Good Bones (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 13 - Historical Hot Mess - 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...

What is that?!

...we try and buy.

Then, with a little vision...
And a lot of hard work...

...we create beautiful homes
for our neighbors.

Wow! It's awesome!

This is our neighborhood,
and we want to see it

be the best it can be.



Oh, my God! Look at it!

Every tragic house...

So much is touching me!

...deserves a second chance.

Don't open that.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

I'm really excited
to bring you here.

So, there's this new thing
in Fountain Square

called a "cat cafe."

Oh, hello, kitty.

It's a cafe,
and then there are cats.

I heard a rumor that
you actually have catnip tea.

Oh, we do.



Does it actually
have catnip in it?

Mm-hmm. It's supposed to
kind of calm you and relax you.

- Really? That's a thing?
- Yeah.

I would like a catnip tea, please. Okay.

So you go up to the counter,
and you get

your lovely warm beverage
and your treat.

And then you go sit in the room
with the cats.

Come hang out with them,

and if you really bond
with one...

I like this one
with the big cheeks.

...you can bring it home.

I mean,
I'm going to be real honest.

I'm not a cat person,
but this is fun.

We actually do have
to work today.

We have to go
check out a house

that probably smells
like a giant litter box.

We have to go.

I feel super calm.

I think
it's the catnip.

This house is
super exciting.

I think just its location
adds to its charm

because this one
is in Fletcher Place.

The nice thing about
this neighborhood

is Fletcher Place
is a little bit older.

It's more established.

The property values are more
stable and established.

We purchased this little
historical Lexington House

for a hefty $65,000.

It's only 845 square-feet
with two bedrooms and one bath.

It's just a single story
with bedrooms on one side,

a bowling-alley bathroom,

living room,
dining room and kitchen

and just tons of closets.

So, we definitely need
to improve the floor plan.

The outside has some charm,
and it's zoned historic,

which is why people pay
more money for the houses...

Right.
...and why
it has the charm it has.

So we're going to get
real tight

with the Historic Preservation Commission...
Mm-hmm.

...Because they're going
to want us

to consult with them
every step of the way.

And they're more than likely
not going to let us

change
any window placement.

We're going to have to work
with what's there.

Okay.

All right.

This is her.

Nice.

It's tiny,
but it's a cute little house.

My understanding from the
Historic Commission people

is the only thing
that is still original that

we have to keep as-is
is the doors and windows.

Can we use
smooth-fiber concrete?

No, no, no, we can't use
fiber concrete.

They want you to have
the original materials

from the original house.

If you had wood windows,

you have to replace them
with wood windows.

There's no updating to, like,
current high-efficiency items.

It's how they rolled
when the house was built.

That's how they want
to roll now.

Hmm. Okay.
Let's check out inside.

This is it.

Oh, jeez.

That's so bad.

Holy moly.

That smell's awful,
like a giant litter box.

It's dusty, moldy...
Stinky?

...trashy.

And, still, there is
so much stuff in the house.

So, you've got
your living space here.

Hopefully, we have just one
nice, big open-concept space.

This is the bedroom.

Oh, my.

So, they added some walls
to make more rooms.

So I'll be interested,
once we get the walls down,

to see...
Just added walls?

Yes.
Okay.

So we're going to open that up,
and you have some kind of,

like, eat-in kitchen
on the right.

Okay.

Closet.

Furnace closet.

I mean,
for a house this small,

there's, like,
15 rooms in it.

Do I have time to just weed
through all this?

There was a ring
in there.

It's not underneath.

I, for sure, thought it was
gonna be underneath.

To me, that's trash,
but mom will go through

and probably keep 50%
of the stuff in that house.

That's nice right there.

Sewing kit?
Yep.

So, there's gonna be
a couple different stacks.

The really, really big one
is going to be trash.

That won't be a stack.
That's a dumpster. Yeah.

What is this?

Oh, dog treats.

And then there's going to be
a smaller stack of things

that I think would be
interesting to keep.

And then, hopefully, there'll
be a stack of things

that we can give
to a local charity

that can reuse them.

I think
this is a tent!

Oh, my.

There's so much stuff.

This isn't very big.

But the ceilings
are nice and high.

It makes the room
feel bigger.

Look at that.
What is it?

It's a silver dollar
in a little case.

Does that
go in the collection?

Sure.

There's a quarter.

And so then, on the back,
there's one bathroom.

