Good Bones (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Big House, Big Potential - 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...

Yeah, we got some
water down here.

...we try and buy.

Then,
with a little vision...

And a lot of hard work...

...we create beautiful homes
for our neighbors.

- Wow.
- Wow.

We take an eyesore,
and we make it nice.



And they're like,
"Yay! Do another one!"

- Oh, my gosh.
- Wow.

That's awesome.

Every tragic house...

Oh, man!

...deserves
a second chance.

Watch it!
Aah!

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

It looks so pretty
in the morning sun.

This morning,
I'm going to take Mina

for a walk along
the Glick Peace Walk.

It's an urban walkway
that's lined with luminaries.

The sun comes
straight through this.



I didn't notice it
till this one.

Mm-hmm.
They're glass.

They're these giant glass
carved sculptures,

and what's carved into them
are people

who made the world
a better place.

The guy who does this stuff,
Greg, is local,

and it's just
an etching process.

Maybe we can get him
to etch us some stuff,

a full-sized bust
of the two of us.

We'll check out
the house first,

then we'll get
to decorative art.

We're going to our Sanders house
in Bates-Hendricks,

which might be
my new favorite.

I'm 100% so incredibly
excited for this house

but also absolutely terrified
because it's massive.

So this big Sanders house
we bought for $50,000,

and it's
4,300 square feet.

It's a four-bedroom,
four-bath house,

and it has a formal parlor,
a living room,

a kitchen, and bedroom
all on the first floor.

And then there's three bedrooms
on the second floor

and then a huge bonus space
up on the third floor.

It's a great block and probably
the best one to be on

right now
in Bates-Hendricks.

Part of the reason
it's nice

is because it is the closest
to Fountain Square.

It is. It's slightly more
residential, close to downtown,

close to Fountain Square,
and all of the amenities,

and you just get way more house
for you money right now.

The outside, already as is,
is charming.

Oh, it's beautiful.

It has the nicest siding on
any house we've every bought.

On the front.

The sides and the back leave a
little something to be desired.

Look at those windows.

Do you think there's any chance
of saving those?

Not as is.
They're wood.

I mean, they're going
to be so inefficient.

I really like
- the big chunky posts.
- I do, too.

I love
the beadboard ceiling,

and I think that looks
like it was on fire.

Doesn't it?
It does.

Ooh, that is wobbly, lady.

Yeah.
It sure is.

That is not fire.
That's termite.

It's just dry rot. No.
We got termite here, too.

I'm having fun up here.
I'm cleaning.

- It's not demo day yet.
- I'm cleaning.

Get down here.

Stuck my landing.

All right.
Around back.

I'm going to limbo it.
Ohh!

So the front siding's
in good shape.

This stuff,
not so much.

That's going to
come right off. Yeah.

This feels like
old porch, though.

Yeah, that they
probably closed in.

Yeah.

Two layers
of green carpet.

- What's under that one?
- What's under that?

Oh, man!

Wait.
You know what this is?

- What's going on here?
- You know what
this is called?

This is called
a tile rug.

Ugh!
I don't want a tile rug.

I want hardwood flo--
Oh. Oh.

This doesn't look like
it's in bad shape.

No.
Holy moly.

We have floors
we might be able to save.

Look at this bathroom.

There's a glass door,
so when I'm...

Well, they clearly had painted
the panels of the door, Mother.

Oh.
All right.

This is gorgeous.
This is going to have
to be pulled up and...

Yeah.

We never have
operating pocket doors.

Even if you aren't the type that
really likes old architecture,

original floors
and pocket doors,

I think, really are, like,
- universally loved by humans.
- Yes.

I mean, a light sand
and a coat of varnish on these,

there's nothing wrong
with them.

Look at all this stuff.

I think
that's a headboard.

I don't know what this is.
The table here.

I don't know if any of that's
going to be salvageable.

Oh, this thing's cute.

- Nothing in there.
- That's too bad.

It looks like this is
where the kitchen used to be

because there's
some plumbing.

I mean, not even
much of a kitchen, though,

because of the staircase.

But the ceilings
are nice and high.

Back here, it looks like
another--- the enclosed porch.

I think we need this
to be a bedroom.

Yeah.

These stairs are so wide,
and they're in good shape

because they've been covered
by this heinous carpet...

Yeah.... for years.

Look. Look, look, look, look,
look. Look at that.

These stairs are so wide,
and they're in good shape

because they've been covered
by this heinous carpet...

Yeah.
...for years.

Look. Look, look, look,
look, look. Look.

