Good Bones (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Making Space in the Suburbs for a Large Family - full transcript

I'm Mina,
and this is my mom, Karen.

And we're renovating Indianapolis,

one house at a time.

Every rotten, nasty house
that we see.

Oh!
Holy moly.

...we try and buy.

Then with
a little vision...

And a lot of hard work...

...we create beautiful homes
for our neighbors.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Wow.

I don't want to build
crappy houses for my neighbors.



I just don't.

- Are you crying already?
- It looks amazing.

Every tragic house...

There's the bath tub!

...deserves
a second chance.

Holy God,
this smells awful.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

These are not
scampering shoes.

You're so fast.

Good morning.
Good morning.

Ready to roll?
Yeah.

What's up?

I got word
from Katie at the city,



and one of the properties

that we applied for
came through.

Yay!
So...

Which one?
The one on Parkway.

- Oh, that's exciting.
- Yeah.

We bought this for $4,000.

We don't even know what it looks
like from the outside.

Any reasonable person
would go through, check it out.

We didn't.
Here's Parkway.

So this house on Parkway

is in a neighborhood
called Bates-Hendricks.

And this neighborhood
definitely has some challenges.

To buy Parkway
from the city,

we had to get
a letter of support

from the Bates-Hendricks
Neighborhood Association,

so we would love for them
to be happy with the job we did

so that they'll continue
supporting Two Chicks

and a Hammer doing work in the
Bates-Hendricks neighborhood.

Oh, goodness.
It's kind of creepy.

All right, so
let's go check out the inside,

see how bad it is.
Hang on.

I'm gonna bring my phone
in case we need to call 911.

I mean, those doorways are cute
up there, though.

Foundation's not awful.

What could be a cute
little front porch.

Yeah.

It could be.

I love these old houses.

This one's terrifying, though.

- But we can make it not awful.
- We'll make it pretty.

Yes, we will.

- You ready?
- This is our wheelhouse, baby.

This is it.

- Oh, it's not bad in there.
- Oh!

The ceilings are high,
which is nice.

The ceilings
are super high.

- The ceilings are falling down.
- That's okay.

We were gonna
take them down anyway.

Not the worst we've seen,
but definitely the biggest.

Oh, it might be the worst.

Look at that water damage.

See how much
that's bubbled off the--

Look at this.
- Oh, my gosh.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

No less than six layers
of wallpaper.

- You get six layers of--
- Awesome.

Aah! Watch out!

All right. I like the big
front space.

- Yep.
- Moving on.

Moving on.

It's an old kitchen.

Oh, golly.

This is obviously an addition
in the back

'cause we've got
about 8-foot ceilings here.

The rest of the ones
in the house are 10.

- This is awesome.
- Addition,

and then
a closed-in back porch.

There's a lot
of trash in there.

I know
what you're thinking already.

Yeah, the master back here.

Bathroom.

Look back in that little nook.
What is that?

Ooh!
I can see daylight!

That's good.

First thoughts
when we see a house,

especially this bad,

is kind of like,
"Oh, crap" first.

And then "Okay.
Okay.

Like, let's
figure it out.

'Cause this is
gonna be awesome."

Right.

Do you think
we can save this?

The staircases are usually
too steep and not functional.

- Right.
- This one is in good shape.

It's really pretty.

Just watch the spider webs.

They're gonna be 10 times
worse upstairs.

- It's a nice railing.
- Oh, my God.

It smells like pee
up here.

Look behind you.

New brassieres for you.

Oh, my gosh.

Look at that vine
going through the window.

Mom, will you get
out of that room?

Get out-- Aah!

Yep.
That's no good.

The demo on this is gonna
take 10 Dumpsters.

Oh, my God.
Like 20.

There's just water
damage everywhere.

This roof is shot.

Yeah, just start the demo now.
Don't wait. Just start now.

I mean, it's nice
'cause it's not--

from all the water damage,
nothing is attached.

It'll come down
real easy.

So it'll come down quick,

and nothing except
that staircase is salvageable.

Yeah.
Whew.

God, I just got
something bad.

You're standing
in cat poop.

Ugh!

Gross!

That's perfect.

If only we had
Smell-O-Vision,

'cause the inside
of this house

is just making me
like physically ill.

You can't breathe,
there's no fresh air,

and there's all kinds
of poop everywhere.

Yeah.

What's this?

That's the basement.

- These are not stairs.
- I told you.

I'm gonna climb
down it like it's a ladder.

So far,
they're not too squishy.

Oh, geez.

What?

Uh, we got
huge problems, Mina.

What?

