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Help! I Wrecked My House Season 5 Episode 10
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00:00Start.
00:01I'll do the rest later.
00:02I can see the back of your TV.
00:04I can see right into the other room.
00:05It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:06Yeah.
00:07Without help, I don't think we could do it.
00:09I mean, there's literally no part of this house
00:12that is livable.
00:13And so where do you start?
00:17That's the actual roof.
00:18And yes, this is structural.
00:20Ah!
00:21Ah!
00:23Well, that's not going in.
00:24This is one of the biggest budget wrecks
00:26I've ever taken on for a client.
00:28It feels like we're building a skyscraper.
00:30This is wild.
00:322,400 pounds up above the house.
00:34We have no room for error.
00:36Nobody be under our paint.
00:38We're not in the clear yet.
00:40Oh, my gosh.
00:43Oh!
00:44Between social media, how-to videos, and faceless tutorials,
00:47inspired DIYers are taking on bigger and bigger projects,
00:52leaving their homes in complete chaos.
00:55What have you done?
00:56There's a big hole in the wall.
00:58The floor made it.
00:59This was a DIY gone wrong.
01:00What have we started?
01:02This is sketchy.
01:03You step in the wrong spot.
01:05You're going through it.
01:07Yeah.
01:09For years, I've helped families in Southern California
01:12restore order to their dream homes.
01:13Oh, ho, ho!
01:15We're done!
01:17Now I've moved my family to Park City, Utah,
01:19where I'm rebuilding my business,
01:21and I know it's not going to be easy.
01:23New town, new business, new wrecks.
01:34Today I'm in a part of Salt Lake City called The Avenues.
01:38I've actually never been this far up the hill,
01:40and it looks like, according to my navigation, I'm only going up.
01:45So, you know, trying to build my business here in Utah,
01:48I put out a call on social media, and Brynn responded.
01:52I was the one that contacted Jasmine for help.
01:55Without me knowing?
01:56Yes.
01:58Brynn is a flight attendant, and David is a retired pilot.
02:02Her silly sense of humor is what attracted me initially to her.
02:06And Brynn.
02:07Oh.
02:08I was trying to think so.
02:10Oh, thank you.
02:13For me, the number one most important thing in a house is the view.
02:17The location has to be right to have the best view.
02:20So I'm out on the deck.
02:22This is like sitting in the cockpit and looking out.
02:24We found the house four and a half years ago.
02:27I walk in, and I could feel it had our energy.
02:30We liked it.
02:31But it was very 1968.
02:33A lot of little rooms, chopped up spaces.
02:36Not the best house, but the best view.
02:40I'm going to take this wall down behind me.
02:43Should be opened up to the den.
02:45I plan to change the house by taking out walls, opening up the rooms.
02:49If that's a good start, I'll do the rest later.
02:53I see myself as a hobbyist general contractor.
02:56Working alone, I usually think, oh, I can do it.
02:59And it was only, I don't know, a seven-foot long beam.
03:03And lifting it up, I ruptured a disc in my lower back.
03:07And it's painful.
03:09Just slide it, because your back bends.
03:11The doctor said, you know, you've got to stop lifting heavy things over your head.
03:14But it's frustrating, because every day I want to go do something.
03:17So I'm getting ready to go, and it's kind of like an obstacle course to get out.
03:21If it was one thing, you could maybe ignore it or put a plant in front of it.
03:25Now it's almost every room.
03:28I see the end result.
03:30I just physically can't do it anymore.
03:33Oh, who is this?
03:35Hi, I'm David.
03:36Jasmine.
03:37Hi, Brynn.
03:38Nice to meet you.
03:39This is Watson.
03:40Oh, my gosh.
03:41He's massive.
03:43He's a big boy.
03:44Oh, wow.
03:45Come sit down.
03:46We're really walking right into this.
03:47Right into it.
03:4815 months ago, I started this.
03:50OK.
03:51And then I hurt my back, and then it's kind of stalled.
03:53Yeah.
03:54So did you hurt yourself actually working on the house?
03:56Yes.
03:57I took out this bearing wall.
03:59And when I was putting up the headers.
04:01Oof.
04:02And then that's it.
04:03So you just live with back pain.
04:05So when you're doing this work, do you have an engineer that you're working with?
04:09Yes.
04:10I always hire an engineer before I start doing work.
04:13Yeah.
04:14Big load off there.
04:15Yeah.
04:16Yeah.
04:17Let's get into the house.
04:18What's going on here?
04:19We're changing the entire floor plan.
04:20We didn't like the fact that when you walked in, you can't see out.
04:24The view.
04:25So you come in the front door.
04:27This wall would go away.
04:28Oh.
04:29Yeah.
04:30Nice, huh?
04:31So this goes away.
04:32You walk in, and you see the view.
04:33Bazinga!
04:36So taking this wall down is really important.
04:39And then over here would be my office on the other side of the table.
04:42David has some personality traits of a pilot.
04:45He's a perfectionist, and he likes to have hands-on everything.
04:49I've had a lot of time to think about what it will feel like to have somebody else work on my home.
04:55It'll be hard for you.
04:57Well, it is my home.
04:58I think I could be of help by sending an email every now and then.
05:02Whether they listen to it, I don't know, but it'll make me feel better.