Lookit.
- We have all of our spindles.
- Nice!

Whoa!
Oh! Look at that.

I can't quite--
Oh! Oh!

Look at that.
So now,

right when you walk
in the front door...

They're all there.

...you've got
this nice opening.

We'll put the staircase
over there.

Very nice.
- That makes me happy.
- Very nice.

All right.
So this is the first front room

on the west side
of the house.

This isn't very big.
What's this?

Closet.
Closet.

All right. So second front room
on the east side.

It's a little bit bigger,

so what if we took
2 feet off of here

and made half of it closet
for this

and half of it closet
for that?

Then the rooms would be
about the same,

and they'd both have
two closets.

Okay.

All right.
Next bedroom.

This one's big.

So this is same side east,

but it's the back
of the house, south.

But it's got, like,
the grand windows.

- This is nice.
- So to me, this is master.

And it's got this room
off of it. Yes.

And then we turn this
into an en suite.

Yes.

Old bathroom. Yeah.

And then we've got one more
half-bath in the hallway.

I don't know what--
I'm kind of confused.

Do you like

how they cut the panel out
to make the door open?

No. I think what happened
is someone opened the door

so hard
that the panel came out.

Yeah.
Let's go upstairs.

And I think we have a really
good opportunity up here

to just finish
this out simply.

Put drywall,
carpet the floors,

and just have it kind of
as bonus space.
Mm-hmm.

And it's going to add a ton
of usable square footage.

This is a great space.
Mm-hmm.

Huh.
All right.

After walking through
the whole house,

my biggest thought is
it's a huge project.

The porch ceiling's crumbling,
so that's got to be redone.

And we're going to have to
knock down walls

to create a more
open floor plan.

But the third-floor bonus room
is just a blank slate,

so we're going to be able to do
something really cool with that.

It scares me a little bit
because the neighborhood

is still transitional.

This is a big investment
in this neighborhood.

It's a little risky,
but I-- You know what?

As I stand here on this porch,
I just feel like

the right person's
going to find this house.

It's going to be
- such a cool house.
- Yeah.

We bought this house
for $50,000.

We're probably going to end up
having $200,000

on the renovation end,
so we'll be all in at $250,000.

If we can list and sell it
for $350,000,

that would give us a profit
of somewhere around $70,000

after closing costs
and real-estate commissions.

So this could be my Paris house.
I could actually go to Paris.

That makes me cry
a little.

Don't get ahead of yourself,
because we may make nothing.

I know.
All right.

All right. Okay.

Well, we got some stuff
to figure out.

Are you ready
for some demo?!

Yeah!
Yes.

All right.

This is going to be
a really big project.

This house is huge.

It has a million rooms,
I'm guessing a million layers.

Lenny, I'm glad you
brought spray paint.

He's going to mark the walls
that come out with an X.

X marks the spot, because
we're going to try to save

as much of the plaster
as possible.

Let's go do it!

Oh, you guys made that
look easy.

Oh, shoot.

That's terrible
right there.

There's not much
to sand.

So that was my concern,
that, like, it looks good

in some spots,
but there's not enough

that we can pull from elsewhere
to make it work.

So when we first initially
pulled up the carpet

on the walk-through,
we're like, "This is amazing."

Floor!
Whoo!

But then when we
get in for demo,

when we pull
everything back

and realize
we can't make it work in a way

that's going to be cohesive
throughout the house

because there's not enough
of it in good condition, unfortunately.

So you just want
to put new down?
Do the whole house in new?

It's not my preference,
but I think it's going
to look patchwork quilt-y

- if we try to fix it.
- Yeah.

Demo is rolling
right along at Sanders.

The boys are doing
what they do best--

breaking, crashing,
smashing things.

But, of course, as soon as
I say things are going well...

Shaquille O'Neal!

...something will happen.

Guys, I messed up.

I cut my arm pretty bad.

Oh, this is really bad.

Guys, help. I cut my arm.
I'm messed up.

Austin just slit his arm
wide open.

Hey!
Sit down.
Sit down.

- Call 911, someone?
- Yep.

Dial 911.
Someone call 911
right now.

- Pretty bad.
- You're okay.

Ambulance
is turning in the alley.

I just hate to see
one of my kids hurt.

They all feel like
my kids.

You don't ever
want things to happen,

but it's part of the job.

Like, they're just
going to happen,

even if you're being
as safe as you can.

We're just glad
Austin's in the hospital

getting the treatment
he needs.

