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01:02Have you spent much time in Valley Village?
01:06I mean, it's two square miles.
01:08It's not that huge.
01:10This house looks nice.
01:11It looks like it's a decent size.
01:13I wonder what they don't like about it.
01:16No property, brothers.
01:17We're just reading your no soliciting list.
01:19Are we part of the no soliciting?
01:20No brothers?
01:21No, no brothers.
01:22Are you selling something?
01:23Brothers.
01:24We're selling the dream.
01:25Yeah, we'll buy the dream.
01:27Oh, by the way, by the way, before we even talk house, we share a trainer.
01:31Yeah.
01:32The three of us.
01:32Look at this.
01:33Yeah.
01:34Look.
01:35The difference is some of us are naturally blessed where we don't need a trainer, but that's great.
01:40Whatever you're into.
01:41Walking up, I love the house.
01:43So, it's a great house.
01:44Yeah, it looks like a great house.
01:46I can see the giant butt.
01:48But we bought it during the pandemic, and it's sort of the same exact thing as when we moved in.
02:01I love the height here.
02:02This is an impressive space.
02:03You have to understand that we had seen over 20 houses before.
02:08There's a list that I have.
02:10Joel loved to find something wrong with the house, and we did a lap of this house, and I said,
02:15what do you think?
02:16He said, I can't find anything wrong with it.
02:18And that's the first time he said anything remotely close to that.
02:21We'll take it.
02:21Yeah.
02:21Exactly.
02:22So, it was just like, we saw it the day that it went on.
02:24We made an offer that day.
02:26It was a super upgrade from where we were.
02:29Yeah.
02:29And now, after being here for a while, we're finding some of the pieces that aren't really fitting the way
02:33we thought they were.
02:34It's just kind of fragmented, right?
02:35Like, we want all these spaces to work together.
02:38We want to put our design stamp in this space.
02:41Yeah, we've been in the home since June 2020, so we're right about five years.
02:47You look confused.
02:48I forget, because we were married in 19.
02:51Right.
02:51Yeah.
02:52I'm the keeper of the numbers.
02:54I am.
02:55Valley Village.
02:57It's great.
02:57It's very convenient.
02:58And it's very safe.
03:00And it's very family-oriented.
03:02Yeah.
03:02It's just a great neighborhood to live in.
03:04And so we found this house.
03:06It was in the middle of COVID.
03:08Yeah, so this was really great.
03:10It was deep COVID.
03:10So if you're going to be in prison, this was a great prison to be.
03:14This was a big deal because Joel has quite an eye for finding things wrong with a house.
03:21And Joel has a strong no.
03:24Yeah, I'm a big no.
03:25I'm really no first.
03:27And so I might be a little more flexible in some of the options.
03:31I can't eat without my feet on the floor.
03:34Yeah.
03:35I hate the high counter.
03:36Yeah, I'm also not a fan of the house.
03:38I just hate her.
03:38So this isn't your style?
03:39No, it's all the previous owner.
03:42We changed nothing.
03:44There's like busyness.
03:45Who uses this space?
03:46I see you're noticing the worst part of the house.
03:49No, this is the most comfortable part of the house.
03:52This is kind of the nightmare that we would love to have completely removed from the house.
03:57No, you would love to have completely removed.
03:58Like vacated, reduced, destroyed.
04:00No.
04:00Are we going to have the nook conversation?
04:02We're always going to have the nook conversation.
04:04Anything that doesn't have a place just kind of lives in the nook zone, and that's largely because that's how
04:11the nook existed in the past.
04:13And so there's some space like that that has never been fully reimagined, and Joel hasn't been entirely willing to
04:21reimagine the space with me.
04:24Yeah, Dee.
04:25Careful, kitten.
04:27This is actually an ideal location for like a little eat-in kitchen table.
04:32What about doing like a banquette over here built in?
04:34You could still have your morning coffee.
04:35Right.
04:36If we were going to redesign this kitchen, functionally, is everything laid out the way you like?
04:41No.
04:41Because it's actually...
04:42The refrigerator is really weird.
04:43This is weird.
04:44And it won't open.
04:45Oh, because the wall's right next to it?
04:47Yeah, because there's a wall there.
04:48Yeah, you hit the wall.
04:49You can't...
04:50I mean, it's...
04:51And the pantry.
04:52The pantry is around the corner.
04:54The previous owner said that it was going to be a bathroom.
04:58Oh, yeah.
04:59This is definitely a bathroom.
05:00This wall right here did not exist.
05:02So this is open to...
05:04Open to the dining room.
05:05If you get something, you have to go all the way around.
05:08Yeah, this is not utilized space almost at all.
05:11At all.
05:12I'm starting to see now what you mean by...
05:14Yeah.
05:15There's definitely some complications.
05:17There's, you know, for entertaining, a lot of separation.
05:21This is awkward in here.
05:22It's a very awkward space.
05:24Yeah.
05:24Everything about this house, it's not ours.
05:27It's like we're living in someone else's home.
05:30I feel like we've never actually turned the dining room space into a comfortable place.
05:33When we look at a space, usually the first thing I think about is,
05:37how can we open up to the backyard more?
05:39You've already got that.
05:40You've got, you know, lots of glass, lots of light.
05:43There's that.
05:45The fireplace is blocking things off.
