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Bargain Block (2021) Season 4 Episode 6- The London House
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00:00This is a disaster.
00:04Interesting choice, Shay.
00:06Yeah, this isn't like you to pick up something
00:08quite so busted.
00:12It is not.
00:13I am not a busted picker.
00:16But I hope not.
00:17Shay has brought us a hot mess express.
00:21Definitely a nasty one on this one.
00:23There's trash piled everywhere.
00:24All the windows are blown out.
00:26I'll say this.
00:27The front porch looks amazing.
00:28It does, and the brick appears to be in great condition.
00:31But, Evan, it's a round door again.
00:33I know.
00:34I'm over arched doors.
00:36All right, so that round door, you're
00:38going to have to cut it custom.
00:41Of course we will.
00:48Is it too tall?
00:49I think it is too tall.
00:52It's the last time I do this kind of door.
00:54We'll see.
00:55I'm over it.
00:56I want square easy things, not round hard things.
01:01We could do a second round that's better.
01:06Or we could just not do that.
01:09We have really strong comps in this neighborhood
01:11that we've created.
01:12The block is decent.
01:14It is a good block.
01:15The house is great.
01:17You have four bedrooms, two baths, and it's over 1,600 square feet.
01:22OK, that's nice.
01:23OK.
01:24What is the price?
01:25$10,000.
01:26Oh!
01:28Blurs.
01:29No.
01:30I need to see it.
01:31I ain't paying that.
01:32What?
01:32Look at it.
01:33What are you talking about?
01:34That's a steal.
01:34Look at it.
01:35You are upset by this.
01:36Maybe $65.
01:39Oh, my gosh.
01:40I was thinking this was the best steal ever.
01:41This is a great block.
01:42$10,000, it's a brick home, but we have strong comps here.
01:47This is 4-2.
01:48I mean, I haven't seen it yet.
01:49At this point, if it's only $10,000,
01:52the neighborhood has shifted so fast
01:53that somebody's going to put an offer on it immediately.
01:55That's probably true.
01:57Just let me know what you think.
02:00Come on, Shay.
02:01Hurry up, Shay.
02:02Ugh.
02:07Detroit is a city of diamonds in the rough.
02:10Doesn't that look fun?
02:11You're going to be tromping through some stuff.
02:13So we snap up the most run-down houses on the block.
02:15That is some wet wood.
02:17And turn them into stylish, affordable starter homes.
02:21My.
02:22This is beautiful.
02:27I'm Keith.
02:27This is so nice.
02:29And I'm Evan.
02:30It's giving the people what they want.
02:32This is great.
02:33Together with our real estate agent and friend, Shay.
02:36I love you so much.
02:38This is going to sell this house.
02:40We're helping rebuild Detroit one block at a time.
02:42Oh, my God.
02:43I love it.
02:44Wow.
02:45I'm not leaving without the keys to this place.
02:53Wow.
02:55Oh, wow.
02:56All right.
02:57I love these leaded windows, too.
02:59Well, they can't stay.
03:00That's fine.
03:01Sorry.
03:02What do you think of the faux fireplace?
03:04I like the faux fireplace.
03:05It's got a little chevron brick pattern going to one.
03:08Is that another one of those?
03:10Oh, it is.
03:11No way.
03:12It's the same one.
03:13What?
03:14With the little insert?
03:15It's the same little river scene from the Balmoral house.
03:18This is absolutely gorgeous.
03:22Are you sure that's exactly the same, Keith?
03:23Yeah, better than I am.
03:24Where's the little thatch roof thing?
03:25I see a little bridge.
03:26Oh, wow.
03:27You're right.
03:28Should we do a Balmoral II house?
03:30No.
03:31The queen is dead.
03:32What?
03:33Wait, is she?
03:34Yeah.
03:35Yeah, she is.
03:36Yeah, she is.
03:37Oh.
03:38All right, thank you.
03:39I'm feeling some kind of British inspiration.
03:42Oh, here we go again.
03:43Can I wear a crown this time?
03:45Yes.
03:46Yes.
03:46Let's continue on before we.
03:48Maybe this time it'll be Buckingham Palace.
03:50Yeah.
03:51Guild everything.
03:52Hey, look.
03:53There's some nice applied molding here.
03:55See?
03:56It looks like Buckingham.
03:57Maybe it'll be a London house.
04:00I'm OK with that.
04:01That sounds more fun.
04:02That sounds fun.
04:03Like, more modern.
04:04Some bits and bobs with some trolleys.
04:08So, fun fact, this used to be a duplex, 2-1 and 2-1.
04:13Actually, the Balmoral house was a duplex, too.
04:15Yep.
04:16I think this is the same house.
04:17Wasn't it?
04:18It was.
04:18Yeah.
04:19And the kitchen was over there.
04:21It's like a flip, opposite flip, so far.
04:24That kitchen is so small.
04:25Yeah.
04:26We need to just blow out this whole thing.
04:28All right, should we continue on the tour?
04:30We see the loo.
04:37That's a very smart variant.
04:38Yeah, that bathroom's a total ripout.
04:40We're going to probably have to borrow some space.
04:43from somewhere.
04:44Yeah, it's too small.
04:45We just can't take too much space from the kitchen,
04:47wherever it winds up.
04:48What are these bedrooms like?
