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00:00All right got some more for you. Why are you bringing this up here? We're pouring concrete. I'm trying to get it all cleared out
00:13Okay, I just want us to leave because how long is it gonna take to get to Jeff and Jessica's?
00:1730 minutes tops. It is absolutely gonna be more than 30 minutes. You do this all the time then we're half an hour late.
00:22Whatever let's talk about Jessica and Jeff. All right, they've got two kids.
00:25They found a place in Manhattan Beach, which is like the prime place to raise a family
00:30But that's why I took them five years to find a house and they did find a house that is in such bad shape
00:35They've had to rent another house while they're fixing it. That's not fun. I think for them
00:40They've put all their money into getting that house
00:42And it is definitely over their head because they hate the kitchen the cramped field the bathroom is awful
00:48Everything about the house has to change. Yeah, and fortunately they found two guys that are willing to fix it up if they get there on time
00:55This is my nightmare. It's really frustrating. Oh, this is not good. What? I'm stressed. You're not alone
01:07This all has to be ripped out kind of feel like throwing up and rebuilt. I don't want to finish a beautiful house
01:14And then they aren't happy. No pressure. My hope is that they will see this house as everything they've dreamed of
01:20I love the house now before it was a love cake
01:25After buying their house Jessica and Jeff spent a lot of time for the renovation getting bids from contractors and designers
01:35However, the conflicting information they received has only upped their anxiety about what to do with their small footprint
01:40They are desperate to move in as soon as possible. But with a 70 year old house. It's not just a surface renovation
01:47It's a major project to turn it into what they want it to be
01:50Whoa, this is wild. What was it that sold you on it the location? I mean just the fact that we can live here in this zip code
01:58Yeah, and this was the house that we could afford so
02:01So romantic everything I dreamed of affording. This is a big investment to have and not be able to use it
02:08It's blowing the budget a bit. I mean we're paying rent currently. We've got a mortgage
02:12And so yeah as soon as we can move in better. Should we jump inside and take a look? Yeah
02:22Oh, it feels pretty original
02:24Flashback
02:26Do you like the architectural relevance of the home?
02:29Do you want to maintain things like the brick or are you wanting it to be a modern box? I personally don't really care?
02:35He doesn't. I just wanted to be comfortable. So for this area. I love all these windows and the natural light
02:42But it's really cramped. We're not really a hundred percent sure based on the square footage
02:47Like where things would go, you know, so when we came in I think Jeff was like
02:54So I think that for us we'd want the flow to make sense so that
02:59We could have guests over and yeah, so you you would want to see this go
03:03If we can in a dream world if this was opened up, it would be night and day with how you use the space
03:10Absolutely. Yeah, I would say the other thing that I'm not crazy about is this
03:16Hearth it takes up a lot of square footage. Do you want to lose the hearth?
03:20Is if that's possible, I mean you can if you lose the hearth you have to either convert this to a gas fireplace or an electric fireplace
03:27Tell me this up. Do you like a fireplace?
03:29I'd say we like fireplaces, but we like square footage more
03:32So if we could keep the fireplace and get rid of the hearth, it would be ideal. Yeah
03:36Wait until you see our kitchen. It is not good. Whoa
03:40this is
03:42Tiny I don't like the kitchen at all. Oh, yeah, we hate it
03:45I think the main thing I've been looking forward to since we bought it is just tearing all this out
03:49There's a guy there's nothing to keep and then the other thing is love to get this wall
03:54We realized it's load-bearing. Oh, yeah, so it's holding up the house. How do you know it's load-bearing?
03:59Um, we actually had
04:02An architect come in and look. Oh
04:04This big beam here terminates which means that wall is load-bearing right there and then this is supporting
04:11These joists going this way. Okay, so we'll definitely have to do some structural work if we open the space up
04:17If you did get rid of this wall here
04:19Have your cabinetry wrap around the perimeter of the space which would then leave it open so you could have an island
04:26You got more prep space. I wouldn't even be opposed to closing off some of the windows so we could do
04:32Like a bar or pantry space or something where you could have that little extra bit of prep and storage that you need
04:38Yeah, that sounds amazing awesome. Yeah, I mean it all sounds amazing, but then you know
04:42We got to balance it with the cost right we have to figure out what's the top priority
04:46I definitely agree this space here is probably the number one priority because that's where we're gonna spend the vast majority of time
04:53Knowing that we can't do everything that we want to do is definitely frustrating
04:57It is hard to juggle a mortgage and rent
05:00The mortgage here is going to be double our rents
05:03So we're paying about three rents right now, which is brutal
05:07And then we're gonna have to do it the entire renovation process
05:11Is it taking longer than you thought it would? Oh, yeah, definitely we were hoping to be in in a couple of weeks
05:16I sat down with Jeff I told him this is hard
05:19I'm just I'm just so at the end of my rope and he's like well
05:22We can always just sell the house and keep renting and try again later
05:26But you know to get a house here at all I mean
05:32I said we'll have to figure it out
05:33That's a tough thing if you really want to own a home just to put it off and keep renting over and over
05:39It's just gonna get more expensive. It's gonna get harder and harder. Yeah, should we look down the hall see the rest?