And the bathroom's weird
'cause it's got, like,

this weird gauntlet
to the toilet.

Oh, that's a funny
little bathroom.

Yeah, just this weird long shot
for the toilet. Yeah.

Little laundry room,
also with a closet.

Like, the wall is
falling apart so much

the curtain rod
won't stay on it.

Oh, look at that.

Aw, man!

Get off!

Hey, what's happening?

What's happening there?
Can you remedy that?

I can't.

No!

You have a hanger stuck
on your boot.

Okay.

There you go.

Like this, I can
just pick it apart.

Well, we might want to wait
to pick it apart

until we're
actually doing demo.

Okie dokie. All right.

And so then, on the back,
there's the kitchen.

Oh, my.

There's so much stuff
in here.

I know.

This is bad.

Wait, there was
a refrigerator up there.

There's a refrigerator
back here.

There was?

There's a refrigerator there.

Oh!

I didn't even notice
that refrigerator.

There's a refrigerator here.

Don't open that.
Why not?

I mean, I feel like
there's a million reasons.

Oh, my God.

What is that?!
What the heck is that?

What is that?

We are at our little
house on Lexington,

and, like, it looks,

like, kind of cute
on the outside.

Inside, it's not.

This is bad.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

What is that?!
What the heck is that?!

What is that?!

I've never seen
anything like that.

Oh, my God.

As soon as she opened it,
the appearance was shocking.

And then you wait
like 3 1/2 seconds,

and then the smell
hits you.

And that...

that was bad.

Do you know what?
It looks like...

Cockroaches.

...cockroach larva.

They're all dead now.

Having a moment. Huh.

I kind of want to look and see
what's in the other one.

I'm freaking out.

It's like I'm eating air that
I shouldn't be eating.

So the air became
solid for you?

Yeah.

Ugh!

Mnm-mnm.

Nope.

I don't even know
what that is.

Close it?

Ugh!

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

Let's go out back.

Okay.

Whew.

That's bad.

If this isn't original,
This kitchen isn't original.

No, I'm sure
this whole addition isn't.

What makes sense is moving

kitchen, living, dining
up to the front

and having the bedrooms
in the back.

So I'm guessing this is
gonna shake out

being a bedroom.

So the original back door
to the house

is somewhere
along the back side. Yeah.

And I'm hoping
it's right there

'cause that makes
way more sense. Yeah.

What I'd like to do
is move the door

from where it is now
to over on,

like, the back side.

And I don't know if
that's the original location.

If it's not,
Historic Preservation Commission

probably won't
let me put it there,

and it will put
a huge damper on my plans

to make that
back area a bedroom.

One of the things
that's also tricky,

because it's historic,

they're not going to let us
raise any of the windows.

So we always want to pull
kitchen, living space

up to the front... Yeah.

...so on both sides,
wherever we put the kitchen,

we're going to have
to work around

these full-heighth windows,

because they're not going
to let us shorten one.

So we've just got
to keep that in mind.

- These are...
- But this is--

Look at that.

That went in further
than I thought.

This is bad.

It's really bad.

Go ahead,
just tuck all that back in?

Just go back in there.

It's fine.

Here, let's just
put these back up there.

Well, this is what we got
for $65,000!

This historic house presents

a number of big issues.

The demo's going
to be massive

because we've got tons
of trash to get rid of.

There's definitely some
huge structural issues

we'll need to fix.

And we'll need to work
within guidelines

of the Historic Commission,

which could substantially
add to our costs.

Aren't you excited?

Well, we spent so much money
on the house.

It's going to cost
so much to reno.

Got to be really careful
with our budget.

We purchased this little
historical house for $65,000.

Our reno budget will be
about $125,000

for a total investment
of $190,000.

We're in Fletcher Place,
which means the neighborhood

gets a little bit
higher value... Yeah.

...so I'm hoping we'll be able
to sell it for at least 230,

giving us a profit
of about $40,000.

Our budget items that are bigger
are going to be

all-new wood windows,
all-new wood siding. Yeah.

We have to do those,
and it's required.

- Okay.
- All right.

- Let's get back in the truck.
- Yeah.

It's cold.

That's fancy.

Placemats.

Today, we are at
our little house on Lexington,

and it is demo day.

That's enough
in there.

Mom got started
a little bit early

so she could dig
through the treasures

before we kind of came in
and descended on the house.

There's some long
underwear here.

Might be your size.