05:47I mean, to open that up, that would give you a lot more of that connectivity.
05:49Wouldn't that be great?
05:50Yeah.
05:51Wouldn't that be great?
05:53That would be great.
05:54That would be great.
05:55I think he really wants that.
05:56Yeah, I think he wants it.
05:57It would be expensive.
05:58You can tell just by looking at it.
05:59Like, that's going to be structural.
06:00It's going to be a lot to take out.
06:01Some of these things are major, major work.
06:05Right, right, right.
06:05But they're possible.
06:06You also have such a killer backyard.
06:08Well, this is nice.
06:10This is what I fell in love with.
06:12I was overwhelmed by this.
06:14This is a beautiful backyard.
06:18Is this the office?
06:19Yeah.
06:20Wow.
06:20The office chairs.
06:21These are comfortable chairs.
06:23And you know, comfort is a theme that we really see.
06:26Yes.
06:26Yeah.
06:27I have one question before we move on.
06:28Do you care about style and aesthetic?
06:31I like comfort.
06:32Yeah.
06:33Have I mentioned that?
06:34I get if you want to see other properties, but I would definitely want to put a design together
06:38on this one.
06:39If you're staying, how much can you spend on a renovation?
06:42If you're moving, how much can you spend on a house?
06:43We want to spend in the ballpark of $150,000 on a renovation.
06:47If we're moving, we're looking to spend about $1.5 million.
06:51Okay.
06:54You don't like that?
06:55You know, no, Joel does not do well when we talk about big numbers, so don't freak
07:00out.
07:00You're going to be okay because the math is mathing.
07:04I've been tense about money my whole life.
07:06I grew up in public housing in the Bronx, and it was all concrete and bricks, very little
07:12green space.
07:13Living there, I did not know any different.
07:17I didn't know how poor I was.
07:19When I went to middle school, I went to other people's houses, single-story houses, and I
07:27was like, oh, I want to live there.
07:31This is a mansion to me, and that kind of money is, I don't, it doesn't compute.
07:38As a journeyman actor, you never know where your next paycheck is going to be, so when
07:45you get money, you can't really spend it.
07:48Are you okay?
07:49I'm safe.
07:50Okay.
07:51What is the end goal?
07:53To be happy.
07:54Okay.
07:54What will make you happy?
07:56A nice house.
07:57What does it take to get a nice house?
07:59Exactly.
08:01Bingo!
08:02You don't need therapy now.
08:03You just worked through it.
08:04So I think if we show you some other houses, you might actually just fall in love with another
08:07house, and that's it.
08:08You don't even want to deal with the renovation that would happen.
08:11Let's go.
08:12Sounds possible.
08:13Let's go.
08:13I will have Zoe search with me for a house, and you can find whatever house you're going
08:17to show them.
08:17Listen.
08:18I'm happy at the end of the day.
08:19If you find it, if I find it, if you guys find it, I don't care.
08:22I just want to get you in a house that makes you happy.
08:24Yes.
08:24But please try one thing.
08:25Say, ooh, I like that.
08:27Oh, that's for you.
08:28This is for you, Joel, because I want you to not shut down these houses because of the
08:32things you see.
08:33We can change the things you see and make it more beautiful and functional.
08:36Ooh.
08:38Keep working on it.
08:39This is going to be good, all right?
08:42Think of the money you'll save.
08:44Ooh.
08:45Yeah, all of a sudden.
08:46I like that.
08:46If we get you in a place you love.
08:48I like that.
08:52I really like this house.
08:54When you're standing out here, I can understand why this sold them on the house, because it's
08:57beautiful.
08:57It's like a private oasis.
08:59But I understand.
09:00If you live in a home, you want to make it your own.
09:01And if they're finding all these things that just don't function for them and it's absolutely
09:05not their style, then let's fix it.
09:07They want to stay in Valley Village.
09:09And this is a small, small area, so there aren't that many houses on the market in general,
09:13let alone that meet their criteria.
09:15Take one.
09:16Cece is more realistic.
09:18Joel is just, he's turning everything down.
09:20No, no, no, no, no.
09:21It's going to be really hard to make him happy.
09:22I also don't want Jonathan to find a better house than I find, so we'll see.
09:27I feel conflicted, but I think I'm leaning toward buying them a new place that can actually
09:33offer the connectivity that they need, and then the aesthetics will be easy.
09:37We'll see how this turns out, because Drew and I are going to have a little friendly competition,
09:40and we'll see who can find the better solution.
09:43I want to see something that will give me the big wow.
09:47There's a lot of stress in the whole process, right?
09:50It's hard to imagine doing all the things that we're talking about at once.
09:53The whole, the money is enormous, the moving out is enormous, destroying the house is enormous.
10:01It's like, why am I, what are we doing?
10:05You're doing great.
10:16First impression, this is it.
10:18Okay.
10:20Okay.
10:21It's small, it's cute.
10:22Yeah.
10:23No, it is cute outside, just the Harley gum with it.
10:27That'd be nice.
10:28It is smaller than your current house by about 1,000 square feet.
10:31This house is listed for just under 1.5, but you can probably get that down a fair bit.
10:37Treat this as a blank slate.
10:38There are very few houses on the market in Valley Village, so in order to customize the footprint
10:42of your home, we're going to need to be creative and keep an open mind.