05:44Sure
05:45Our bathroom is really dysfunctional
05:48OMG
05:50Yeah, our main bedroom doesn't have a connected bathroom
05:53So we're gonna have to share this bathroom with just guests
05:57Unfortunately
05:58We definitely love our own bathroom
06:00But for this bathroom, we'd love to make it look better and make more space
06:05What's this over here? So this is our future office hopefully because right now I work from the kids playroom
06:12Okay, so we were hoping to turn this into an office with a wall
06:17Okay, are you saying on this side of the door you would block? Yeah
06:20So you still have access to the hallway that could work if you kind of open this up a little more so it doesn't feel so cramped
06:26Okay, any other spaces you'd like us to see we have no idea what to do about our bedroom. Whoa
06:31You've got this square built out over here that is
06:36Pinned in between your courtyard and the stairs, which means within the current footprint of your house
06:42There's nowhere to really grow here, which is really challenging if you want to add a bathroom
06:48Yeah, yeah
06:49Where does the bathroom for your bedroom come into the priority list? I will say having my own toilet and sink
06:55That is pretty high for us
06:57Yeah, so either you do an addition and lose some of the courtyard, but then again, that's a development permit
07:02It's a separate process and a big process
07:06Or you're gonna have to consider that this layout this room
07:11May not be able to have a bathroom attached to it
07:15I can feel
07:17How angry you are at me with that comment?
07:19Yeah, I mean, you know as a grown adult woman
07:24I never thought that I'd be sharing a communal bathroom again, you know, I mean
07:30We turned 40 this year and I kind of thought at 40 I wouldn't be living the college dorm life
07:34So I'm not super thrilled to hear that but I mean
07:39I can understand that things are a lot more than I thought they were going to be so
07:44In order to update all of this update the living room do a new kitchen the bathroom
07:48An office we need to add a lot of storage in because I think you're lacking storage mechanical electrical plumbing
07:54You're are you're at like two hundred fifty thousand dollars. That's like
07:58Or more depending on what happens when we open up walls
08:01That's the whole budget because yeah, I mean, I think
08:04We just thought that was gonna take us further. We saved up. We really did save up
08:09I thought we're gonna be able to have that all-american dream and give our kids the house that all their friends have
08:17And have an ensuite bathroom for us
08:20So it makes me feel a little embarrassed. I know it's a lot of money. This city is so expensive for renovations
08:25You have to be really careful because I feel like financially your heads are barely out of the water here
08:32And it's a 50s house with 50s problems. Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready to live in our home
08:39And you know put our stuff down time is money, you know, we're
08:44Every month that we're not moved in as a is probably another thing that we can't afford to renovate
08:50You know what I mean? So as soon as we can move in better
08:57Jessica and Jeff bought the only house they could afford in the neighborhood where they want to be
09:02But it is so cramped and dated and dysfunctional that they can't even move in until we do a substantial amount of work
09:09We have to find every way possible to stretch their 250 000 budget because we need to improve their tiny kitchen
09:16Deal with their bathroom issues improve their bedroom
09:18We want to make sure that jeff has an office and we just want to overall improve the funky flow of the house
09:23It's a 50s home
09:24So who knows what we're going to find but we just have to get them in here as soon as possible
09:28Paying for a mortgage and rent on top of that is just not sustainable
09:32So loud
09:45I didn't realize demo was so loud
09:47I'm not even close, okay, all right, let's get the reciprocating saw
09:55Okay, wow that was hard
09:57You can't even quarter the way through
10:03Woof, now it's
10:04We gotta go through the whole thing
10:05Yeah we do
10:05Why do you keep stopping me?
10:08All right
10:14Yeah, yeah
10:15Break it
10:18You got it
10:21All right
10:22All right
10:22Go team
10:23Oh my gosh
10:25Holy smokes
10:26Now I want to get to this wall here
10:29Okay
10:32Oh, good job
10:39Okay, I feel like we are ready to roll
10:41Oh, I was not expecting that
10:44That framing's concerning
10:49So that framing that's on a diagonal means that this is a sheer wall which means the whole wall is rated
10:55Which is weird because really it's only this point that's carrying the load
10:59Does that mean we have to keep this wall?