So, day two of demo,
I'm out front,

and Austin rolls up
in his sparkling white t-shirt

and his flowing
blond locks.

And he looks--His 5 million stitches.

- I'm glad you're back.
- Yep.

How are you?
I'm all right.

Yeah?
No complaints, I guess.

No complaints?
Hey, guys.

- Look who I brought.
- Hey!

- We got to keep him clean.
- Hey, buddy.

Yeah.
How are you?

- I'm doing well, man.
- How's everybody doing?

So he's going to be
our temporary safety officer.

Okay. Yeah.

Main goal number one,
don't do what I did.

Yep, yep.
Uh-huh.

You guys
are under my wing now.

It's a big wing.

All right.
- There we go.
- Safety.

So now that we've got
the house demo'd

and can see that
it looks really solid,

we can start working
on our floor plans.

- This house is huge.
- It is huge.

It's probably the biggest
one we've done to date.

So, this is
our first floor.

So before, when you walked
in the front door,

there was a room
right in front of you

and a separate room
to your left.

And we're going to open
that completely up.

We're also going to
put in a new staircase.

Flip the stairs
back to the front.

So now when you walk in,

you're going to see
the staircase up

immediately in front of you
to your right,

you'll walk into
your dining room,

to the left will be
the living room,

but the kitchen,
the space,

there was that skinny,
- skinny weird bathroom?
- Yes. Right.

We're going to have
a nice big kitchen

where we have
these bay windows.

We can do a little eat-in spot there,

have a big island,
a nice L kitchen.

The back space,
it looks like it was a porch,

like it's closed-in porch,

we're going to turn that little
chunk into a laundry room,

coat closet,
kind of like mudroom space.

Perfect.

And then, on the right side
of the house,

you have a new
first-floor master suite,

bathroom, and a half-bath.

And then on our second floor,
we're not changing a lot.

We're going to keep the three
bedrooms that exist up there.

This space that has some, like,
evidence of plumbing...

Right.

...we're going to turn into
our second-floor master bath.

And this is
our third floor,

currently unfinished
attic space.

I think finishing it off,
leaving it as bonus space,

getting in a lot of lighting,
put in some skylights, drywall.

Okay. No.
This looks good.

So now we're going to have
a 3-story, 4-bedroom,

3-1/2-bath,
with 2 master suites.

- Yeah.
- It's going to be
a big house.

This is a great house.

And I don't really need to make
any changes to this, right?

We're good? I can just get them
to Lenny and we can roll?

Yeah.
What's happening here?

I didn't even-- Look.

I'm just getting really good
at my job.

You didn't even
pick a Sharpie.

I don't even
need a Sharpie.

Let's go.

I'm going over to Sanders
with Lenny

to make some final decisions
about the siding

so we can move
forward on it.

So I know the front of the house
is pretty good.

So most of this, the front
and the sides, can be saved.

Okay.

The back is going to
have to be taken off,

and we don't have enough
to do the back.

But if the whole back
is something comparable,

- we'll be fine?
- Then nobody's eye
is going to be able

to see it
from corner to corner. Okay.

I think
keeping the wood siding,

I think it will be
a selling point

because people
will like it,

it gives the house
a lot of character.

And it saves money.

It's not residing
an entire house.

We're pretty much just
residing the back of one house.

So it's budget-friendly.

I do want to talk to you
about this guy.

- Yeah?
- Because I kind of
had an idea.

Yeah? Your ideas cost
a lot more money.

I think I kind of want to
keep this as an accent wall.

It's cool.
Like, it's the old porch.

Like, clean it up and paint it
and have it as, like,

a fun accent wall
behind the washer and dryer.

I think it'll give it
a little bit of extra charm

in what would be
a pretty boring mudroom.

It's going to look awesome.

Yeah. I think it'd be
pretty neat, too,

especially
with this house.

Yeah.

Mom and I
are over at Sanders.

We're working on the siding
in the back

because some of the old wood
needed to come off,

and we have new wood siding
going on.

And we've got some of
our carpenters there,

apparently, doing some more demo
because that's the mantra--

Demo's never done.

That's not good.

No.
I'm a little confused.

That's not good.

Well, maybe they're
just protecting them?

You've got to
be kidding me.

They did not protect it.

We wanted the wall.
It's a cute wall.
It's adorable.

It's a pretty color.
It's got windows in it.

We were going to make
a focal wall, and nope.

Nope. We don't have our wall anymore.
Wall's gone.

I'm sick to my stomach
about your wall.

I don't understand.

You have no idea
how many people I told

not to take
that wall down.