10:46We'll listen to you then, of course.
10:48Come on in after you.
10:52Oh, this is pretty good.
10:57This is a little old 30s homes that a lot of you walk into them and they were always
11:00very tight.
11:01This might have just been the original living room.
11:03Right.
11:03And then you'll see there's some choppiness throughout.
11:06Why don't we go this way first?
11:08So, the one bedroom there.
11:09Oh.
11:10Bathroom.
11:11Living room back here.
11:13The main bedroom is connected to what was a bedroom.
11:16Okay.
11:16That's converted to a closet now.
11:17Mm-hmm.
11:18The kitchen over on this side.
11:20This is the eat-in nook.
11:21This could be my breakfast nook.
11:23This is my question for you.
11:24Would you want to have you look stressed?
11:26Mm.
11:27I feel like there's one thing we want to eliminate.
11:29It would be a breakfast nook.
11:30We want it.
11:31We want it.
11:31Or we should at least reimagine it.
11:33We want the breakfast nook.
11:34We need to reimagine it into a constructive piece.
11:37Because Joel really prefers to have his designated breakfast ritual space.
11:41If we can give Joel that, but also have a way of keeping things organized and not kind
11:46of a clutter zone, then that would make us both happy.
11:49You know, clutter is in the eyes of the beholder.
11:52Get in here.
11:53All right.
11:53All right.
11:54Small.
11:55Small, small.
11:56I think the big feeling is like it feels squished.
11:59Yeah, it is.
11:59Definitely.
12:00You have to reimagine.
12:01The walls don't have to stay where the walls are.
12:03You just have to have an engineer tell you what you can do, right?
12:05So I know we could open this up.
12:08Just imagine.
12:09Okay.
12:09This wall gone.
12:12Even over here.
12:13This wall opened up.
12:15I can't picture any fixtures.
12:17I can't picture what it would look like.
12:19And you have that gigantic area as you walk in that's right now a dining room.
12:22So imagine instead, you actually could have had kitchen, dining, living room all connected.
12:28I do see a little bit of glazing over here.
12:31I don't have the vision of, oh, we break down this wall and this will be.
12:35Right, right.
12:35Because when I look at the space, I actually will picture these walls being down and a lot more light
12:41flowing in.
12:42We can do a million things with a design.
12:44Yeah.
12:44Maybe in this house, we need the kitchen in the middle.
12:46I mean, that kind of makes sense.
12:48I don't see it.
12:53We can do a million things with a design.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Maybe in this house, we need the kitchen in the middle.
12:58I mean, that kind of makes sense.
12:59I don't see it.
13:00I know you see it.
13:01And I know you see it.
13:03But I just, like, I understand the words, but I don't understand what it would look like.
13:08I'm going to tell you this myself.
13:08I actually really like your house.
13:10I think there's opportunity there.
13:11But if we're looking at a house like this, just consider it the blank slate because you could open up
13:17this whole thing and make this the optimal flow that can take you outside to this.
13:22Okay.
13:23Beautiful big pool.
13:24Oh, this is nice.
13:25Like your own private cabana?
13:27I love that it's private.
13:28Look at the back of the house.
13:30It almost looks like something out of England.
13:31Like you have this beautiful stately property.
13:33Yeah, it does.
13:34And then out here, we could add a structure that adds more value.
13:37Well, okay.
13:37I guess there's another factor.
13:39If you're saying that this can all work and it can work within the budget, then I feel like I
13:44would like to maybe explore that.
13:45Just I don't see it.
13:46I don't have a vision.
13:48I don't have any vision except what I see.
13:50Well, Jonathan wants to show you a place, too.
13:52He picked something out for you.
13:53Oh.
13:54And I know you're going to have no's for all the houses, but we need to find a yes.
13:57Yeah.
13:58I have a yes somewhere.
14:01Okay.
14:01We'll find it.
14:02It's going to be a yes.
14:03Before you actually say no to this house, walk around a little bit more, just check out the bedrooms and
14:06stuff, and then we'll go from there.
14:08All right.
14:09All right.
14:09Yeah, of course.
14:09Thank you very much.
14:13I mean, I think it's always hard to completely reconfigure things in your head, but I mean, I can see
14:18the way that pit tearing down walls would bring in a lot of light,
14:22and we could actually make a more logical flow, something that kind of feels natural.
14:27I had to go through so many different warrens and rooms and stuff like that to see any kind of
14:34wow, and it wasn't really a good wow.
14:39It's so hard when a client says they only want to be in a small, like 10 by 10 block
14:43radius of the city, and this is an area where it is hard to find a place that fits all
14:48their criteria.
14:48I think I'm clearly articulating my vision, but I don't know if they're quite picking it up.
14:53I don't think Joel's picking it up at all.
14:55He needs to see it to understand it.
14:57You know, I'm very happy to pass the baton to Jonathan.
14:59He can find the next house.
15:00He can show that.
15:01Let's see if he gets any closer than I did.
15:11Dry fit for now and open from underneath.
15:13Take a razor blade.
15:14Two, three.
15:16Oh, your brother's calling.
15:21I just called you to say the house tour went so amazing.
15:25Cece and Joel said they want to buy the house, but just see yours anyway, even though they don't want
15:30it.