11:01It means the engineer will tell us what we have to keep and what we can get rid of
11:04Oh man
11:04Sometimes they won't allow us to remove a sheer surface
11:07Oh
11:08Um, but of course we want to have this as open as possible
11:11I don't know what we're going to do if we have to keep that wall we really don't want that
11:15The room's already not that huge
11:17But yeah, we'll have to see
11:19You know if you can't get the wall out I'm going to be pretty upset
11:24I can't imagine how I'm going to possibly be in the kitchen and also entertaining with this giant wall here
11:30So
11:30We can only do what they will legally allow us to do
11:34Okay
11:35But we have some decisions in the back that we need to make
11:37Perfect
11:38All right
11:38So
11:43We had a lot of conversations obviously about how to make this a fantastic office space
11:50I'm going to be honest when drew and I left here
11:53We could not stop talking about the fact that you mentioned that you wanted to have your own main suite bathroom
12:00And a powder room
12:02Well every layout we're trying to think of you're not going to get a powder room there's nowhere to put that
12:07If this is the office
12:08Yeah
12:09Except we came up with another idea that could potentially work
12:14Would you consider
12:16Flipping it so that the office is on the other side of this wall because if this office area becomes your new bedroom
12:22Then we could actually punch through the wall here you take over that existing bathroom we'll redo it obviously
12:28Add another powder room in the hallway right next to that
12:31We close off this door to optimize the furniture placement
12:34Which is okay because you have access to the yard through the courtyard
12:36And then have the stairs exit the other way to what would be an open office area
12:41All of a sudden you'd have the main suite bathroom you've been dreaming of but
12:46You'd be looking at about 25,000 dollars
12:48And I know you said the budget is
12:51Critical
12:52It just depends
12:54How much you really want
12:56That bathroom
12:58Doesn't seem like she wants that
13:00I'm getting very different body language from the both of you guys
13:03I really want the bathroom
13:05For me it's hard to kind of visualize it without seeing it
13:08You basically have a wall
13:10I think it definitely makes me apprehensive and and feel like
13:14You know it's going to cost a decent amount more money to do it
13:18And it just sounds to me like it's going to be a little bit weird
13:21The main concern I have is just whether it's going to be kind of like forced in an extra bathroom
13:26And then people are going to be like that was an odd choice but I don't know I'd have to think about it
13:30Is the 25 grand possible?
13:33I think so
13:36How about reality because the challenge is
13:40We're kind of at a standstill until we find out if you're okay with this because if you are
13:43I've got to like quickly swap things around and start moving in a different direction
13:49I feel like we need to talk about it and think about it
13:52Okay, let's take it down a notch
13:54Go through your budget look at everything think of how you'd be using the house
13:58Let me know first thing in the morning because we need to get you guys out of the rental
14:02I don't want you paying a mortgage and rent and all of this other expense
14:06Let's get you in here and that all starts with you making a decision
14:10Okay, that's good. Absolutely. Go easy on them, all right?
14:22Okay, we'll go ahead and begin the process now. It's a pretty big change to the existing plan
14:35I'm glad you made up your mind because now is the time to do it period
14:39Adding a powder room in the future would cost a lot more than it would cost right now period on one hand
14:45I'm glad that Jessica and Jeff are getting the main suite bathroom that they really really want
14:50Problem is at this point of a project now
14:52We have to go back to plan check with the changes wait for an approval and then we can continue so that will hold some things up
14:59It's kind of an unavoidable necessity
15:02It's one of those things that a homeowner wouldn't fully appreciate until they've gone through it
15:06To be honest
15:06It's gonna be hard to give them everything they're asking for we are working with a very small space here
15:11And I think they're gonna have to make some really tough decisions well case in point
15:14We're sealing up that back door the access from the bedroom to the yard, which is a bit of a shame
15:19But we have so much furniture to fit in here. We have to make some sacrifices and every inch counts
15:28One step closer to closing this thing up. Yeah, we need every step ahead we can get right now
15:32I knew this 1950s home would have some unwanted surprises once we started opening up the walls
15:38But I just discovered we now have to replace the entire HVAC system and that might actually derail
15:46Jeff and Jessica's plans to put in a main suite bathroom and a powder room right adjacent to their bedroom
15:52I don't understand so
15:54Here let me clarify for you
15:56It's not gonna work. So originally I thought we had tons more space here because this was all being pushed over
16:01But turns out in order to get all the HVAC equipment everything else we need an additional eight inches on that side
16:07Which means our opening to the hallway shifts over eight inches which means the wall for this powder room
16:12Shifts over eight inches which means now this bathroom is barely three feet wide. It is so small. I mean our sink would literally be
16:21Like one of those tiny ten inch little
16:24Wall-hanging sinks. I feel like we're trying so hard
16:28To give them everything they want and it's a footprint that just does not want to cooperate
16:32Well, this is one of those things trying to make two bathrooms out of one both spaces are feeling
16:37Under impressive
16:38I'm beginning to feel like we bit off more than we can chew here because it's not just the powder room that seems impossible to figure out
16:44But it's also the main suite bathroom. There's a whole challenge there, too
16:47And we have to fit in a dual sink vanity a toilet a shower
16:51It is so much that I'm starting to think that it is unworkable
16:55This toilet already wasn't a code that has to shift or we need 30 inches of clearance for that
16:59That takes us to basically about here
17:01So we're under two feet for the vanity and and you're taking eight inches off of there
17:05I don't know that mean having the vanity across here it
17:08You could have two sinks, but then there's no countertop space
17:11No, you can't access the left side because the toilets here, right?
