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00:00Show open, take one.
00:03In the world.
00:05Where shiplap means serenity and subway tiles.
00:10Sparkle with timeless taste.
00:11Yeah, this isn't that world.
00:14Whoa!
00:15One woman will stop at nothing.
00:18Hurry.
00:20Hey, that's me.
00:21To track down the ugliest houses across America.
00:25I don't know if I love it or hate it.
00:29So fun.
00:30She's conquered the worst of the Great Plains.
00:33This place is...
00:35Mayhem.
00:36The most shocking in the Midwest.
00:39One person...
00:40This trash is another person's art.
00:42The awfulest in the Ozark.
00:45What?
00:46We have taken down thousands.
00:49The biggest...
00:50Plunder in the Big East.
00:52This is how I describe the style.
00:54Ha!
00:55Take it!
00:56And now she'll take on the Southwest.
01:00My epic adventure across the...
01:05Country to find new and outrageous ugly is nearing its end.
01:09But before...
01:10Before I can go home for a much-needed ugly detox, I'm headed to the Southwest.
01:15To a city named Tucson.
01:18We've hit a milestone.
01:20Folks, this is our 100th ugly house.
01:23Ha!
01:25Okay.
01:30I'm deaf.
01:32But...
01:33For the past seven...
01:35seasons, we've seen a lot of questionable design choices.
01:40So what better place to celebrate our 100th than in two...
01:45Saad, Arizona.
01:46Land of the 100th degree heat.
01:48I'm here to meet Alec.
01:50And see if our 100th ugly house is thee.
01:55Ugliest house in America.
01:57Wouldn't that be me?
02:00We've got some people who had out of hand.
02:03We've got some of these.
02:04So what a 3-4-1-8-9-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9.
02:05It is a castle who goes there Oh
02:10I'm guessing you're Alec. I am welcome to my castle house. You can meet me at the
02:15main gate over here. Copy that.
02:20Seems like a lot. Wow.
02:25Thank you. I'm Robert, Alec's father. Hi, Robert. So...
02:30Did you build this? I did not. The previous owner lived here for about 40 years.
02:35Oh. And he made it into a castle fortress.
02:38Really? Yes. I love that you let me in.
02:40This one and not the easier door. Of course.
02:45My name is Alec and I live in a castle in the middle of Tucson, Arizona.
02:50I'm definitely a fan of D&D and always kind of talked with friends about one day having...
02:55a castle and one came on the market. So here we are. This house is...
03:00super well-known in Tucson. There's a 40-foot tower with a full spiral staircase, 16 foot per...
03:05perimeter wall with full-size steel gates. But inside, it's kind of like a kaleidoscope of...
03:10in India. It's a Spanish-looking adobe house and it's kind of a mismatch of wood.
03:15All the ideas don't come together very well.
03:18Okay, so where are we...
03:20headed in this here castle?
03:23I think we start by going...
03:25Oh. Oh boy.
03:30Remind me to ask for a raise.
03:32Going up.
03:33What is the...
03:35point?
03:36Oh, so this is just to get outside.
03:40It's blinding. It's so bright.
03:45Like seeing spots.
03:46This is like the hangout space. You have a nice mountain view out here.
03:50You can decide to go further up the tower, which gets a little sketchier.
03:55Yeah?
03:56Okay, we're going back that side. It's too high.
03:58Yeah.
03:59It's too high.
04:00Oh.
04:01Oh.
04:02Is that Marilyn?
04:05It's...
04:05supposed to be.
04:06Yes.
04:07This is rude.
04:08That's what we call a...
04:10Mishmash.
04:13What's that?
04:14Well, you...
04:15supposed to be a snapping turtle tank.
04:17Oh.
04:18Rumor has it that the turtle had escaped...
04:20into the neighbor's property.
04:21How?
04:22You have a perimeter wall.
04:24There's a lot of...
04:25mysteries here.
04:26Enough with the outside.
04:27And we have our...
04:30guardsmen.
04:31We're going inside.
04:35This used to be a living room.
04:36There's a lot going on in here.
