House Hunters Season 269 Episode 3

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00:00What?

00:03That little piece of gravel is what I'm supposed to pull up on?

00:07Two sisters and one of their boyfriends

00:09are seeking the impossible,

00:11a house on Long Island, New York,

00:13where they can live together without things getting awkward.

00:16I'm already a third wheel in this.

00:18You're not the third wheel.

00:20Maybe I'm the third wheel.

00:22Rachelle is used to getting her way.

00:24Exactly what I wanted, a white kitchen.

00:27Beautiful.

00:28But little sister Lakota has her own demands,

00:30like a separate living space that works for her.

00:33So I'm not getting that much lighting in here.

00:35Not to mention she barely even knows George,

00:37who's pushing to take on a fixer,

00:39as if their unique living situation

00:41wasn't already stressful enough.

00:43There's a leak there.

00:44Look at all these radiators.

00:46There's so much damage.

00:48But it can be done.

00:49Hold on.

00:50This is not what I wanted.

00:58It's so nice to see you.

00:59So nice to see you.

01:00Hi, Mommy.

01:01My name is Rachelle.

01:02This is my boyfriend, George,

01:03and my little sister, Lakota.

01:04I currently live in Miami,

01:05and I'm moving back to Long Island

01:06to be close to family

01:07and be back on my home turf.

01:09Hi, sister!

01:13So nice to see you.

01:16So nice to see you.

01:17Hi, Mommy.

01:18My name is Rochelle.

01:19This is my boyfriend, George, and my little sister, Lakota.

01:23I currently live in Miami, and I'm moving back to Long Island to be close to family and

01:29be back on my home turf.

01:30Oh, George.

01:31Nice to meet you.

01:32It's nice to meet you.

01:34I'm living in Ohio currently and looking to make the move to Long Island.

01:37We're thinking about next steps as far as having a family, and I feel like we're excited

01:41to buy a home and lay down some roots.

01:44You look exactly like the pictures.

01:46Oh, I see.

01:47That's always good, right?

01:48Rochelle had this idea that she wanted to buy a house, and then I wanted to get out of

01:52my mom's house, so I was like, you know what?

01:54This might be a great idea, especially all of us putting our money together.

01:58It's just more feasible.

02:00Nice to meet you, finally.

02:02It's really great to meet you.

02:03I've known George for a couple hours, so there's still that anxiety there, but I'm

02:11hoping for the best.

02:12I think that North Babylon would be a great option.

02:16That's the town that we grew up in.

02:18There is a big park there.

02:19It's called Belmont Lake State Park.

02:21I think that you would really enjoy it there.

02:23We know to look for a high ranch.

02:24Yeah, absolutely.

02:25You definitely need that space separation.

02:27Yes.

02:28Yes.

02:29This is a crazy dynamic.

02:31You need to have a space, yeah, because one could be upstairs, one could be down.

02:35In terms of style, I love an open, light-filled home.

02:38There's something about it that kind of holistically brings you up and brings out your best.

02:42I would like an open layout with the kitchen and the living room being very open and spacious,

02:48marble countertops and flooring, and for it to be white and with clean lines.

02:54It would be nice if you were able to have your own kitchenette.

02:57I would say, like, nice for you to have a kitchenette, but I'll have a kitchen for sure.

03:01It's not going to work without that.

03:03I would also love to have a bathroom, you know, for us to, you know, have some space and have some privacy.

03:10I don't know yet, George, if, like, you put the seat down.

03:12I have no idea.

03:13I know, Rochelle, your makeup's everywhere.

03:16And so I just want to make sure that that's maybe top, top, top of the list.

03:22With the three of us, it can get complicated.

03:24I feel like I'm going to be the one in the middle.

03:27So I am pretty nervous about how this will pan out.

03:31We could find something that has, like, a room for a studio so I could do my art.

03:35Oh, yeah.

03:36That would be perfect.

03:37I just think we're chasing a ghost on that long list at any of our budgets.

03:41And I'm chasing happiness.

03:43George wants to stay at $5.50, and we want to stay at $6.50.

03:46So trying to meet somewhere in the middle, I think, is going to be difficult.

03:50Did you guys ever consider Grandma's house?

03:52Where is she going?

03:53She's going with Aunt Sheila.

03:55North Carolina.

03:56Because it's too much for her, and she's got to go up and down the stairs.

03:59It needs a ton of work, and I'm sure George would really love that because he wants a fixer-upper.

04:05I think our budget loves that.

04:07I don't want to be fixing anything.

04:09Yeah.