Well, you see that
right there?

There's part of this foundation
that's sitting on air.

- Oh.
- Okay. Now, look
all the way around.

Come here. See how that's
starting to fall down?

- Are you kidding me?
- No, I'm not kidding you.

It makes me wonder, again,

why is this house
still standing?

Like, what exactly's
holding it together?

So, can we get out now
and we'll fix it later?

This is definitely
a massive renovation,

and it's gonna
take a few days

to get the floor plan
completely ironed out,

but I definitely have
a few ideas in mind already

that I think are
gonna work really well.

As far as this living
room space,

we can get a lot
more light in here

if we add a window
in the middle of the wall.

Right behind the living room

is the best place
for the kitchen,

and then the dining room
can be right next to it

in front of the staircase.

Then I'm imagining a big
addition off the back

for a master bedroom and bath
and two more bedrooms upstairs.

- All right.
- Let's go.

We're gonna
have to be really careful

with how we budget for this
because it is so big.

It's almost
2,000 square feet.

We bought it for $4,000,

and we'll probably
put in around $155,000

and sell it for $225,000.

And that'll leave us
with a possible profit margin

of $66,000
after commissions, taxes,

and everything comes out.

It's one of the bigger risks
we've taken

because the profit margin

could turn out
to be very small depending on

what kind of trouble we get
into when we start demo.

What's up?!

This house is terrible!
Really just catastrophic.

And what's gonna happen today
is we're gonna find the magic

and we're gonna
manifest the magic.

- Find the magic.
- We're gonna find the magic.

- Good morning, gentlemen!
- Good morning!

You guys thought things
were bad before.

Seriously. The worst house
we've ever bought.

You're gonna feel
the floors giving,

so you got to be really careful
where you step.

Everything in the house
can go.

We've got two Dumpsters.

I expect them both full
by the end of the day.

We'll have two new ones tomorrow.

We want this done
in under a week.

Let's go!

- Let's do it.
- Roll.

- Don't yawn.
- I'm sorry.

It just happens sometimes.

Did you see my gloves?
Anyone?

Tad! Jerk!

Tad's my little brother,
and he heads up our demo crew.

Loves breaking stuff.

Watch out.

The vibe starting demo
was very terrifying.

Thank you.

There's poo everywhere,
and no one wants to touch poo.

There's nothing fun
about rolling up wet carpet.

It's huge and it's wet
and it's dark.

Holy God,
this smells awful.

All right.
Let's do this.

The house
we're renovating on Parkway

is a complete disaster.

One of the worst we've done.

I mean, when it rains,
there's no real roof,

so it's a soaking mess.

Oh, my God.
This smells so bad.

Ugh!
What is that?

It looked like
a dead animal!

Brody had the carpet
rolled up,

and they realized
it was too heavy

and were trying
to cut it in half,

and it literally looked
like they were cutting open

like a rotted
animal carcass.

And it was just gooing.
Ugh!

It was so gross!

That's disgusting.

I feel like I'm gonna catch
a disease from this house.

Something
just dripped on my head!

This house is horrid.

In other regards,
it's beautiful.

What makes it beautiful
is 'cause it's so nasty,

things just fall off
the walls pretty easily.

Everything is coming off
really well,

which makes our job easy,
and it's a big house,

so that's exactly
how we need it to be.

My standard is efficient
and quick movement.

You need to have a pace,
and you need to keep it.

Dude! Hey!
You're throwing stuff at me.

You got
to stop being so delicate.

I don't know
if you're noticing a pattern

at the end of our demo days,

but I am usually
significantly dirtier.

Oh, I don't know.
I'm pretty darn dirty.

I have a dirt tan line.

I'm the only one
who knows about the gardening,

so it's really crucial that
I stay outside in the yard.

She's happier 'cause
she's dirty.

So, now that you've got the bulk
down here,

you guys can go ahead
and start upstairs.

My instructions
are just-- be careful.

We need to walk
on these floor joists.

If you do not walk
on these floor joists,

it's very likely you will fall
through this floor.

- Okay.
- All right. Let's do this.

- Oh, God.
- Take it slow, man.

Take it slow.

- Look at all that.
- Whoa!

Be careful!
Careful!

There's a big old hole
right here, son.

It's a little
soft right here, too.

Hey, guys.
It seems like this can hold us,

so we're gonna go ahead
and do what we do best.

Ready, set, break!

Free man!

Me strong!

Don't hit me!

Watch out!

Dude!

Be careful!

Wow, that's glass
and it didn't break!

Hey!