What's the plan?

You still have
the windows, so...

We actually still have the wall,
part of it in a pile.

Well, it's in pieces,
but we can re-create the wall.

Because there's no point
in putting that
back together now.

We might as well re-create it
and just do that look.

- So we're going to fix this.
- We're going to fix this.

When are we getting a new roof
on this bad boy?

Well, we're going
to fix this wall,

and then we'll start
running the trusses

and stuff on this thing
this week.

- Yeah.
- Good enough?

Yeah. Mina says, "Yeah."My wall's gone.

We'll fix it.
Lemonade out of lemons.

- That's what we're doing.
- It's sour lemonade.

I'm not happy with it
at the moment.

It doesn't taste yummy,

but that's the direction
we're going.

It's the best
we can do right now.

Oh, good. Hey.

You're already here.

Oh, that's pretty.
Thank you.

I want something smokier.

This is a little
too khaki-looking.

But I like it.
I mean, it's a huge house,

so we can't
do anything crazy,

or it's going to be
too aggressive.

Just keep it
nice and dignified.

We think a lot about color,
and we try really hard

to make our interior colors and
our exterior colors cohesive,

even going so far as to think
about our cabinet colors

when we're thinking about
exterior paint colors.

What do you think
about this?

- Oh, that's pretty.
- I really, really like

that smokey gray
- cabinet color.
- Mm-hmm.

But I don't want to do
that dark on the uppers.

No, we need to go lighter
on the uppers.

So I think that gray cream goes
with the look you've created,

like, starting on the outside
- of the house.
- Yeah.

I have this out because
I wanted to show you

for potential backsplash,
likely shower tile.

Okay.
That's really pretty.

I know we wanted to keep
the flooring that's there,

but I think this is
a good replacement option.

No. We had-- There's not enough
there to do it right.

No.
If you like all that stuff,

these were the two samples
I had pulled for the inside.

- I love blue and brown.
- Like, this feels
very stately.

Yeah, but not like
fancy-pants stately.

No, not stuffy.
You know?

I think
- that's really pretty.
- You keep working on this.

Okay.

I'll start working
on getting this stuff ordered.

You're going to lose me now. If
you told me I can keep working,

I'm going to go back
- to this.
- You can keep working.

I'll lose you.
All right.

And I'm never going
to talk to you again.

All right. I'm going to
keep working on this.

Hang out here as long
as you like.
I will.

I'm going to go up
to the office. Okay.

For more design tips
and behind-the-scenes footage...

Whoo!

You so won.

There's a lot going on
at our house on Sanders.

Yep.
Just like that.

We're putting in windows, and
we have the new roof going on

on the whole back portion
of the first floor.

And, right now, Mom and I
are installing the framework

for the new staircase.

It used to go towards
the back of the house,

and now we're going to
reroute it so it comes towards

the front the door of the house.

- There's your stairs.
- That's perfect.

- All right.
- This is perfect.

On to the next thing.

Hi.

Don't mind the bushes.
These will be gone.

All right. Good.

They're a little treacherous
at the moment.

It's tough to show
potential buyers

a home
when it's at this stage.

There's walls, and eventually
there's going to be a beautiful,

low-maintenance landscape
in the front and the back.

It's not really a home yet,
but it will be.

Come on in. We are going to keep
this original front door.

We just switched the hinges,
so it needs some work.

Right.
Right.

So this is your whole--

Like, you can see everything
once the door opens.

We're looking
for a four- to five-bedroom home

closer to the city
so we do not have
to commute to work.

We have a townhouse and...

It's tight having the three boys
in a 1,300-square-foot place.

So, yeah,
- we're out of there.
- It's ridiculous.

Dining room,
living room, kitchen.

And, in here, we've got
our big L kitchen along here,

and we'll have
a little breakfast bar,

small table over there,

and then you'll also have room
for an actual dining table

in the front. Okay.

Which brings us to
the first-floor master.

There'll be this opening,
as well

as you can just come
from the front door.

You have your half-bath,
and then straight back,

this is
the first-floor master.

There's also
- a second floor.
- Second-floor master?

There's a first
- and a second-floor master.
- Sweet.

Do you want to go see upstairs now?
Yeah. Let's go look upstairs.

- Come on, baby.
- Do you want to pick out
your bedroom?

I didn't get anything.
I got nothing there.

Trying to sell a house
at this level of finish

is always tricky.

So up here, we have
three bedrooms.

This one's got a little bit
more space,

and then this is the entrance
to the second-floor master.