04:50They're decent.
04:51Also small.
04:52This one's pretty small.
04:54Both of these are pretty small.
04:55Oh, this is pretty terrible.
04:58Oh, it is pretty bad.
04:59Original door.
05:00Uh-huh.
05:01Can that be saved?
05:02No.
05:02Oh, OK.
05:04It's not worth the effort.
05:05Could be a headboard or something, though.
05:07We've moved past those days, Keith.
05:09Have we?
05:11All right, shall we see upstairs?
05:13Sure.
05:18All right.
05:20Another fabulous fireplace.
05:22Wow.
05:24A different scene.
05:25Oh, it is a different scene.
05:27There's trees.
05:28Oh, interesting.
05:29A babbling brook in the middle.
05:32And it's the sunny, spacious upstairs.
05:34I love this.
05:34They even have good ceiling height up here, too.
05:37This was such a nice house at one point.
05:39You can tell.
05:41So how would we do this?
05:43I don't know.
05:44So I think we should turn the living room into a main suite
05:47and consume the dining room and make a en suite
05:51with a big walk-in closet.
05:53It gives us the most space.
05:54Plus, that would make it a five-bedroom, three-bathroom.
05:59That's a big house.
06:00Are you sure?
06:00I mean, I don't know.
06:01Especially, we still have these two beds back here.
06:05Look at how tiny this is.
06:06Oh, we're outside.
06:07We are outside.
06:08Letting the outside in.
06:10OK.
06:11So three bedrooms upstairs, two bathrooms.
06:13Two bedrooms downstairs, one bathroom.
06:14One bath.
06:16Overall, if we can keep our budget under control,
06:18this was a great pick.
06:19Shay did really, really good in the neighborhood.
06:22The block is fantastic.
06:23And a $10,000 asking price these days is pretty good,
06:28despite what Evan might think.
06:30If we reconfigure this upstairs into a single family
06:34with a main bedroom suite, I think we really
06:38have a very sellable house at that point.
06:40I agree.
06:41Five bedrooms, three baths.
06:43I am a little concerned about the rental cost, though,
06:45because it's definitely going to have to come down to the studs.
06:50It's going to be a significant amount of money.
06:52I'm going to say we're going to spend, like, $150 on this.
06:55Yeah, $150 would be low, I would imagine.
06:57All right, maybe $160.
07:00I mean, but with it being a 5'3 and it's brick,
07:04I feel like we can list it at least $210.
07:06Whoa.
07:07I think so.
07:08Are we going to break the $200 mark?
07:09I don't see why not.
07:11This house is going to be stunning.
07:13For $10,000, it's such a big house that I think
07:16it's a really good price.
07:17All right.
07:18OK.
07:19Let's do it.
07:19Yay!
07:20Shay, good job, Shay.
07:21Shay, good job.
07:23Well, now we have to actually fix everything.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Well, let's go eat first.
07:28That's a good idea.
07:29Lunch time.
07:30The true test of love to see someone you love in a hazmat suit.
07:40I can't hear anything you're saying.
07:41That's probably for the best.
07:42Well, let's get to it.
07:43This demo isn't going to do itself.
07:45Don't you love a good set of vertical blinds.
07:47Hey.
07:48I got it.
07:49I got it.
07:50I got it.
07:51I got it.
07:52I got it.
07:53I got it.
07:54I got it.
07:55I got it.
07:56I got it.
07:57I got it.
07:58I got it.
07:59I got it.
08:00I got it.
08:01I got it.
08:02I got it.
08:03Thanks.
08:04I'm going to go and pull from the hood to the hood itself.
08:07Look at the set of vertical blinds.
08:21Jimbo is charging forward.
08:22We're going to rip everything out, down to the studs.
08:25Then we can make some decisions as to how to reconfigure.
08:36Right on.
08:37So I think what I'm thinking, we could run cabinets
08:40all the way down that side.
08:41I thought you wanted the kitchen over there.
08:43Didn't you want the kitchen over there,
08:44and then this could then be a formal dining?
08:47Kind of would be better to just leave that the dining room.
08:51Close that door, close this door.
08:53And have yet another small-ass galley-style kitchen.
08:57How much do we have to bump out the bathroom?
08:59Like, at least 10 inches, right?
09:01Yeah.
09:02So this becomes incredibly small.
09:04I mean, that's even too small for a galley-style.
09:06It's even too small for a dining room.
09:08It's too small for everything.
09:09Well, should we consume one of those back bedrooms
09:11as the dining room, then?
09:13Lose a bedroom for a dining room?
09:16Well, it's five bedrooms.
09:18Who needs five whole bedrooms?
09:21It'll be fabulous.
09:23Kitchen there.
09:24Turn this into a laundry-slash-pantry.
09:27Off the kitchen, then.
09:29This is genius!
09:30Eliminating a bedroom?
09:33That hurts.
09:34That hurts total appraisal.
09:36Well, you were just telling me how terrible a tiny kitchen is,
09:40but I really like this idea.
09:42We should check with Shay.
09:44All right.
09:45Hello?
09:46Hey, Shay.
09:47Hi, Shay.
09:48Hi, guys.
09:49How's it going?
09:50Good.
09:51Good.
09:52Good.
09:53Good.
09:54So we're over here at, you know, the London house.