No, trash.

All right.

And...

this room is done.

Oh, yeah.

We're coming.

What's up, sis?

What are
you hoodlums doing?

Ready to do some demo.

You guys
are ridiculous.

Mom's already inside...
Yeah?

...picking through
the treasures. Okay.

And we've got to get
all that out

before we can dig
into the walls.

There are a couple
bad refrigerators,

and I think it's the worst
refrigerator I've ever seen.

Yeah, yeah.
Let's get on in,
get started hauling stuff.

- All right.
- Come on, guys.

Let's be brave!

Oh!

- Hey, Tad?
- Yeah?

Lenny is pulling
the dump truck up

so we can fill that
with trash.

He said something
about an assembly line.

Here we go.

Pass them. Pass them.

And we just kind of had this,
like, chain-gang thing going on

where we're handing
out the boxes

because the house is
kind of small,

so for everyone to go
in and out,

it wasn't really efficient.

Get your hands
under this one.

Catch, catch, catch!

It's just box after box
after box after box...

That's trash.

...after bag of
trash and clothes and food.

That is not trash.

I have
a collection of turnings.

I would like
to add these to it.

Push!

Okay,
that bin is full.

Ugh!

Gosh.

What's happening?

I bent over somewhere
and lost my phone.

Hey, everyone be real quiet
for a second.

I'm going
to call Mina's phone.

I, like, literally,
bought that phone last week.

Call Mina.

You better hope
it didn't fall out into a pile.

Lenny! Listen for my cell phone
in your dump truck!

- Why?
- In the trash!

'Cause I don't know
where it is.

I cannot believe
I lost my phone on demo day.

Of all times
to lose my phone...

Do you hear anything
over here?

No.

Yeah,
I don't hear a thing.

Can I use your phone
to call Steve?

'Cause I have
the Find My Phone app.

Luckily,
for today's technology

and my handsome husband and I
having the stalk-each-other app

on our phones,

I can either solidify
or eliminate the dump truck

as the location
of the phone.

So Lexington and Pine is
where the house is,

and Lenny pulled away
with the dump truck.

All right, it has to be
in Lenny's truck then.

And he's traveling.

The cell phone is
in the dump truck, in fact,

and not in the dumpster
and not in the house.

All right!

Off to the dump.
Let's dig through this.

It smells like cologne
in here, Lenny.

We have to hand dig
through all the trash

that we already played with

to find my new
stupid-expensive cell phone.

Oh...
It's a bad day for sis.

Dang!

Gosh.

What's happening?

I bent over somewhere
and lost my phone.

We are at our little house
on Lexington.

It's just a mishmash of emotions
on demo day here.

And somewhere
in all the bending,

my new stupid-expensive
cellphone

fell into one of the boxes
that's full of trash

that then got dumped
into the dump truck.

Off to the dump.

So Lenny and I now have
to go to the dump,

and we have to hand-dig
through all the trash

to find my new cell phone.

It was a bit of a distraction.
So this is how she gets out
of doing demolition.

We need to empty
the refrigerator.

Oh. Ooh.

Are we ready?

Oh!

Oh, my God.

It's not bad.

And...

There you go.
Oh!

Ooh,
juice is dripping out.

I wasn't in a much better place
than anyone here.

So nasty!

Oh, yeah, got some
summer sausage.

Ugh!

Found it!
Shut up!

It's not funny!

Other one!

Other one.

I hear it!

Ah-ha-ha!
Hallelujah.

Found my phone,

and we have the refrigerators
cleaned out,

but we still have
a lot we need to do.

Look at the way
this is cracked.

Do you think
there used to be a window here?

Let's find out.

Tearing off the drywall
reveals the framing,

which tells us a little bit more
about the history of the house

than we might have
originally known.

I'm gonna say
there used to be a window there.

Yeah,
there used to be.

So, because we found
some windows under the drywall,

it's possible we might
still find a door.

No?

You didn't find it--
$700?

I found it!
Oh, yeah!

How deep was it?

In the very middle, like,
two-thirds of the way down,

in a box.

Nice.

But how's it going
in here?

Come take a look.
It's moving pretty quick.

Mina?
Yes.

I had the boys do
some archaeology for me,

and this is my belief.

The original house was two rooms
and had a porch

on part of it on this side.

I think the original front door
was probably right there.

What do you think, Lenny?
Well, look there.

All we got to do
is just knock it out.

That's already framed in.