05:06Wow.
05:07Now I see the view.
05:09I also see a bear.
05:10Well, that's Brent's.
05:12I have an animal problem.
05:16My style is all over the place.
05:18I would say modern and clean, but I got so much stuff that it's kind of cluttered.
05:24You have a lot of stuff.
05:25A lot of grass.
05:27Yeah.
05:28What is this room?
05:29So it is our living room and our dining room.
05:32So you've got rocks.
05:33Rocks and fossils.
05:34Like a ton of them.
05:35That's a rib bone from the Tyrannosaurus Rex, 70 million years old.
05:39Oh, wow.
05:41What's your dream for the fireplace?
05:43I guess I would just like it to look more appealing, to have a place on either side of it for some of my collectibles.
05:49The problem with this room was there's the crown holding and the ceiling's kind of weird.
05:54I don't know what was going on.
05:55I would square it off more.
05:57I don't like that.
05:58We don't like the pitch.
05:59That's something you have to kind of dig in and understand why they're like this.
06:04Right.
06:05We'll just have to see.
06:06What happened to this wall here?
06:07We always wanted the feel of a great big open room.
06:10So I tore it open to explore.
06:12I can see the back of your TV because you ran into the other room.
06:15It's beautiful, isn't it?
06:16Yeah.
06:17I mean, normally if I wasn't in the pain I'm in, I would have taken down the rest of this wall.
06:23It just got too painful, so I stopped.
06:25Which is fair.
06:26Yeah.
06:27But now this is...
06:28Now this is what it is.
06:30What about the windows?
06:31You mentioned you want to open this up a little bit.
06:33And I've already bought the new windows, so my thought is the bay window, it goes away.
06:38And I think it should be glass from corner to corner, floor to ceiling.
06:43So this whole space is just the view coming into the house.
06:47I don't disagree.
06:48I think it's really ambitious, but that's the dream, right?
06:52Yeah.
06:53To be able to just have that glass wall.
06:55And we put a table in front of that door because we're afraid of somebody walking out of it and it doesn't go anywhere.
07:01That door was like that when you bought the house?
07:03Yeah.
07:04I think it's been like that for 60 years.
07:06That should have the deck come over.
07:08The big deck going all the way around the house.
07:10This deck, walk me through this.
07:12We normally don't let more than four or five people out here at a time.
07:16I just don't trust it.
07:17It's 60-year-old wood and some of it's rotting.
07:21We can't have a party out here because we're worried about it.
07:24I'm not going out here.
07:25I mean, right?
07:26Yeah, I don't blame you.
07:27The deck is cantilevered, which means that there aren't any posts holding it up.
07:31And hopefully, whatever it's attached to, that attachment is good and there's enough support to hold this deck that's just floating.
07:39This, too, you don't like.
07:41The overhang gives us shade so we can be out here all summer, but it also is too low.
07:46When you're inside looking out, it's in the view.
07:49So I want a new overhang, but up higher so it's out of the view.
07:53Raising the roof is a big deal.
07:56And this I would not do myself.
07:58Okay, good to hear.
08:00Adding a deck, replacing these windows, cutting back the roof.
08:04These are the types of projects I'm actually used to doing.
08:06I'm actually more nervous about the stuff that David's already started inside.
08:11Who did the electrical and the plumbing in this project?
08:14That would be me.
08:15How do you know how to do all of this?
08:17So I used to be an aircraft mechanic before I was a pilot.
08:21Doing home wiring compared to an airplane, it's not that hard.
08:25Okay.
08:26One thing that I'm really seeing here that I've never seen before is flowers in front of framing.
08:34You're really dressing this up.
08:36It kind of distracts from all the work and the ugliness.
08:40There's not one completed area we're living in right now.
08:44Right.
08:45So that's hard.
08:46It's hard to have people over in your construction area because it's not done.
08:49Don't sit there.
08:50Can't sit over here.
08:51Don't put your glass there.
08:52Watch out.
08:53There's wires sticking out.
08:54You know, I just want it done and be proud of it instead of it always being kind of in disarray right now.
09:01It's getting to the point where it's frustrating in the kitchen too because I cook a lot.
09:06It's kind of disappointing to have my nice meal on a slab.
09:10And do you actually sit here?
09:11Yeah.
09:12We have almost every meal right here.
09:14It also gives us a visual on my vision of what the island would be.
09:19You mentioned that you've been working on this for four years.
09:23If it's taken this long to get to this stage, you're now injured.
09:30He really misses doing it.
09:32And the fact that he can't finish it, it's, he's hard on himself.
09:37It's on our mind all the time.
09:39Every day.
09:40And instead of talking about the trips we want to take and the things we want to do, we're talking about the house that isn't done.
09:47Without help, I don't think we could do it.
09:50That's why we're kind of stuck.
09:51I'm not used to asking for help when it comes to home renovation.
09:55He does, yeah.
09:56So this is new for me.
09:57It's one of those things where you have to be ready to hand this over.
10:02I'm ready.
10:03Yeah?
10:04Yeah.
10:05I am.
10:06I am.
10:07And I've done a budget.
10:10Let me show you.
10:11Done a budget?
10:12Oh, wow.
10:13So when I, when I ran through what things would cost, I came out to 410,000 and I've already bought the windows, which is another 100,000 above that number.