15:30So go ahead.
15:31Fortunately, my BS meter is off the charts right now, so I know that's not the case.
15:36I feel it's hard, especially for Joel, to envision what it could be.
15:40I'm mentally preparing myself already.
15:42I don't know if he'll ever be open to other things.
15:45You are the Joel whisperer, and you can convince them of the value of your home great, but we need
15:51to find a way to get them outside of that negative zone and just look for opportunity and potential.
15:55All right, I'll talk to you later.
15:57I'll let you know how it goes.
15:58Bye.
16:06All right, guys.
16:08Okay.
16:09Well, you better just hold your horses and be optimistic.
16:14He did already.
16:15Drew gave me the lowdown on your negativity with the place here.
16:20I beg your pardon.
16:21I'm not negative.
16:23I'm joyfully cynical.
16:25Joyfully cynical.
16:26What a great way to put it.
16:27Positive glasses on.
16:29From the front, it just looks unassuming.
16:32It's kind of cute, to be honest.
16:34It's kind of cute.
16:35No, this is a nice little yard.
16:37So it's a little under 2,000 square feet, currently in three bedrooms, two bathrooms.
16:41The house is listed for $1.49, and they just dropped it $100,000.
16:46I think we could get it down another $75,000 or so.
16:48Really?
16:48You're going to love this.
16:50Okay, great.
16:50I'll be the judge of that.
16:52Yeah, let's see what we got.
16:57Oh, wow.
17:02Okay, this is a very different house where you're pointing at something you really hate.
17:07Is it the brown on the fireplace?
17:09It's the fireplace.
17:11Okay.
17:12Again, there's a fireplace in the way.
17:15Think of it this way.
17:16We could remove all of the central walls.
17:19You would have this huge space fully connected with a sight line to the backyard.
17:23Well, I like the idea of that.
17:25This is the dining room.
17:26It's a little choppy because everything was compartmentalized in a lot of these older houses.
17:31This is actually nice.
17:33I think he's trying really hard to like it.
17:35No, I'm not trying.
17:36I really will be horrible when I see something horrible, but I don't find anything horrible about it.
17:41The good thing is this is the wall that would go away here.
17:44Yes, yes.
17:45And then this would go away and open up.
17:46I see a dream.
17:47So you'd have a fully connected space.
17:49It is a galley kitchen now, but in future kitchen, this would all be open.
17:54This would be a big island.
17:55So, yeah, just picture open.
17:57Open.
17:58This is what makes up the rest of the living space.
18:01So this probably would end up being dining, kitchen over here with the island because we'd make it all living
18:08at the front.
18:09Yeah, I mean, that's a lot of space if you go all the way to the door.
18:13You have three bedrooms.
18:15The primary bedroom is really nice, has a huge bathroom, which has already been done.
18:21I'm pleasantly surprised with how open you are to this place.
18:25I am too.
18:25I appreciate your instincts.
18:27I'm flexible.
18:28He's very flexible.
18:29I don't think you'd have to do as much work in the backyard because the backyard is pretty great.
18:36Backyard oasis.
18:37Yeah.
18:38Who's this pretty lady?
18:41Oh.
18:42No, this is actually really, really nice.
18:45Little lounging area right outside of your door here.
18:47Oh, I love that.
18:48Oh, is this a hot tub?
18:49Hot tub in the middle.
18:50Oh.
18:51Ledge for sunbathing.
18:52This would be incredible to have this kind of loungy space, curvy lagoon, a little seated space.
18:57I love that.
18:58Outdoor kitchen.
18:59That's amazing.
19:00With its own double grill situation going on.
19:03How cool would this be to sit out here, enjoy an outdoor fireplace, enjoy an outdoor meal?
19:09This space makes me very happy.
19:11This space makes me incredibly happy.
19:13I'm concerned about the square footage and if we're buying this house, the renovation budget, how that all fits together.
19:21Doing the math, I think it's possible.
19:22So I think, you know, if we were able to get them down about another 75 grand, roughly, that would
19:28leave us enough to do everything inside.
19:29Just keep looking around a little bit, think through things, talk through things.
19:32Take a look and got another handshake.
19:35Yeah, you really nailed it.
19:36All right.
19:36Thanks, guys.
19:41I would love to renovate this house because it would be crazy beautiful when it's done.
19:46I know a good house when I see it and I do think this is a good house.
19:51From my point of view, this house has certain things that I actually love.
19:54I love that backyard.
19:56The backyard is the best thing we've seen.
19:58I'm with you.
19:59I really, I'm saying all the positive things that there are in this house, which there are many.
20:07If you tell me that you want this house, I would really consider it.
20:13Well, I'm not saying that I want this house.
20:14I just feel, I think I see potential on the inside, but we also have potential in our place.
20:20A lot.
20:21Yeah.
20:22It turns out that we have a great house.
20:24Yeah.
20:24It'll be the first time that we ever had a house that's been designed.
20:28Yeah.
20:29It's always been your furniture or my furniture.
20:32Feels like we'll get all the benefits of what we want now.
20:34You feel good about it?
20:36Yeah.
20:36Okay.
20:37I feel good about it.
20:39Good.
20:39All right.
20:40Done.
20:41Done?
20:42Done.
20:42Okay.