04:10I don't want to live in a construction zone.

04:12I'm already a third wheel in this, so I'm going to need some of those things that, like, I really want.

04:18You're not the third wheel.

04:20We love you.

04:21I think I'm the third wheel.

04:22It's like a permanent third wheel living situation.

04:23I think I'm the third wheel.

04:24I think I'm the third wheel.

04:25It's like a permanent third wheel living situation.

04:34Brentwood is a nice neighborhood.

04:36There's a lot of colonial-style homes here.

04:39Seems very historic and charming.

04:41Are there any parks nearby or anything like that?

04:43I haven't seen any.

04:44I haven't seen any parks nearby, and it's definitely a bit far from Mom's house.

04:50I mean, it's only 15 minutes.

04:52This one is listed for $698,000, so that's way above even Lakota and I's budget.

05:00Santa's got to be pretty high on this one because the price is high.

05:04Wow.

05:05This is a really big house.

05:06It has a lot of curb appeal.

05:07And a big lot.

05:08Unfortunately, there's no driveway or walkway.

05:11What?

05:12That little piece of gravel is what I'm supposed to pull up on.

05:16Let's take a whole look at it.

05:18Let's take a look.

05:19Hi, Lauren.

05:20Hello.

05:21Welcome to Brentwood.

05:23This is awesome.

05:25Brentwood is a really great location simply because it's very close to all the major parkways.

05:31Lots of bars, lots of shopping.

05:33I know this one is a little bit more than what you wanted to spend, but I think this is the one.

05:38I hope the inside is really nice.

05:39It will be.

05:40It will be.

05:42Wow.

05:43Look at this.

05:44The idea of the three of them living together, it's different, I will say that.

05:48But you have the two sisters, they have their own relationship.

05:51And then you have the partners that have their own relationship.

05:54So sometimes combining the two can get, create a little turbulence.

05:59They did keep the nice charm of the colonial, but everything completely renovated and updated.

06:04This is exactly what I wanted.

06:06A white kitchen with clean lines.

06:09Soft clothes drawers.

06:11Ooh, that's perfect.

06:13The sparkly countertops.

06:14Absolutely.

06:15I really like this.

06:16I think they're called granite.

06:18Why don't we take a look outside?

06:21This is a huge yard.

06:24Wow.

06:25Huge yard.

06:26But I'm just wondering, like, who's going to mow this?

06:29Rochelle, you like mowing lawns?

06:33You guys can hire someone.

06:34That would be expensive.

06:36So now.

06:37Very nice.

06:38Now, I want you to take a look upstairs.

06:40I love the dark hardwood flooring.

06:43It's giving luxury.

06:45Absolutely.

06:46There's three bedrooms up here.

06:48Oh, is that right?

06:49Wow.

06:50Yes.

06:51Yes.

06:52Look at the space in the primary bedroom.

06:55Wow.

06:56Oh, wow.

06:57This is a bedroom here, huh?

06:59Yes.

07:00This is great.

07:01This is feeling very open and inviting.

07:04Another full bathroom.

07:06Oh, wow.

07:07This is a big one.

07:08I love the shower.

07:09I feel like this could have been bigger.

07:11Yeah.

07:12Yeah, I agree.

07:13That's like a double vanity.

07:14You could still purchase a double vanity because you have the space.

07:17Well, not a lot of purchases are going to be getting done after a $6.98.

07:20Mmm.

07:29Look at this.

07:31Oh, my.

07:33This is a nice little kitchenette area for me.

07:35Look at this.

07:36I'm loving this.

07:37This is very spacious.

07:39I would say the only thing is, like, the ceilings are a bit low,

07:42but I really need to see what my bedroom's going to look like.

07:45Okay, well, let's take a look.

07:46I should call them bonus rooms because there are no closets,

07:49but, you know, you could easily go get a closet and install it right in.

07:53There's not that much light coming in.

07:55Yeah.

07:56That's a little blocked as well, so I'm not getting that much lighting in here.

07:59But you see, the space is still here.

08:01I think this house is really beautiful for Rochelle and George,

08:04but it's not so great for me.

08:06I have two rooms, yes, but one room has no windows.

08:09It's kind of like they're winning,

08:11and then I'm kind of off to the side or maybe off to the dungeon.

08:15The pressure is on me to make this thing work for everybody.

08:19This house can work just because we won't feel like we're invading each other's space.

08:24Oh, yeah.

08:25Looking at Rochelle's face, I can see how excited she is.

08:27It meets a lot of the needs, but pricey.

08:29Of course, up here, it's beautiful, but then I have a dungeon.