10:24So it's already a pretty steep budget, especially for a retired person. I can't just make it up by going to work a few extra days.
10:32I can't say I've ever had anybody hand me a budget. This is new.
10:37I just want to make sure that, you know, we're on the same page.
10:40Right.
10:41And that my budget matches your budget.
10:43I know there will be some differences.
10:46This is a really big undertaking. The amount of construction that's going into this project is huge.
10:53While the budget is bigger than a lot of my other projects for what we're trying to do here, it's not a big budget.
11:01And at the end of the day, David's retired. Every cent matters.
11:05The problem is I don't want to have all that money in the house and then I can't afford to stay here. That would be a bad choice.
11:12Right.
11:13I'm hopeful that we haven't gotten to that point.
11:16Gotta get a job.
11:18Oh, I need a job.
11:22Living like this for a while longer would be, I mean, we'd do it. It wouldn't be fun. I'd be drinking a lot of wine.
11:29Okay. Thank you.
11:31All right. Thank you. It's so nice to meet both of you. I'll get back to you.
11:35Okay.
11:36David's plans are ambitious for a homeowner, like really ambitious, like not possible.
11:42They're also really ambitious for a professional.
11:45I want to make sure that we're being realistic. So I have to go through everything that he's thought up and really dig in as to what we can actually do.
11:55I still need to iron out the budget, but having a big project like this in Utah to showcase my skills is too good an opportunity to pass up.
12:05So I've decided to take on this wreck. Bren and David have cleared out and they're going on vacation. David will be stress-free and away from the project.
12:13And I have a contractor.
12:16John, can you come let me in? It's locked.
12:19Hi.
12:20Hi. How are you?
12:21I'm good. How are you?
12:22This is my second project working with John as a general contractor.
12:26John and I have worked previously on a historic home.
12:28If I was going to work with him again, it had to be a project that felt challenging.
12:33And I think this is just that.
12:35It's going to be a lot.
12:37Yep.
12:38You have a smile.
12:39But it'll be fun.
12:40See?
12:41Based on the budget that David came up with, he thinks it's going to be $410,000 to do this renovation.
12:48I know that doesn't include everything.
12:50So I'm going to have to go through this budget and figure out where we're really going to be.
12:54Here's what I'm thinking for this space.
12:56You walk in the front door and the first thing that you see is this view because this wall comes down.
13:02The tray ceiling will go away.
13:04Really, the biggest part of this renovation is this back wall.
13:07And it will go wall to wall, floor to ceiling with glass that'll look out to this beautiful view.
13:14When you're doing this much glass, you have incredible engineering that will have to take place to get all the glass he's asking for.
13:22The design style for this house I'm calling moody eclectic.
13:27They don't want the house to feel dark, but they definitely want some darker features in the home.
13:32And then eclectic.
13:33Just meeting Brynn and David, eclectic is the first word that comes to mind.
13:37This fireplace is going to become the focal point of the room.
13:40So the fireplace is getting a complete makeover with a dark polished lava rock facade linked by custom walnut storage on either side.
13:47David wants an office and will create one near the entry with more custom cabinetry to display David's fossils and his geodes.
13:54His desk is going to face new French pocket doors so he can enjoy the spectacular view.
14:00I guess my next question is these floors.
14:02Is there any way that we can save these?
14:04I mean, knowing that we don't have the same flooring in the kitchen.
14:07In order to get everything to kind of flow, you're looking about $27,000 for a nice engineered floor.
14:13He didn't have anything for flooring in his budget.
14:16Yeah, I don't think he did.
14:17He's done a lot of work in this area, right?
14:20Can we use any of this?
14:22Some of the electrical needs to be changed.
14:25Some of it is commercial.
14:27Some of it's residential.
14:29An inspector will not pass the electrical the way it is.
14:32You've got too much mixed stuff in here.
14:35Okay, so new electrical and we'll run new engineered hardwood from the front door right through to Bryn's brand new kitchen.
14:41We're talking sleek walnut cabinets, quartzite countertops with a panel-ready fridge and a wet bar on one side with a built-in hutch on the opposite side.
14:48We'll keep the moody vibe going with a dark backsplash that pulls everything together and the centerpiece, a massive island with a range on one end and plenty of seating on the other.
14:58All right, do we talk about the elephant in the room or out of the room?
15:01You mean the deck that every time they go out the door it hurts?
15:05This is really dangerous.
15:07Mm-hmm.
15:08So if we can start the deck all the way at the corner of the house and run it all the way to the other corner of the house, that's what they really want.
15:15But is that even possible?
15:16What we're going to have to do is structurally make it more sound and extend those posts up, put a nice platform on top, and that's a lot of work.
15:28He has $82,000 in the budget for this deck.
15:33No.
15:34David had $410,000 as his overall budget, but it sounds like we're not even close to that.
15:41We're about $560,000 budget-wise right now.
15:45So I think we need to call them and see what they say.
15:50Hi.
15:51Hello.
15:52His budget was pretty good, but it didn't include a contractor fee, didn't include new flooring, and it didn't include a lot of the structural and what was going to be needed to actually complete the deck that he wants.
16:04It's going to be about $150,000 over the $410,000 that you had as your bottom line number on your budget.