Oh, I like this, though.

A lot of times, you're buying
a location and an idea.

And, for some people,
it's more difficult than others

to be able to see
what I'm saying.

She does a good job.

It's awesome.

I mean, it'd be good
for three boys.

Yeah, it would.

All right.
Let's go down.

It'll be interesting
when it's done, definitely.

Yeah, we're definitely interested.

We'll think about it, and...

It obviously has
a little ways to go.

Yeah. So... Oh, yeah.
Lot's of work.

We look forward to seeing
it again, for sure.

All right.

The four square,
you got the porch,

I mean, it's just--
It's everything that I like
in a house, you know?

It's got character.

It'll be something worth seeing
again for sure when it's done.

Say, "Bye."Landon, say, "Bye-bye."

- Bye-bye.
- We got one of those.

All right.
- See you guys later.
- Thanks, guys.

Right now,
you can't really see anything

on the front
of the house.

Like, you can't see
the porch.

So, today, Mom is going to
remove the bushes.

Yes.

We're going to see
how this goes.

- Is your elbow hurting yet?
- Yes.

Is it my turn?
Are you ready?

I'm ready.

Don't hit the trucks.

Because those
- aren't our trucks.
- Don't hit the trucks.

Don't hit the house.
Don't break the concrete.

I wasn't going to do
any of those things.

So there's a few things
that Mom is removing.

There's big brother bush
on the left,

little brother bush
on the right,

and then there's like three
or four fence posts.

Aah!

One inch
in the wrong direction,

and there's a chunk gone.

- Right there. Claws.
- Eh, come out just a hair.

Okay.

Oh!
Whoa!

The wall!

Today we are at
our big house on Sanders,

and Mom is going to
remove the bushes.

- Are you ready?
- I'm ready.

Don't hit the trucks.

Aah!

One inch in the wrong direction,
and there's a chunk gone.

Oh!
Whoa!

The wall!

It could get ugly here.

I think I need some help.

You gave it
a very good effort.

Very good.

It's silly for me to keep
jerking this plant around

and getting nowhere

because Lenny is way more
skilled than I am.

So let him get in there
and get the shrub out.

These are
some tough bushes.

That's it.
That's it!

That's it.

Yay!

Whoo!

We have a yard
and a house.

With the shrubs out,
you can see the front porch,

and it looks magical.

You don't even need
a pry bar for this.

No.

This is a mess.

We're trying to figure out
how to fix the front porch

because it is
just ate up.

Yeah. The technical term
is "ate up."The technical term
is "ate up."

Got up there, and I'm, like,
pulling all the layers off.

I got to the roof shingles.

I was like, "Okay.
I'll stop now.

Lenny will handle that later.
Okay."

This isn't holding
any of this weight.

Oh, my gosh.
Look at this.

This has absolutely
no weight on it.

What's holding
the dang roof up?

I don't know.

If the wood is soft enough that
I can pull it out with my hand,

it can come out right now
because there's no weight on it.

So we just dug and dug
and dug and dug

until we got to something

that felt like
there was weight on it,

braced it,
and then removed that

and dug a little bit more
until we found something

that felt like there was
- something weight on it.
- Look at her little gopher hands.

We did, just like
chipping away at stuff.

What was
keeping those sturdy

was that they were
attached to this beam.

So we're going to have
to replaced the headers

and then reattach them
to the support beams.

We haven't added value
to the house

by structurally
shoring up the porch.

I think we've just made it
sellable at this point.

Today Mom and I have
a little bit of extra time,

so we're heading over
to this art glass studio

that makes a lot of the local
art exhibits in Indianapolis.

And, of course, Mom knows
the dude already.

Look at that.

The reason we're here
is because

we want to find a way
to do a cool piece

that we're going to put
in the kitchen at Sanders

just to make it
a little extra special.

Hi there. Hey.

It's nice to see you.

Maybe we should just have Greg
make one of those of us.

We can do that.

We have a really pretty kitchen
that kind of has a...

- A bay window. Yeah.
- It's a bay window.

That it might be nice
to make something to hang in it.

Do you know
what would be fun?

Is to just do an etching
of this house.

That would be awesome. Yes. Yeah.

So let's talk exactly about
what you want to do,

where this piece
is going to fit.

If we could find one of the
windows that's squarish...

Uh-huh.... like 24x24.

But if we stick around
that size, what are we talking?

You know,
at the most, $1,200.

Is that
way out of your budget?

Don't pretend
you don't hear him.

I wrote $1,200 max
for etching.