17:14So unless you're using the sink whilst sitting on the toilet
17:17What if the counter was running across here and then the toilet was tucked off to the side?
17:20So the issue we have here is if you think about it so 34 inches of clearance to the curb right there
17:27Yeah, then we would need
17:3028 inches for the door
17:32No, but then we have the same problem. So because then the toilets right there. So the left side is not usable
17:36So either here. It's not usable or here
17:40It's literally it's a puzzle of
17:44Stupidity yeah
17:46So either here it's not usable or here. Okay, wait
17:53Brilliant
17:54What if let's let's assess that? Okay. Well, hold on. Oh, just go here for the closet system in the new bedroom
18:03That's a two-foot depth
18:05Uh two-foot depth in the closet. Yeah spans the whole wall
18:08We need 30 inches for a toilet. What if we bump it out a little bit more like there's a little bump out here
18:13And this is where we could inset a toilet
18:16Once the toilet is over here
18:18That would let us have the shower the whole way across here
18:20And then as you walk into the bathroom, you just see a nice big vanity make it get two sinks
18:25That actually is a good idea because then you walk in and it's all open
18:29Yeah
18:29Actually, this might work
18:31The fact that I had to spend a lot of time at the brain gym trying to figure out this floor plan for Jessica and Jeff's primary bathroom
18:37It tells you what we're dealing with here. Really. This is a game of inches and it is nerve-wracking. I'm still not
18:43Totally sold on this plan with the toilet niche
18:46I don't know if that's gonna deliver the zen bathroom that they're expecting and I'm just worried that no matter what we do
18:53We're gonna fall short of their expectations
18:55Yeah
19:03So right now the landing for the stairs that leads up to the second level is in Jeff and Jessica's new bedroom space
19:08So understandably they don't want the kids and guests barging into their bedroom to go upstairs
19:12So we're opening up part of the wall in Jeff's office to create the new landing for the stairs
19:17It's not ideal for Jeff, but with this house. We're not dealing with ideal solutions. We're dealing with best possible options
19:23Yes, all right, so
19:26As it stands right now if my calculations are correct the first step starts at 35 inches
19:33So that means this is where the existing landing is and that's all we want to open easy peasy
19:39The more we pull back the more we'll have to put a railing in as opposed to having the wall
19:43Let's not pull any more back
19:44I don't think we need to spend more opening this up to do a rail and all the fancy stuff
19:47I mean this is now a bit of that trade-off for Jeff because he wanted a designated office space
19:52Its own room, but now he's me sharing that with traffic
19:55He knows it's a sacrifice in order to get a better bedroom. They also get the powder room
20:00So there are a lot of pluses. This is making the best out of a bad situation. No, it's making the best out of a cramped situation
20:07Exactly. Yeah
20:18Oh, you know what? Hi, bro
20:22Yeah, that's what I'm talking about
20:27This is way more work than I thought. Really? I'm not sweating
20:32Luckily the engineer determined that we did not need the wall between Jessica and Jeff's living room and kitchen to be a sheer wall
20:38So we're able to tear that down and now we're putting up the beams to make it possible to give these guys a wide open main space
20:45Having those great sight lines for the entrance right into the kitchen will make a world of difference for these guys
20:50And we're removing a couple of windows in the main space in order to fit in all the cabinets that Jessica and Jeff asked for in their kitchen
20:56This house was desperately lacking storage space and we wanted to make sure they never have that problem again
21:09Okay, I know you've probably been dying to get a sneak peek at what's happening
21:13I actually have some questions before we go in as well
21:15So appliances and fixtures and all kinds of goodies have shown up. Yes
21:21How'd that happen? I got
21:23Really excited and I knew exactly what kind of appliances I wanted and I found these great deals
21:29All the appliances that I really wanted are like really expensive
21:32And so I went on this massive hunt for um open box appliances
21:37Which is such a great deal because maybe it has like a little nick or something, but it's like brand new
21:42So I was like sold
21:43When did you get all this stuff early on?