- Watch out!
- What are you--

Don't throw stuff
out the window

when people are standing
down here.

And don't throw glass
out the window.

But look, I'm an expert.

It didn't break.

Just yell.

Give a five-second pause,
and throw stuff out.

- What?
- Just be careful!

All right, sassy pants!

Heads up!

Oh!

Here it comes!

Dudes thinks they're invincible,
and they just do dumb stuff!

I can barely stand up
right now,

and he's doing back flips--
he's gonna break an ankle.

Again, then you're no good
to me.

That's what
it's all about.

We need them all to stay happy
and healthy and in one piece.

Yeah. No broken ankles,
no poison ivy.

Or they're no good to me.

I'm ecstatic with this day
of demo.

It's been awesome
because the house--

it just looks different.

It doesn't look like a scary
haunted house anymore.

It looks like a home that
someone will want to live in.

It feels like
it just lost 500 pounds.

That's what it feels like.

And she's like,
"Oh, thank you."

Hey, Mina!

You're gonna be
so excited.

I feel like 9 times
out of 10,

when you say that,
I'm not.

No, no.
You're gonna be really excited.

Hey, Mina!

You're gonna be so excited.

I feel like 9 times
out of 10, when you say that,

I'm not.

I think I might have found
something that we can save.

- A garage?
- Yeah, no, look.

These are racing slicks.

- Tires.
- Tires.

In a place I never thought
I'd find a treasure.

I didn't think we'd find
anything in this house.

In the attic to the garage,
I found those tires.

Tire art is a big thing.

I mean, there's that giant
course made out of tires.

Watch out.

People from all over
the country,

the world coming to Indiana
for the Indy 500.

So, apparently these,

like, old racing tires
are a big deal.

It's a big deal.

Why are taking these
all down?

What are you doing?
- I want to look at them.

What do you want
to do with them?

- Nothing.
- Oh, come on.

We can do something
with these.

We can make planters
in the front yard.

We can find somebody
who will make them into chairs.

I'm gonna make you a deal.
We're gonna have a race.

Whoever wins gets to do
what they want with the tires.

- Okay.
- Is that fair?

Okay.

"Ladies and gentlemen,
start your engines."

That's famous!

Everyone knows that!
- Let's see.

Let's just pass
where that fence ends.

Is it the person
across the finish line,

or is it the tire?
- Person and tire.

On your mark, get set, go!

I have a wonky tire!

- Go!
- Ugh!

I demand a rematch.

Winner!

Ugh!

So I get to do
what I want?

Yes, you get to do
what you want.

What do you want? You want to
make your mother happy?

Ehh.

We found this awesome treasure
in the garage,

and it's part of
the heritage of our city,

and I think if we don't
make the most of it,

you're gonna regret it.

All right.
We'll figure it out.

Okay. Yes!

How about you pick,
like, the two nicest ones

and just two planters
in the front with those,

and the rest
we'll recycle, sell, whatever?

I don't--
I have no idea how to do this.

This is--
I don't know how you cut a tire.

And if we sell them,
I get to keep the money.

You get to keep the money?
Who found the tires?

Such is life.

Well, you did win the bet.

I mean,
I don't even need hands!

Go back in the garage!

Today, Mina and I are gonna
go to her office.

And we're gonna discuss
the Parkway blueprints.

So, this is what we're working
with so far.

This is my idea
of the first floor.

Walk in,
living room stays the same.

This area
when you walk in to the left,

we turn it into kind
of a utility hallway

with a coat closet,
half bath.

Sure.

I like our windows
in the dining room.

I think that's beautiful.

And then if you walk
through the dining room,

the master suite's on
the very back of the house.

And if you go right
from the dining room,

there's the kitchen, the pantry,
and the side exit door.

Got a nice triangle
on our kitchen.

That refrigerator's
in an absolutely terrible place.

Oh.

My biggest sticking point
in this kitchen plan

is the refrigerator
is off by itself in a corner.

It's the only good option.

- It's a bad option, though.
- It's not.

We can make a better
triangle than this.

I think we can if we try.

I just need some--
- Oh, my God.

It's an annoying process,
but it's a necessary process.

It is.

And you say there's no room
for an island,

but we have
how many feet here?

No, I didn't say
there's not room for an island.

You could swap these out
and put the stove in the island.

I don't like the stove look
in the island.

No, but the sink
in the island is a great idea.

The sink goes by the window.

But have you ever looked out
your window doing your dishes?

I have a window by my sink.
I don't look out the window.

I have spent hours
getting these cabinets right,

and now you want
to switch them all.

That's painful to my soul.