That's where we want
our back door.

Yeah, so we'll just
pop these out, pop that out,

and there's where your door was. Perfect.

Right here is
where your door was.

Literally, could not be more--
I don't know--

serendipitous, fate, luck--
whatever you want to call it.

But where I really wanted
the back door,

there was
originally a door.

Now the Preservation Commission
will totally let us

put the back door here
since it's already framed in.

I'm so happy about that.

We're still
rocking and rolling with demo.

Most of the inside
is done,

and now we're moving on
to the outside.

Let's go.

My strategy was
donkey kick the bottom 3 feet.

Boom!
Donkey kick
really engages in the glutes.

I got glutes for days.

So, Tad, this is where
that window was falling out. Yeah.

When mom and I walked through,
I pulled off a curtain.

Oh, look at that.

And, like,
the whole window went...

Nothing is holding
this chunk of the house up.

That's what was
holding it up.

It's falling apart
pretty much everywhere.

Yeah.

Ah!
Oh, my gosh!

A lot of the lumber
is so bad.

This part is bad.

Ugh!
There's no steel plate.

There's no real foundation.

What is happening here?

With every pry
of the hammer,

it's getting worse
and worse and worse.

Lonny,
come look at this stuff.

Look at that.
It's all rotten.

It's another
magic floating house.

The house
is floating in mid-air.

Ah, crap.

Lonny is just like,
"Y'all are screwed.

This house is going
to fall over."

This is awful, guys.

This is bad, dude.
This is bad.

This is bad-bad.

Lonny,
come look at this stuff.

It's another
magic floating house.

Look at that.
It's all rotten.

Ah, crap.

Lonny's sad because
he has to fix it.

He does.
And it's a big job.

This is awful, guys.

I have to pay for him to fix it,
so it's not gonna be cheap.

This is bad, dude.
This is bad.

This is bad-bad.

The money's just disappearing.

Profit margin
is slowly shrinking.

So, now that we've got a
substantial amount of demo done,

we've got Lonny in,
bracing it up even more.

And, next up,
our framing team will come in

and try to piece it all
back together.

Try--

try really hard.

What are you doing?

There's a whole section
of half-eaten ch...

I was seeing
which ones I liked.

And if I don't like them,

then I leave them
so other people in the...

Do other people
know this?

Oh, that's funny.

Don't you worry
about my chocolate situation.

All right.
What are we looking at?

This is our little
Lexington House.

This one is the historic one,
so the outside

has to be like for like
or go back to the original.

Okay. All right.
Let's see what we've done.

So the front porch
is original to the house,

so it has to stay there.

But the posts aren't original.

So very first thing,
we can switch out the posts,

make it a little more masculine. Correct.

So once you walk inside,
all that space is opened up,

and you've got
your living room.

We're going to have some
kind of, like, eat-in kitchen

with a big "L" kitchen
on the right.

Yeah, so you have plenty
of room for a table here.

And these
two front windows...

Have to stay.

No.
No?

IHPC gave us the okay
to raise the sill.
Really?

We already have the okay
to raise the sill

on this side window,

so we can run countertops
all the way underneath it.

But the
Historic Preservation Commission

feels very, very
strongly about

maintaining
the historical integrity

of the front-facing
portion of it.

So we're going
to kind of jog down

and do
a little countertop on it

so you could stack
all your cookbooks along there,

really whatever
you want to use it for.

Oh, great.

So our middle bedroom
is 10 by 12.

That's, technically,
the master

because it's got double vanity
with your tub-shower,

and it has two, kind of,
closet spaces.

Yeah, I see that. So...

Excellent, excellent.

Then there's going to be
an access hallway

all the way down
the right of the house.

And off that, you'll have
your half-bath,

your laundry closet,
a little closet,

and it will get
to your back door.

Oh, and there's my back door. Nice.

And in the back half of
the house that's that addition

that was the kitchen
is now the second bedroom.

And then, there's
a full bath attached.

So we have
two en-suite bedrooms

and...
A half-bath.

...a half-bath. Wow.

It's little, but I think
it's going to be really cool.

This is great.

So I can go?
Yeah.

I'm free.
I'm free to give it to Lenny.

Yeah.
Rock and roll.

But this has to stop, this...

You can take care
of the rest.

You like leftovers, right?

I do like leftovers.

All right. Bye.

Watch out.
I'm going to kick her.

Oh, yeah!