21:46Oh, so this is a lot of this you purchased from before we even came on the project
21:49Yeah
21:49Exactly, yes
21:50Okay, all right
21:51The good thing is you plan in advance
21:53Which means you got good deals
21:55The downside is we've now changed the design
21:57Yeah
21:57So it's nice stuff
21:59I'm just worried because I can already see a bunch of things that we're not going to be able to use like
22:04The tub
22:06Yeah, there's no tub. The appliances look really nice. Um
22:09Hopefully they fit
22:10I want to use as much of the stuff that she's purchased as possible
22:14But a lot of that stuff isn't going to fit
22:16I don't know if you can return it or if you're going to have to try and sell it separately or something, but
22:20We'll have to see a lot of them did say
22:23Once you buy it, it's yours
22:25My hope is that you can get as much back for it as you can
22:28You know anything that we can use we will use
22:31I feel bad for them because they had good intentions
22:33But this is why you can't commit yourself to stuff especially if it's final sale until you know your design
22:39We all need to collectively work together to get to the finish line
22:43You want to take a peek inside?
22:45Yes
22:45So I can show you what we're actually doing
22:48Welcome to your newer home
22:52It's kind of crazy when you see it ripped apart, right?
22:55So no problem getting rid of the sheer wall here engineer said we're good
22:59So this obviously is a temp wall. This is because we just finished the beam work. How does that feel seeing that totally open?
23:04Looks good
23:05Really nice although also a little darker. I think with the with the wall here
23:11That used to be all glass, but then we didn't have enough space for cabinetry
23:15I'm nervous about is the room going to be bright enough?
23:18I like natural light when we first bought the house obviously I love the glass windows so you're just thinking oh
23:24Where did the natural light go?
23:26It feels darker than it actually will be once we get the lighting and once we get the walls done and everything
23:32Yeah, it definitely does feel a little bit darker without all the windows closing off all this glass
23:37So I can get more cabinetry is a bit of a risk because you're reducing a bit of light and you're also reducing the sight line through to the courtyard
23:43But in order to upgrade their kitchen it just had to be done
23:46My hope is that they think it's bright enough in here once everything's finished, okay?
23:50I want to show you the bathroom and some configuration things
23:55So oh my goodness, I want to make sure we're a hundred percent clear that under no circumstances will these be
24:03Really big bathrooms you are squeezing two bathrooms into this space
24:08Yeah, under normal circumstances. I would look in here and say there's no way it can happen
24:11But because your toilet will actually be cutting into the side of the closet
24:17All of a sudden we can get a vanity across here and a shower all the way across here
24:21Okay, your powder room will be built on the other side
24:24Again, the powder room is going to be
24:26Modest
24:28Okay
24:28Yeah, I think the main thing is we're getting a powder room and our own bathroom attached to the bedroom
24:33That's the main thing we wanted
24:34So I'm stoked
24:36All right, I think we're well on our way
24:38Okay
24:38Awesome
24:39Yay
24:39Having them there in person so they could see the two bathrooms side by side
24:44I think they get that it's a really tight footprint
24:46But are we giving them what they dreamed of?
24:49I don't know if we are and I don't want the design to fall short of their big expectations
24:54Progress is steady at Jessica and Jeff's home in the main suite. We're sealing off the stairway
25:05So the only way to access the second story is going to be off of Jeff's new office
25:10My team is completely replacing the archaic HVAC system that this house had before with a brand new modern one that will serve them for decades
25:19Okay, and while it's true that this family is not going to have quite as much natural light
25:23As they had before we are installing a brand new slider
25:27Which is going to be way more energy efficient than this single pane glass that was there before and it'll give them instant access into their yard
25:34We're gonna make everything in here
25:37As beautiful as it could possibly be but in addition they now have the function
25:41I'd hate to see Jessica and Jeff keep buying fixtures and appliances that they can't use
25:45So I'm taking them shopping to make sure that we're all on the same page putting the main suite bathroom aside
25:50We're going to focus on the powder room
25:51It's a really tight space so finding the right fixtures could be a challenge
25:55Okay, so we're gonna focus on sinks because this powder room is a small room and we need to get the right sink that doesn't crowd the space
26:03Aside from that, I'd love to talk tile
26:05Yeah
26:05What do you think of the hex tile?