No, because she always
makes me the bad guy.

Yes.
That's way too much.

- No, we can't afford it.
- Okay.

This is the biggest,
most expensive house

we've ever done in
a transitional neighborhood,

so we're very--

So what if we keep--
we get the window

that's a little bigger
that fits in the window,

but we keep the design just
a little smaller in the window?

Okay.
Can we knock the price
down just a little?

- Sure.
- Okay.

I don't want you to think

that my penny-pinching nature
in any way...

Your frugality?

My frugality in any way
reflects how much I love this.

This is why I don't have
nice things and art,

because I can't afford them.

It's okay. We might be
able to put a new pair
jeans in the budget

for you without holes.

Thanks.

I will have you know that
these jeans cost a lot of money

and are very stylish.

Y'all are real funny.

I'm going to take her
and go home now

before she spends
any more money.

- And we will get a window.
- I think out's that way.

We'll get a window,
and we'll make it happen.

Get out of here.

Today we are over at
our big house on Sanders,

and siding's
going up outside.

We've got spray foam
happening inside.

Doors are going in.

And now it's time for us
to put in some skylights.

I like carrying large equipment.
I do.

I like using large equipment,
not so much chain saws.

These are for Lenny. Yeah.

Lenny and Lonny are here
helping out

to install the skylights,

and they're totally going
to give this attic bonus space

way more light.

Oh, we don't need chain saws.

We already got a skylight hole. Perfect.

You got one, but we got--
It ain't going to work.

The current hole in the roof
is from where

we took
the old chimney out,

but we want the skylights

kind of on both ends
of the attic.

So that hole won't work to be
able to replace with a skylight,

but it makes for a pretty easy
access out onto the roof.

So I'm going to put these up
on the roof for safety.

You know what? From in here,

that roof doesn't
look that steep. No.

No, it don't because
you're standing flat-footed.

I kind of want to challenge
myself to get up there and...

I ain't going to let you.

...I don't know,
maybe wet my pants.

I don't know
what's going to happen.

Going to get the fire department
to get you off.

Yeah.
A cat's stuck on the roof.

Like, "I ain't moving."

Psych.
It's Karen.

And we've kind of divided up
into teams,

each with
our professional.

You're Lonny's assistant inside.

I'm the concierge.

I'm Lenny's assistant outside. Okay.

All right.
Hey, Lonny, on this other side,

you want to give me
some measurements,

throw me some nails
up through it?

So Lonny and you
marked them out inside

and then drove nails through
at the four corners.

And outside, Lenny wrapped the
chalk line around the four nails

and popped the chalk line

and then got the nails
out of the way,

but now there's this nice
rectangular chalk line

with which he can
chain saw into,

which is the next step.

So on top of an already
dangerous situation

of being out on the roof
with heavy machinery,

if Lenny cuts one
of the rafters on accident,

that's going to create
another problem.

Is he hitting
the rafter?

We're over at
our big house on Sanders,

and Lenny is trying to
cut the holes in the roof
for the skylights.

And he's using a chain saw.

On top of an already
dangerous situation

of being out on the roof
with heavy machinery,

if Lenny cuts one of
the rafters on accident,

that's going to create
another problem.

Is he hitting
the rafter?

He's going right
on the edge of it.

You're going right along
the edge of it.

You're smoking a lot.

Lenny, go north about
a half-inch of the line.

There you go.

Is it through?
Heads up.

- Heads up.
- That's Mina's little foot.

Hi.
Skylight.

So Lenny was off
just a smidge,

and once we got it
moved over an inch,

the cut line was perfect
and it fit right in.

It needs to come up.

Up?

There we go.

Yeah.
You're good.

So now that we have
the hole cut,

and what we have to do
is nail it in,

seal it, flash it,

and then new roof shingles
will go on over it.

This is better already.

Look how much light
this brings in here.

- Oh, yeah.
- It seems bigger.

Mm-hmm.

Nice work. I'm glad everybody's
all in one piece.

Well, we're not in yet.

Get in.

Come on, Leonard.

We've got tons going on
over at the Sanders house.

We've got crews
putting in the drywall,

painters are priming
the exterior,

the carpenters are
installing the kitchen cabinets,

and we'll have
granite in soon.

These look awesome.

You want us to help
put on cabinet doors?

He needs a cabinet jack.
That's what he needs.

She's going to help you do that,
and I'm going to take
over on doors.

- On the doors? Okay.
- Sound good?

We like doing a darker base
and a lighter upper

because it gives--

It grounds the room
without making the room heavy.

