Good Bones (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Bugging Out on Budget - full transcript

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

Aah!

And we're renovating Indianapolis

one house at a time.

Every rotten, nasty house
that we see...

- Oh, my.
- Roof problems.

...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.

This is our neighborhood,
and we want to see it



be the best it can be.

Oh, God, look at it!

Every tragic house...

I get water when--Water dripping.

Uh-oh.

...deserves
a second chance.

I think you'll like
what you see.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

Aah!

Let's get inside
where it's a little warmer.

This is my favorite place
in the whole city-- favorite.

It is. And so it's nice of you
to tolerate me and come here.

It's pretty.



Every time I go into
the Garfield Park Conservatory,

I think, "This is what I want
my whole house to be like."

Everything is so lush
and green.

Smells good.

There's a waterfall
back there,

and there's koi
in all the little ponds.

Ooh!

I put my finger
down in the water,

and they suckled on it.

And it's not scary,
it doesn't hurt,

'cause it's
the weirdest feeling.

I want this
at one of our houses.

It feels like Eden in there,
so I would like to somehow

translate that feeling
into a house.

On a significantly
smaller scale...

I kind of want
to go big scale, but--

...and a reasonable budget,
and then I'm in full support.

Well,
this has been nice.

It's been a sweet break, but we
got to go actually do some work.

No, I don't want to work.
I want to stay here.

This house,
I mean, it's--

Our comfort zone
is obviously very flexible,

but this one, I think,
is even outside

our typical comfort zone.

It's pretty far south.

Where are you going?

It sounds like you're getting me
ready for something.

It's just--
it's south.

It's real south.

Most of our projects are in
the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood

close to Fountain Square.

But this one on Singleton
is kind of on the fringe,

and it's definitely
out of our comfort zone,

and that all being said...

It's a nice, quiet street....we probably
overpaid for it.

So this house on Singleton
we bought for $35,000,

and it's got just over
1,720 square feet

with three bedrooms
and two bathrooms.

It has an L-shaped large
front living/dining-room area,

with the kitchen all the way
at the back of the house,

with one bedroom and
one communal bath
on the first floor.

And on the second floor,
there are two other bedrooms

and another bathroom.

So it's a pretty good size.

But $10,000 houses
don't exist anymore.

I know.

This is it.

I'm going to park
right here.

See?
Front porch is cute.

Cute-ish.

There's a window open.

Yeah, that doesn't bode well
for the second floor.

But this is my favorite
kind of gable.

When it opens
to the street,

it just makes the house
look friendlier.

The front-porch brick
is cute.

Yeah, I like the porch.
I mean, I don't like the color.

Yeah.
The brick is clean
and solid.

There aren't a lot
of cracks in it.

No, just paint it. Yeah.

Once everything else
is de-scare-ified,
the porch will be cute.

Yeah,
but it's in good shape.

The chain-link fence
makes it look kind of scary.

Yeah, that's got to come down.
Of course.

But this little wall
isn't bad.

We could skim coat it,
and it would be fine.

- Put a cap on it, yeah.
- We have to make some repairs.

Yeah.
It's not too bad.

We're going to give it
siding and windows.

We're going to put colors,
add some curb appeal.

All right.
Come on.

You got a key?

I don't think
we need one.

Oh, okay. Great.

Oh, this is big. Yeah.

It's a nice big,
like, open space.

Uh-huh. I wonder if
that arch is...
Structural?

I bet it's not. No.

So we've got a bit
of a sag, here.

The house is dipping.

And we've got a bit
of a bug problem.

I mean...
That's just
a couple of bugs.

Yeah, but where
you see a couple,

there's, like, a million
that you don't see, right?

Not necessarily.

I think necessarily.

Yeah, see?
Lots of cockroaches.

Ugh! Aah!

Oh, my God!

We definitely need
to spray, though.

Yeah.

If the roaches aren't
on me or in my house,

I don't have
a problem with them.

But now this is our house,
so they need to get out,

and it's the most roaches
I've ever seen.
Mm-hmm.

Lookit,
this bay window is nice.

Who can care about cockroaches
when you have that
pretty bay window?

What I want to do is
have an L-kitchen

with a big island,
and where this little--

And so,
this is all living room?

Well, living,
dining, kitchen.

So have the cabinets out here,
bump the windows up,

and just have the countertop
go back behind

so it's this big, like... Oh, that would be cool.

...dramatic chunk
wrap-around

and then do some kind of island here.
Island, sure.

No, that--
I like that.

- I hear water running.
- Water dripping.

Uh-oh.

There's one bathroom off here,
and it's the weird,

little, like, gauntlet bathrooms
that we keep finding.

Oh, that's what the water is.
It's just the toilet running.

There we go.

Oh, look.
A biscuit.