08:34Everything is brand new. There's clean lines.

08:37I just really love the open layout in this home.

08:40But at $6.98, that's kind of beyond the top of what we were really looking to spend.

08:44Other houses, four bedroom, three bathroom, are selling upwards of $690,000.

08:50So, you know, you might not have a lot of equity going into it,

08:54but you're getting everything that you want.

08:56This is not like an ideal situation for me, like with the low ceiling,

09:00and I feel like I'm settling.

09:02If Lakota's not happy, eventually we're not going to be happy either.

09:05So they see something that'll make Lakota feel less like an afterthought.

09:09But is this it? Oh, my.

09:12Where's the rest of it?

09:13What's the neighborhood like in general, just since I guess you guys know it well, yeah?

09:25I really actually love this neighborhood.

09:27It's very safe. It's very suburban.

09:30Isn't this one on the same street as your mom's house?

09:33Yes. She's just a few blocks down from this house.

09:36That also means that we're close to Belmont Lake State Park, which I'm super happy about.

09:41The house that we're going to be seeing today is listed at $595.

09:45Okay.

09:46The catch is that the house is on the smaller side, which could make things get awkward real fast for a new couple and a little sister roommate.

09:54This is tiny.

09:55Maybe your art studio can be in the garage.

09:58Or your office.

10:00Yes.

10:01Okay.

10:02Hi, guys.

10:03Hi.

10:04Hey.

10:05This is a cute little patio.

10:06Hello.

10:07Yeah.

10:08It is nice.

10:09It's potential, doesn't it?

10:10It does.

10:11First impression?

10:12It's compact.

10:13It is a bungalow, so bungalows do tend to be a bit smaller.

10:15You guys are the first people to see this house.

10:17Oh.

10:18I haven't officially listed it yet.

10:19It's a lot larger inside than what it looks.

10:21Okay.

10:22I love how they use the space, right?

10:23We love that.

10:24All right.

10:25You'll notice nice open concepts.

10:27Wow.

10:28Very clean lines.

10:29Absolutely.

10:30Love these hardwood floors.

10:32The house was built in about the 1930s.

10:34So everything has been updated, replaced from the studs to the sheetrock.

10:39But once you put the furniture in here, it's going to be very tight.

10:43Yeah.

10:44Let's go into the first bedroom.

10:45This would be the larger of two bedrooms that are upstairs.

10:48We're thinking of a queen size bed in here, but-

10:51You might only be able to fit a bunk bed.

10:54A little twin size race car bed in here.

10:58So let's take a look at the other bedroom.

11:02Open canvas to pretty much do whatever you want.

11:04And that closet looks tight.

11:05I'm like, can't even fit a blazer in there?

11:07Hmm.

11:10It's a bit compact.

11:11Oh, wow.

11:12George can't even fit in that closet.

11:15Pretty much everything that you guys individually want on a smaller scale.

11:20Agreed that it is a bit small in here.

11:23Okay.

11:24This house does have two bathrooms.

11:26Okay.

11:27And so this vanity is very small.

11:29You can barely fit a toothbrush and toothpaste on it.

11:31Mm-hmm.

11:33I do believe that this kitchen is beautiful.

11:36I like all of these upgrades, but there's no open layout.

11:40I'm wondering if we would be able to share this kitchen with the limited counter space.

11:45I know I like a big air fryer.

11:47I like my coffee set and my tea set.

11:49So where would your stuff go?

11:51There is space for another kitchen.

11:54Let's go take a look downstairs.

12:01Lakota, this would be perfect for your art studio and your bedroom.

12:05Oh, yeah.

12:06Absolutely.

12:07Two in one.

12:08Oh, I love this.

12:09Nice and big.

12:10What's in here?

12:11It's a whole big bedroom.

12:12That is a big bedroom.

12:13Yeah, this is a lot of room.

12:14I can definitely fit even a queen or a king.

12:17I won't have to have a bunk bed like you guys.

12:20Yeah, this is bigger than the bedrooms upstairs.

12:23When this house was originally built, this was the kitchen.

12:27So if you ever wanted to put a kitchen nook back in this area,

12:30everything's right behind these walls.

12:32Oh, interesting.

12:33Ooh.

12:34Perfect.

12:35I do really like it for the space that I get.

12:38I have the bigger bedroom, the bigger bathroom, the bigger living space.

12:42Not a lot of space in here for me.

12:43Wait a minute.

12:44What did I get myself into here?

12:45Because where do I fit into this little space, right?

12:48This little bungalow.