Yes. And this house is
a little bit more traditional,

so we've gone with
a slightly more traditional,

detailed cabinet door.

But doing the two-tone
makes it...

Fresh.
Yeah.

A little fresh, a little new--
traditional door, fresh colors.

- Okay?
- Yeah. Just dillydally
as long as you can.

- That's perfect.
- Oh, great.

Here we go.

A couple more seconds.

Oh, yeah.
I'm good.

Okay.
You can let go.

Ta-da.

Good morning.

Are these
the Sanders doors?

Yeah. What do you think?
Here.

It looks good.

It would seem that all the
cabinet installation mojo

has rubbed off on Mom,

and she's going to make
some of her own.

I need help putting
the last one on.

It takes two people
to hinge the doors.

So it had all these really
cool original windows...

That we had to get rid of,
but I didn't throw them away.

I saved them all.

So Mom has now
refurbished these windows

and is making
a china cabinet out of them

to put back in the house
so that can be the thing

that goes back in the house
from the old house.

So the steps for using
these old windows--

I measured my windows,

I cut my pieces to size
to make a box

and a back and shelves
and a central support,

and we're done.

You start on one side.
I'll do the other side.

That just soaked right in.

This is going to take,
like, four coats.

Mom now is going to be a lawyer,
a real-estate developer...

A grandmother.... a grandmother, a wife,

a mother,
and a china-cabinet builder.

Uh-huh.
Yeah.

The interested
potential homeowners

are coming
to check out the house

in right around a week,

so we've got a lot to do
in very little time.

The backsplash is going in,
which is going to look awesome.

It's going to tie in our
two-tone cabinets really well.

We've got trim, flooring,
drywall patches.

Everything's happening
right now.

It's kind of a made-up deadline,
but it's a deadline

that we need to stick to
so we can sell the house

and get the money so we can
continue having a business.

There it is.
I knew there was a reason.

Yeah.
It's about eating.
That's what it's about.

Yay!

Clark's.

We are so close to being
finished, and Eric and Jessica,

our potential buyers, are coming
to the house tomorrow.

So, today, we need to
get all the furniture in

and looking perfect

so they have no choice
but to buy the house.

So there's a lot of furniture
that has to come into the house.

- Are these for me?
- They're all for you.

Thank you.

And some of it's
really cool.

Every single room,
there's something fun

which is saying
to a young family,

"I may be stately,
I may be 100 years old,

but you can come live here
and you can have fun."

Look at all
the pretty colors.

So we like to try
to furnish our houses

with a specific buyer
in mind,

so this house really is designed
for Eric and Jessica.

We've made it
really kid-friendly.

Pretty much,
we've made it look like

they already
live in the house.

So now that we've finally
got all the furniture

in this giant house,

the next step is to get
Jessica and Eric back in

and see what they think.

All right.
We're good.

This is good. Out.

Oh, my gosh.
It's the color I like-- blue.

It is?
Yes.

- Perfect.
- It's beautiful.

- I love it.
- That is awesome.

I love it.

We are finally finished with
our giant house on Sanders,

and we're so excited to show it
to Jessica and Eric.

They definitely want
a bigger place,

and Eric wants to live
closer to the city

so he doesn't have such
a long commute to work.

I know you saw this
when it was just stud walls...

Right.

...but what are you
hoping to find

when we show it to you
today?

I know I want
a nice master bedroom.

Okay.

And I would like to see
a large living room.

And more play area
for our children.

- Yeah.
- That's essential.

Jessica and Eric have
a good-sized family.

It's them and three boys.

So they need a big home,
and this house is four-bedroom,

3-1/2-bath, with a yard,
with front area space,

and that's just
really hard to find

affordably
downtown Indianapolis.

It is.

All right.
Well, we are almost there.

All right. You guys both
are going to get out that way.

Go around the front
of the car near Mina.

You can look up now.

Oh, wow.
Oh, wow.

The bush is gone.

- Come over here.
- Oh, my gosh.

- It is absolutely beautiful.
- That's not what I thought.

It is so
completely different.

I just remember dark
haunted house, creepy.

- Oh, wow.
- The bush is gone.

- The bush, right?
- You remember
the attacking bush?

Wow.

- That porch was a mess.
- Yeah it was. I remember.

Once we dug into it, it was
all rotted in the ceiling.

We actually had to resupport
the whole porch

and put in new structure
under it because it was so bad.

Oh, you did? Yeah. And you put
a porch swing on there.