I think it's good
to double-check our decisions.

I don't want to make decisions quickly.

That's not the reason--
- I do.

I know, you do.

And that's why
her business works

is because
she's always pushing.

Time is money!

Adding that island
probably jumps us up

at least $1,500
if not more.

So you're saying
that's too much money

to spend for me to be happy
about the refrigerator.

Yes.

The kitchen's going
to look good.

You should have gone
to law school

because you've won
your argument.

Like, I believe you
that there isn't a better way--

Look how happy
you are right now!

Okay. And then we can move
on to the second floor.

- Yeah.
- When you go upstairs,

as soon as you come around,

there is a laundry room
and then a full bathroom,

and to your left
are two bedrooms.

I like all the windows
in this bedroom.

This is nice.

No, I like the way
the second floor looks.

This is good.
Yay!

Nice work. Good job.
Good job!

I know I ran you through
the wringer on the kitchen,

so I'm really glad

that the upstairs
was so easy and so smooth

and we ended
on a good note.

So, nice work.
Go team.

Did you get a phone call?

Yeah.
Lenny called me about Parkway.

- Okay.
- I guess there's a ton

of things that could be
wrong with Parkway.

- Well--
- Maybe she just fell over.

When we did the demo on Parkway,
it seemed to be getting better.

Taking off all the layers,

opening it up,
letting it air out.

Until today
when Lenny called

because there is
some issue at Parkway.

He didn't say what.

I just don't like
when Lenny calls us

and says, "Just come."

Right.

Now do you want to tell us why
you sounded so sad on the phone?

Well, we can actually
take a look at it.

We need to go
to the basement.

We got problems.

It's funny 'cause
a lot of times

he thinks he's
discovering something

for the first time ever,

like most men
think all the time.

It's never happened before.

I know you called us over here
'cause there's a problem,

and I think
I see the problem.

I see that the rain
has washed out the dirt

and this wall is failing.

Basically,
this wall has to come out.

We got to put a new block
wall in the basement.

Right, because it supports
the middle of the house.

But the issue is,

once we do start
jacking this up,

what we're afraid of

is that we may end up
losing the two-story.

Do you mean the house
is gonna fall over?

I mean,
it could literally fall over.

I mean, it's leaning now
as it is.

Okay.

The thing
I didn't know

is that the second story
of the house

is so fragile that Lenny says
we might lose it.

"We might lose it."

How do you lose
a second story?

And apparently what that means
is it might fall over.

- Yeah.
- So that should be interesting.

For more
behind-the-scenes footage

of our renovations
and our walk-through the homes,

foundations that just
don't exist, maybe...

Amazing graffiti.

- Oh. That's nice.
- They're the welcoming committee!

The issue is, once we do start
jacking this up,

everything's gonna push

from here all the way
to the two-story.

What we're afraid of

is that we may end up
losing the two-story.

When you saying "losing",
do you mean--

Do you mean the house
is gonna fall over?

I mean,
it could literally fall over.

I mean, it's leaning now
as it is.

When we mess
with the foundation,

trying to jack it up,

that could upset
a very delicate balance

that's happening with
the bracing and the framing,

and I think that's what
Lenny is talking about

when he says we could
"lose the second story."

So, Lenny and Tad

start taking out this wall,

and we're all just
holding our breaths wondering

if the entire house
is just gonna crumble.

So, there's been a lot
of adrenaline 'cause

there's a lot of shaking
from the whole house.

So, the second story
is holding for now,

but apparently, it's just too
unstable for the long run.

So, when you can't fix
the second floor,

that means the second floor
has to come off.

If we don't remove it on
purpose, it's going to fall off.

So now we're down
to a one-story house,

and we're rebuilding
the second story

from scratch,

which isn't
only a massive project,

it's more time, it's more money,

and it's eating more and more

into our rapidly reducing profit.

Since we ended up scrapping

and starting from scratch
the whole second floor,

we have an updated
second floor plan.

Before, the second story
walls went up about 6 feet

and then angled in,

so we were working
with those ceiling heights.

Now that the second
floor is gone,

the walls can go up 8 feet

and then we can have
the rooflines,

which means we can change
our window placement.

After going over the new plans
for the second floor,

I was walking
through the first floor

and noticed
that something was a bit off.

The framing of the kitchen
just looks a little small.

Just not quite right.

So, right now,
our kitchen's 140"

on the inside,

and I think it needs
to be out here.

- At 150".
- 150" with drywall.

And so we looked at the house
floor plan

and then the cabinet layout,
and they weren't matching up.

And those cabinets
were already ordered.