12:49With this dynamic, I mean, I'm compromising as much as they are.

12:54Take a look at how large the yard is.

12:55Wow.

12:56And then they have a garage.

12:57Yeah.

12:58And there's a garage.

12:59Huge plus.

13:00Absolutely.

13:01I'm thinking about listing it around $595,000.

13:03I can tell you now there is equity in the house.

13:06Homes on this block sold for upwards of $620,000, $630,000.

13:11Wow.

13:12Mm-hmm.

13:13But you know, it's on the minimum side in terms of the amount of rooms we would need.

13:16It is a very small space and there's not enough storage, I don't think, for our belongings.

13:21Just put your stuff in the garage.

13:23They got big garage.

13:26The trio decides to see another option that could ease the stress of their odd living situation if they use their imaginations.

13:34Oh, no.

13:35Oh.

13:36Whoo.

13:41Wow, this feels very nostalgic.

13:43It does.

13:45George has convinced Rochelle and Lakota to take a look at their grandma's fixer-upper.

13:50With the right updates, it could be their best bet at getting enough space to keep everyone happy.

13:55There was a park we just passed by.

13:56Yeah, Belmont Lake State Park is gorgeous.

13:59This neighborhood is super cool because, first of all, we're very close to family.

14:03We're close to my mom's house.

14:05But I'm also like, oh, I don't know.

14:08Because the last time that I seen grandma's house, it wasn't in the best condition.

14:11So, George, I'm not really sure if you know what you're in for.

14:15Mommy did say that she would give us a little bit of a discount.

14:19$450,000.

14:20That's way below our budget.

14:23The price is, you know, attractive.

14:25Yeah, there's six bedrooms, but every single bedroom needs work.

14:30Hello.

14:31How are you?

14:32How's grandma?

14:33She's doing great.

14:34She's in Tampa right now.

14:36Oh, awesome.

14:37I'm so jealous.

14:38I'm so jealous.

14:39The house looks exactly the same.

14:40It's been 60 years and not really much has changed with this house.

14:44It's not the move-in ready house that I wanted.

14:48Yeah, it's a little scary in there.

14:50Yeah.

14:51Oh, no.

14:53Oof.

14:54Oh, wow.

14:55These stairs.

14:56This banister is very old school.

14:59I'm not really feeling this at all.

15:01Very shaky.

15:02The flooring.

15:03Look at these stains here.

15:05Yikes.

15:06Look at these stains here.

15:07That might be something with the roof.

15:09My mom did mention that the roof needs to be redone.

15:11The roof is very expensive.

15:12Absolutely.

15:13But, you know, a house, I'd say three blocks away, just sold for $780,000.

15:18Oh, wow.

15:19High ranch.

15:20Now, granted, it was totally renovated.

15:22Mm-hmm.

15:23You know, so the value is definitely there.

15:27The dag.

15:28I love the dag.

15:29The way it overlooks everything with the woods.

15:31And we love the outdoors.

15:33Yeah, there is a lot of memories in this house.

15:35Like, we used to play kickball out here, and we used to play in a little kiddie pool all

15:40of the time.

15:41Yeah.

15:42This deck has been here since I can remember.

15:44If this were completely redone, we could do some hosting out here.

15:48Mm-hmm.

15:52This kitchen, you know this is not what I envision.

15:56Where's my marble countertops?

15:58Yeah.

15:59They ain't here.

16:01It sounds like a generation of deferred maintenance.

16:03Right?

16:04This was grandma's room.

16:05It's grandma's room.

16:06Yeah.

16:07I was envisioning more of like a primary suite.

16:10Yeah.

16:11Yeah.

16:12And so this isn't really giving me that vibe.

16:15Yeah.

16:16Oh, wow.

16:17Oh, coming on.

16:18Whoa.

16:19That looks serious.

16:20So, George, this is your fixer-upper.

16:22I mean, what do you think?

16:24There's a leak there.

16:25Look at all these radiators.

16:26Oh, wow.

16:27They need to be completely redone.

16:29Floor looking like a crime scene, but when you're $150,000 under market, there's a reason

16:33that you get those kind of prices.

16:35Mm-hmm.

16:36Aside from the grandma discount.

16:37Probably at least $150,000 worth of work.

16:41Yeah.

16:42Too much work.

16:43Too much work.

16:44Yeah.

16:45Is it still the same bathroom?

16:46It's the same bathroom, Lauren.

16:48Oh, my goodness.

16:49Ugh.

16:50Not what I envisioned.

16:51Well, the floors are a little bit newer down here.

16:57There's a lot of light.