09:57Yes.
09:58And what we're thinking is where the current dining room is,
10:02converting that into the kitchen, and then that back bedroom
10:05that's adjacent to that space, turning it into, like,
10:08opening that wall up and, like, with an arch or something
10:11and having that be a dining room.
10:13So it would then be a four bed instead of a five.
10:18Yes.
10:19Right.
10:20Would we still have a first floor bedroom?
10:23Yes.
10:24I guess the question is...
10:26The availability factor would it still stand if we removed a bedroom?
10:36I guess the question is...
10:37The availability factor would it still stand if we removed a bedroom?
10:42Uh-huh.
10:43I also wonder maybe if we can live with the laundry in the basement,
10:46what if we still kept a bedroom and we just, like,
10:49changed where the bathroom is or something?
10:51So then we still had two bedrooms down here.
10:53In most cases, additional bedrooms, as you know, add value.
10:58Yeah.
10:59Yeah.
11:00All right.
11:01I think we'll have Cheryl model that up.
11:03All right.
11:04Thanks, Shay.
11:05That was very helpful.
11:06All right.
11:07We'll see.
11:08Maybe she can mock up both our ideas.
11:11How much time does she have?
11:13She can...
11:14She's...
11:15She's a wizard.
11:16She can knock that stuff out and...
11:17Believe the term is witch.
11:18She's a witch.
11:19Is that insulting?
11:21No.
11:22What?
11:23If you're gonna...
11:24She's a wizard.
11:25That's a ma'am.
11:26Do you have paint on you?
11:39Thanks, too.
11:40Where?
11:41Is it right there?
11:42I have it on my lip.
11:43You have it on your...
11:44Everywhere.
11:45Your beard.
11:46Your chair.
11:47I mean, that's typical, though.
11:48It's more unusual for you to be covered in paint.
11:50That's what happens when you come to the Nine workshop, though.
11:52I know.
11:53Keith will splatter you.
11:54Right.
11:55I painted out pretty good so far.
11:57It's only been two times in the last seven years that I've gotten paint or something on me.
12:02That's remarkable.
12:03That is remarkable, actually.
12:04I gotta start slinging more paint, I guess.
12:06Hey, guess what?
12:09We have some fun updates for the roof initiative.
12:12Yay!
12:13How's everything going?
12:14That's pretty good.
12:15It's called Roof the Block.
12:16Roof the Block.
12:17I love that.
12:18There are a lot of effed up roofs in the city of Detroit.
12:20We drove around a lot.
12:21We see all these roofs messed up.
12:23We know that we can do something about it because it is more of a contained project.
12:27This will be a new scale for our Company Nine and our fundraising efforts.
12:31We've never done anything even remotely this ambitious.
12:34We already have some money from corporate partners.
12:37OK.
12:38So, like, we're, like, more than halfway.
12:40OK.
12:41Just, like, right from the get-go.
12:42So we're already guaranteed five roofs.
12:45We want to do ten.
12:46That's exciting.
12:47I'm excited.
12:48It's going really well.
12:49Everybody's really excited about it.
12:50The homeowners seem excited about getting this done.
12:53I know a lot of them are under a lot of stress because of this.
12:56And it'll just help eliminate some of that.
12:58That's the roof.
12:59I mean, that's a huge expense.
13:00Yeah, it is.
13:01I'm excited.
13:02I hope I can be there on that day when you deliver the great news.
13:05You get a roof.
13:06And you.
13:07And maybe you, too.
13:09Roof to block is going to be real.
13:11I feel like we have a lot more paperwork to do.
13:15OK.
13:16We'll get to work.
13:17I got my own share of paperwork.
13:18Looks like demo's finished.
13:19All right.
13:20Let's knock it out.
13:21In the London house, we've figured out a layout that helps us preserve all five bedrooms.
13:39In the existing dining room, we'll make a nice open kitchen.
13:42Then we'll turn the original kitchen into a cozy dining room.
13:45It should be very Bosch.
13:47I am ready to get through this part of the house because I will admit the London house is
13:54probably the most excited I've been about a design project in a minute.
13:59And I'm taking London somewhere you would never expect.
14:03The Red Light District?
14:05That's in Amsterdam.
14:07Oh.
14:08Tippity-chappity-bibbity-bubbby.
14:10Like, Bridgerton?
14:12Bridgerton?
14:13No, we're not doing that.
14:14We're doing modern London.
14:15No, it's a fancy London town.
14:16Have you seen Cheryl's tile for the London?
14:19We're going modern.
14:20It's really beautiful.
14:21Oh, Bridgerton.
14:22We're not doing that.
14:23You know what sells better in this market?
14:26More modern houses.
14:28So I think modern London flat should be the answer here.
14:32We're going with something modern London flat.
14:35Very...
14:36Modern.
14:37Beautiful.
14:38So how are you going to lay out this room, then, since there's a closet?
14:43Oh, wait.
14:44This room has two closets.
14:45Yeah.
14:46Right.
14:47I forgot about that.
14:48Closet there, closet there.
14:50So you want to do a floating bed?
14:52I think this is the room.
14:53I've been waiting for years for the perfect room for my floating headboard idea.
15:02The bed levitates.
15:03Yes.
15:04What?
15:05Levitates?