So we're at the point
where we have to move the wall,

not change the cabinet order.

Can you make it 150"?
Do we have room?

Because these cabinets
are already ordered.

Yes, I believe we can move
that wall back a little.

- Okay.
- What, 7" or whatever it is?

- Sorry, Lenny.
- That's all right.

No big deal.

Today, we're getting a drink

and we're gonna work
on our design plan for Parkway.

So, when we first
walked into Parkway,

it was a wet, soggy,
disgusting mess,

but then as we peeled off
the layers, now we have this--

I think it's just
a clean slate.

But that's why I think
making it really vibrant

and colorful
with our staging,

so that when people walk in
they feel really happy

and it feels really alive.

So, what did you
bring for me?

'Cause I brought some things
for you.

- You did?
- I did.

So, by creating a fairly neutral
palette, we can do some things

that are a little
maybe edgier

or more different
with the furniture,

and we're doing some funky,
fun color stuff.

I don't understand what this
possibly could have to do--

Because it has texture.

It's got metallic elements,

it's got different shapes
and spheres and colors.

We're gonna backtrack
just a little bit.

Keep those pretty things
right there 'cause

those are more like jewelry
that go on the house.

So I think we do just white
on white, like the trim

and the walls,
everything white.

Do this super-dark floor
to kind of ground it all.

White cabinets,

but then I found this
as the backsplash.

- That'd be really pretty.
- Just a little bit of color.

With a nice, like,
Carrara countertop.

And then everything
that goes in the house

is kind of where you can just
live in your happy place

and colors.

I still don't know
what the beads are for.

You love me!

I don't know
what the beads are for, still.

All right. So,

I think if we're gonna do
the inside white

on white
with the dark floors

with, like, punchy pops of color
in the decoration,

I think we should do
the same thing on the outside.

I think we need to keep the body
of the house super neutral

and do the house a gray
and then do the trim color

like, I don't know,
a blue or a--

Maybe this color.

- A teal?
- Yeah.

That could look good
with the gray.

How about that color?

That's perfect.

Yes.

The gray.
You like that?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

So, clean slate.

That's this house's story.
I'm with you.

- Cool.
- Cool.

So, now that we're on the same
page design-wise...

...where we glue beads everywhere.

...it's time
to go shopping.

Not for beads.

Things are really coming along
over at the Parkway house.

Now that the second
story's complete,

we've got all the windows in,

the exterior siding's going up,
and it's really looking good.

But Lenny called me over
to Parkway today

to look at the water line

because apparently we have
an issue.

What's going on?

Well, here's
your water line.

That looks old.

Yep.

The house
has been abandoned for so long,

so Lenny contacted the city,
and they said that the line

that was supposed to be coming
across the street into our home

was abandoned
about five years ago.

So, we're gonna turn it on
and hope you have water.

And if we don't?

I mean, we'll have to get
a special permit for it,

and that could
take 30 days.

We don't have 30 days.

I know we don't.

So, we're gonna turn it on
and hope you have water.

And if we don't?

I mean, we'll have to get
a special permit for it,

and that could take 30 days.

- We don't have 30 days.
- I know we don't.

If we don't have water,
that means we're out anywhere

from $10,000 to $15,000
and a lot of time.

All right, well, crank it.
Let's see what happens.

Down in this hole,
there's just a little lever.

And I went in the basement,

and he stayed outside
to turn the lever

and said, "Tell me
if you hear water."

Hopefully.

There's water!

Water, water, water!
Yay!

It's this woman's lucky day.

The water's there.
So I am happy as a clam.

The city was wrong.
The line is not abandoned.

So, hopefully we can tap
into it successfully

and then hook up the water
to the rest of the house.

Oh, my God.
That makes me so happy.

We still have the challenge
of we need to open up some brick

and dig back a little bit, but...

You don't have
to spend $15,000.

We don't have to spend--
She says "You."

We don't have to spend $15,000,
which is awesome

because we already did
a whole new foundation

in the back,
a new second story.

We are at--

we are like choke-holding
our budget here.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

What's going on
over there, lady?

Come over here.
I have an idea.

I want you
to come see my bathtub.

I 100% appreciate

Mom's artistic, inspirational,

free love,

good-vibe juju stuff
she has going on.

I 100% do.

Sometimes it's just
tiring, though,

'cause there's a lot of it.
There's a lot of love,

and there's a lot
of inspiration,

and there's just a lot
of energy.

But it's good.

So, we got this tub
out of a house,

and we haven't known
what to do with it,

and it's been in my backyard
for--Six months at least?

Six months, I think.