Don't touch it!

I think the cockroaches
put it there for later.

Okay.

So, kitchen off the back.
There's some serious...

Oh, my.
...roof problems.

That's gross.
Looks like a dirty baby diaper.

- It does, doesn't it?
- Yeah, that's disgusting.

Looks like a clear baby diaper
that's 10 days old,

that you just are hanging
above your head.

- Waiting for it to fall.
- It's holding this baby.

It's going to fall.
It's so nasty.

- The sink is running, too.
- Yeah.

Let's see
if there's a shut-off.

Kind of smells like gas
in here, too.

We need to get the utilities off ASAP.

Okay. Yeah,
let's get everything off.

All right.
Let's go look at the basement.

So that's
the basement access.

It's not in tragic shape.

The brickwork all looks
pretty good over there.

Our sill plates
look pretty good.

Yeah.
So where it's dipping

seems to be where it's going
across somewhere over here.

Look at that.
Good gravy.

Look at that.
Good gravy.

Oh, yeah.
That slipped a little bit,

that middle pier
where the dirt fell out.

It looks like it sunk.

It does
look like it sunk.

And that seems to be
where the house is dipping.

So we've got an issue
with some sagging in the house.

So that needs
to be jacked up.

All right.
We'll figure that out.

Basement
is not the worst.

No, it's not awful.
Ooh, flower pots.

All right, upstairs. Okay.

I'm coming.

I know we say this a lot,
but this one,

like, we are outskirts
of Bates-Hendricks

and need to do this
budget-friendly.

- Okay.
- So the floor plan, like,

leave staircases
kind of where they are.

I think we should
just flip it

so you get to the second floor
through your public space.

So you go through
your living room.

Oh, my goodness. It's way
colder up here with
all the windows open.

Ooh, jeepers.
It's cold.

So, bedroom.

So up here, these are
pretty much just mirror images.

What I was hoping is this could
kind of stay the layout it is.

This is a big room.
Look at this one.

I'm going to add this
to my collection.

Mom!
What?

Sorry.
Focus!

Okay.

This room is big.

This is a big room.

They're both perfectly
decent-size rooms

to leave as is
and leave this a bathroom.

You think we're going to need
more ceiling height than this?

I don't know.

If we had a little more
headroom, that would be nice.

This is going to be
an adorable little bathroom.

Yeah.
There would be a shower,

a toilet there,
a double vanity across there.

So this one has
two closets.

Ooh.
Look at this water damage.

This is the most interesting
floor plan.

So, just take this out.

- Yeah, take this out.
- Leave that closet there.

- What's over there?
- There's a closet there.

I'm assuming
it's a closet.

Well, let's take a look
and see.

It's not a functional closet.
It's only about 8 inches deep.

I don't know if, like,
in the early 1900s,

when these houses were built,
the hangers were tinier?

So, it's a little weird,

and we're definitely going
to have to change it.

So make this a little bit
more of a closet.

Bring this whole thing out
and make it a real closet.

All right. So, two bedrooms,
bathroom up here.

We've got a good starting plan
for the inside.

Let's check out
the backyard.

Look what I found.

I'm going to get Mina.

No!
Get away from me!

Oh, fresh air.
Thank goodness.

- It's a big backyard.
- It is a big backyard.

It's got a garage.

I mean, obviously,
it just needs...
Oh, yeah.

...like, new sidewalk,
fix up the garage,

definitely a privacy fence,

do a deck off the back,
open it up a little bit.

- Yeah, this is good.
- It's a big yard.

I wonder how long
the gutters have been gone.

That's how all that water
is getting in right there.

Yeah.
Well, it's all
coming off anyways.

We got an inside plan.
We got an outside plan.

Okay.
Feel like we got
a good idea of things.

So, because of its location
and its old age,

this house is going to come
with some hefty issues.

First and foremost,
we need to get rid

of the serious
bug problem.

We'll need to level out
the sloping floors,

reconfigure the staircase

to better fit
our open-concept floor plan,

and most of all, we need to stay
within our very tight budget

since we're not quite sure how
much we can sell this house for

in this part of town.

We're just going to have to
be cool on this one, money-wise.

Don't get crazy.

Do you know, I've heard
this speech before.

I know, but, like, this time,
you, like,

really have to take it
seriously--"We're really on the edge."

No, no, no.
We're not on the edge.

We are past the edge.

Should not have bought
this house, probably.

We're past the edge.
This is scary zone.

So we bought this house
for $35,000.

I think, if we can stay
within $120,000

on the renovation costs,
we should be okay.

By the time
we finish construction,

maybe we can list it
for about $175,000,

which would bring our
potential profit

to between $20,000
and $25,000.

We'll see.
All right.

Honey, are you and your boys
just going to use your hands

- to rip down this house?
- That's it.