15:06No, a floating bed actually is just a bed that is floated in the middle of the room.
15:11It has a finished headboard as kind of a piece of furniture and you can walk around the bed.
15:17It gives a sense of majesty, I think.
15:20I believe the queen has a floating bed.
15:23Does she?
15:24Nobody will know.
15:25Did she?
15:26Oh, yes.
15:27God rest her soul.
15:28It's such a luxury to have a floating headboard, you know?
15:31Is it?
15:32Yeah.
15:33Or is it like kind of sleazy?
15:35It's definitely not sleazy.
15:37Okay.
15:38Good.
15:39Just checking.
15:53Keith.
15:55London House.
15:56Cheerio.
15:57What are we doing here?
16:00When you visited London, what was the impression of the architecture and like the aesthetic of the houses and the hotels and the restaurants?
16:09Like Paris has such a feel, New York has a feel, LA even almost has a feel, but like what's London?
16:18It's not as strong of an aesthetic as like a Paris, you know?
16:24It's a little bit, it's kind of like America and we're sort of like a hodgepodge.
16:29That's upsetting.
16:30You know?
16:31There's just so many routes you could go with London.
16:34You can go modern pop art London.
16:38You can go 60s British Invasion London.
16:43You can go 1800s steam subway London.
16:51Why did we pick this tile?
16:53Because it's beautiful.
16:54It's just checkered.
16:55Everything in London is checkered in my head.
16:58The taxis.
16:59What?
17:00The subways.
17:01Did you do any research before you chose this tile?
17:04Do you know what the taxis used to look like there?
17:06The checkered little taxis.
17:07Oh, precious piece.
17:08That's what the taxis are like.
17:10There's no check.
17:11Something over there is checked.
17:14Why did you pick that?
17:16What's London check?
17:18Put in there.
17:19Into the machine.
17:21What's London check?
17:25Put in there.
17:26Into the machine.
17:28That's lovely.
17:31And who can object to black and white and houndstooth?
17:34I just feel like the aesthetic of this is kind of getting lost.
17:38Evan thinks he's really involved in the creative process.
17:41And it's adorable.
17:43This is what I see.
17:44This is so funny that it's so different.
17:47Coat stuffy library man.
17:51Oh, wait.
17:52I can just put professor.
17:58Oh, so elegant.
18:00I love houndstooth.
18:01Like, that jacket is so elegant.
18:02Mm-hmm.
18:05Anyway, this is more.
18:06Okay, so that's more the aesthetic that we're going for.
18:08So we're going for, like, Oxford.
18:10Yeah, like Oxford.
18:12Heavy books.
18:14Tea at one.
18:16And don't be late.
18:21All right, Madamus.
18:22All right.
18:23We really need a good social media campaign for this fundraiser.
18:28Okay.
18:29I feel like if we can do some fun videos and maybe have a little fun with it, but also get a point across, then hopefully we'll raise enough money to actually do all these roofs.
18:41Okay.
18:42Cool.
18:43Yeah.
18:44All right, Mr. Director Man.
18:45Had it.
18:46Take us away, Spielberg.
18:47And go.
18:49Hi, guys.
18:50We are so happy to announce our new Roof to Block program.
18:53Watch for the coffee.
18:54Oh.
18:56Again.
18:57One more time.
18:58From the top.
19:00We have worked these streets for a long time, and it's time that we give back.
19:05What are you laughing about?
19:06Sorry.
19:07We have worked these streets.
19:09Well, he has.
19:10We are happy to announce a new program here in the official program.
19:14Program.
19:15Program.
19:16We are trying to give away 10 roofs to qualified homeowners to people who've lived in this neighborhood for a long, long time, but we need your help.
19:23Desperately.
19:24It's not the line.
19:25Hi, guys.
19:26What are you doing, you weirdo?
19:27Okay.
19:28And...
19:29Action.
19:30Hey, guys.
19:31We are happy to announce a new program here in the Fitzgerald neighborhood called Roof to Block.
19:45We've worked in these neighborhoods for a really, really long time, and the leaky roofs and the blue tarps have always kind of weighed on us.
19:52So it's an awesome opportunity for us to give back to the neighborhood and make sure that people that have lived here for a long time have a brand new roof so they can stay.
20:00I feel like you can piece all that together, right?
20:01Hell yeah.
20:02107 takes, but she could be able to get something.
20:04Got it all.
20:05Great job, man.
20:07Mark it.
20:08Cut it.
20:09Ship it.
20:10All right.
20:11Throw them off to me, Evan, from the front window.
20:25Another one.
20:26Grant.
20:29Oh, you have to do anything.
20:32Nice.
20:33We could have some regional tasty treats for the open house.
20:38We need to get some fish and chips.
20:40I don't know that that serves well, like, sitting around.
20:43No.
20:44No.
20:45Lundy, lundy, lundy.
20:48Going down.
20:50This can't be my life.
20:52I don't know why they call them chips.
20:54Chips is like a chip of wood, you know?
20:56A chip of wood?
20:57Yeah, like a chip, like a splinter.
21:02Would make more sense for a french fry than a chip.
21:04You want to call french fries splinters?
21:06It makes more sense if you're referencing wood for your entomology.
21:11Why are you referencing wood, period?
21:13I am not.
21:15The British clearly love their woods.