What I want to do
with it is cut the side of it

and then make it
into a couch.

So, like, this is
where you can kind of like lean

and that's cut out?
Yeah.

So, we're gonna
put this tub

in the back of the truck.
- Where are we taking it?

We're going
to see my friend Ryan.

He's very creative,
and he knows his medium.

So he can do things
with metal

that I wouldn't even imagine
you could do with metal.

Beautiful.
That leg's
a little loose there.

I know.
It's coming off.

Ryan has big, awesome
tools that we don't have.

And he knows what he's doing.

He takes our idea, then,
like, up 10 notches.

Elevates it.

'Cause he is legitimately
an artist.

- What's up, guys?
- Hey there.

- How are you?
- The other nice thing

about coming to Ryan is we're
supporting a local artisan,

and that's what's part

of what makes Indianapolis
so amazing,

is there's
all of these resources

that we can pull on.

It's pretty heavy.

Important thing is not to think
about it too much.

I think Don
has the whole thing.

You guys aren't even
doing anything over there.

You're the only
one not doing anything.

Wait.
What's the overall purpose?

It's gonna be a couch.

Do you guys want it to be,
like, you're lounging in it?

You want it
a two-person seat?

What are you guys thinking?
- So, like you'll--

Like, you could lounge
this way

and pretty much from here
to here is cut off.

And we need
to make a decision

whether we want the sandblaster
to powder-coat for us.

- I want the whole thing white.
- Okay.

All white?
- Inside and outside.

And I want the feet gold.
- Very cool.

The other thing
that I want to do

is where we have
the three holes

have a little thing
come up so you have,

like, three either--

- Shelf for drinks or something.
- Cup holders or candleholders,

but like,
three maybe separate ones.

So, there's one,
and then two.

So you can just take a martini
and sip it.

You know what this couch
is gonna say to a homeowner

when they see it?

It's going to say,

"They wanted me
to feel invited.

They wanted me
to feel comfortable."

It's a very vocal
little couch.

"They wanted me
to feel at home."

Today we're at Parkway,

and we're painting the exterior,
we're hanging all the drywall,

and we're getting
it taped and mudded.

In the kitchen,

we've got the cabinets
being installed,

some electrical finish work,
and of course, the guys

are rebuilding
the rotted out sections

of the gorgeous staircase.

When we first came
into the house, I really--

I didn't want it anymore.

I honestly,
in my soul and my heart,

feel like someone should have
paid us to buy this house.

When Mina takes that approach
to a house,

we're just like, "Yeah,
can we just burn it down?"

No, it's too wet
and full of poo to burn down.

"Can we just give it back?"

- It was scary.
- Yeah.

We were definitely dubious
at the beginning.

Now it's just awesome.

We're in
the final stretch.

What we have left
is the tile,

the paint outside,

the plumbing fixtures,
the interior trim,

the flooring that has to go down
through the entire house,

and then we'll be ready
for the counters.

There's a lot left to do.

But, still, this
is going to be the most

dramatic before-and-after
we've probably ever done.

Right now, we're just putting
the finish touches on the house.

We've got all our final plumbing
fixtures getting installed,

trim work's getting done...

...and the guys have nearly
finished with the flooring.

Today, we're staining the new
stair treads

to match our flooring,
and Mom's come to help me.

Hey, hey.

Hey.
Look at you.

You're almost done.
You don't need any help.

Suit up, lady.

That way, I don't have
to come around to that side.

My arms are too short.
I can't reach.

- Are you getting the ends?
- Uh-huh.

We'll, I'm getting the end
on my side.

You're going way faster
than I go.

Why are you rushing?
- I'm not rushing.

This is just my speed.

The flooring
we have going into the house

has a lot of variation
in it,

so it wasn't as tricky
to find an exact stain

to match an
exact solid color.

We had some wiggle room,

so the color we have
for the treads

looks really good
next to the flooring.

We might need
to hit them with one more coat,

but this is a good
first coat.

Now that we've got the stair
treads all stained,

we're gonna get
them installed,

get a couple coats
of poly on them,

and they're gonna
look awesome.

Parkway's been a huge project,
but it is coming right along.

We've got the trim in,
the doors.

The drywall's all up.
The cabinets are up.

We probably have about
a week's worth of work

left on it and then

it'll be time
to bring furniture in.

Now that the house
is almost ready for decorating,

we've got one last order
of business

before we move
everything in.

All right,
it's fountain time!

We had a bunch of tires,
and of course, like,

Mom would do something
with every single one.

We'd have 30 tires
all over the house.