16:12So $150,000 more than what I budgeted for, that's a lot of money.
16:17So Brynn is flying, so I can't get a hold of her.
16:21What we could get started, is that possibility, at the $410,000?
16:26The cost of the deck alone is $150,000.
16:30Obviously, we have to do the inside.
16:33So if you want us to get started inside and forego the deck, that would get you to your original budget number.
16:41I mean, obviously, I want to get the house moving along.
16:45I can't make a decision of $150,000 without first talking to Brynn, but since she and I already discussed the $410,000, if you're on board and you're willing to do this, we are too.
16:58Let's get started.
16:59And in a couple days, I can talk to Brynn, and we can decide if we're going to go forward with the deck or wait for another season.
17:08Okay.
17:09Well, just let us know.
17:10We're going to get rocking on the inside here, and we'll talk to you real soon.
17:14Good luck.
17:16Hopefully, we can do the deck, too.
17:18It needs it.
17:20You guys ready?
17:21Let's do this.
17:26David says that he's ready to hand this project over, and he's admitted that that's tough, but he also has done it.
17:34And we've set aside 14 weeks on this project, and that's longer than most of my project timelines, but there is so much to dig into here.
17:43I'd help you with that, but I just had back surgery about eight weeks ago.
17:47Did you really?
17:48So my brother Nephi is going to be doing the heavy lifting with you.
17:51John is overseeing this project from a general contractor standpoint, but Nephi, who is John's little brother, will be here managing the day-to-day.
18:00Actually makes quite a big difference.
18:01Yeah, it does.
18:02Just a little spot.
18:03All right, did you break into the seating?
18:04Yeah.
18:05Let's do it.
18:06Hopefully, this isn't structural, right?
18:07Hopefully, it's just cosmetic, and we can just take it out.
18:10It's not a big deal.
18:11Double sheetrock.
18:12I thought you were just weak.
18:13Just kidding.
18:14John told me that 90% of the tray ceilings he sees are cosmetic.
18:29That's a bearing number.
18:30Yes, it is.
18:31And of course, we're in that 10%.
18:34And yes, this is structural.
18:36That's the actual roof on the outside.
18:39Yeah, so we're in a bit of a pickle here.
18:42I mean, the goal was to modernize this and to square off the ceiling and get rid of that angle.
18:49There's nowhere to even go higher if I wanted to.
18:52This right here cannot go up because that is structure.
18:56You'd have to raise the entire roof.
18:58Oh, man.
18:59Oh, that's frustrating because we have to change it.
19:03We have to do something to it.
19:04I think this room would look better if these were made kind of a coffered ceiling in here.
19:09That might be cool.
19:10And square it off so it's framed like this and then goes straight up.
19:13I like that idea.
19:14I think they're going to be stoked that the angle is gone.
19:17I think it'll be a great look.
19:19Because I would say you don't know.
19:23You're the only one I want to know.
19:26Only one I want to know.
19:33David?
19:36I came to get my fans?
19:40There's no way that's true.
19:43I'm very surprised to see David here today.
19:46I thought he was gone.
19:48All right.
19:49I just wanted to see what was going on.
19:50And it's awesome to be able to see my home opened up the way I've envisioned it for years.
19:55All right. Come here. Come here.
19:56All right. Thank you.
19:57You should have come through the front door.
20:00Yes.
20:01Because you would have seen that.
20:03Oh!
20:04It's awesome.
20:05That's it.
20:06I just couldn't stay away.
20:07I had to see it.
20:08So I'm sorry.
20:09Please forgive me.
20:10What are you thinking about the deck?
20:13Well, I did just talk to Brynn and we want to go forward.
20:19Really?
20:20I don't want to wait another year and go through construction again.
20:24We're going to do it now.
20:25Okay.
20:26I'm excited because I agree.
20:27If we do it all at the same time, it's actually going to cost less overall than trying to do it in phases as well.
20:33It makes sense.
20:34All right.
20:35The budget for this project at $560,000 means that this is one of the biggest budget wrecks I've ever taken on for a client.
20:43How do you feel walking in here?
20:44So what you've done in three hours would be two weeks for me.
20:48Yeah.
20:49But I am a bit bummed.
20:50I mean, I want to be doing this.
20:51I want to be part of the crew.
20:53I want to be getting my hands dirty.
20:55I don't want you to get hurt.
20:56I don't want to get hurt.
20:57I know.
20:58And I'm sure it's hard to walk away.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Yeah.
21:02But you're here now, so you can grab your fans.
21:06Maybe I'll just drag it out so I can stay longer.
21:09I see that happening.
21:12I have worked with a lot of people like David over the years, and it's hard for him to let go.
21:18This is his baby.
21:20It's what he loves to do.
21:21It's his house.
21:22It's his project.
21:23It's his, it's how he fills his days right now.
21:32I've gotten the information that I need out of him, the help that I need out of him, and I need him to just let us do our thing now.
21:38I need him to trust me.
21:41This project is coming along.
21:53Okay, so our framing in the entry is done.
21:56The view is here.
21:58This is what it's all about.
21:59Electricians are here.
22:00All of our cans are going in.
22:01This ceiling, it's not at an angle anymore.
22:04It's squared off.