21:18What are you talking about?
21:19You know what?
21:20We should go to a British pub and have a pint.
21:23That would be fun.
21:25You know, I actually love British pubs.
21:27Me too.
21:28I am British.
21:29Well, my ancestor is British.
21:32It's one of those East London tarts.
21:34I just...
21:37I like beer.
21:38I like sausages.
21:40And I like potatoes.
21:42That sounds more like an Irishman, I must admit.
21:44Once again, Evan has caused an international crisis.
21:49Psst.
21:50Get me a Guinness.
21:51What?
21:52Go, go, go get me a Guinness.
21:53Guinness is definitely Irish, not British.
21:55Get me a Guinness.
21:56Goodbye.
21:57I expect it when I get home.
22:00Well, this is the easiest, quickest London experience.
22:15Right?
22:16I took the tube to get here.
22:18That was terrible.
22:19That was actually great.
22:20Everybody is going to have to do their British accent before we leave though.
22:25Oh, those look so fun.
22:26I should have gotten that.
22:27Cheers.
22:28I just know that's delicious.
22:30You're so welcome.
22:31Yeah, it also looks delicious.
22:32Can you find us some inspiration here?
22:33Yeah, I like the dark cabinets.
22:34I love the copper countertops.
22:35I'm loving the copper.
22:36I love the brass accents with the black, the dark wood.
22:37I love the chandelier.
22:38Oh, me too.
22:39Like that over there.
22:40It is very nice.
22:41I really want to find copper for the countertop.
22:44Can you imagine a copper countertop?
22:45It would be beautiful.
22:46I think it might be too much.
22:47Girl, I didn't even say that.
22:48But we could do cool like brass or copper handles or something.
22:53Oh, the hardware.
22:54If you want to do a dark cabinet, I think that would go well with the backsplash and then
22:59copper or brass accents or something.
23:01That would be beautiful.
23:02Oh, yeah.
23:03I love the black, the dark wood.
23:04I love the chandelier.
23:05Oh, yeah.
23:06I love the chandelier.
23:07Like that over there.
23:08It is very nice.
23:09I really want to find copper for the countertop.
23:10Can you imagine a copper countertop?
23:11That would be beautiful.
23:12I think it might be too much.
23:13Girl, I didn't even say that.
23:14But we could do cool like brass or copper handles or something.
23:15Oh, that would be beautiful.
23:16There's like a purple undertone to that cabinet that I kind of love.
23:20I like the plum and I like the mirror and the gold and the black.
23:23Mm-hmm.
23:24It's like a good combo.
23:25I think we can work with the cabinet color.
23:27I think we can bring that in.
23:29Definitely can bring in some brass or copper accents to give the kitchen some of that London
23:34pub feel.
23:35The whole vibe to me when I think of London, and again, I've never been, but I think of
23:40brass, black, copper, metallics, but then a pop of red.
23:45I don't know why.
23:46There's always like a pop of red somewhere in all the British things.
23:49Like the phone booth.
23:50Yep.
23:51The goat is adorable.
23:52Goats are good look.
23:53Goats are good look.
23:54Thank God the food arrived.
23:57Awesome.
23:58Yeah.
23:59Right here.
24:02The shepherd's pie.
24:03So good.
24:04How's your fish and chips?
24:06So good.
24:07Is Terry having a religious experience?
24:09Is it making you cry?
24:10Is that good?
24:11Terry's crying.
24:12The food is so good.
24:13From what?
24:14His food is so good.
24:15Look he has a tear.
24:16The food is so good.
24:17I think we're probably gonna need like another bread pudding thing.
24:23We haven't even tried it yet.
24:31Loud as hell.
24:32What?
24:33Exactly.
24:34Hey Keith, I think we need to decide what we're doing on this front door.
24:48I don't think we should do a curved.
24:50Why?
24:51Because it's too expensive and annoying.
24:53When you're looking at a front door and your budget and you say, I can buy a front door for
24:59what, $200 to $300 versus thousands of dollars, it's kind of hard to justify a round door.
25:06I'd rather just do a cut, maybe just like right along here.
25:13Like that.
25:14And then just like put a really fat trim or something.
25:17But then what about here though?
25:18You have to repair this.
25:19Just patch it.
25:20Because this is all getting painted, isn't it?
25:22No, we weren't going to.
25:24You're gonna do all this brick repair and not paint the brick?
25:28There's an ugly brick too.
25:29I know.
25:30There's an ugly, ugly brick.
25:31If we don't paint the bricks, does the red door for the London red still work?
25:40No.
25:41We just need to accept that this house is going to be a little ugly.
25:44What?
25:45We just need to accept that this house is going to be a little ugly, you know, just money-wise.
25:58Like the interior won't be, but the exterior is just going to be a little ugly and it's fine.
26:02I'm not okay with that.
26:05I just am not going to tolerate having an ugly house.
26:08Evan might be okay with having an ugly house.
26:10I'm okay with having an ugly house.
26:12For a long time we cared so much about how every little thing looked and you know what?
26:17You don't make money doing that.
26:20That's the economics of the market.
26:23We'll make the inside lovely and then the outside will be like an ugly normal house, you know?
26:27That doesn't work for me.
26:29Like I'll do something.
26:30It'll be neat, hopefully, but it'll just be like, you know, whatever.