So, since I won the race,

it was my call
what to do with them,

so I said, you can pick
the best handful of them

and we'll do something cool
with it, but not all of them.

This is gonna work.

I feel it.
Look. Look, look.

So, we're gonna make a fountain
on the front porch,

and Mom is like
the fountain master.

She can make a fountain
out of anything.

Let's do some origami.

Making a front porch
water feature

out of old racing slicks
is surprisingly easy.

- Okay.
- These tires are tough.

So, this has to go through.

There we go.
- Okay.

Now...

So then that goes through.

And then we have--
Put that on here.

This is the pump.
It's attached to the pump.

We'll put the pump
on the bottom.

So then that suctions
to the bottom.

Or just sits there.
- It just sits there.

And did
we bring some water?

Yeah, we've got some jugs
over there.

All you need is a hole
and some rubber and a pump.

Bing, bang, boom.

Whoo!

Beautiful.
Ta-da!

I mean, and nowhere is tire
art more appropriate than Indy.

- Yes!
- Success.

Success.

Today, we're at Parkway,

and we're putting
all the last finishing touches

on everything in the house

and just making it beautiful
and perfect and so pretty.

This our
little dining room one?

Pink and gray--
very nice.

More than any
of our other houses,

I really think this was
a blank canvas

that we painted on.

Make a happy noise.

I'm in my happy place right now.

I don't make those noises
when I'm in my happy place.

Didn't keep any of its
soul. We scooped it all out

and cleaned it all up
and we gave it all-new soul.

And that's why the white paint
and all the bright colors

really make sense to tell
the story of this house.

You guys are crushing it
so far.

I'm so proud of you.
- Oh, my gosh.

I mean, you're so handsome
and smart.

Try to be.

And you look really strong today.

Yes!
This is happening!

The furnishings
we're putting in the house

are kind of what are dictating
the personality of the house.

And so we're putting bright,
fun colors in,

but you don't have to.

Put different furniture in,

and this house
could really be anything.

- It's a chameleon.
- It's a chameleon.

- I like the basket weave.
- Oh!

The chairs! Oh!

I feel like I probably look
really good sitting in this.

I feel like a comic book
supervillain in this chair.

I'm Santa Claus!

What would you like
for Christmas, children?

Pillows or pillows?

Happy.
- Come on.

There's no time for this.

No time for these shenanigans.
It looks awesome.

Oh, no, this is nice.

All right.
Let's get out of here.

- No, stay.
- Mom.

Stay.

Now that Parkway
is all staged,

it's looking
super funky and fun,

and to cap it all off,

Ryan brought over
the old clawfoot tub

that he made
into a love seat for us.

Before you even walk
in the front door,

you get a taste of what
this house is gonna be like.

We got tires
on the front porch.

And an amazing
bathtub sofa.

It--

It's like trash to treasure.
That's what this house is--

trash to treasure.

Come on.
Let's get out of here.

I'm really excited now that
we have the house all staged

and it's ready
to show to the community.

Ta-da!

Oh, wow.

It's so warm
and not falling apart!

I love it.

To buy a lot
of the houses

in Bates-Hendricks
that we bought from the city,

we had to get
a letter of support

from the Bates-Hendricks
Neighborhood Association.

So, we're gonna show this house
to Lance and Laura

from the Bates-Hendricks
Neighborhood Association

who looked at it

as part of their abandoned
housing project.

Two years ago when I first
walked into this house,

it looked like a house
right out of a horror movie.

So they've seen it before
and they know how awful it was,

and we wanted to show them
that they can be happy

we're in their neighborhood.

- Oh, my gosh!
- Oh, wow.

The color's so bright.

It was so gross.

Now it's just awesome.

This is the most
dramatic before-and-after

we've probably ever done.

There's not, like,
stuff overgrowing everywhere,

and the landscaping--

it looks more welcoming.
- And the color.

Yeah, it definitely stands out
on the street.

My favorite color, so--

- No, you can't miss it now.
- Are those tires?

- Yeah, those are tires.
- That's awesome.

We found those in the garage,

and we turned them
into planters.

Do you see the ones
on the porch?

That's actually
a little water feature.

- Love it!
- So cool!

Do you want to go
see the other fun stuff
we have on the porch?

- Oh, totally.
- Absolutely.

- Yeah.
- Let's go.

- It's a bathtub!
- Oh, my goodness.

I love it.

We actually made that
out of an old clawfoot tub

that we had.
- No way.

Don't you want to just
sit in it? Come on.

Let's go sit in it.

This is so cool.

This is--
- Mm-hmm.