22:05Nephi is over here welding the posts that have to hold up this entire exterior wall.
22:11Woo!
22:12A lot going on.
22:19Hello.
22:20How's it going?
22:21Getting ready to leave tomorrow to go to Portugal and enjoying ourselves.
22:26Okay, so I've sent you a box, and what I want to do is go through some of the elements of your design.
22:33The big, the big ones.
22:35So I've got the same thing here.
22:36We've got a white oak, wide plank, engineered hardwood floor.
22:40Yeah.
22:41Love it.
22:42Okay, so let's build our design off of that.
22:43So this piece of walnut, this is what I'm proposing for your kitchen cabinetry.
22:49And I love walnut.
22:50I do too.
22:51That's really nice.
22:52The tile that you have there, that is the backsplash that I'm proposing.
22:58This is a handcrafted ceramic tile.
23:01It has some variation in it.
23:03Oh.
23:04That would be nice.
23:05Yeah.
23:06Yeah.
23:07It's all going to equal this moody, eclectic vibe.
23:09And that's what Brynn and David want.
23:11They don't want a kitchen where you walk in and it feels like everybody else's kitchen.
23:15If you're comfortable, I'm comfortable with it.
23:17You sure?
23:18Yeah.
23:19I trust you on this.
23:21I guess I'm getting more comfortable with releasing that piece of control.
23:27Let it go.
23:30See you soon.
23:34This deck project is massive.
23:36So before we even start building the deck, there's a lot of prep work.
23:39We had to put all new footings in.
23:43There's also a ton of steel, like the amount of steel that's going to go into this deck.
23:47It feels like we're building a skyscraper.
23:51Oh my gosh, I can see the crane.
23:52I'm only halfway up the hill.
23:54So we're adding a steel frame.
23:57And this is going to function not only as the structure for the deck, but as a sunshade as well.
24:03If you didn't know that I was in town before, I think a giant crane on top of the hill overlooking the whole city is a good way to say, hey, I'm here.
24:13I'm doing big things.
24:14Hi.
24:15This is wild.
24:16Oh my gosh.
24:17Not much gets me rattled.
24:19But a crane is always a little bit of a day where I'm like on edge a bit.
24:23It's a lot of money on the line and a lot of lives on the line today, so we should be all set.
24:31So this frame is going to go over the house and it has to land on the posts in the backyard.
24:41Four posts.
24:43This is wild.
24:44We have 2,400 pounds up above the house.
24:47We have no room for error.
24:48We're at 5,200 feet of elevation here.
24:54The winds, when they kick up, are very dangerous.
25:00We're not in the clear yet.
25:01Table down already.
25:05Just a touch.
25:06Nephi says he's confident.
25:08I just hope it's not false confidence.
25:14Nephi, you got it?
25:15Nobody be under that seat.
25:22A little bit more.
25:23Good.
25:26Woo!
25:27It's in!
25:28It's up!
25:29Nice!
25:30You feel good?
25:31Oh, yeah.
25:32It's over the house and it's on the poles, so we're good.
25:34Oh, man.
25:36Nicely done.
25:37Woo!
25:38Everything is securely fastened and welded into the frame.
25:42And this is going to be the structure that holds the roof that's going to be above the deck.
25:50This is the biggest project I've taken on in Utah thus far.
25:55This is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in Salt Lake City.
25:58These are the types of projects where I can really shine.
26:01So, to get more of these projects, I have to get this one right.
26:05There's no room for error.
26:07The stakes have never been higher.
26:08Like, this could make or break my business.
26:10All the progress that I've made lead kind of all hinges on this project.
26:15This is half of the windows.
26:20There's so many that have to go in.
26:22They're 300 pounds each.
26:24These windows are an extra $100,000 that David already paid for outside of our budget.
26:33These custom windows had a 13-week lead time.
26:36And so, if for some reason these windows don't fit, we don't have time to order another set of windows.
26:43Not quite.
26:44It's nerve-wracking.
26:46Because if I'm not involved in the ordering, the chances of it fitting in the design that now I'm in charge of are less.
26:55Well, that's not going in.
26:58That looks like we need about an inch more.
27:01We'll have to cut that two-by-six and pull those two pieces of plywood out.
27:04Is this something that we can do and still get this window in today?
27:07I think we can make it happen.
27:09Let's do it.
27:10So, the size isn't wrong.
27:12We just have to tweak the opening a little bit, and it's going to fit.
27:17We're in.
27:18Yes!
27:19Good work, guys.
27:21Just the amount of structural work that's gone into making these windows a reality.
27:25We're really only gaining six inches of glass.
27:28I'd like to say I don't think it's worth it, but I do.
27:31I think that having the back of this house just glass is something that David's never going to regret.
27:37But, yeah, it's a lot of work.
27:39And that slides.
27:40Real nice.
27:41Watch your fingers.
27:42I've got to test this.
27:43Here we are driving in South Carolina.
27:59A little bit different than Portugal, where we just got back from.
28:04We got David, and we got Sir Watson.
28:07Thinking about the house at all?
28:09Yeah.
28:10Yeah?
28:11Thinking about how nice it is that I'm not stressing over the different stages.
28:15How's it going?
28:16Good, how are you?
28:17You guys made it up the hill.
28:19Barely.