20:44Do you want to talk about money at all?
20:46No.
20:47Not even a little bit?
20:48I don't.
20:50La la la la la la la.
21:06Hello.
21:08Hey.
21:09Hello.
21:09Hey.
21:10John, PC.
21:11Hi, guys.
21:11So, uh, thank you very much for doing all that you did and showing us those houses.
21:18Okay.
21:18We decided to...
21:19You picked mine.
21:20No, we decided to, uh, keep the house.
21:23I keep our house.
21:24And we want to renovate.
21:26We want to renovate.
21:27Whoa.
21:27This actually is a relief for me because we were literally, it was like pulling teeth,
21:32trying to find stuff that was going to work.
21:34So, I'm excited.
21:35This gives us direction.
21:36So, I'll fill Drew in.
21:38But this is exciting.
21:39I think this is worth celebrating.
21:41You guys should go have a nice dinner, and we will dive in and make it happen.
21:46Yay!
21:47Yay!
21:48I'm air-receiving a handshake from Joel right now.
21:51Yeah.
21:53All right.
21:53I'll talk to you later.
21:54Bye, guys.
21:58The houses that we saw were really, really good, but, well, not really good, but we saw houses.
22:06We fell in love with this house for a reason.
22:08I think it was going to take something really special to persuade us not to stay here.
22:14When we actually think about it, this has everything we were looking for.
22:17Yeah, everything.
22:18So, if we can just make this better, that's the dream.
22:21That would be the ideal thing.
22:27In an ideal world, I was hoping that somehow we could repurpose this butcher block, maybe
22:32even the pantry, if we can reuse this.
22:34Yeah.
22:34And this is beautiful.
22:35Yeah.
22:35I'd love to reuse this for them.
22:37This kitchen was well-made.
22:38Any cabinets that are still in good shape, I'm sure we can donate.
22:41Let's keep it.
22:44The downside, when you try not to damage something, it takes a lot more work.
22:49Go ahead.
22:52Yay!
22:54That is a big, beautiful piece of wood.
22:57Great.
22:58Oh, my gosh.
22:59Can you guys tell me to get the door for you?
23:01Amos, he's got it.
23:02Can you go back there?
23:04Where do you want us to put it?
23:10Thanks.
23:10All right.
23:29We're going to simplify this layout to maximize space and create better flow from the kitchen.
23:35We're going to relocate this refrigerator and remove the wall behind it, which will create
23:39a seamless alleyway into the pantry.
24:10The door should be right here.
24:11Oh, my God.
24:12This is amazing.
24:14This is amazing.
24:14I am a big fan of a big pantry.
24:18Yes.
24:18And you now have, from here, it goes in and all the way around.
24:22Because if you look here.
24:23I was expecting to come and just kind of see the house torn up.
24:28But seeing the framed space for the pantry, you can start to visualize it.
24:33That's amazing.
24:34That's amazing.
24:35That's already very cool.
24:36What did this used to be?
24:38So your fridge was here.
24:39This is the back wall of your fridge.
24:40And then all of this.
24:42Yeah.
24:42Oh, this was the inside of the pantry.
24:45Yeah.
24:45Yeah.
24:46But coming from that side.
24:47This is big.
24:48You keep stopping in front of me.
24:49I know.
24:50But I went from being excited to ecstatic.
24:54Like, this surprise today is way more than what I was expecting.
24:59Oh, wow.
25:01So.
25:01What happened to our house?
25:03That's it.
25:03This is enormous.
25:05It's kind of shocking when you pull out every single thing, isn't it?
25:08It's so big.
25:09The reason it feels so big is because we got rid of that cluttered mess in the corner.
25:14Oh, shut up.
25:15That makes a lot.
25:15I thought I liked you.
25:17But really, the big thing we need to talk about.
25:20Yeah.
25:22Are you taking it down?
25:23The fireplace?
25:24You guys tell me.
25:25So, because this is also carrying the roof structure and it's the size that it is, two-sided.
25:32Yeah.
25:32It's $20,000 to remove it.
25:34$20,000.
25:36So, that's a lot.
25:38I, I, now I can't talk about money.
25:41I mean, I don't, I don't know.
25:42It depends how much you hate this fireplace.
25:45Right.
25:45I do think this is one of the things that would be most improving to the space.
25:49Oh, my God.
25:51Don't you think?
25:51I, I agree.
25:52Because I mean, with this gone, we can have more flow through the house.
25:57I mean, we can talk about it more, but I want to do it.
26:03That's you, you want to, I didn't think you would be on board for that.
26:07Are you kidding?
26:08I want this house.
26:09That, that would be magnificent.
26:11I will feel so bad now if something comes up where the engineer is like, oh, we made a mistake.
26:17We can't do it.
26:18Don't it up now.
26:19I'm, I'm not going to try.
26:20We'll have to buy another house.
26:22So, it'll be a brand new house.
26:25When you walk in, it's not going to be recognizable, right?
26:28That fireplace being gone is going to have a completely different view and then everything else around it is going
26:33to look different.
26:34So, it's not, it won't, yeah, it won't be recognizable.
26:37No, it'll be our house.
26:39Yeah.
26:39That Jonathan said we can have.
26:44And he can't go back.
26:58I never thought we'd be able to get you to commit to a property and you did.