- No Tad today?
- No.

He's playing hooky.

This is a good one
to play hooky on.

It's demo day,
and this is extra fun for us

because the house
is alive.

This is the worst I've ever seen
in my entire life.

Roaches...
Everywhere.

And some people are really
- sensitive about the roaches.
- Everywhere.

Lenny.

I ain't going in.

The only thing that Lenny
doesn't like is bugs.

There are cockroaches on every
single inch of everything.

If you touch something when
you start breaking the walls,

you know how, like,
the plaster explodes?

It's going to be, like,
roaches exploding.

So, suit up. Get masks.
Do what you need to do.

Let's get in there.

Come on, Lenny.

We're going to take this house
down to the studs,

but first, we've got a big
clean-up job ahead of us.

- Get it out.
- Let's get the couches out,

like, the big stuff out first
to put on the bottom.

Wedge that stuff
in the dumpster.

Oh, my God.

Cockroaches.
I'm not dealing with it.

Nope, nope, I'm gone. Nope.

- Get your suit!
- I'm done.

- There's thousands of them.
- Get your suit.

Oh, no.
Cover your face.

Cover your mouth.
I got my little neck wrap

- so things can't creep down.
- Them things are nasty.

Put your big-boy pants on
and suit up.

Lunch!

He's like, "Nope.
You guys crossed the line.

You went too far."

He said, "Just walk away
and let it get condemned.

You can just
still walk away."

And I was like, "No, we can't.
We're in too deep, or I would."

It's not that I'm afraid
of roaches,

I just don't want
them touching me.

Hey, Lenny. You just walking
around with the sprayer?

I'm getting ready
to spray myself.

We've got a new guy,
James, on the demo crew,

and without Tad here
to babysit him,

I guess that leaves me.

Dang, James!

You didn't get any of that
in the dumpster!

Whoa!

Hey, James!

Put glasses on
if you're smashing stuff.

Wherever James is,
things are exploding.

I think James maybe has
some anger issues

he's cranking out...

...which is perfect
for demo,

as long as he doesn't injure
himself or anyone else, right?

Throw that in the dumpster.

Aah!

Good job.

You go on three.
I'm going to count.

1...3!

No one fell off the roof.
No one fell through the roof.

No one
went into the dumpster. Yay.

It is only Day 1,
so we've got time.

There you go!

Oh, that's interesting.

Oh, that's interesting.

Mina!

Yes?

Look.

Look up.

This is a hipped roof
right here.

Even if we don't have
a lot of footprint,

we have some height that will
make the bathroom feel palatial.

- It's an adorable roofline.
- It's adorable roofline.

So under the dormered
hipped extension

where the bathroom was put,
the old roof is still there.

It's really pretty.
It is.
It's really pretty.

And we can do something
in that ceiling

to replicate
the way it looks.

But it's going to make
the bathroom adorable,

to have that roof
over it.

So now that
we've got demo done,

the next step is getting
the floor plan pulled together.

The location of this house
is a bit of a risk,

so the fewer big changes
we have to make,

the better
for our budget.

Can I interrupt you
for a few?
Yeah.

Let me move this.

I have got Singleton
floor plans.

Yay!
Very exciting.

This house, we paid
a little bit more for it,

but it doesn't need a whole lot
of reconfiguring.

Right, and the front porch
is in good shape,

and it's cute
if we paint it.

Yeah, so kind of leave
the front porch as is,

front door where it is--
new front door.

Okay.

When you walk inside,
you have these three spaces

that are all going
to be super open.

There will be an entryway,
dining room.

And then, to your right,
will be a living room.

And the living-room/dining are
just defined by the furniture.

So the big change is,
we're going to pull the kitchen

from the back, and we're going
to pull it up here

to this middle space
on the left.

That's really, really,
really good. I like that.

And I like what we're doing here
with this bay window,

where we're keeping it
behind the sink

so you can look out of it,

and this extra space here
gives me some really cool ideas.

I feel like
plants belong there.

Mm-hmm.
So is that mine?

Yeah.
Go crazy back there.

Okay.
I have some ideas.

Where the kitchen was
in the back,

now that whole space along
the right side of the house

is going to be your first-floor
master bedroom... Nice.

...and en suite bath.

And now, we've got
our master bath downstairs,

and I tucked in this half-bath
under the staircase.

Under the stairs.
That's nice.

The other thing that switched
is how you access the stairs.

It used to be through a bedroom.
So we flipped it.

Okay.
So you go through
your living room,

through your public space,
to get upstairs.

Perfect.
And then upstairs, really,

was in good shape,
- good configuration.
- Yeah. Yeah.

Two bedrooms
and a bathroom.

We're going to reconfigure
the bathroom a little bit,

but it's staying
in the same place.