28:20A lot of weight in that thing.
28:22We're office this way.
28:24Oh, my gosh.
28:25This looks good.
28:26You can see the floors are in.
28:27The fireplace is framed.
28:29He's got this roof structure that's way up there.
28:31So you don't have anything in the way of your view except for Nephi.
28:35That is the view.
28:36This is the view.
28:38This is epic.
28:39I mean, what a difference.
28:41It took us seven weeks to get to this stage.
28:44Look at these cabinets.
28:45Woo!
28:46They look great.
28:47I feel like the walnut gives that, like, rich depth that, you know, a lot of other cabinetry wouldn't be delivering.
28:55Right.
28:56And that's what Wren especially is looking for in this kitchen.
28:58Yeah.
28:59Snuggly.
29:00I call it snuggling.
29:01Snuggly.
29:02I love that.
29:03Yeah.
29:04These are snuggly cabinets.
29:05These cabinets give that richness.
29:06They give that depth, that warm color that are really going to feel luxurious, that are going to be timeless, that are going to last.
29:14That's been a big part of the design for this kitchen and really to this whole project.
29:25With only two weeks to go, things are moving.
29:30I tried to lean into David's love of geology with a lava rock tile on the fireplace.
29:35In David's office, the custom shelves are almost all in.
29:38In Brynn's kitchen, the mini bar is almost ready for cocktails.
29:42And then the island is in place and ready for a massive quartzite countertop.
29:51Wow.
29:52Look how big it is.
29:53It's just a half.
29:55Of course.
29:58This island is massive.
30:00It's 12 feet by 6 feet, cut out of a mountain in Brazil.
30:04It's quartzite.
30:05It's durable.
30:06It's beautiful.
30:07It's everything that this kitchen was not before.
30:10Oh, my gosh.
30:12Look at that vein.
30:13Brynn is going to lose her mind when she sees this.
30:16The veining in this island is bold.
30:19And that's what Brynn and David wanted.
30:21They were like, she's like, the last thing I want is something that's boring.
30:24Having a dark backsplash in the kitchen.
30:27Again, something that most people would probably shy away from, but they're on board.
30:30Lava rock.
30:31They're obsessed with that.
30:32And I'm obsessed with that.
30:33I've never used this material.
30:47Nice.
30:48Okay.
30:49Whoa.
30:50My bike can work.
30:52Whoa.
30:53Go.
30:54Woo-hoo.
30:55I did it, Mommy.
30:56You want to go towards the playground?
30:57Yeah.
30:58Brynn and David's house is almost done.
31:00We've got our kitchen being finished.
31:02The glass pocket doors are going in in the office.
31:04We've got lights going in.
31:06So it's nice to have a little bit of time.
31:09We're enjoying our summer.
31:11We've got Mom's bike camp going, right?
31:13That's where you park.
31:14You want to play in the playground?
31:15Yeah.
31:17Uh-oh.
31:18Hold on one sec, Hayes.
31:20I'm going to take a call.
31:21Hi, Nephi.
31:23How's it going?
31:24Could be better.
31:26Uh-oh.
31:27I don't like the sound of that.
31:28What's going on?
31:29The decking material still hasn't shown up.
31:32Last thing we've heard so far from the lumber yard is that it's still stuck at the port.
31:37This is the flooring of the deck, right?
31:39Correct.
31:40Oh, man.
31:41So do you have, like, a definite tracking date on it?
31:44No, not until it clears the port.
31:48I'm concerned that we're not going to be able to deliver this project on time.
31:52And I did ask David to trust me.
31:56And I asked Brynn to move out, which is a big deal.
32:00So Brynn, are you thinking about the house?
32:02Yeah.
32:03And what are you thinking?
32:04How pretty it's going to be.
32:06So I would feel bad for both of them if I had to ask for them to give me more time.
32:12I have to get this done.
32:13Jasmine, can't wait to see the house.
32:15Hope to be there soon.
32:17Oh, nice.
32:27We got the deck boards.
32:29Woo!
32:30This is a lot of wood.
32:32Hi, Nephi.
32:33Hey, Jasmine.
32:35I heard rumor of this decking material being here, but the rumor's true.
32:40Rumor is true.
32:41Finally.
32:42Okay, so this is the flooring of the deck, right?
32:44Correct.
32:45I thought that it was going to be here, what, like five plus days ago, right?
32:49It should have been five days ago.
32:50Like a week ago.
32:51What happened?
32:52The container that this was on actually got confiscated to be searched.
32:55Wow.
32:56Obviously, the timeline, we're right up against our Friday deadline.
33:00The question is, is if it's going to be done, huh?
33:03Yeah.
33:04Yes, it will.
33:05Okay.
33:06I would offer to help you with this deck, but I feel like I'm just going to get in the way.
33:09Honestly.
33:10I agree with you.
33:11Yeah, see?
33:12Oh, it feels good in here.
33:25Look at this deck.
33:26Oh, my gosh.
33:27Wow.
33:28And it's so solid.
33:30Really, this is a whole nother living space.
33:33It's 740 square feet.
33:35That's huge.
33:36We just doubled the size of this living space.
33:39Nephi did a stellar job on this deck.
33:41This was a huge undertaking.