27:03My own.
27:04Your own.
27:05Exactly, yeah.
27:06I figured the easiest, just because, Joel, you were telling me you got to kind of see it, is I'll
27:10just show you a bunch of different visuals.
27:11I actually like the floor.
27:13Joel jumped on the big thing that I love, the floors.
27:15Yeah, floors are great.
27:16This is boring.
27:19Sleepy retirement home.
27:20It's an upscale retirement home.
27:22So, here you can see it's a bit more of a fresh take.
27:24I mean, you can see overall lighter tones.
27:26This is something more of like what I would like to go for.
27:29Yeah, it's not cold contemporary.
27:30It still feels inviting, but it does have comfy elements like this section.
27:35Right.
27:35Do you like the idea of built-ins and built-in storage as a part of your clutter corner?
27:40I think you need it.
27:41Yeah, that would be very nice.
27:43That kind of pattern looks like the floor of an old English pub.
27:48Reminds me like of an old urinal.
27:50I've never heard any of my designs referred to as an old pub urinal.
27:55Did you do that?
27:56Oh, is that you?
27:57Never mind.
27:58Sorry about that.
27:58Oh, my God.
27:59It's beautiful.
28:00It's just gorgeous.
28:02I've never seen anything like it.
28:04That is really nice.
28:05Can we have that?
28:06Yeah.
28:07We do love that.
28:13I probably should have prefaced that these were our designs.
28:15Hold on.
28:16I'm so sorry.
28:17I did feel hypothetical.
28:18Purposely, I didn't tell you that because I didn't want you to get insecure.
28:21I want you to be honest.
28:22So continue, please, to be honest.
28:23Oh, my God.
28:23Okay.
28:24This is an all-white kitchen.
28:26This is a lot of light tones throughout everything.
28:27A little bit of contrast with your table and accents.
28:30Right.
28:30Is this getting too clean and crisp to you?
28:33At first glance, I mean, I really like this style.
28:35I don't know.
28:35I think we should look at playing with yours a little bit.
28:37Let's get a little contrast in the kitchen just to make something pop.
28:39Yeah, let's pop.
28:40Okay.
28:41Let's pop it like it's hot.
28:42For the kitchen, we'll keep things contemporary with light wood tones and clean lines.
28:47For contrast, we'll bring in dark stool seating for the island along with bold light fixtures
28:52and faucet finishes to get that pop.
28:54Removing the fireplace and soffit is going to give new life to this room.
28:59Creating a wide open space that easily fits a large L-shaped sectional with accents
29:03that blends CeCe's contemporary style and Joel's love of cozy comfort.
29:08Yeah, yeah.
29:09I think that'd be really nice.
29:10Yeah, it's nice.
29:11Was this helpful for you talking through the different elements of the design?
29:14Yeah, very much.
29:15I think it's good to find things that we can visually reference that we both like.
29:20But again, we have no style.
29:21So we're relying on you to give us some.
29:25I mean, I can tell by the way CeCe's dressing, he definitely has style.
29:30Full stop.
29:33All right.
29:48The engineer approved the removal of the fireplace, so Joel and CeCe are going to get what they wanted most.
30:03Oh, doing the heavy lifting.
30:06Good morning.
30:07What's going on?
30:08What are we seeing?
30:08O-M-G.
30:11Wow!
30:11This looks...
30:12This is so good.
30:14Incredible.
30:14This is so transformative for this space.
30:17Because...
30:17Wait, wait.
30:18Can we do the jig?
30:19O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M
30:22-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M
30:23-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M
30:24-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M-O-M.
30:36Nothing else.
30:38And Cece and Joel would walk in and love it because that fireplace is gone.
30:42Okay, cool.
30:43And then as far as everything else over here, we're in good shape.
30:47I feel good.
30:54All right.
30:55We need to figure out a paint color for all of our walls.
30:59Yes.
31:00But we have three different colors of white.
31:02I'm looking at all walls.
31:04I don't want this color.
31:05You don't want white.
31:06This is too white.
31:07Okay, this looks less yellow here.
31:09These are different paints.
31:10Yeah, so there's different paints?
31:11You're not trying to trick me?
31:12No.
31:12I think the middle one is a warmer color.
31:15I would say two is my choice, but I would tone it down even a hair toward white.
31:20I'd be good with that.
31:24I feel like there's lots to like about what is here, but it's never felt like it's fully functional.
31:30It's never felt like us.
31:32You know, I think we had so much relief when we first moved in.
31:36And from moving out of the townhouse.
31:38We moved in here and thought it was fantastic.
31:41And it could be fantastic again.
31:43If we were able to kind of do all of the renovations and make the space flow, I feel like
31:48this would be the forever home, right?
31:51Yeah.
31:51I mean, there'd be nothing else to do.
31:53We bought it for a reason.
31:54Yeah.
31:55Yeah.
31:55But at the end of the day, it is all about just being happy in the home.
31:58Just being happy.
31:59Yeah.
31:59Yeah.
31:59Yeah.
32:02Yeah.
32:02Yeah.
32:07Yeah.
32:19Yeah.
32:21Yeah.
32:23Yeah.
32:24Yeah.
32:26Yeah.
32:26Yeah.
32:27Yeah.
32:28Yeah.
32:29Yeah.