26:37I mean, a piece of my soul is dead at that point.
26:42Like that is exact opposite of the reason that I have gotten into doing this.
26:46It is to beautify the world.
26:49I'm not, it just doesn't work.
26:52It's not going to happen and I won't stand for it.
26:54That's how it ends.
26:56Oh yeah? You can bust your ass to somehow make it not ugly?
26:59Yeah.
27:00Is it snowing?
27:02Good luck painting.
27:07All right, headboard time.
27:14Woohoo!
27:15Woohoo!
27:16Go to headboard.
27:20What's that?
27:21The headboard from above.
27:23So it has a little bit of a curved back that you will have like...
27:27Is this the bed side?
27:28Mm-hmm.
27:29Okay.
27:30So are you just going to have this whole back just be fabric?
27:32Mm-hmm.
27:33This whole rounded back just be fabric?
27:34That's not going to look very good.
27:36It's going to look like a cat, a cat post.
27:41You know?
27:42What?
27:43I just don't want it to look like a cat scratching post.
27:45I feel like there's that danger, the danger of that.
27:49You know, a big round upholstered thing in the middle of a room.
27:55If this is...
27:56If it's just a big block of fabric, it's not going to look good.
27:59You need to break it up or something.
28:01Okay.
28:02All right.
28:03Since I'm going to get it finished.
28:07So the top of the bed is only going to be this tall.
28:09Right.
28:10Which I mean...
28:11But the mattress is like this tall.
28:12What are you...
28:13What are you crazy?
28:14You're going to have two inches off the ground for those little feet.
28:17And then it's an eight inch.
28:18Or even if you were to do a 10 inch mattress.
28:20Or a 12 inch mattress.
28:21Your tallest is 20.
28:22So you're going to have 28 sticking out if you have a 20 inch bed.
28:27Okay.
28:28I don't...
28:29It just doesn't seem right.
28:34All right.
28:35I know I've won when the mumbling starts.
28:39Go mumble somewhere else.
28:41Great work.
28:57Here we go.
28:58Wow.
28:59That's pretty.
29:00Oh, I love that.
29:01That's classy as hell.
29:02I like this tile.
29:03It's giving, like, Britain...
29:20The backsplash is really coming together lovely.
29:24Marble and soapstone.
29:25And I love it.
29:27It reminds me of the black and white check from the police cars, the subways, or they say
29:33over there, the tube.
29:34Londonites love check.
29:36Do they?
29:37So says Keith.
29:39And Keith's made up world.
29:42In my fairytale London world, since I've never been there, everything's checkered.
29:47This water is so cold on my hands.
29:57You have no idea what I'm going through.
30:00I'll cut this tile for you.
30:04Oh, what is wrong with you?
30:07Hey.
30:08That is really mean.
30:11I'm trying to conserve my warmth.
30:14The London house is a little behind schedule.
30:17There's been a lot of stumbling blocks along the way for this place.
30:21The front door set us back a little bit.
30:23It took more work to cut the brick out.
30:26And just generally speaking, it's a larger house.
30:32I thought it would be fun to have a red door for the front door.
30:35There's always these like bold pops of red around London town.
30:40The exterior of this house is definitely not going to go down as one of our more elaborate
30:46or beautiful.
30:48Just because I don't like a brick doesn't mean that it won't appeal to buyers.
30:53So a lot of buyers don't like the idea of painted brick because it's more maintenance.
30:57In this case, the brick is pretty enough.
31:00Technically fine.
31:01Fine.
31:02We're going to stick with it.
31:03It's not my favorite, but it'll work.
31:09You going to see uncle?
31:13That's good enough.
31:14What you doing, mama?
31:15What you doing, mama?
31:16I'm taping your belt.
31:17It's too big, so I'll fix it.
31:20So you're going to look like a noble soldier.
31:23This is going to be fun.
31:24Can you put your hat on?
31:25Here, let's wear it just for a second.
31:28Thank you, mister.
31:31Okay, let's rock and roll.
31:33You're going to protect this house.
31:36You're going to be the palace guard, which is not looking very exquisite like a palace
31:41right now, but on open house day, it'll be pretty.
31:46And you can protect it.
31:48Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
31:49What do we have here?
31:50Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
31:53Keith, we have a Buckingham Palace guard at our home.
31:56Oh, my gosh.
31:59Oh, where did you get that outfit?
32:04Oh, my gosh.
32:05Oh.
32:06Where did you get that outfit?
32:07Are you having fun?
32:08Where's your horse?
32:09The most adorable palace guard slipped his rank and has made it to Detroit.
32:22Here we go.
32:24This will be your horse.
32:25You can ride your horse.
32:26I haven't seen anything that cute in a long time.
32:27Oh, just adorable.
32:28Let's see the kitchen.
32:29The kitchen is quite large.
32:30Oh, this kitchen is huge.
32:31Yeah.
32:32It's really lovely.
32:33I absolutely love the towel.
32:34I'm feeling like some London vibes going on.
32:36Oh, butcher block.
32:37Yeah.
32:38It'll look like a little London pub in here.
32:39Yes.
32:40With five bedrooms and three baths, I'm thinking it'll easily be listed at like $199, $198,
32:44and then hopefully we can easily get over $200.
32:45Nice.