33:43And as of three days ago, I was pretty sure we were going to have to call David and Brynn and tell them we needed more time.
33:49And now it's done.
33:51All this natural light coming in, it allows us to be moodier in our design.
33:56And that's fun, too, because we don't have to worry about this ever becoming dark in here.
34:00It is bright.
34:01It will always be bright.
34:03They've got all their can lights in.
34:04We've got our light fixtures.
34:06Like, how fun are these?
34:08I can't say I've done a moody, eclectic mountain design before.
34:13Their house is one of a kind, and they're one of a kind, and their design style is definitely something new for me.
34:20You've got all the geodes.
34:21These are David's prized possessions.
34:23It's going to be like a museum in here.
34:25Oh, my gosh.
34:26That's so beautiful.
34:27Look at that.
34:28That really is beautiful.
34:30These are real different than the rocks my child brings me.
34:34Brynn and David needed a house that wasn't under construction.
34:41They needed a house where they could entertain and host their family and live their day-to-day routines and schedules and not have to worry about working on the house.
34:51David's back doesn't allow him to work on the house anymore, and so really their only option was to call and ask for help.
34:58David and Brynn, they had really high expectations for this project and for this house, and they had a vision.
35:06And so my interpretation of that vision, I just hope it's what they wanted and what they were expecting.
35:14I don't know.
35:15I guess only time will tell.
35:20Hi.
35:21Hello.
35:22Nice to see you.
35:23We need all the hugs we can get.
35:25I know, right?
35:27Oh, my goodness.
35:28Welcome home.
35:29Yay.
35:31It's been 14 weeks.
35:32Yeah.
35:33Which is a long time.
35:34Big budget project.
35:35I mean, I don't need to tell you that.
35:37Yes.
35:38But I had $560,000 is what you gave me to work with.
35:42Right.
35:43But of the $560,000, we are on budget.
35:46But I spent every penny.
35:48Okay.
35:49I didn't expect to get money back.
35:51No.
35:52When you handed this project over, I know that was a challenge.
35:55Like, for you personally, that was hard, right?
35:57Right.
35:58Yes.
35:59And the goal was to not only give your back a break, but to give you a break, right?
36:04It was a big project.
36:05Big project.
36:06Mm-hmm.
36:07And I move slow now.
36:08All right.
36:09Do you want to see inside?
36:10Yes.
36:11Oh, yes.
36:12Yeah?
36:13Yeah.
36:14All right.
36:15I'm going to follow you.
36:16We're going?
36:17Yeah?
36:18Okay.
36:19Let's see it.
36:20Wow.
36:21Oh, my goodness.
36:22Look at that.
36:23The wall.
36:24It's spectacular.
36:25I think I'm going to cry.
36:28Oh, my little cherry.
36:31Oh, it's spectacular.
36:32Wow.
36:33That's so much better.
36:35It doesn't look like a 1968 home anymore.
36:38Well, there was a wall.
36:39Where we were standing, right?
36:40Oh, it's amazing.
36:43The house doesn't end.
36:44It just continues on.
36:46Yeah.
36:47Into infinity.
36:48It's a whole different house.
36:50It was your idea to get rid of the header.
36:52Yeah.
36:53Six inches, which in the big scheme of things, most people, I think, would be like, just leave
36:57it.
36:58Who cares?
36:59Whatever.
37:00What a difference.
37:01What a difference.
37:02Okay.
37:03So what do you think of the floor?
37:04This looks so much better.
37:05Makes a huge difference.
37:06The parquet was nice, but it never would have looked as modern and consistent as this does.
37:12And this room, you had a bunch of different furniture in here.
37:15Oh.
37:16Everything.
37:17A lot going on.
37:18Wow.
37:19Look how nice the fireplace looks.
37:20That's beautiful.
37:21Is that lava rock on the fireplace?
37:24It is.
37:25Oh, my goodness.
37:26Yes.
37:27He's a rock man.
37:28This is a sliced lava rock.
37:30Nice.
37:31You did that for me.
37:32You knew I'd appreciate that.
37:34It's so nice.
37:35This mantle.
37:36Ugh.
37:37It's beautiful.
37:38It's beautiful.
37:39And the walnut ties in throughout the entire design.
37:41Yeah.
37:42Yeah.
37:43And I love walnut.
37:44You know I love rocks.
37:45Good choice.
37:46What about the ceilings?
37:47Yeah.
37:48So much better.
37:49Yeah.
37:50The old ceiling in here had these diagonals that looked dated and they didn't serve a function.
37:55And there was no light.
37:56And there was no light in here.
37:57No light.
37:58Now it seems to have a function.
37:59Yeah.
38:00There's a recessed cove there for lighting.
38:02Now you have a proper living room.
38:05Somewhere you can entertain, somewhere you can just hang out.
38:07And it connects to the rest of the spaces.
38:09Let's go in the dining room.
38:11So there was a wall here.
38:12Yep.
38:13Yes.
38:14This was closed off.
38:15Yes.
38:16Now it's wide open.
38:17Great.
38:18This was your plan.
38:19It had to be actually, it had to happen.
38:21I mean there were two by fours here.
38:23This whole area was really, in my opinion, a mess.
38:26It was a mess.
38:27Oh, I did this when she was on a trip in London.
38:29Tore out another wall and freaked her out a little bit more.