32:30Yeah.
32:30Yeah.
32:31Yeah.
32:31Yeah.
32:31Yeah.
32:34CeCe and Joel.
32:35Oh my gosh, this is so much better.
32:38This is amazing.
32:40The new whole aesthetic is light and bright.
32:44That's what I love.
32:45Before, for such a big open space, it just felt so dark.
32:53CeCe just wants a clean design.
32:55He wants everything to look clean and organized
32:57so that if guests showed up at any moment,
33:00you don't have to do anything. It's already ready to go.
33:02What is it they say?
33:03If you give a man a pantry, he'll be organized for a day.
33:06But if you teach a man to pantry, he'll be organized for life?
33:09Well, we definitely have two men that need to be taught
33:11how to organize for life.
33:13They're going to love it, especially CeCe.
33:14He's going to love the organization.
33:16It was such a maze to get to the pantry before,
33:20going all the way around, having it off the laundry room.
33:23This new layout is so much better.
33:27And I think having separation from those two spaces, too,
33:29is nice.
33:30You know, your pantry is part of the kitchen.
33:32Your laundry room is its own domain.
33:35And they have tons and tons of storage now.
33:37Okay.
33:38Isn't it great, though, that this countertop,
33:40we were able to reuse it?
33:41Because that would easily have just gone to waste,
33:43but with such a nice chunk of wood.
33:44Yeah.
33:45It also goes perfectly with this whole space.
33:48Now this is the appropriate size.
33:50Yeah, this is going to be perfect.
34:01What the hell is going?
34:14We're going to go over,
34:26All hands on deck.
34:28This is what they've dreamed of.
34:29The whole time they've lived here,
34:30this is what they've dreamed about.
34:31Do you think we'll get a Joel handshake?
34:34I think we're going to get a Joel hug.
34:35I think we're going to get our first positive comment.
34:38No, actually, I have received a couple of positive comments.
34:40What, are you saying you're their favorite?
34:42Just putting it out there.
34:44Whatever.
34:51Just bring my love home.
34:54Joel, you feel good?
34:56Feels very good.
34:57This is nice.
34:58It's simple.
34:59It's inviting.
35:01Aw.
35:01So those are all the pops I've had over the years.
35:03Yeah.
35:05Where's the anticipation level at?
35:08Anticipation level.
35:09Hello.
35:10Is let's get going.
35:12Come on.
35:13I want to see it.
35:14It's been a long time.
35:15Are you patient, man?
35:17You know me.
35:20I'm very patient.
35:22Look at that.
35:22The brothers.
35:23You want to talk about it or do you want to go in and actually see it?
35:26What's happening, buddy?
35:27Good to see you guys.
35:28I've been told if we do really well, you're going to give me one of these.
35:31I'd be giving you right now.
35:33All I would handshake.
35:34This process, as you know, can be stressful.
35:36Trying to find a house to start.
35:38You think you found the one that you love and then you realize it's not working for you.
35:42And then you find two ruggedly handsome brothers to come and help you.
35:45Then they weren't available, so then you found us.
35:47Well, you guys did find a great house.
35:50But I totally get that you were so sick and tired of it not feeling like your house.
35:55My hope is that we flipped it on its head and this is now something you're going to fall in
36:00love with.
36:00That's what we're hoping.
36:02You want to get inside?
36:03We can't wait another second.
36:04All right.
36:05Christmas is here.
36:06This is it.
36:07Oh, my God.
36:09Come on in.
36:10Oh.
36:12That's crazy.
36:17Come on in.
36:19Oh.
36:21That's crazy.
36:27This is a totally...
36:29I have goosebumps.
36:33I can't.
36:34This is incredible.
36:36I realize it is a lot to take in.
36:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:39Well, normally you can only see this room and now we can see everything at once.
36:42It's amazing.
36:44Oh, my God.
36:46I love how, like, I was waiting for the...
36:47The fireplace is gone!
36:50And he's looking at the Kodak.
36:50You got the hug.
36:51I got the hug, not just the handshake.
36:54I am still...
36:55I can barely process what's going on right now.
37:01Look at the view.
37:02I can't believe there's no fireplace there.
37:06The floors look...
37:07Holy...
37:09This...
37:09Get out of my...
37:10Whoa, he's going rogue.
37:17Oh!
37:18Why don't we check out the living room first and we'll get to the kitchen.
37:20I feel like there's just such a different feel in every way.
37:24It's incredible.
37:25To make it feel like home, I love having all the puppy portraits.
37:30Those are all the dogs we've ever had.
37:32Yeah.
37:33This is just incredible, guys!
37:36Oh, my gosh.
37:37And the way this opens up just to this whole space.
37:40I knew the test was coming.
37:40We have to do the comfort test.
37:42Do a Preston squat.
37:44Okay.
37:47Oh, this is good.
37:49I like.
37:50I love it.
37:50I like the color.
37:51I'm always like, I like it.
37:52What do you think?
37:53I love this coffee table.
37:55This is a great table.
37:56You said you want to entertain again.
37:59Yes.
37:59You want to have the ability to have friends and family over.
38:01Yeah.
38:02This is set up for entertaining.
38:03It's ideal for it.
38:04Yeah, this space is just ready to fill with friends.
38:08Do you want to make your way into the kitchen?