26:06I like that shape
26:09I actually really like the colors they kind of give like a beachy vibe
26:12But then the hexagon shape it has that mid-century vibe
26:15We're not going to be doing like a pattern where all the colors wind up
26:19It's gonna be staggered, but this is our little trick to add a little dimension to this tiny tiny bathroom
26:25Yeah
26:26We want to take this floor tile and then run it up the wall
26:29I think it's gonna make the room feel bigger actually because it's gonna draw you in a bit more
26:33You're really excited. I love this
26:35So the sink the sink has to be very low profile because this is a whole extra bathroom
26:40Have a look around and we'll see what we can actually get
26:43Okay, all right, that's good. The floor is yours. All right
26:50Oh
26:54I like square but I don't like the bowls that go on top of the sink. No a vessel sink like something like that
26:59Yeah, yeah, I would prefer it to be like just a whole mold if that makes sense like this would be the whole
27:06Sink yeah, that makes sense kind of like some of these darker ones. They are nice
27:10I think getting smaller. They might not have as many color choices
27:14Just because it's not as as typical as sink for purchase. So just to give you an idea
27:19That's 14 inches
27:21We have 10 and a quarter are any of these the right size so we could see what it looks like. This is a little smaller
27:25That's still 13 inches. Yeah
27:28Nothing in stock is fitting. There's stuff. That's a close. No
27:32But not quite there. So this is gonna be tough. The other options are over here. So
27:37So this is getting closer if this was squared and not rounded
27:42I think there is concern that the powder bathroom is gonna be a little bit impractical
27:46The measurements are so precise to get to code that it's like I just want to make sure everything, you know
27:53Yeah, feels comfortable. It's really tough. Honestly, there's
27:56It's not the dream that I'm sure you were hoping for but keep in mind if you really want a bigger sink in the powder room
28:02We could take away some space from your bathroom. Oh, no, I think we're good. Yeah
28:07Yeah, these are all kitchen sinks here a couple more bathroom sinks. This one
28:12Actually isn't too bad. This sink here is
28:17Ten and a half inches to this spot. Okay. Can you lift up that little bowl of fruit that little side? Yeah, bring that over here
28:25I just want to give you a little example
28:28This to me is probably the size we need yes
28:31Yeah, and it's under 20 inches. That's your sink. Oh looks bigger than I imagined. It doesn't come with fruit
28:38Yeah, hmm. Is that you testing if you can wash my hands?
28:42Listen
28:43Hold up your hands
28:45Look at the size of your little itty-bitties. If I can put my hands in here to wash
28:48Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. I mean, I like it. It's just
28:53There's not a lot of options for us
28:55No
28:56That's the only thing I thought we get a lot of options to choose from. There's not a lot of demand for an
29:02Airplane bathroom sink size
29:04And so therefore you're not going to have as many options
29:06My fear is that no matter how hard I work at this the family's not going to be happy with the final results
29:11Because of the tiny sink and how small the space is
29:14One option would be to have a custom-made sink
29:15But we don't have the budget for that and on top of that after you have that sink made
29:19It has to be delivered and we don't have the timeline for that either
29:29While we work out the details for the bathroom and the powder room
29:31We still have to push ahead with all the common areas the luxury vinyl flooring is going in throughout
29:36It'll give the entire main floor a unified classy look
29:40The kitchen cabinets are being installed which is crucial for us to be able to put the vent hood in and the vent hood is actually
29:45One of the appliances that jessica pre-bought which we can use in the design
29:54I have
29:55A vent hood perfect and they look at what this kitchen was before and how unfunctional it was
30:01And now they see all this expanded kitchen the open flow and then closing in that window and expanding that whole side with more storage
30:07This is so much more functional you would never have assumed
30:11You could get all of this kitchen into this tiny footprint
30:15I think the stone will do a nice job of breaking up all of the wood
30:19But things that stress me out like homeowners buying a ton of appliances and fixtures and things before they actually do a project
30:25Well, most of the stuff they had in the garage
30:27It wouldn't fit when they buy appliances that they're not allowed to return because they get a discount
30:31But then they have a bunch of stuff they can't use then you're wasting money. This
30:35Actually works perfect. We see if we can pop it in. Yeah
30:39We're lucky to be able to use the vent hood because that's not usually the case
30:44Notice to all homeowners out there don't buy anything until after your designer enters the scene
30:50You may think that you're saving money by buying items on sale
30:53But often the pieces just don't fit size-wise into the space or they don't stylistically work with the overall design
30:58When they can't be used it's unfortunate because a lot of times they're not returnable and it's just a waste of time and money
31:09Jessica and jeff are super anxious to get into the house
31:11They're literally calling every day for progress reports, but we are moving as fast as we can with this powder room
31:16We have the hex tile going in we found a vanity and sink that will actually work
31:20So fingers crossed that it fits so random question real quick before you get too far
31:24Is the urinal going here on the wall like this or is the urinal go here on this wall?