Definitely need to cut
those in half.

These are heavy SOBs.

We're working really hard
at our little Lexington house.

We're replacing all the rotten
floor joists and installing

a brand-new subfloor

and finishing
all the inside framing

so we can
install the windows,

sticking to
the historical guidelines.

Whew! It's cold!
It's cold.

You better get these windows in
so you can turn some heat on.

I can barely bend my joints.
I have so many layers on!

Our windows came in early,

which I don't think has
ever happened.

But, immediately,
I noticed not-quite-right

about the front windows.

They wouldn't let us change
this window heighth.

Hang on a second.

Two 21s centered
under the window.

We'll have
a little bench thing.

Lenny made the frames
for the front windows

a little bit too big,
and that's a problem.

So that's where we want
the center of the window.

So we go 21 and then...

And then 42.
...another 21 and 42.

To where is that, like...

Right...
...halfway through that...

IHPC is not gonna
let us do that.

That doesn't work.

This section needs
to bump out that way.

And then we need
to move the door over.

So the front windows
are the wrong size,

and the door is
in the wrong spot.

And I thought today was
going to be easy.

This is no good.

Dang it.

- This is no good.
- Yeah, pretty much.

Dang it!

When Lonny framed
in the front door,

he jogged it off to the side

to make the living room
more spacious,

which makes sense,

but IHPC is not going
to let us do that.

Yeah, IHPC is going
to want that centered.

We have to move it back
to where it was,

line it up with the front walk
and center it on the house.

We need to
move the door over.

Yeah. All right.
Let's get some windows in.

I mean, that was way
too easy, Lonny!

Yeah, I know.

Perfect.

Dang!

Granted,
it's a small house.

It took us less than an hour

to install all the new
wood windows--

ahead of schedule.

That's a beaut.

Could not be more perfect.

Hey.

You're going to think
I've lost my mind on this house.

Really?

Mom and I are working
on finalizing

our design plan
for Lexington.

The first is that
it's a historic neighborhood,

so we have to respect

what the house
looked like originally.

And because it's a more
established neighborhood,

our budget has a little bit
more flex in it.

And I think she's gonna use
all the flex.

Oh, that's pretty.

How much do you
love this?

I love this.
I think that's beautiful.

Good because it's the most
expensive tile in the world.

It's $50 a sheet.

Holy cow!

The tile is...
It's beautiful.

It's so pretty, and it's clean
and modern-looking,

but it looks historic.

Like, it looks like
something that would be

in a really,
really old house.

And then this is the other thing
because this is concrete.

Really?
And it's like $1,500.

Where's my daughter,
and what have you done with her?

Fletcher Place,
I think we can pull it off.

Oh, sure. Absolutely.

Some body snatchers
from outer space

invaded my daughter,

and I don't know
where they took her.

But I kind of like
what they left behind.

Are we thinking this
for interior wall colors?

I think blue.

Because it's so small,
we want to keep things light

and bright
and cohesive feeling,

so definitely
a lighter color cabinet,

a lighter counter.

And then I think
we're gonna roll

with the blue tones
on the walls,

but keep it pretty cohesive
throughout the house.

And the outside colors
are just pretty much

we did like on the house
if you pressure-washed it...

Okay.
...Because it is historic.

Can we do, like, a nice,
rich blue on the door?

We can mess
with the accent color. Yeah.

We do have to get it
approved though,

whatever it is. Okay.

I feel like I want to know
what you're doing with lights.

Just nice and clean,
somewhat tailored.

Drum shade.
I like that.

But you're okay.
I can make...

Oh, yeah.
I can make the big purchase.

Yeah, execute.

Execute. I love that sink.
That's all I got.

Don't freak out when
you see the credit card bill.

Now that Lenny
fixed the door

and we installed the windows,

we can finish wrapping
the house in OSB.

But first, we need to set
this historical porch

back in its original place.

The porch right now
is not attached to the house.
Why?

So it's just kind of
hanging there.
Why?

So we can get plywood
behind it.

And we had to tear the siding
out that was behind it,

where it was mounted
to the siding.

So wait a minute, this porch
was mounted to the siding?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

So, the boys have

artfully detached
the porch...

So we can slide OSB behind it,
nail up the OSB

and then
put the porch back.

Oh, jeez.

Lenny, you got
a hold of it on...

- Push!
- Pull!

I-I'm pulling!

So, now
we can reattach the porch.