38:09Yes, please.
38:18What do you think?
38:20Oh, my God.
38:22Oh, my God.
38:25I love the counters.
38:26What do you think, Joel?
38:27The counters are great.
38:29You'll notice something subtle.
38:31The lighting feels better in here.
38:33Oh, yeah.
38:34I didn't even look at this.
38:35That's so much better.
38:37And you have the statement pendants as well.
38:39So, really feels nice and bright everywhere.
38:43What's going through your mind, Joel?
38:44I can't believe this is our house.
38:46You did it.
38:48You actually did it.
38:49This actually feels like it is kind of the blend of the styles,
38:53exactly like we were talking about.
38:54Excuse me.
38:55Here we go.
38:56You see that impulse?
38:57He couldn't wait.
38:58This space has some secrets for you.
39:00I know.
39:01That's what I was just looking at.
39:03If you have a seat, I'm going to show you a few things.
39:05Can we put some of your supplies onto a caddy?
39:08You also, if you open that drawer,
39:11you'll notice there's a whole bunch of organizational stuff.
39:13Oh, phenomenal.
39:15We had so many conversations about why the extra TV,
39:19when you could sit here and see everything.
39:21Do you know we had those conversations over and over as well?
39:23That's because he sits there and watches financial news.
39:28When you're designing your home,
39:31it has to work for your lifestyle.
39:33And we also put an arm on both of these,
39:35so you can turn them to the kitchen.
39:38You can turn them to face outside, whatever you need.
39:40Guys, it's phenomenal.
39:42It really is amazing.
39:43When CeCe first reached out, he said,
39:45if you do nothing else, just clean up this damn corner.
39:48Just clean up the corner.
39:49That's all I ever wanted.
39:51Oh, my God.
39:51The dream is real.
39:53Hold it.
39:55Go ahead.
39:56The pantry?
39:57This is your fridge.
39:58Oh, it's got paneling.
39:59Oh, my God.
40:01Wait.
40:02It opens all the way.
40:03Oh, gosh.
40:06Whoa.
40:07This is totally...
40:09Oh, my God.
40:10Oh, my God.
40:12Is this the best part of the house?
40:14It is now.
40:16We got this fridge down here.
40:19Oh, this is just phenomenal.
40:21This was such a previously...
40:23Wasted space.
40:24Yeah, it was just kind of like a junk reservoir.
40:26Actually, that's kind of a theme for the house
40:28is our junk reservoir spaces
40:30have been turned into things that look beautiful.
40:32Doesn't your butcher block look better in there?
40:34This looks incredible.
40:35Everything looks phenomenal.
40:40Hello.
40:41Welcome to my pantry.
40:43I mean, if you think that's amazing,
40:45come look at the laundry space.
40:47I mean, adding function in every room of this house
40:49was important, right?
40:51This...
40:51Oh!
40:53I mean, I keep thinking,
40:56why didn't we do this already?
40:57Well, having the separation here
40:59allowed us to have another whole wall of storage.
41:02Absolutely.
41:03Which is great.
41:04This is incredible.
41:06Oh, my God.
41:09See if there's a surprise on that side.
41:11Oh, look, there's a place for a broom.
41:13Good.
41:15Every single area is such a step up.
41:18It's incredible.
41:20Look at this view.
41:22I know.
41:23Why on earth are you looking at this view
41:25when you can look at this view...
41:28Yeah, this is...
41:30Wow.
41:32Oh, my God.
41:33The boardroom is transformed.
41:35Oh, oh!
41:37Your rolling office chairs are gone.
41:39And also, you have the large-scale chairs there.
41:42You have some smaller scale over here.
41:44I love zones.
41:44Oh, I didn't even see it was large.
41:46Your house inside and out has so many zones now
41:48for you to entertain.
41:49This is phenomenal.
41:51This is perfect.
41:52I can't believe it's ours.
41:53I cannot believe that we live here.
41:55I would never get this kind of finishes.
41:59We've never had a house like this.
42:01Well, you deserve it.
42:02You really do.
42:03You work hard.
42:04You deserve a place like this to be your sanctuary.
42:06Our goal was to make you happy.
42:07You did it.
42:08You absolutely did it.
42:10Look at me.
42:11I'm happy.
42:11I want to thank you guys
42:12because I feel like we had a very weird list
42:15of a lot of things,
42:16and we got all of them.
42:18It feels like we couldn't have gotten a better job.
42:20We want you happy.
42:21We want you to feel like
42:22you don't have to stress over the house.
42:23You can just invite friends over and enjoy.
42:25I'm doing that now.
42:26Hold on.
42:26Text him.
42:29It is our house.
42:31It is the house that we fell in love with.
42:34Only it's ours now.
42:36It's elevated.
42:36This is kind of like an idealized version.
42:39This hasn't really sunken in.
42:41It's like a magazine.
42:42Yeah.
42:43It's truly like an architectural magazine.
42:46This is where we're going to live the rest of our lives.
42:50Like, this is the place.
42:51So now that it's kind of set up exactly the way we want it,
42:54it's, I don't know, it's hard to put a number on that.
42:57And we think it's worth it.
43:01Are we glad we stayed in this house?
43:03Are you glad you stayed in this house?
43:05100%.
43:05Yeah.
43:06Yeah.
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