04:37It's kind of got the crenellations going around the top.
04:40We've got mermaids.
04:42Yeah, you do.
04:43We've got lions.
04:45Dragons.
04:46This lady looks Polynesian.
04:48Yup.
04:49And it really...
04:50wants to be a castle.
04:51But...
04:52there's no cohesiveness in there.
04:56Where to next?
04:57The bedroom?
05:00Question mark?
05:01.
05:02.
05:03.
05:04.
05:05.
05:06So this was his bedroom?
05:08This was his bedroom.
05:09There are no...
05:10lights in here.
05:11Wait, is this outside?
05:12Yes.
05:13Oh, okay.
05:14Through the stained glass windows.
05:15The stained glass was weird.
05:17The ones that are made...
05:19to be...
05:20something...
05:21I can kind of get behind.
05:23So are you going to make this your event?
05:25Is that true?
05:26The goal is to be able to host my friends and have nice long D&D weekends here.
05:30How long can a D&D weekend go?
05:32Four days?
05:33Five days?
05:34.
05:35You got some time in your hands.
05:36.
05:37.
05:38Heading back this way.
05:40What?
05:41There's no stairs.
05:42Ye...
05:43I...
05:44.
05:45I can't see that.
05:46Alec, what the heck?
05:48This is way too steep.
05:49I gotta...
05:50walk backwards.
05:51.
05:52This is dangerous.
05:54.
05:55It is.
05:56It is.
05:57Gotta use the walls.
05:58And any good castle should have...
06:00a...
06:01dungeon.
06:04For a...
06:05dungeon.
06:06It's not that bad.
06:07A lot of faces.
06:08They were here?
06:09.
06:10They were here.
06:11And there was many more of them.
06:12Is this yours?
06:13You brought that.
06:14I did.
06:15I was gonna say.
06:16You're like, I'm gonna make this a dungeon.
06:18For real, for real.
06:19.
06:20Good on you.
06:21Alec, you are one of three semi-finalists.
06:25.
06:25in the southwest region.
06:27If you make it to the next round, you'll be that much closer.
06:30to a renovation by Alison Victoria.
06:32Amazing.
06:33I'm gonna wish you...
06:34.
06:35Good luck.
06:36Fingers crossed.
06:37And then...
06:38Oh, God.
06:39Back up the ramp.
06:40Head out.
06:41Thank you so much for coming.
06:42Best of luck.
06:43You probably might wanna walk behind me and push me out.
06:45That's probably gonna help me.
06:46.
06:47.
06:48.
06:49.
06:50This was the D&D castle.
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07:22It didn't disappoint.
07:24Hot mess everywhere.
07:27And next on my quest, I'm heading 440 miles west and traversing
07:32deep into the mountains of California.
07:34I'm going off the grid to the small...
07:37in the small town of Running Springs.
07:40I'm here to meet Christine.
07:42And see if her house finally answers my question.
07:47Is this the ugliest house in America?
07:52This is one of the odder shape houses in America.
07:57It looks like the roof of the house was sat on the floor.
08:02Huh.
08:07Oh my gosh.
08:08Can I...
08:10Oh my gosh.
08:11Can I...
08:13You look so beautiful.
08:15I can't believe how beautiful you are.
08:17Well, thanks.
08:18Well, come out for a second.
08:19Oh, sure.
08:20So we can discuss this home.
08:22Well, let me put my shoes on.
08:23Oh.
08:27Okay.
08:28Christine.
08:29Yes.
08:30Question for you.
08:31Yeah.
08:32Why this house?
08:32This house is known by the locals as a flying nun due to its wing-like...
08:37structure.
08:38Yes.
08:39This is a prime example of a hyperbolic parabola.
08:42Um...
08:43Hyperbolic paraboloid?
08:45Yes.
08:46Okay.
08:47So if you remember geometry class, a hyperbolic paraboloid is basically a...
08:52quad axis.
08:53Okay.
08:54So an axe would curve upwards...
08:57towards a parabola and another axis would curve down.
09:02that create that saddle design.
09:04Christine?
09:05Do you have any...