On the bedrooms,
there's some weird stuff
going on with the closets

that we're going to be
- able to open up more.
- Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

So that gives us 3 bedrooms,
2 1/2 bathrooms,

with the master suite
on the main floor.
Mm-hmm.

- Excellent. Yeah.
- Good with all that?

Looks good.
All right.
I'm going to get it to Lenny.

- Then we'll rock and roll.
- Okay.

- I'll get back to work.
- Get back to your e-mails.

So, the floor plan
is all worked out,

but it seems as though
the actual floor has a problem.

It's not level, and the weather
isn't helping much, either,

because it's freezing.

Hello, America.
It's cold in Indiana right now.

- Morning, Lonnie.
- Oh, morning.
How you doing?

- Ooh.
- Is that level?

No, not even close.

- So we got to get it up?
- Yep, we sure do.

What do you need us to do?

We're going to go downstairs
and set up a jack,

and I'm going to need somebody
up here with the tape

and somebody down there jacking,

and we'll get it
all leveled up.

Get in the hole, Mom!

All right.

So we've got an issue
with sagging in the house.

Standard
operating procedure.

What makes it extra fun is
it's 5 degrees outside.

Maybe it will be warmer
in the basement.

Looks like this beam
is dropped right here,

- and it's made it all sagged.
- Yes, it does.

- Yeah.
- All right. Jack time.

- They're starting to jack!
- Okay.

So the goal is
for us to make sure

it's structurally sound
and get it as level as we can

where it looks like
it's sagging in the middle

without taking every single
floor joist out

and putting all new in,
which is not an option...

Flat floors are best.

...because
we have no money.

Mina's always singing
that no-money song.

It's a real song.

We're at 3 3/4.

Got a string across
so we can see

when we get close to level

from the front
and the back of the house.

Nothing's moving.

That's because you're on it.
Get off of it.

You're too heavy.

I can't jack it.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you,
a step stool.

- Does that help?
- That's it.

You know, sometimes, all a girl
needs is another 3 inches.

That's 4 inches.

Lenny, you're way
ahead of me, buddy.

This is definitely moving.

Something's moving.

Are we moving, Mina?

A little bit!

Keep going.

Oof!

We moved about
an eighth of an inch.

It's all about leverage.

Slowly but surely, they made it
about three-quarters of an inch.

I'm feeling the burn.

You have an inch and a half
to go.

If this works,
it's going to save us

thousands of extra dollars
in foundation work.

Is it possible to sweat
in this weather?

- Yes. Yep.
- Because I'm sweating.

Wood is remarkably flexible,
but it has its limits.

Hey, Lenny,
I feel like you and Lonnie

should come eyeball this up here
real quick.

You're just creating a hump.

Now, instead of the low part
in the floor

being where it should be,

the middle part of the floor
has a hump in it,

and the low part in the floor
is still an inch and a half low.

And then there's another
low part over here, and...

Like, I know it's old,

and I know we're not
going to get it perfect.

I just don't want a hump
in the middle of the house.

Can you see that bubble?

Yeah, I can see it.
It's awful, big-time.

We got a serious hump.

I mean, big-time.

This house on Singleton
is old, like, really old,

and with age comes sagging.

We got a serious hump.

That wasn't there.
We just did that.
I know.

Now, instead of the low part
in the floor

being where it should be,

the middle part of the floor
has a hump in it,

and the low part of the floor
is still an inch and a half low.

And then there's another
low part over here, and...

Like, I know it's old,

and I know we're not going
to get it perfect.

I just don't want a hump
in the middle of the house.

Okay.
Let me go down and look.

We can probably bring that
all up right there. Yeah.

This is real bad right here.
You go up there and look.

It's level down there,
it's level down here,

and it just drops
right here.

I mean, big-time.

What are you thinking?

Right here, this all needs
to be jacked up right here.

So, the solution was
putting another support beam

from the front towards
the back of the house

and then sistering some
joists to give it a
little bit more support,

supporting a shoulder span
in the house.

Okay.
All right.
New plan of attack.

Good game.
Mwah!

Bye, Lonnie. Bye.

Now, with all the floor joist
issues fixed,

we can now move on to framing
all the interior walls

and the windows and the doors
and all that fun stuff.

Whoo-hoo!

So, Singleton.

This is my only inspiration
other than what's out here.

That's the direction
I want to go.

So this is going to be
a little more girly.

A little she-she.
Yeah.

Budget...
Okay.
I'm all right with that.

And then, the outside,
that would be the door color.

I really like this color.

I mean, and I also think the
accent color defines it more,

so that right now, it just
kind of looks like khaki.

Tan.

Which is khaki.

Khakis are tan.

Mm...

Are khakis not tan?

Are we all confused
about the color of khakis now?