And you would have thought
putting the porch back

where it was originally...

You would have thought
it would all have been easy.

...would all be easy.

I don't know
why it was so hard.

- Is it hitting something?
- There's a gap!

We need to
get this thing attached.

There was a bunch of pulleys and
levers and wedges and weight.

They used the strap.

Winched it in.

Then, we jacked up
the middle.

- There you go.
- There you go!

That moved it.

But we eventually got it
close enough

and level enough
where Lonny could...

he put a big old
lag bolt in it.

Yeah, yeah.
It's not coming off.

Done.
Done.

All right.
We got it all attached now.

- It's attached?
- Yes.

- Well, it looks good.
- Good.

- Glad we could help, gentlemen.
- Thanks, guys.

Now that the porch
is attached,

we can change out
the porch posts.

Then we can start framing
on the inside.

Then it's on to insulation,
drywall and mechanicals.

We're making
really good progress.

So, today,
we're at a local gallery space,

and we're seeing one of our
absolute favorites, Beth.

We've used a lot
of Beth's artwork

in different houses before. Yeah.

But we're looking
for something kind of...

Specific.
...unique for this house.

- I like that.
- I do too.

- Hey!
- Hi.

We're just reminiscing about all
your artwork we've already...

Ooh, I like the ballerina!

We actually are looking
for something kind of specific.

It's a little house
in Fletcher Place,

but I think with the furniture
and maybe some artwork,

we can make it a little bit
more sleek, modern,

a little bit more
urban feeling.

Okay, okay, okay.

I've been wanting to--

I've been wanting to
do this, okay?

A cityscape, and we could
make it Fountain Square...

Oh!
...and maybe have
the view north

with the city skyline
in the background.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

And then kind of
mute the colors

to bring in those blues
and abstract it a little bit

so it's kind of funky

and it has that
urban feel.

I think that's a great idea.
I love that idea.

Okay. So, you know,

the sides are going
to be darker,

and it'll get lighter
as we go into the middle.

She immediately was like,
"Got it,"

and got super excited,
started drawing stuff.

- Well, because she's...
- She's winging it out,

sees it all in her head,
cityscape, bang, bang, boom.

I'm like, "Okay,
I'm going to go now."

I'm going to get
started right now.

So let me get her out of here
before she tries to stay.

- Thank you.
- I would stay all day.

- Come back and see me soon!
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

We've got a game plan
for the painting,

and we are going to get
out of her way and let her work

'cause we didn't give her
very much time.

Nice.

Today, I'm over at our little
historical house on Lexington,

and I'm helping Lonny install

the historical exterior
window trim.

So, Lonny is cutting
all of the pieces for me,

and I am installing
all of the pieces

on the side of the house.

There you go.

I really like all the different
architectural lines

we're getting
with these windows.

It gives it more substance,

and it seems a little
more inviting, too.

What the heck?

Lonny!

I have a problem.

I'm over at our little house
on Lexington,

and I'm helping Lonny
install the window trim.

What the heck?

Lonny!

I have a problem.

Oh, that's on backward.

That angle needs to go
the other direction.

I didn't know they were beveled.
Yeah, they're bevel cut.

Yeah, they'll sit on here
nice and tight.

This little house is
in a historic

preservation district
in Indianapolis,

and they say the windows
need to look a certain way,

so we're making them that way.

And there was some subtle things
that I didn't notice.

Now I'm going to take it
all apart and do it right!

So I have bevels up
and bevels backwards

and bevels wherever.

But once I understood
how it worked,

boom, boom, boom.

Now this next one is going
to go smooth...

All right.
...because you done
learned off that one.

There we go.

So we got the windows
trimmed out,

and they look fantastic.

I can already see the siding

and how great it's going to look
when it's all done.

With the wood siding
installation underway,

things are moving fast.

Outside, there was
a wraparound deck before,

so we tore that out, built new,

pulled it out
all the way to the shed.

Now you have this nice big deck
and so much room in the yard.

Inside, we started
the painting.

And the hexagon Carrara marble
tile went up in the bathroom,

and it looks amazing.

We've got the flooring
going down,

cabinets are mostly in place,

and the quartz countertops
are coming in along

with the concrete sink.

It looks good.
Hey, guys.

- So pretty.
- Hello.

How are you ladies doing?
- I'm good.

- How are you?
- Look at the sparkles!

- Oh.
- Pretty.

It's going to be
really pretty.