32:46All right.
32:47I'm glad you approve because $199 is a good listing price.
32:48This was a big deal.
32:49Oh, my gosh.
32:50Oh, my gosh.
32:51Oh, my gosh.
32:52Oh, my gosh.
32:53Oh, my gosh.
32:54Oh, my gosh.
32:55Oh, my gosh.
32:56Oh, my gosh.
32:57Oh, my gosh.
32:58Oh, my gosh.
32:59Oh, my gosh.
33:00Oh, my gosh.
33:01Oh, my gosh.
33:02Oh, my gosh.
33:03Oh, my gosh.
33:04Oh, my gosh.
33:05This is a good listing price.
33:06This was a big project, though.
33:07Yeah.
33:08It's huge.
33:09I am a little nervous, but excited.
33:12Yeah, me too.
33:13You're nervous.
33:14Wait.
33:15That's not.
33:16Hold on.
33:17This is not fair and well.
33:18You're nervous, too?
33:19Oh, sorry.
33:20I'm excited.
33:21I'm praying that they have this home ready for Open House Day.
33:25I'm a little skeptical because, I mean, Keith was skeptical.
33:28Typically, he's all like, oh, yeah, Shay, we'll be ready in two hours.
33:32And now I saw him look a little concerned, which in turn makes me a little concerned.
33:37OK, guys.
33:38All right.
33:39Well, we obviously have a lot of work to do.
33:40Get to work.
33:41See you.
33:42Bye, Belle.
33:43See you waiter.
33:44Bye.
33:45Bye, Vanessa.
33:46I'll see you.
33:47You're doing a great job, Mr. Baby.
33:49A little shimmy.
33:53Make sure it's level.
33:54Oh, boy.
33:55Oh, boy.
33:57The bill mantle was kind of crumbling away.
34:00And it would have been a hassle to try and reconstruct it.
34:03So we had John just build us a new one.
34:06It does look like a British fireplace, doesn't it?
34:08It's very British-y.
34:12Just paint the whole thing in the stone finish in the same color as the cabinets down in the kitchen.
34:17And should give a really nice warm vibe.
34:20Big stone fireplaces definitely evoke a lot of book reading and fire sitting, tea sipping.
34:29Oh, is it a library or a pub?
34:31There will be elements of pub.
34:34You can't really avoid the pub in England, so I hear.
34:38All right.
34:39Windows are all done on this floor.
34:42This door needs to be painted.
34:46Cabinet doors go on.
34:47Lighting finished.
34:48Ugh!
34:59The London house has finally entered its last arrow.
35:04Are you looking for a pub?
35:05I was looking for a pub.
35:06I was looking for a pub.
35:07British pub, just going through the Rolodex.
35:09I'm punned out, I must admit.
35:12Can you help in with the couch real quick?
35:14We're ready for it.
35:15Now?
35:16Yes.
35:19The London house has come a long way.
35:22It was definitely a mess when we found it.
35:25But to see how London-y it is now is kind of fun.
35:30Keith, how's it going?
35:32Actually, pretty lovely, I think.
35:34I mean, are we going to get down in time?
35:36Yeah.
35:37What do you mean?
35:38OK.
35:39We don't have a choice.
35:40It seems like there's a lot to do still.
35:42Well, like what?
35:43You're standing in the doorway gawking at me?
35:46All I know is it feels British as hell in here.
35:49I suddenly have a feeling my floating headboard might not work.
35:56Bye.
35:57You think it won't stand up?
36:00No, no, it'll work.
36:02It's just like it won't work because the room is not big enough to float a bed.
36:09I measured it and it seemed?
36:11I mean, we'll throw it out, but I think it's about to look really ridiculous.
36:16The floating bed was, I'll admit, it was a journey.
36:20I, for a moment, hated it, then I loved it again, then I hated it again for a minute.
36:26Oh, I made it way too big, didn't I?
36:28I'm still deciding if I'm a little love-hate.
36:30You know what?
36:31After doing like 70 of these, I feel like trying something else.
36:35A floating bed is new.
36:37Next time, I'm going to make a circular one that spins at a high rate of speed.
36:42I don't know.
36:47Welcome to the open house.
36:49Thanks for coming.
36:50Thanks.
36:51I am ecstatic.
36:52I mean, Keith and Evan pulled this London house off.
36:55It was less than 48 hours ago that I was just here, extremely skeptical,
37:01especially since Keith himself seemed a little skeptical, but they pulled it off.
37:07This house is amazing.
37:09It used to be a two-family, and the guys converted it to a single-family.
37:15It was a mess when we found it, but we have brought it back to life.
37:22It's a 1,600-square-foot, five-bedroom, three-bathroom.
37:25And we're listing it for $199.
37:27Oh, awesome.
37:28I love the red door.
37:29It's speaking to me.
37:30Oh, well, that's good because that red door signifies what's going on inside.
37:35It's kind of like a telephone booth.
37:37Where would you find a red telephone booth?
37:38In London.
37:39OK.
37:40Well, let's go on vacation.
37:41OK.
37:42Follow me.
37:43Be ready.
37:44Come on in, ladies.
37:46Check out this gorgeous home.
37:48This is so beautiful.
37:52Oh, my goodness.
37:53Oh, everything in here is beautiful.
37:58Come on in, ladies.