I mean, khaki is
an ambiguous phrase because...

So is tan.

Well, all right.

Any-hoo,
it's a little girly.

I'm petting the tumbled octagon
Carrara marbled tiles.

So we have this, and then
there's a bigger version

that I think maybe we could do
for the bathroom.

It's about that big. Oh.

So it's cohesive
without being matchy. Nice.

Yeah. You know, I want to put
a little hydroponic feature

in that bay window
in the kitchen.
Mm-hmm.

So you have all your
fresh veggies right there.

And larger tiles might work
to decorate the front of that.

Okay.
That would be cool.

You know that, like,
mossy green cabinet color

you've been wanting to use?

I think it would be
good to use there.

So, sort of sagey, mossy, somewhere...

- Mossy green.
- Yeah, I'm with you.

And then, like,
putty on the uppers?

Yeah. Something... Yeah, I like that.

So are we going to do a big
Carrara marble slab

- in that bay window?
- Yeah, I think
textural element.

That would be so pretty to have
that much Carrara,

that huge bay window
all Carrara.
Mm-hmm.

Mm, are you going
to curl up in there?

Depending on how much space you
take up with the planter thing.

What about my light?
Do you like my light?

- A little crystally.
- You like it?

Yeah, I like it a lot.

The one that's going to be
tricky to get the lighting right

is the upstairs
full bath... Oh.

...because we're able to
- keep the ceiling vaulted.
- Yeah.

We need to do something on that
ceiling to draw attention it

because it's so cool.

I don't know.
We could wallpaper it.

You going to help me
wallpaper it?

I'm fully in support
of wallpaper

if I do not
have to do it.

I've never wallpapered
that many angles.

I feel like it will be
- a good challenge.
- But I support you doing it.

Okay.
Go crazy.

- All right.
- You pick your wallpaper,
and we'll rock and roll.

All right.

Back at Singleton,
progress is on a roll.

With all the framing in,
the house got wrapped up in OSB.

The windows and exterior doors
were all put in,

along with the trim.

Spray foam and drywall
are up.

The awesome hex Carrara marbled
tile went in the bathrooms,

and it brings your eye
all the way up to the ceiling.

This house is looking great.
It's really exciting.

I love it when things
come together.

I think it's going
to be really cool.

I can't wait to see
the cabinets in.

Can't wait.

All right.
This is going to be bomb.

We've got this amazingly huge
bay window in the kitchen

where we're putting
the farm sink.

The countertop is going to span
all the way from the edge,

all the way to the back
of the window.

Forty-six inches.

So it's just it's-- I mean,
it's going to be awesome.

So we need the right stone
at the right price.

I like this one a lot.

Yeah.
Okay.

But I think it's going to make
the kitchen look much too green.

Wait.
- Let me borrow this for a second.
- No. Don't do it.

- It's bad under there?
- Why do you think it's on?

Put your head down here.

I literally went to the gym
this morning.

Okay. I won't take it off.
Just keep your head down there.

I did boot camp,
and then I didn't shower.

Yeah, that's too green.

That one's really,
really pretty,

and if we didn't have aloe
base cabinets,

I might have
gone with it.

I know we've used this before,
and I really like it.

I kind of want to see
the whole slab

because this is a little--

Do you have
- this whole slab here?
- I do.

The 12x12 sample piece
doesn't show you everything,

so it's always helpful
to get the big slab.

There it is.

That one's perfect.
Ta-da!

And when Erin walked us
into the back,

and it was just, like...

♪ Ahh ♪

Seriously, the angles sing

when you see that
pretty piece of stone.

Very nice.
Beautiful in here.
Hi, guys.

Welcome to
the open house. Wow.

Oh, cool.

Aw, look at that.

Oh, wow.
This is so nice.

- That's perfect.
- It's beautiful.

Oh, wow.
This is big.

I love it. I love it.
I love it all.

There it is.

That one's perfect.
Ta-da!

- It's so much lighter.
- Seriously, the angels sing

when you see that
- pretty piece of stone.
- I like this one.

This is the Carrara marble
of my dreams. I love it.

Perfect.
Yes.

White with just the right amount
of gray veining.

It's ridiculous how happy
Carrara makes me.

This is gorgeous. Yeah.

Is it going to throw
a lot of gook at us?

It probably will, so, yeah,
we might need to stand back...

Stepping back.

...unless somebody wants to
press the buttons.

- You can press it.
- No, you're like a toddler.

- Go press the button.
- I want to press the button.

It's like
the elevator button.

So we're going to press...
this button here.

This is so cool.

You see, that blade is not
actually cutting the marble.

It's grinding away
the material.

That's collecting at the bottom,
and that's the sludge

that you see,
and you just want to keep going.

You'll hear it
stop cutting.

So now, you can check that
off your list.