That's gorgeous.

It's a cute little kitchen,
right?
It's pretty.

- Let's go back there.
- Yeah.

You said
we're going to put shelves

back in this little nook?

Uh-huh--
A desk, 18, and then 12, 12, 12.

- Yeah.
- What do you guys want to use?

Why don't we find one
of the doors that has, like,

a couple panels

and cut it down
and just float it

and then do a piece
of, like...
Glass?

...glass on top of it
so it's smooth.

Ooh, I like it.

Okay, so yay.

Project for you two.
- There you go.

All right.
So we're rocking and rolling.

We've got all our cabinets
in, vanities, counter.

Bill's going to get in here
and tile the backsplash.

We're going to go
look for a door.

I'll get back to you guys.

Look at my little woodworker.

What are you doing?

So we're going to make a lamp
out of these turnings

that I found at Lexington.

I like this one...

and this
one and this one.

I like these ones.
That's all right.

This is going to be
a really fun project.

I have numbers.
So, this is number one.

It goes here.

First of all,

thread this metal pipe
through the base

and into the turning.

So this...

Through there.

Are they supposed
to be this long?

No. That's why I have
a hacksaw for you.

This is stupid!

We need something
more solid to cut on.

I feel like a monkey.
I got one.

Does it work
if it just breaks?
Yeah.

Just screw that on?
That's what goes on there.

There we go.
That's nice and tight.

So the next thing is to run
the wire through this,

and then we have to attach
the wires to the sockets.

And then I've got a whole bunch
of LED Edison-style bulbs.

So cute.

I brought some oil
to rub it with.

It makes it look masculine,

and it's got some sophistication.

Yeah, it makes it
look a lot richer.

It's cool.

The oil
makes me happier.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

I like that.

Okay. Out.

Today is
furniture move-in day!

Yay!

We get to bring
all the pretty stuff

into the house,
put it where it goes.

Coming in.
- Oh, jeepers!

- Okay.
- Chairs?

Where are we putting
these guys, here?

The house
is not huge,

so decorating it is
a little bit of a challenge.

We found a really good
leather couch.

You want these kind
of angled like that?

We added some
mid-century style chairs,

a low sort of
industrial glass coffee table.

So it fills the space well
without making the space...

Yeah.
...feel overfilled.

This guy goes over...

Oh, hello!
- It's Beth! Yay!

Look what she has.

Ah, it's awesome!

Oh, look at that!

All right. Let's see if
we can get it up here.

Okay.

Mom, you tell us
if we're straight.

Beth nailed it
with that painting.

Best painting,
fits perfect in the house.

It looks really good,
and the frame looks awesome.

There's this grown-up,
masculine feel going on.

The furniture you put
in can change in

so many
different directions.

We went with this, like,
mid-century modern,

some organic elements,
some warm woods.

Voila.

There you go.

We wanted some
brighter colors to accent.

Looks good.

And I like the backyard,
and we've got a grill.

We've got a high-top
little bar setting,

dining table,
fire pit,

storage shed,
deck, green space.

There's... everything.
Rugs to pull it all together.

I mean, if the house

doesn't sell them,
this yard definitely will.

Yeah, it's great.
It's awesome.

Today, we are at our cute,
cute little house

on Lexington with Ryan,
who is our hopeful buyer.

And I couldn't be
more excited.

And he's the cutest.
He's adorable.

This way. This way.
Come with me.

Come to me.

You're not even
covering your eyes.

They're covered!

We really want
to see his reaction

when he sees the house,
so he decided

he would pull his hoodie
down over his eyes

because he has
no self-control.

- Yes.
- Okay.

- All right.
- Now turn this way.

- Okay, now you can look.
- All right.

Wow, it's awesome!
Yeah?

I love it.

I love
the seating area.

It's a cute little bench.

It's beautiful.

The columns are
what we switched out...

Right, right.
...and we took out
all the curvy little guys.

I think the chunky columns
make it a little more masculine.

There was a spot
on the side of the house

where I could just take my arm
and put it through.

So now
it's nice and sturdy.

You got
all-new wood siding.

And it's just
super-cute now.

- Do you like it?
- Can we go in?

I love it.

Can we go...
Yes, we can go inside.

- Get in here.
- Oh, my gosh!

Today,
we are at our cute,

cute little house
on Lexington with Ryan,

who is our hopeful buyer,

and I couldn't be
more excited.