09:07I'd like you to reel it in a little bit.
09:08I'm sorry.
09:09Is there a chicken in your house?
09:11That's...
09:12It's omelet.
09:13The chicken's name is omelet?
09:16The chicken's name is omelet?
09:18Yes.
09:19Okay.
09:20She can't wait to see you.
09:22We're about to spend some time with omelet.
09:23Ha, ha, ha, ha.
09:27Hello.
09:28Good morning, Mya.
09:32My name is Christine and this is Omlet. I live in Running Springs, California with
09:37my pet chickens. When I first saw this house, I thought it was
09:42kind of funky, which is what we like. Inside, they're super high.
09:47And super low ceilings. I was looking for a place where I could retire.
09:52With my pet chickens. And so I snagged it. This one is by far
09:57the quirkiest house that I've ever gotten to sell. You got to find a special person to buy it.
10:02And I found one.
10:04You ready? Omlet.
10:07I love you.
10:12Hey Omlet. This
10:17is a first. But as you can see, this geometric design causes
10:22just this concave, convex...
10:24Right.
10:25...shade.
10:26You don't get a lot of...
10:27wall space. It must be hard to design around.
10:30It's really hard.
10:31Big...
10:32You're a fan of Christmas, are you?
10:33Yes.
10:34Me too.
10:35You're a fan of Christmas, are you?
10:36Yes.
10:37Me too.
10:37It's Christmas up in the hyperbolic...
10:41Parab...
10:42Parab...
10:42... lendigally.
10:43What a mystery is.
10:44The
10:59honorable
11:02simple
11:04super
11:05that
11:09that you've made good use of the space.
11:14All of this.
11:14The appliances are glitchy.
11:16The cooktop, sometimes it works,
11:17sometimes it doesn't work.
11:19And so I.
11:19I actually use the oven as my shoe rack.
11:24Yes.
11:24So you don't cook.
11:26I'm learning and I have to learn how to bake.
11:30Cook an egg, fry an egg.
11:32I don't know what else, scramble an egg.
11:34I mean, it looks like you've got new floors.
11:38And it's actually quite good for a chick.
11:39Because they can poop everywhere and I could just wipe off.
11:43And I could steam clean my.
11:44The draw for the floors for her was the easy.
11:49Chicken poop clean up.
11:51A first.
11:54You might.
11:54I want to see the bedroom.
11:56Oh gosh.
11:59Oh, listen, you do not have a lot of room, but it's sweet.
12:04There isn't a closet.
12:08Right.
12:09So I put most of my.
12:09My clothes like underneath the bed.
12:11Oh, okay.
12:11And I have some in my shed.
12:13Oh, okay.
12:14Yeah.
12:16Is this the bathroom?
12:17Yes, ma'am.
12:18It's supposed to be a jacket.
12:19It's just small.
12:24You have a tub.
12:26Yeah.
12:26So there's enough space for that at least.
12:28Yeah.
12:28Someday I would like to have done.
12:29Of course she wants ducks.
12:33All right.
12:34I guess we can.
12:34Make their way through this Jack and Jill situation.
12:38Bedroom number two.
12:39Yes, ma'am.
12:41Slash main living space.
12:43Yes.
12:44I don't understand how they were allowed to call this a bedroom.
12:49No closet, no wall.
12:52I mean.
12:52But there's a bathroom.
12:53There's a bathroom.
12:54So.
12:54We're good there.
12:55Yeah.
12:57More Christmas.
12:58Oh, yes.
12:58I love my Christmas.
12:59I love my chickens.
13:01All right.
13:02Let's check out outside.
13:03Okay.
13:04So Reda, this is the reason why I bought.
13:09This house.
13:11This is good size for my five pet chickens.
13:13And I was thinking also.
13:14It's also about building like a golf course over there so I could play golf.
13:19Miniature golf.
13:21Yes.
13:21While watching my pet chickens.
13:24Well, Christine, thank you for showing me your home.
13:28I'm going to wish you good luck.
13:30Bye, omelet.
13:31Would you like to hold omelet?
13:33No, no, no.
13:33I'm good.