You've cut
a piece of marble. Okay.

So this is all slurry,
which you can see that
came from the cutting.

Oh, I so want to put some of
that on your face.

Don't do it.
Do it to me.

This is your initiation
into marble cutting.

Yes!

- Yeah!
- Welcome.

The inside of the house
is on track.

It's looking really good.
We're making progress.

But the outside...

Outside's just a little
slow going right now.

A little slow.

I mean, at least
we have trim up. Yeah.

I know the siding's
supposed to be up.

Hang on.
Let's give him a call.

- Hello?
- Hello, Leonard.

How are you today?

I'm good.
How about yourself?

It's cold.
It's cold.

Yeah.

So we're at Singleton,
and there's no siding.

The siding's
at the warehouse,

and we're going to paint
the siding inside the warehouse,

and then once it dries,
then we'll be over there

- to install the siding.
- Perfect. That's genius.

I mean, that's not perfect,
but it's the best option

in Indiana winter.
Well, yeah.

- So I'll take it.
- Can we do anything to help?

Yeah, you can go over
to the warehouse and help paint.

All right. I'm going to
put on my work clothes,
and I'm going to go.

It's winter in Indiana. It's
hard to do anything outside.

We can't afford to stop
and wait for warm weather,

so the solution is
to rent a warehouse,

paint all the siding
in the warehouse,

move the siding
to the house,

install the siding, and hope
we don't screw it up too badly.

Hopefully, adding a couple extra
helping hands

will move the process along
a little more quickly.

I came fully protected,
ready to paint.

Yeah.
I came to help.

How many?

300 going to Singleton.

Ohh.

So, Mom is just spraying
the tops of each pile,

and after they're painted,
we move them to dry.

We've got 300 pieces
to get through.

All right.
These guys are ready to move.

- Get to work.
- It's a pretty color siding, though.

Yeah.
Okay!

Move stuff.

So we've got 63 painted now.

- Yeah.
- And we need roughly...

Roughly 300....300.

So we need to do this
four more times.

I mean, it's definitely
not a great solution,

but I think it's the best
of crappy ones

in winter in Indiana.

Marble is going in today.
It's so exciting.

At Singleton.

It's the biggest slab,
and it's the prettiest,

and this kitchen is just
going to be stupid cool.

- Oh, it's nice in here.
- Whoo!

Oh, my gosh!
It's huge!

That's incredible.

This is going to be so cool
once the backsplash is on.

Countertops are, like,
the first of the last steps.

Yes.
And not only are
the countertops beautiful,

they're this inspiring signal
of, "We're close to the end!"

So I'm in my happy place
because Bill is letting me

help install
the tumbled marble hexagon tiles

for the kitchen backsplash,

and they're so pretty.

Look at that-- seamless!

This kitchen is coming together
beyond my wildest dreams.

The countertop is beautiful,
the tumbled marble backsplash,

the green base cabinets,
the pretty upper cabinets,

and the paint color is
going to pull it all together.

We're so close.

Temperature warmed up a little,

just enough to make an attempt
at stacking and transporting

our siting for installation
at Singleton today.

You want to help?
Yep.

Hopefully had enough time
to dry.

How do you feel
about the prepainting?

It's all cracked already.

How do you feel
about the prepainting?

- It's all cracked already.
- Yeah.

It looks like it's kind of
sticking to itself, doesn't it?

Well, it looks like we'll just
have a bit of touching up to do,

but for the most part,
our plan worked,

and we'll be able
to get back on schedule.

All right.
Let's get her done.

Where do you
want this guy?

That one goes
right there.

Pretty easy job, really.
Just measure, cut, nail them up.

It went really fast.

So close.

There we go.

I mean, we're going to need
to do a little bit of touch-up,

so when we get a nice day,

we can have a touch-up day
instead of like three days
exterior painting.

- Yeah.
- It's pretty.

We've still got lots to do
outside here at Singleton.

While the guys are finishing off
the rest of the siding,

we're clearing out
the old metal gate

to get ready to install
our new fence.

Hello.
I'm here to help.

Three people is pretty helpful
for the fence install process.

Lenny's laying out the pickets,
and then I'm on one side,

getting them where they go
while Ricky just nails.

It goes a lot quicker
when you got the prelay,

the hold, and the nail person.

- I can't feel my thumbs.
- Just keep moving them.

It's really cold.

It's 5 degrees
with the wind chill out,

which just poses
all kinds of challenges.

The nail gun just
does silly stuff,

but it's amazing
what a nice privacy fence can do

in a transitional neighborhood.

Done.
It looks beautiful.

Now you need to get your butt
back on this side of the fence

and deal with the yard.

- I'll get on that. Bye.
- Thanks. Bye.

We can't plant in winter,
but we can build a deck.