16:58I can see myself down here painting.

17:01But I do believe that the flooring is on a bit of a tilt.

17:05Perfect for your dance parties.

17:06We could be in here.

17:10There's something to be said for keeping something in the family, right?

17:13I mean, generational, just the storyline, the legacy.

17:16Yeah.

17:17Aside from generational wealth kind of preservation.

17:18Absolutely.

17:19Yeah.

17:20Absolutely.

17:21Like maybe it was a garage?

17:22Yeah.

17:23Okay.

17:24That's why it's a little bit bigger.

17:25Whew.

17:26But look at it as what it could be.

17:28I mean, there's got to be, you know, it's worth the discussion at least, right?

17:31Hold on.

17:32We need to talk.

17:34This is worse than what I thought.

17:36Yeah.

17:37This is beyond, we're going to be way outside of our budget.

17:40And I know that George thinks he knows maybe everything, but he's not Superman.

17:46And this needs a miracle.

17:47How crazy would this be to take on?

17:49You could spend close to $200,000, you know, getting it the exact way that you guys want.

17:54I mean, it will be worth it, but it's a big headache sometimes.

17:58What are you guys thinking?

17:59I think the long term is there for sure here.

18:02Mm-hmm.

18:03But that short term convenience absolutely isn't.

18:05If this was a car, it would be totaled.

18:08But it can be done.

18:09I do feel some pressure on me because I'm the middle person between Lakota and George.

18:13But when I imagined buying my first house, this was not it.

18:23You have a beautiful home, by the way.

18:25Yeah.

18:26Oh, thank you.

18:28This is gorgeous.

18:29George, Rochelle, and Lakota can't decide on a house that works for all of them.

18:32Their experiment in communal living could end in disaster.

18:36The Brentwood Colonial.

18:38I think that's the house that hit everything each of you are looking for.

18:41Everything except the price.

18:43We're paying well above what we want to pay.

18:45However, the renovation's done really well.

18:47The open layout, it is literally perfect for hosting.

18:51I mean, it's a lot of what you wanted.

18:53It was so small downstairs.

18:54The ceilings were touching my head and just me having no windows.

18:59So I wish you could just think a little bit about me.

19:03What about the bungalow?

19:05I love the bungalow.

19:06It's turnkey.

19:07It's new.

19:08It's modern.

19:09I have enough space for my art studio.

19:11We're so close to mommy.

19:12And that's really what we wanted.

19:14There's a lot of compromise on the upstairs part.

19:16We have a really awkward layout, small rooms.

19:18It's really turnkey.

19:20The only thing I will say with that house is that there's not enough storage.

19:23And this is where I think grandma's house has a certain benefit.

19:26A little short-term pain for a long-term gain.

19:29$450,000.

19:31Well under market value.

19:32That's true.

19:33It's close to mommy's house.

19:34It's close to Belmont Lake State Park.

19:35I mean, the house is really big.

19:37It has a lot of potential.

19:38The only thing is, how long is it going to take for us to move in?

19:42It's a lot of work.

19:43It's a huge project.

19:44If we do the work, it's our vision.

19:45We kind of add a second life to grandma's house.

19:48I just don't know if I can see the vision there.

20:01Wow.

20:02Grandma kept a lot of our things.

20:04That's really nice.

20:05We decided to buy grandma's house.

20:08This was the best choice because we have the split level.

20:12There's six bedrooms.

20:13So whether it's an art studio or two offices, like we'll have plenty of space to do our own thing where we want to do it.

20:20This feels unreal packing up her stuff now.

20:22It does.

20:23I came around to George's fixer-upper idea because I'm kind of excited, like George thought, like for that project, to be able to make it our own.

20:32So houses like this go for about $600,000, $650,000, and we ended up paying $450,000 for the house.

20:41It was definitely a family discount.

20:43Also, it allows us to make it what we want to make it.

20:46How do you see this looking?

20:47I just want to get rid of this wall completely.

20:50I really want that open concept.

20:52Yeah.

20:53We're planning on moving in probably within a month or two, depending on when those key renovations take place, like the roof and the plumbing stuff.

20:59Definitely.

21:00So we're going to be redoing the kitchen, both of the bathrooms.

21:04When we get in, it's going to be great, and I'm sure it's going to be beautiful, and it's going to be exactly what we want.

21:09I'm optimistic for the future when we're finally living together.

21:12I think we all just feel really right about making this move.

21:15Every room in this house holds different memories, and I would really love for my children and their children to carry on this house.

21:24We're keeping a family legacy alive.

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