13:34Bye, omelet.
13:39So.
13:39That was the Habitat.
13:44It has the appearance of a museum space, given the curves and the.
13:49points.
13:50It's awkward in that it doesn't allow for storage.
13:55I need more space and I'm not putting it in the shed.
13:59I got to say this.
13:59The surprise was omelet.
14:02I did not know this home.
14:04How.
14:04It's a closed fowl.
14:07This is Southwest.
14:08Good on you.
14:09You know why I like it?
14:09At long last.
14:14My quest brings me 360 miles east to a place unique.
14:19Carefree Arizona.
14:24Welcome to Carefree Arizona, just outside of Phoenix in the Sonoran Desert.
14:29Today it's expected to be 113 degrees, but it's.
14:34It's a dry heat.
14:36I'm here to meet Catherine and see if she has the ugliest house in America.
14:39Also to see if she has AC.
14:44This house is interesting.
14:49Hi.
14:51Hi, Reddick.
14:52Hi.
14:53How are you?
14:54I'll.
14:54I'll be right down.
14:55Okay.
14:59She's up there.
14:59I'll be right down.
15:01I'll be right down.
15:01Bye.
15:03Bye.
15:04Bye.
15:04Hi, can I hug you?
15:09Hi, welcome.
15:12I'm so glad you're here.
15:14First of all, this looks like a giant house.
15:16It looks like it might be the most interesting house in America.
15:19I don't know about uglies.
15:20I'm going to have to see inside.
15:21I can't wait to show you.
15:24My name is Catherine, and I live in the first bridge house ever built in Arizona.
15:27The house is built on boulders.
15:29So you could actually walk all the way completely under the house from the front yard to the
15:32back yard.
15:34The original builders rented the house out to Orson Welles apparently.
15:37The story is they actually evicted Orson.
15:39And all that was left at the house was a size 68 underwear boxer shorts.
15:44And this is the underwear.
15:48My boss, Bob.
15:49I bought this house 30 years ago, and he left it to my daughter and I when he passed
15:53away.
15:54It needs a .
15:54It needs a lot of work, and it's something that honestly I'm just not capable of.
15:57The main house, right?
15:59This way.
16:00Oh yeah it is.
16:01There's 40 steps to get up here.
16:04So this is the main front door.
16:06So this is the main front door.
16:09So this is your foyer?
16:11It's the bar area.
16:12It's the bar.
16:13I did a little .
16:14It's the little do-it-myself stuff here.
16:16Yeah, what's the, what is this protruding box?
16:19This.
16:19This used to be a tall bar.
16:20We had to rip the bar all out.
16:22Oh.
16:23So you can see where I've just .
16:24It's filled in.
16:25I just filled it with cement and made for 10 tiles.
16:28So the .
16:29These are all randomly painted yellow tiles.
16:31I painted all of these.
16:32I did this route with a tiny paintbrush.
16:34There's so much like the sink right here.
16:38Oh my God, that is hilarious.
16:39That sink is just sitting in there.
16:40Just because it looks pretty.
16:41Ah!
16:42Ah!
16:43Ah!
16:44It literally is just sitting there.
16:46You're like, I just liked it.
16:50Alright, now continue forward.
16:52So this is the red room.
16:54The red room.
16:55The red room.
16:56This is where you have the fun.
16:57This is the party room.
16:59Red room.
17:00Red room.
17:01Red room.
17:02And there's my couch that matches my.
17:03Yes.
17:04The squares there in the floor.
17:07This is the other.
17:09This is my entrance to the house.
17:10Oh.
17:11It's kind of my private entrance that nobody knows about.
17:15Here's my bathtub.
17:16Ah!
17:17Is that crazy?
17:18Yeah.
17:19So people come to this door and this is, I can't take a bath.
17:22That's why I have that plant there.
17:24It's in the corner.
17:25I can kind of move it back when I'm taking a bath.
17:29Hell.
17:30We can go in the bathroom.
17:31Okay.
17:32I'll show you a little more do it yourself.
17:34I love stuff I've tackled.
17:38This is my first do it.