And the one we've got going
off the back

is going to be a great place
for entertaining.

Aw, spring is in the air.

The snow is gone.
The trees are budding.

The birds are back.

Perfect weather to work
on my indoor gardening project.

The second that I saw
we were putting the kitchen

in the bay window

and I had all that extra space,

the first thing
that came to mind

was a really good
hydroponic system,

because it's a perfect place
to grow all your vegetables.

We're using 5-inch post covers
made out of PVC.

Then we're using a hole saw
to cut 4-inch holes

where the plants will go.

Next, we install airline tubing

so we get oxygen
to the plant roots

so the plants will grow.

Our air tubing will fit in there
very nice.

And we'll put the air stones
on it once it's inside

because you can't put the air
stone through the hole.

That's right.
It's too big.

All right. I am going to make
the front of this look pretty.

So this is the tile
from the shower.

I wanted to make it
a little nicer,

so I took some scrap
from the shower

and just used the hot glue gun
to glue it

to the front of the PVC,

and it worked.

And it looks really good.

All right.
- Should we take it inside?
- Turned out nice.

Just slide this
right in.

There's no soil,
so the water we use

has a special nutrient solution
to feed the plants.

I want to put
some plants in!
Yeah.

We have lettuces.
There's some bib lettuce.
There's some red lettuce.

I'm going to find a home
for this parsley.

There's some herbs.
There's some basil.

There's some spearmint.
There's some tarragon.

So lots of cool things.

Here, I need a green one
down there.

There we go.
All right. Pump.

Plug our line in.

There we go.

Switches on, and... Nice.

...let there be light.

Look how pretty
that looks.

Now, when you walk
in the front door,

you're going to see Eden,
and you're going to think,

"I want to live in Eden.

I want to sit
at my breakfast table

and watch things grow."

It's like morning.
- The sun's coming up.
- That's right.

So we are definitely
in the home stretch now.

Just a little bit more painting,
a few vanities to install.

That sod going in out back
and the fence going in up front.

We have that great
bathroom ceiling

that I don't want
to get lost.

I don't want to have
this beautiful vanity

and all this beautiful tile
and no one even looks up.

So it might be a bad idea,
but I'm going to wallpaper it.

It's not an easy spot
to get to,

and with all the different
ceiling angles up there,

it's going to test
all of my wallpapering skills.

Yay!

She couldn't find the handle
to get the door open.

- I brought you some rugs.
- Lovely.

Dibs on that one.
- I'll take that one.
- This is a cow.

Thank you.
Uh-huh.

We're staging our house
on Singleton today
for an open house

which we're hoping
attracts some young couples

who might be willing to take
a chance on this neighborhood.

Maybe a young couple
with children.

This is going to be great.

This is our safari room.

Good job.
That was terrible.

We have
some sophistication.

Oh.

Very classic looking.

Yeah, so it's just
going to be a mixture

of a lot of
cool elements.

Some more wood.
Uh-huh.

Tweet, tweet.

I want some
pops of color.

Get a good balance so it's not
ultramodern, unattainable.

- Put the pretty side out.
- Did you feel this?

That looks super inviting.
Flowers?

Finishing touch. Done.

Hydrangeas
are the best.

Yep.
Nice.

The fence is great.

We can't for people
to come check out this house.

This should give us
a good idea

if expanding our business
into this neighborhood works.

I love the porch. Nice.

Is this it?

I think so.
I love the porch.

So do I. Nice.

The dogs would
like the fence.

They could see out,
but they couldn't get out.

Yeah, true.

It's finally
our open house on Singleton,

and we're hoping to find out
if this slightly risky location

is going to pay off.

This is cute.
Very cute.

- Hi, guys.
- Very nice.

- It's beautiful in here.
- Welcome to the open house.

- Wow!
- Love it.

Come on in.

I like the color scheme.
I like the grays and the--You could slide
across the floors.

- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.

- This is amazing.
- That's cute.

We opened it up
a little bit.

These three rooms
were all kind of nondescript.

It was, like, living room,
entryway, dining room,

with an arch,
so we opened it all up

and pulled the kitchen up
from the back.

- The flow is great.
- Makes it feel huge.

Yeah.
It does.
This feel is great.

It feels so cozy.

I like to tell people, "It's not
how far your feet can move

but how far your eye can move."

- All the way back.
- Yeah.

That's what makes
this space feel big.

So when you walk in,
the floors play you this way,

and then the double-stack
cabinets

pulls your eye all the way up
to the ceiling.

- Wow.
- It's beautiful.

Kitchen
- is gorgeous.
- I love that window.

This was actually
the dining room.

This wasn't the kitchen.

So we salvaged
the bay window

and reined the countertops
all the way back,

so you have like
40 inches of countertop.