And he's the cutest.
He's adorable.

All right.
Wow, it's awesome.

Yeah?

- I love it.
- Do you like it?

Can we go in?
I love it.

Can we go...
Yes, we can go inside.

Get in here.

Oh, my gosh!

This is awesome.

It feels huge.

- Right?
- Yeah.

Wow.

It looks cozy,

and you can fit
a lot of people.

This is awesome.
The painting behind you,
we had custom-made.

It's the cityscape,
but it's an abstract version.

Awesome.

This is incredible.

Let's take a closer look
at the kitchen.
All right.

This is a small kitchen,
small space,

but we've got the cabinets
all the way to the ceiling,

so, hopefully,
you'll have enough storage.

Because the house is historic,
the window on the front,

they made us keep
the existing size.

So you still have
tons of storage

down here
and counter space... Cookbooks.

...with leaving the window
the way we had to.

The kitchen
is very masculine.

It's got the concrete sink
and the nice white countertops.

It fits me really well.

Let's take him
to his first en suite.

Are you ready?

I'm ready.

Wow.

Good size.
I love it. I love it.

We wanted to pull some
of the leather through,

so it's got the calf-skin
leather headboard.

This is partially where
it was dining room,

kitchen, bathroom,
laundry room.

You ready
for the bathroom?

- Can we go in?
- Look at him.

He's like, "Can I? Can I?"
Can I? Can I?

First en suite.

- And this is the one...
- Woo!

- ...with the full bath.
- I like that reaction, "Woo!"

We got double vanities in there.
- Full bath.

Tub-shower,
and the tile's all done now.

Yeah,
the tile looks great.

- You dig it?
- I love it.

We're going to go back and check
out your second en suite.

So we've got our hallway,
and we were able to fit

in a nice little half bath

for you for guests...
- Oh-ho-ho-ho!

...so you can keep it nice
and tidy.

Nice.

So it is a small house.

We want to pack as much in
as we can in every space.

And we had
this little corner...
What?!

...where we did some
built-in shelves,

so it's just like a fun
little work space.

- All right.
- Love it.

You ready for
the master bedroom?
Yes, I'm ready.

Whoa!

Do you like it?

I love it.

You get lots
of natural light.

And that light,
mom actually roped me

into assisting her
in making.

- Nice. You guys made this?
- That's hand-made.

And these are turnings that
came out of this house.

The lamp is awesome.

It's impressive that
they made that,

and it's neat that she made it
from parts of the old home.

All right.
We have the whole backyard,

and it's the icing
on the cake,

so we're going
to go check it out.

Let's do it.
Let's do it.

- Holy moly!
- Ta-da!

- Follow me.
- Oh, wow.

Come over here.

Take it all in.

This is incredible.

Bar, dining table.

Fire.
Fire!

What do you think?

There is so much out here.

You've got it all here.

This is great.

Like, I could hang out here,
like, all day.

Good.

So now that we've been
through the whole house,

the big question now
is do I list it tomorrow,

or is this house
off the market?

Is it yours?

Home-buying
is a big decision,

but I love this place.

So if you guys will throw
in the fire pit...

I'm in. I'm in!
You're in?

You're in?!
All right!

Let's do it.
That's so awesome.

Now we get to have
our cocktails.

Now we can
have our cocktails.
Take us inside.

We are so thrilled Ryan is
buying the house on Lexington.

And even though we ran
into a few issues along the way,

like that awful foundation,

and I did splurge on some
extra nice finishes like...

You did splurge.
...the bathroom tile,

it was definitely
all worth it in the end.

So our purchase price
was a little bit higher

than usual at $65,000.

We ended up spending
$200,000 on the renovation,

so our all-in renovation
cost was 265,000.

We ended up selling it
to Ryan for 285,000,

which gives us a profit
of $20,000,

which isn't huge,

but part of our business model
is renovating homes

and getting good people
into the neighborhoods,

so it was definitely
worth it

to get Ryan
in the neighborhood

and have him
part of the gang.

Mom!

Do you want to
see the house he's buying?

Yes, I do.

Look.

Nice.

Yes.

Oh, wonderful.

Oh, nice.

Do we get the mama's
stamp of approval?

Yes.

And we will take
good care of your boy.

Yep, he's right around
the corner from us.

Don't you worry.

Thank you.

Ryan is totally the spark
that will give life

to this historic house
again, totally.

Mother approved.

Mother.

This is his house.