17:39This is my first do it yourself project here.
17:40Okay.
17:41So I had to tile all of that.
17:42Oh.
17:43I cut.
17:44My new tiles.
17:45So they're not as big.
17:46But then the grout is this much wider.
17:48But then the grout is this much wider.
17:49Yes.
17:50That's what it is.
17:51Yes.
17:52Wait.
17:53These were painted too?
17:54Yeah.
17:55I painted everything.
17:54But you should have seen it before.
17:58I'm over.
17:59I'm overwhelmed knowing how much she did.
18:02If I were here, I would have.
18:04been like, I'll pay for it.
18:09Okay.
18:10The kitchen.
18:11Oh my goodness.
18:15This was Harley orange when I moved in.
18:17It was crazy.
18:18And then all of.
18:19The sea foam green was big brown tiles.
18:22So I did these myself.
18:24I went through quite a bit of tile.
18:25Trying to figure it out.
18:26I see the ones over there are just a little focaccia.
18:28Yeah.
18:29It doesn't look so bad.
18:30I mean, no.
18:31Home improvement is expensive.
18:34So Catherine gets a pass for trying to make her.
18:39Home work.
18:40Here's the problem.
18:44It didn't work.
18:45Thank you for showing me your home.
18:47My pleasure.
18:48I mean, I wish.
18:49I wish you good luck.
18:51Then I'm gonna go out into this heat.
18:52You're welcome to jump in the pool.
18:54Oh yeah.
18:55There's the pool.
18:56I'm going in.
18:57Bye.
18:59Bye.
19:00Bye.
19:04Bye.
19:05Bye.
19:07Bye.
19:08Bye.
19:09Bye.
19:10Bye.
19:11Bye.
19:12Bye.
19:13Bye.
19:14Bye.
19:15What's awkward is, every project seemed to be started but never finished.
19:19It's a bit of a mess.
19:20It's a bit of a mess.
19:21It's a surprise.
19:22If you come in the back.
19:24Way.
19:25Gotta get a little something from the bathroom.
19:27Alls not wells.
19:29In the southwest region.
19:34My quest to cross the country is complete.
19:37And the southwest was one heck of an .
19:39ugly showdown.
19:40But only one of these houses can move on for a chance at that life changing.
19:44home renovation.
19:50Southwest.
19:51You are the final stop on my ugly quest to the far.
19:54reaches of the country.
19:55And you were lush with ugly.
19:57And while all three houses.
19:59were an oasis of hideousness.
20:01Only one can take the region.
20:04It's between a confused castle with major off with their head vibes.
20:09The dungeon.
20:10Sadly, the nicest room in the house.
20:14Where the walls are closing in on you.
20:16And the company is foul.
20:17I have five pet chickens.
20:19Are they all eaten here?
20:20And a house.
20:21And a house.
20:22And a house.
20:23And a house.
20:24And a house.
20:25And a house.
20:26And a house.
20:27And a house.
20:28On the rocks.
20:29Where the DIY.
20:30Makes you wonder why.
20:29You should have seen it before.
20:30Here we are again.
20:34I get to do what I like to do.
20:35Let people know.
20:37They got ugly houses.
20:39Connected to the homeowner.
20:41Connected to the homeowner.
20:44Long time no see, Allie.
20:49Back.
20:50Very long time.
20:51I just wanted to get on and let you know that.
20:54You have the ugliest house in the southwest.
20:56Wonderful.
20:57I played it.
20:58Completely first.
20:59Listen.
21:00Service in a castle is always going to be shoddy.
21:04I'm going to wish you luck.
21:07If you actually make it to the ugliest house.
21:09You'll see this face again.
21:10I would be absolutely honored.
21:12Well it's good to see ya.
21:13Thank you so much.
21:14Congratulations D&D Castle.
21:17You claimed your ugly throne.
21:19But will it be enough to conquer them all?
21:22We now have five hideous symbols.
21:24You.
21:25You.
21:26You.
21:27You.
21:28You.
21:29You.
21:29All that's left to do is crown the ugliest house in America.
21:34All that's right.
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