Oh, and you've got, like,
this live garden in the back.

Yeah.

Mom put in this
little indoor garden.

So you have all your
fresh veggies right there.

I can make a salad
right now.
Yeah. You can.

I love all the cabinet space.
Very high.

Put the stuff that you don't use regularly.

Yeah.
Tons of storage.

The backsplash,
it's everywhere.

The backsplash is
all tumbled Carrara,

and then the countertop
is polished Carrara.

So it's the same stone,
so there's some cohesiveness.

The tile goes all the way
- to the ceiling.
- Yeah, like, "Well, where do we spot it?"

I was like, "Well, maybe"..."Maybe we don't."

"Just do the whole thing!"Just go all the way up.

"Just do the whole thing."It looks great.

It goes with the cabinets
all the way up.

And the kitchen
was actually back here.

Wow.

We put the master
back here in the back,

so it's a little
more private.

This is so nice,
and it's plenty of space.

I love the gray
on the walls.

I love it all.

Lots of natural light.

Because we are downtown, we do a
lot of the high skinny windows

so you can get light in on the
side but maintain your privacy.

- I love it.
- Love the chandelier
in here.

Take a peek in the bathroom.
You got your en suite master.

So we were able to fit
a double vanity.

You've got a full tub/shower,
some storage space,

and then
a private throne room.

Wow.
This is amazing.

The tile is the same
as the kitchen,

- just bigger.
- It's just bigger. Yeah.

That's perfect.

It's what you call coordinated.

It is very coordinated.

Yes, coordinated.

I feel like
we should go upstairs

and show the kid's room first.

- Yay!
- What do you think?

- First?
- You get your own room?

Was this half-bath here?

No, we added that. Okay.

Snugged it in
- under the staircase.
- It is cute.

This staircase actually came up
from the other side.

Since we made that the master,
it made sense to flip it,

so now, you get to the second
floor from your living room.

- What do you think?
- Oh, it's so cute!

It's like
you're on a safari.

You've got the safari hat
and wild animals.

I love the design of it.

Can you make
the elephant noise?

Pbht!

So we have a second guest room
across the hall.

- Aw, look at that.
- The coloring again.

It just flows
with downstairs.

- Great size, too.
- Yeah.

Oh, and I love
the extra workspace...

Oh, wow....and the lighting.

So they all are similar,
- but they don't match.
- Right.

This room has lots
of closet space, too,

because we have some interesting
rooflines over there.

So four closets in here.
You got a lot.

Such a great use of space.

And nobody ever said, "Ugh,
I have too many closets" right?

- No.
- Right. I don't think
I've ever heard that line.

If they did, I don't want
to know those people.

Right.

This is where
the bathroom was.

We just reconfigured it
to fit a double vanity,

toilet, and then full-tub shower
is a little bit smaller.

I love the way that you carried
this through up and down.

Double vanity--
- That's awesome.
- Which is nice for the two bedrooms,

- to have a double vanity.
- Yes, absolutely.

Oh, this is awesome.

And the ceiling.
I love it.
Oh, yeah.

It's beautiful.

That looks like
- a tough job.
- Yeah.

That was a labor
of love from Mom.

What an idea. And again, the
tile is the same as downstairs.

This is a good-size
bathroom, too.
Mm-hmm.

You could dance
in that bathroom.

This is great.

Do you want to go
- check out the backyard?
- Sure.

All right.
Lead the way, sir.

Lead the way.

Oh!

- Cute.
- I love it.

The house seems to be a big hit,
which is super exciting.

Oh, this is great.

The fenced-in yard
would be great for Ky

and also for
the dogs we have.

I love this deck. Perfect.

So you've got a little
dining area, a casual area,

and then huge yard space.

I think that the home
is absolutely amazing.

It's a lot larger
and has a lot more

than what
I originally anticipated.

So it was a great surprise.

I loved it.

I think it fits with
the neighborhood, too,

but also stands out enough
that it's, like,

"Wow, I want to see
the inside of the house.

I want to live
in that house."

So we purchased
this house for $35,000.

We really tried hard to stay
within a reasonable budget,

but with how big it is,
we spent a lot more

than we had anticipated,
at $190,000,

bringing our total investment
to $225,000.

The house turned out so cute.

It actually sold right away
to a fantastic buyer

for more than we expected,
at $239,000.

So after closing
and Realtor fees,

our final profit
ended up at $14,000.

And there you go, boom,
comfort zone demolished.

We're living on the edge.

The edge
of Bates-Hendricks.

I think what Karen and Mina
are doing for this neighborhood

is absolutely amazing.

What they're doing
with these homes,

the neighborhood is just
going to be sure to thrive.

That's what we do best--
rehabilitate neighborhoods

one cockroach-y house
at a time.

One house at a time.