- Yeah.
- It's awesome.

You guys want to
go inside?

All right.
Let's go.

Ta-da.

Wow.

The color I like--
blue.
It is?

Yes.
Perfect.

It's beautiful.

- I love it. I love it.
- That's awesome.

Oh, my gosh. Wow.

You guys picked
all her favorite colors.

Yeah. Like, this is
literally the color

that I would choose
for my own house.

- Furniture, everything.
- Mm-hmm.

Perfect.
I'm so happy.

Blue is my favorite.

All right. You guys want
to take a closer look
at the living room?

Sure.

Wow.

Mom actually made this.

And these windows are original
windows that were in the house.

They were up
on the third floor.

- Oh, that is so cool.
- And there's, like,
a little magnet closure.

Cool.
I'm so glad you kept those.

Those are those one doors,
the original pocket doors.

Yeah. Those are awesome.

- Wow.
- You used the blue again. Yes.

Wow.
Oh!

Quite possibly one of my
favorite kitchens we've done.

- I love it. I love it.
- That is awesome.

Look at all the cabinets.

- Is this marble, then?
- This is granite.

Is it granite?
Really?

- Mm-hmm.
- That's beautiful.

So the last little thing
that I want to point out,

which is a gift with purchase
if you buy the house,

is this awesome
glass etching.

So we took one of the old
windows from the house

and had him etch the front
elevation of the house on it.

Oh, wow.

So it was just kind of, like,
a fun little detail.

That's very cool.
All right.

And next up is one of two
master suite options.

- I really do like this.
- So come this way.

She's not ready to go.

I really like this kitchen.
She's still in kitchen mode.

So this is your first-floor
master option.

Wow. Like it.

Oh, cute.

I mean, doesn't that bed just,
like, scream cozy on me?

Oh, yeah.

Your en suite.

Your first
en suite option.

It feels so serene, to me.

You seriously have used
all the paint colors

and everything that
I would choose myself.

You're going to be so excited
about the second floor.

So let's go up there.

Both of the landings have extra
storage in the closets here,

so the other one has it,
as well.

- All right.
- This is so-- Oh, cute!

Oh, cool.
I like this room.

Oh, how cute?

This is Jordan and Blake
right here all the way.

- Is it?
- Oh, yes.

Yeah. This is an awesome room.
- I really like it.
- This is cute.

The little planes,
and it's beautiful.

All right.
- Let's go check out more.
- All right.

So this is the second
master suite.

Ooh. Pretty.

So if you want to be upstairs
with all the kids,

this is where you would
choose your master suite.

It's got
the nice bay windows.

Now you have your
en suite bathroom

up here that you guys
can check out.

Pretty.
So pretty.

I actually have
another option for you

for where the kids
could sleep.

- Do you want to go see?
- Absolutely.
Let's do it.

Hiking up my skirts.

Like a lady.
Ah! I love this.

Wow!

Now, this is the playroom.
I love this.

Wow.

The kids would, like,
love it up here.

So a nice chill place
for the kids

and then
- a little reading nook.
- I love this room.

This is cute,
really cute.

Karen and Mina's design
was perfect.

They just have
such originality.

So now that you've seen
everything, are you sold?

Are you still on the fence?

- What do you think?
- Any reservations?

So I'm sold, but, I mean,

I knew you two would do
a great job, so...

Oh, yeah.
Definitely seeing it now,

I do love it a lot.

So I feel like we're going
in the right direction.

It's fancy. Yeah.

It's hard, though. Like,
my mom is still north side.

And I don't have any family
on the north side,

so I'm good anywhere. Yeah.

He doesn't care.
His mom's in Atlanta.

I'm the last one left
in this whole city, so...

So you've got some things
- you need to mull over.
- Yeah.

Take a little bit of time
to think about it,
but not too much.

All right.
Well, let's get out of here.

- All right.
- All right.

I like it a lot.

I think that--I really do.

Yeah. That we will
definitely talk about it.

I mean, I really,
really like the house.

We bought the house
for $50,000.

We ended up putting
around $200,000 into it,

so we're all in at $250,000.

I'm hoping we can sell it
for around $350,000,

and if we can do that,
after closing costs,

all that good stuff,
our potential profit

is $70,000 to $80,000.

Unfortunately, Jessica and Eric
didn't end up buying the home.

She wanted to stay
closer to her mom,

which is totally understandable.

Totally.

It's not going to be long
before we hear the pitter-patter

of little feet
in this house again,

because it's going to make
a wonderful home for a family.

It definitely will.