31:31I was so worried because obviously
31:33Not a lot of space here. We've literally had to calculate our minimums minimum clearance here minimum clearance there
31:39But you found actually a larger sink basin than I thought we were gonna get
31:44I don't know if they're gonna like it in the end, but it's stylish. It looks good
31:48They still have a little bit of storage and at the end of the day if this wasn't a powder room
31:52There's no way I would do something like this no
31:54It would be useless but as a powder room you really just need the toilet and a sink
32:04Yes, it looks great so
32:06Toilet, I don't think we can do a long bowl
32:09I think we have to just sort of do a standard size toilet just to make sure that doesn't stick too far out
32:14Exactly look I'm comfy
32:16I can even like reach out
32:18I got lots of space i'll get my squats in the reason we're adding the powder room is because we want to give jessica that main suite bathroom
32:24She's always dreamed of something just for her and jeff
32:27We're putting in large fluted linear tiles with subtle green color for a calming effect
32:31It will have a full-size walk-in shower and a toilet tucked around the corner and to top it off
32:36We've managed to squeeze in a double sink vanity
32:39Okay, this is a refurbished piece. Nope. Yeah, no you go that way. That's the money shot
32:44Yes, I have another concern that just popped into my head
32:51Uh-oh
32:52Wait, come on take a while. Ready? One, two, three
32:59I love that we were able to reconfigure this in a way that actually gives a nice size dual sync vanity in here because before it just didn't feel impressive
33:07No, this actually feels
33:09Big the challenge is like the clean tile coming down and it's totally waterproof there
33:14However, you have the little gaps on the tile
33:17You know what we should have done which I wasn't thinking of it. I know we have a million things on the go
33:21We should have installed this tile on top of the countertop
33:26Would you want to try to edge into this tile because there's a chance we're gonna chip something we're gonna have to redo it
33:31Well, the problem is though then we lose our overhang on the front
33:34So even if we go into that half an inch. Oh, yeah, right. I'd have to move the whole cabinet back
33:41We are doing everything possible to get Jessica and Jeff's place done get them back in
33:46But sometimes when an issue like this pops up it just forces you to be creative
33:50I mean, this is a prefab unit and it comes with a piece of stone for the back
33:54Which we only usually use if this is drywall, but let me pull in let me grab it
33:58I just I feel like it's gonna feel chunky like it's gonna feel like we're just adding layers and layers on things that we shouldn't
34:03I know that's what that's the whole point of putting a nice tile backsplash is so we don't have to use the prepab stone
34:10You know what? I don't hate it. No, actually it looks better than I thought it was gonna look
34:15The the the gap up top looks better than down below. This is where we want a nice tight
34:20Seal we're not gonna cramp so we don't have to cut the plate for the receptacle either. I don't think that will cramp
34:25No, I actually don't mind that and then we can still do a seal up here, but
34:29This this looks better than I thought it would
34:33I
34:35When Jessica and Jeff bought this house for their family of four they couldn't move in because it was dated and dysfunctional
34:40They wanted their main living space to be more open
34:42Plus they badly needed more prep space and storage in their kitchen
34:45Their other big ask was to do a powder room so they could have a separate main suite bathroom
34:50And they were willing to go $25,000 over their original budget to make it happen
34:55I just hope when they see it they love the house. They love the room configurations. They love everything
34:59This has definitely been a bigger project than I think we expected we've put a lot of money a lot of time
35:11We asked for a lot in a really small space and I am nervous about the functionality
35:15And if some of the decisions we made are gonna feel weird and small
35:21Who wants a new home?
35:25I'm so nervous. I know it's been stressful. It's definitely caused anxious sleepless nights. The good thing is
35:31We're done. Done done. Like done done done. Yeah, you want to talk a little longer out here or should we let you go in and check out your home?
35:38Happy eating
35:44Okay
35:46Oh my god
35:48Nice
35:50It's even like better
35:53than I thought
35:54I hope so
35:55I kind of feel like you might take all this away from me
35:59My favorite thing is when we're walking in under your breath you're like
36:01No
36:06It's so beautiful. Oh my gosh. I love that table
36:10So yeah, sit down you guys. You deserve it. I have to test the comfort of the couch. Oh, yeah
36:15Here why don't we come back? Come on over here
36:18You guys were concerned that the living space would be too small. Yeah, but this actually feels
36:25Really cozy, and I love that we got this really beautiful feature. That's one of a kind. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I love it
36:31You'll notice as well. We built the whole feature out a little bit
36:34So it just didn't feel like a flat wall application
36:37It actually feels like an architectural element to the home
36:41Which is pretty important. This is nice. This is really nice and it's perfect for hosting if you're gonna have friends over
36:47You can't have a great entertaining space without having an incredible kitchen. Okay. Oh my gosh. This is such a big kitchen
36:56It's nice a lot of stories. I love these. I love and the island is like ginormous
37:03Yeah, can I open everything? Open it. This is your kitchen. You do whatever you want. Oh my god
37:07This is so nice
37:10Oh, yeah, I'm just cleaning dishes
37:12I mean this is honestly so functional
37:19It's so big like this
37:22Well, this was your kitchen before was the wall here to you like that was the kitchen
37:26You're in Manhattan Beach. You have to have some style you want some upscale design features in here
37:32There's your range that you had bought you found you got deals and it worked
37:35This is exactly what we wanted and it's what the house deserves
37:38I mean you want to stay authentic to the era of the home. Yeah, and these tones these finishes they really do one of the big
37:47Contemplation points early on was the idea of losing that large section of window. Yeah losing natural light to add better function to the kitchen
37:56What do you think about how it is now? I?
