect, it's like in between.

Telling you, buyers are gonna come through this house

and be like "Oh, ah. Oh, ah."

-Like we are. -Yeah just like, a lot of, "Wow." Me too.

And I did everything.

-[Heather] Everything works. -[Tarek] Yeah. Gorgeous.

Okay, Bedrooms. So you're gonna be obsessed with this.

[Heather] How cool is that?

-[Tarek] Is that wallpaper? -[Heather] Wallpaper.

Oh my gosh, this looks three dimensional.

-I know! -No way.

So, when I was looking at wallpaper inspo,

I found this one online.

And I was able to find it and buy it.

-Isn't it cool? -It's-- It's looks like it's a tube, right?

-[Heather] It's so nice. -[Tarek] Yeah, it's super neat.

[Heather] So, same with this room.

I did something a little special for this room.

Room number two. [gasps]

[Heather] What are you doing in here?

[Heather] Room number two. [gasps]

What are you doing in here?

Look what she did to the blanket.

What are you doing in here? Ruining all my work.

-She's spicy today, huh? she wants to play, -She's spicy.

-Okay. -You know the best thing about this house?

-The paint? -No, it doesn't smell like dog anymore.

[Heather] Oh, dog, smoke, disgusting.

[Tarek] We redid the entire sub-floor, it cost a lot.

[Heather] I know. Can you make a statement,

of my paint, please?

[Tarek] It looks nice. Super nice.

-No extra added costs since we're painting anyways. -[dog growls]

That's why I like paint.

-[Heather] Look how it dresses up the room. -[dog growling]

Bugsy, are you for reals?

[dog growling]

-[Heather] Hee-hee. Okay. -[Tarek] Bugs, you ready?

Go get them, Bugs! Go get them!

Go get them!

[Heather] She doesn't know what she's getting.

-[Tarek] Our laundry. -So you know how we were worried

about not having extra flooring?

Here's a solution, and this is just leftover flooring

-from the bathroom in the hallway. -[Tarek] Looks good.

-Were we short, huh? -We're a little bit short.

That's it. Just that much.

So I'm glad we ended up going with this floor.

[Tarek] All right, I wanna see this primary, come on.

-[Heather] So good. -Made it a long way.

-[Tarek] This used to be the creepy camera, yes. -[Heather] Video, camera room.

[Heather] Can you believe how it turned out? How beautiful.

[Tarek] Everything. Gorgeous.

[Heather] Doesn't this feel like such a large suite now?

[Tarek] It does.

[Tarek] By the way, one of my favorite things

is that you've added to these flips,

are all these cool hanging lights

to all the bedrooms and bathrooms.

[Heather] It just makes it special.

[Tarek] I know, it stands out. 100%. That's why,

our houses are unique.

They look different than the other houses on the market.

-[Tarek] Yeah. -[Heather] Okay.

-[Heather] Bathroom. -[Tarek] Dang, this is...

-[Tarek] This is just stunning. -[Heather] I know.

-[Tarek] It really is, like stunning, stunning. -[Heather] I know.

[Heather] So luxurious, right?

-[Heather] Do you remember how small this bathroom was? -[Tarek] Yes.

[Tarek] Yeah, I do, this was a maze in here.

-[Heather] Oh! Yeah. -[Tarek] It's the little touches.

[Heather] And look how huge the shampoo niche is.

-[Heather] Look at this. -[Tarek] Yeah.

-Gorgeous. -Gorgeous.

[Heather] Do you love the sconces? You see, this is mid-century touch.

[Tarek] Everything's gorgeous.

[Heather] What's your favorite room?

Honestly, I think it's the entry,

like walking right into that incredible kitchen,

with that backsplash, with the lighting

with the dark lowers and the white uppers.

I'm proud of myself.

Like especially this house,

is really the first one I did, all by myself.

-I bought this one sight unseen. -Oh, I know.

It could have gone way bad.

And I'm proud of how it turned out.

Yeah, well, you should be proud because,

like, we're gonna crush it with this house.

So let's talk some numbers.

[Heather] So, I bought this one for 860,000.

Original bid was 150. We spent $213,000.

-[Tarek] Okay, so... -So we had some,

you know, unexpected things.

Plus, when we got that higher comp,

we added a few, little, extra things.

With that new comp, like,

we're gonna be pushing sales price.

And if we didn't spend the money we spent, we wouldn't be. So--

can you tell me carrying costs?

[Tarek] With this house, based on the loan we had.

- It was about 43,000. -[Heather] Okay,

and what about selling costs and commissions?

[Tarek] About 60,000.

[Heather] So, what's our break-even?

[Tarek] Break-even: 1,176,000.

Okay, and we have that comp. It was listed for 1,450,000.

It sold for 1.5 and it sold fast.

Yeah, so that's the only comp we have.

And right now, there's not a lot on the market.

This house turned out even better than that house.

So I think we should push it and list for 1,499,000.

-Dang, 1.5? -1.5.

[Tarek] So, check this out.

We have break-even at 1,176,000.

- If we sell 1.5, -[Heather] What's our profit?

[Tarek] 324,000.

-[Heather] Okay. -[Tarek] Wouldn't that be awesome?

-I'm so ready for a big win. -Huge win.

Especially, after last year. I'm ready.

So, 1,499,000.

-[Heather] Lock it in. -All right.

-[Heather] Let's go. -How we feel, house?

Are you still feeling naked?

She's feeling good. She's happy.

You know, if we do sell this house for 1.5,

I'm gonna be a believer.

A believer in your wife or believer in Anita?

[Tarek] Both.

[woman 1] Oh, this is really nice.

[woman 2] Oh, it's cute.

[man 1] I'm so excited.

-[woman 3] He is excited. -[man 1] It looks really good.

[woman 3] I know, I like the coloring.

[man 1] I love the wood.

[man 1] Come here, Bo. Let's go, look.

[Heather] Just days after finishing, we threw an open house.

[woman 2] This is pretty.

And you can see everybody when you're cooking and stuff.

[Heather] We actually had a few open houses,

and sadly, no offers.

[woman 3] Are you gonna go inside?

[man 1 and woman 3 laugh]

-[man 1] Oh, yeah. -[woman 3] Yeah, it's nice and big.

[Heather] So, a little over a month later, we bit the bullet

and dropped the price to $1.4 million.

[woman 1] I like this room.

The only thing I would be concerned about,

there's no room for a desk, if it was like a kid's room.

-I guess we could go, like in this corner. -Yeah.

[woman 2] That might be a little tight.

But what is this? [gasps]

Oh, my gosh. This is my dream.

Wow. That's like magic.

[Heather] Shortly after dropping the price,

we got a full price offer at $1.4 million.

Oh, these are the wood panels you always wanted.

[man 1] I think they're super chic. I think it elevates the space.

[woman 3] Yeah, it makes it cozier.

[Heather] If the sale goes through,

that's still a healthy profit of $224,000.

[woman 3] I can see it working.

You too, Bo?

[woman 3] You ready to move in? [laughs]