38:32You did.
38:33Not anymore.
38:34Not anymore.
38:35That's right.
38:36I got nothing else to work on in here.
38:39We're saving your back.
38:40This is the whole thing, remember?
38:41That's right.
38:42I could get new hobbies.
38:44Can I go in the kitchen?
38:45Of course.
38:46Yes.
38:47Let's do it.
38:48Oh.
38:49That is amazing.
38:50Brynn, this is your kitchen.
38:51This is mine.
38:52I love it.
38:53This is amazing.
38:54Yeah, you have this like deep vein.
38:55It's a life.
38:56I love it.
38:57And did you guys see this?
38:58Oh, look how nice.
38:59Yeah.
39:00That ties in the two areas.
39:01Ties everything together.
39:02Very nice.
39:03It's beautiful.
39:04It's beautiful.
39:05Yeah.
39:06Oh, you're crying again.
39:07I know.
39:08I can't.
39:09Yes, because it was so janky before.
39:10It was awful.
39:11It wasn't awful.
39:12But it wasn't like this.
39:13This is like, I've never had a kitchen like this.
39:14Yeah.
39:15It's nice.
39:16It is nice.
39:17It's a lot to take in.
39:18I didn't expect it to be this nice, so pretty.
39:19And it's, I mean, it's a lot of work.
39:20Y'all did a lot of work in here.
39:21This was probably one of my biggest design challenges, was figuring this out.
39:22Yeah.
39:23And now it's timeless.
39:24It's unique.
39:25You have it beautiful.
39:26It's beautiful and beautiful.
39:27And it was horrible.
39:28It was awful.
39:29It was awful.
39:30It was awful.
39:31It was awful.
39:32It was awful.
39:33It was awful.
39:34It was awful.
39:35It was awful.
39:36It was awful.
39:37It was awful.
39:38But it wasn't awful.
39:39It was awful.
39:40But it wasn't awful.
39:41But it wasn't like this.
39:42This is like, I've never had a kitchen like this.
39:43Yeah.
39:44It's so nice.
39:45It is nice.
39:46It's a lot to take in.
39:47And I didn't expect it to be this nice.
39:48So pretty.
39:49unique. You have the bold dark colors, you have the island that has this beautiful veining on it.
39:56This is a one-of-a-kind kitchen. I've never designed a kitchen like this before.
39:59Wow. Oh, there's beer. Now that's a refrigerator. Now that I come home,
40:05I can kick off my work shoes and get to my happy place, my kitchen. You'll never have to take me
40:11out again. You heard it here. Maybe. I'm dying to go out there. May we?
40:18Yes. Yeah, let's go outside. Wow. Holy .
40:24Look at this thing.
40:28I always wanted a big deck. Wait, four people. This is what you could have out here before.
40:33Do you remember? Four people. Now we could entertain out here.
40:37And it goes all the way around the house. I've never been in the cockpit of a plane, but
40:40I feel like this is... This is the view from the cockpit.
40:43This feels like a room to me. Yeah. Like another, I mean, a legit extension of your house.
40:49This overhang is not in the view. It is not. From inside, you don't even know that any of this
40:55structure exists. No. No. It's... Yeah. And then you come out here and you're like,
40:58oh, wow. Like... Right. To put that above the roof line, that was the only way to do it.
41:03It's amazing. We really like to be outside and this is gonna be used a lot.
41:09One more room though, Brynn. My office.
41:12Dun, dun, dun. You ready? Yeah, I'm ready. All right.
41:14This house didn't have an office before. I know. Yeah.
41:18I still can't believe the space. Okay. Oh, yes. Here we go. Glass doors. They're beautiful.
41:25Man. Wow. Really nice. Right?
41:28Perfect. Yeah. Perfect. Look at these. Look at those.
41:31Oh, my treasures. We went with like kind of a museum vibe in here. Yeah.
41:35That's kind of what we were going for. Pilots call these rooms the I love me room
41:40because we adorn them with the stuff from our careers and places we've traveled, so...
41:45There you go. You knocked it out of the park. It's perfect.
41:48Yeah. I had a vision of how I wanted the house to look
41:52and I'd say Jasmine executed it exactly how my vision was.
41:57So what have you learned in this process?
41:59Maybe this home renovation hobby of mine. Maybe I've evolved now.
42:04Maybe I'm more of the idea guy now rather than doing it. And that's fine too. Can't wait to live in it.
42:10Yeah. Me too. Can I have the keys?
42:12I think this renovation proves that, you know, I can work with clients who have big ideas.
42:19And that's why I came to Utah. That's why I continue to do projects because I like the challenge.
42:25So yeah, I'm really proud of how this one turned out.
42:28To adorn our new house.
42:30Oh, my favorite thing. Flowers.
42:34A major construction project like this with me doing a lot of it, it takes a lot of time.
42:40Now the house is done. Yeah.
42:42We can take more vacations, spend more time with the kids and the grandkids and just...
42:47Yeah.
42:48...enjoy life a little more.
42:49There you go.
42:49To our new home.
42:50You gotta do one of these.
42:51Oh.
42:52Oh, oh, oh.
42:53Oh, oh, oh.
42:53Don't do it. Don't spill it on me.
42:55Don't look at me.
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