38:00Check out this gorgeous home.
38:02Mm-hmm.
38:03This is so beautiful.
38:04Oh!
38:08This looks fantastic.
38:11This is amazing.
38:15This is fantastic.
38:16So that's an original fireplace to the house.
38:19It is faux, but it adds a nice coziness and warmth to the living room.
38:23That fireplace color, we visited a London pub downtown Detroit, and they found inspiration.
38:29So a lot of the colors you see throughout are inspired by that.
38:32Oh!
38:33I love it.
38:34So the wood tones and the greens.
38:37It's tea time right now.
38:38Some tea, some crumpets.
38:39It's tea time, some crumpets.
38:40You know, have some fondue with some cheese and crackers.
38:45I love the block windows.
38:46I love all the natural light that lets in.
38:48That's awesome.
38:49Yeah, it's a very bright and very spacious room.
38:52It is.
38:53I'm loving the whole, it's like feng shui, feng shui, as you would say.
38:58Oh, you got to get the mirror.
38:59You got to get the mirror.
39:00You got to see yourself.
39:01You're in feng shui right now.
39:03This is fun.
39:04This is feng shui.
39:05Yeah, I'm loving it.
39:06Let's check out this spacious kitchen.
39:13Kitchen is huge.
39:14Oh!
39:15So this actually was a dining room and it was a cramped kitchen on this side.
39:20They switched the placement and made this beautiful spacious kitchen with tons of counter space.
39:29This is gorgeous and it goes right into the living room. I love it.
39:32And the butcher block.
39:33The butcher block.
39:34Yeah.
39:35I love the finish they chose.
39:36And the eyelids.
39:37We were inspired by a British pub.
39:38Yeah.
39:39Kind of dark and moody.
39:40Yeah.
39:41Little brass accent.
39:42I could do a lot of good in this kitchen.
39:44Good.
39:45You know, we don't even have to see the rest of the house.
39:47I think.
39:48Welcome home.
39:51So here you have the dining room.
39:53Nice place to have some coffee.
39:54Oh, this is so cozy.
39:55I love it.
39:57This was the old kitchen that we turned into the dining space.
40:00Nice.
40:01Good use of the space.
40:04There's a fun flow energy to the house, though, I feel like.
40:07For entertaining, I think that's always kind of nice to have that flow.
40:11I agree.
40:12You want to see more upstairs?
40:13Let's go.
40:14Let's do it.
40:15So here you have the main bedroom.
40:18Oh.
40:19So this is the largest bedroom of the house.
40:21The largest bedroom.
40:22All right.
40:23Fireplace, the windows.
40:25Oh, fireplace in here, too?
40:27Oh, my goodness.
40:28Yes.
40:29Oh, I love it.
40:30The theme is like traveling up.
40:32It is.
40:33This is really a large space.
40:34It's actually really big.
40:35Yeah, it is.
40:36It's very large.
40:37So this was a duplex at one point, so this would have been a living room.
40:44Have you ever heard of us loading this?
40:46No.
40:48Well, I love that.
40:49I think it works really well with the space that you guys have.
40:53I always check the mirror out.
40:55That's right.
40:56You got to check the mirror out.
40:57You got to see how you're looking when you're waking up.
40:58I can tell you it's a coordination.
41:00You got to look at me.
41:02How you looking today?
41:03I'm looking good, man.
41:04I just had a wonderful sleep.
41:06That's what you say when you wake up.
41:08I have a wonderful.
41:09I rested so well.
41:10Well, let's check out this en suite bath.
41:12Oh, look at this.
41:13I love the designs in here.
41:14Look at those lights.
41:15I know.
41:16Look at the lights.
41:17Oh, I love this floor tile.
41:18Yeah, it's nice.
41:20Nice, dramatic pattern.
41:21It worked really well.
41:31That shower's a nice size.
41:33And I love how the tub surround goes all the way up to the ceiling.
41:36Yeah.
41:37From the floor to the shower and the backdrop.
41:40And the whole outfit, they could look great.
41:43It's a great size.
41:44Perfect for me to put locks on the door.
41:48Well, actually, you could put a lock on this door.
41:51And this is just your whole entire oasis to yourself.
41:55It was a very positive response.
41:57Despite the cold, we have a lot of people.
41:59And they were eager to share in the UK cheer.
42:05This whole space is amazing.
42:07Honestly, what you guys did here with what you guys had over here,
42:09with what you guys had to work with, in line with keeping the traditional feel of the house,
42:13but still making it feel modern, I think it's a home run.
42:17It'll be a great house for someone.
42:18Hopefully, maybe you will.
42:19Hopefully.
42:20Hoping.
42:21Hoping.
42:23Almost every buyer that walked through today's open house seem like they're interested in purchasing it.
42:28I mean, who wouldn't want to purchase such a spacious, beautiful custom home?
42:32Five bedrooms, three baths for under $200,000.
42:36This home is a steal, and it will be sold.
42:39You know, there's so many things you love about this house.
42:42I'm gonna go get you a purchase agreement, so you can move in right now.
42:47Perhaps within the fortnight, we'll have an offer.
42:49Fourth wins.
42:50Hence, wither.
42:51Fourth wither, hither.
42:52Something like such.
42:54Something like such.
42:55Let's go.
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