This is cool, but there's
even cooler stuff inside.

Ta-da!

- Oh, wow.
- What?

It's so warm
and not falling apart!

I love it.
I love it.

This is where the hole
in the roof was.

It was all raining in
right there.

- Did you notice there's floors?
- And there's floors.

- And it's not squishy.
- Oh, my gosh.

The section on this side
of the house was so squishy.

Are these
the original windows?

Yes! Good call!
Yay!

So, they were sort
of a rusty red color,

and then we took the colors
from the room

and put them into the window

so that we could bring
a little bit of the old

into the new.

You've really turned this house
into a beautiful house,

and it was once
terribly ugly,

an eyesore on this block.

So, I feel like it's gonna
be really exciting

for you to see the rest
of what we've done.

I am very excited.

Wow.
Oh, I love that.

We put that there
on purpose.

We thought this wall was just
a really good opportunity

to put something fun and cool
to pull you into the house.

And then you turn and see all
the high kitchen cabinets

and the amazing sink
and the Carrara.

Carrara's a great stone
because it looks and feels--

it actually feels softer
than granite.

And we wanted
to add just, like,

a little bit of fun color
with the glass backsplash.

Oh.
I didn't even notice that.

- Nothing too crazy.
- Was this the kitchen?

This was not the kitchen.

The kitchen was on the back
of the house.

This was a little
creepy side room,

and I think neighbors
had come and, like,

thrown trash
into the window.

We tried to funk it up a little
with slightly--

a little more modern,
a little cleaner look

on the faucet and the sink.

I love it.

I think the biggest thing is
just how different it is.

Walking in here last time,

everything was so dark
and gloomy and moldy,

and now it's like bright
and welcoming,

and you actually want
to be in here.

One of the challenges always

is where do you put
your half-bath for your guests?

Take a peek around the corner

of what Mina did
with that awkward space.

Wow.
A good use of this space

'cause you don't feel
like you're cramped in,

like, a half-bath,
where everything--

you can touch everything.

All right.
Next space is the master.

Oh, wow.

In the space
that used to be the kitchen.

This space was,

like, the darkest,
saddest little kitchen.

The nice thing
about that is it created for us

an opportunity to rebuild
the back of the house

with ceiling heights the same
as the rest of the house.

So this one
we got a little extra fun

and funky with in the bathroom.

Oh, my gosh.

Super spacious
and a huge shower!

- Yes.
- You can spin if you want.

My favorite thing
in the whole house, though,

is the metal we chose,
which is polished nickel.

It's so pretty.

It's like jewelry
for the house everywhere.

All right.
Let's go upstairs.

So, this is actually
the original stair rail.

- Wow.
- Nothing else we kept.

The staircase
turned out really well.

I like the way it turns.

It's like you wonder--
where does this go?

- Upstairs.
- It invites you.

Well, some staircases,

they're just like, "Oh,
that's a staircase."

You know it goes upstairs.
But this one is an invitation.

The first of two bedrooms upstairs.

It's got lots of light,
really high ceilings,

and we've staged it really clean
but with bright pops of color.

And before,

the angle of the ceiling
came in right about here,

so all of this space
over here wasn't even usable.

And we created a little
nook where the window is.

You could do a built-in
if you wanted to.

Hopefully very inviting.

So, we've got another full bath
up here.

Oh, wow,
this is really nice.

Nice and big and roomy.

We went with some
higher-end finishes.

We didn't want to do just stock,
builder grade things.

Countertop is really nice.
I love this granite.

I love all
the movement in it.

All right.
One more room.

Go ahead.
So this is our upstairs office.

Oh, wow.

- So, you have--
- Oh, my gosh.

A closet flanking
each window,

and there's a whole walk-in
closet over here.

Oh, no way!

This is definitely gonna
be a nice addition

for the neighborhood.

Mina and Karen

have really brought a lot
to our neighborhood.

And they've invested a lot
in our neighborhood.

We're very excited
to have them here.

Absolutely.

Bates-Hendricks is one of
the hidden gems in Indianapolis,

and we're just excited
that we get to be part

of making it all it can be.

So, you guys know people

who want to live
in the neighborhood.

- We do.
- So, we're gonna rely on you

to get the right people
in your neighborhood, right?

Yes.

We bought this house
for right around $4,000.

We spent about $210,000
on renovations.

That puts us all-in
at $214,000.

A few weeks after the showing,
we sold the house for $239,000,

giving us a profit
of $25,000.

I feel like you just are really
bringing this neighborhood up,

and I am so excited
to have you both here.

Oh, this just
feels so good!