37:59I love it. I think I'll be sitting here to do my work
38:01This is a small house especially when we've got two growing kids storage is everything
38:07That's well worth losing a little bit of life and it's it's pretty bright. This is such a relief. Yeah
38:13We wanted to make sure that you guys moved in here and we're like wow
38:15This is a place I can be proud of no truly is the place we could be proud of love the all the little things that we would never would have done ourselves
38:23It's all about the little things the most complicated
38:27finite detail we had to deal with take a look at your new powder room
38:32Okay, gosh, I never thought you'd squeeze one in there. I'm really nervous about this. I hope it'll fit
38:39Oh my gosh
38:42That is so adorable
38:44The pattern on the floor and all the way up looks really good
38:48But you don't want to make a small bathroom feel boring just because it's a small bathroom
38:52Yeah, so anything you can do to add a little extra design is important
38:56It's almost mind-blowing that such a small area could turn into a functional powder room
39:00Yeah, yeah, no, I think we talked about this before
39:03I think it was definitely worth the extra work and effort to get this here. This is gonna be amazing. Oh, yeah
39:08The thought of you having to share your bathroom with guests or the the kids friends like that's just wrong
39:14You deserve to have your own bathroom. Thank you. I agree
39:18You also deserve to have
39:20Your own main suite all right check it out your retreat
39:24I'll be honest. I'm a little nervous. How you get everything in there
39:29Oh my goodness
39:32Feels really nice. It feels really nice. I love it all you guys just really need the most out of an awkward space
39:37I loved it so much. This is one of those things
39:41Everything we changed affected something else. So it's a give-and-take
39:45But yeah, even though getting rid of the door over here
39:48I feel at the end of the day you have all the function with a nice size closet
39:51I think I thought it was gonna be tiny and weird but um
39:54Yeah, even with a king-sized bed and all of us in here
39:57It's like a normal bedroom
39:59When you are dealing with a smaller footprint every
40:02Fraction of an inch counts. That's why we wanted to have your own private bathroom. Yeah with
40:08Dual sync vanities. Yeah, so that you guys each have a little space. Yeah
40:14This is real
40:17Oh
40:18You guys I love it
40:21This is really neat
40:23This is so precious. I genuinely didn't know
40:26How you're gonna fit a bathroom in here and a really great one. It looks so clean. I love these tiles
40:35It's pretty amazing. I mean the shower is bigger than our current one. We've got two sinks
40:42And we have like
40:44Toilet this is wonderful
40:46Honestly, those are little things but this makes me feel like we have a real adult house
40:52I know that you guys did a lot, but this is my favorite part of the house. It's perfect. I love it. I love it
40:57I love hearing this. You don't know how nervous John said where we were like
41:00There's so many things we're trying to do. Are we doing it right?
41:02Did we did we get enough of what you wanted? This is really really important. So thank you. This is important
41:09And it's not even the last space follow up. Jeff this is for you. All right
41:14Oh my gosh, whoa, oh my gosh
41:20This is so nice like an actual office. I love this wallpaper everywhere. It looks like a totally different room. Yes
41:27You got fancy. This is really fancy. I mean, I wanted something special for Jeff. This is
41:36I kind of feel like maybe they should be my office
41:39Feeling it changed my mind. I mean you want this area to have its own personality
41:43It shouldn't just match match the kitchen area. Yeah, and also the whole room is your office
41:48Yeah, you still have a nice walking path to get upstairs for the kids
41:51It does. I want to test out your video background for when you're doing conference calls
41:56It looks pretty good. Is it? Yeah
42:00People are gonna think it's a fake background
42:03It's so different than what it was before but you can actually start to picture life here
42:08I do feel like we already live here. I kind of want to move in like right now. It feels like it's our home
42:14I mean, I know we ended up spending the extra 25 grand
42:17but
42:18Definitely think it was worth it. So worth it every time I think of it
42:22Do you want to continue this celebration by bringing two little ones into the house?
42:26I think Hannah and Zach would love to see this
42:28The changes that were made to the house blew my mind kitchen and living room are so much more functional. Oh my gosh, yeah
42:34Hey
42:36What an entrance not only is it a home that we can afford in the right area, but it's beautiful
42:43It's a place that we're gonna raise our children in
42:48We can finally move in and stop paying a rent and a mortgage at the same time. So i'm really excited
42:55thumbs up or thumbs down. What do you think one two three two thumbs up each amazing
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