Property Brothers Under Pressure Season 1 Episode 2

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🏘️ Property Brothers Under Pressure (2013) - Season 1 Episode 2  When costs spiral, creativity saves the day. In Episode 2 "The Budget Blowout", Drew & Jonathan step into a renovation where unexpected expenses have drained the family's savings. With material prices soaring and contractors demanding payment, the brothers must stretch every dollar without sacrificing quality. Can smart swaps and strategic negotiations rescue the project... or will this budget break under pressure?  🔹 Episode Highlights: • Financial crisis: hidden fees & rising material costs threaten project completion • Cost-saving hacks: premium looks on a budget through strategic substitutions • Vendor negotiations: Drew's real estate expertise meets Jonathan's builder network • Family stress management: balancing dreams with financial reality • Signature Property Brothers solution: transparency, innovation & stress-free results  🔹 Series Info: • Format: Home Renovation / Reality TV / Design Rescue Serial • Original Network: HGTV (US) / Discovery+ / International Syndication • Season: 1 | Episode: 2 | Title: "The Budget Blowout" • Setting: Various US Home Locations | Language: English • Runtime: ~42-45 minutes  🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to home renovation recaps & DIY podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.  👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Which budget hack would you use? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 3!  #ShowTVMovies #PropertyBrothersUnderPressure #HGTV #BudgetBlowout #S01E02 #HomeRenovation #RealityTV #DrewAndJonathan #BingeWatch #RenovationRescue  ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Property Brothers Under Pressure" belong to HGTV, Cineflix Media, and associated producers. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.

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00:08I love it up in these hills mm-hmm gorgeous every property has this beautiful view did

00:16you see the message by the way from Ted and Aaron no what were they saying let me read it

00:22to you

00:22hi my partner and I could really use your help we're currently renting and have been house

00:27hunting on and off for years with zero luck we've literally seen over a hundred houses the market is

00:33nuts bidding wars bad flips we've seen it all we're fortunate to have recently inherited a home

00:38but it's in really rough shape and comes with a lot of complicated history I don't know what that

00:43means but we could really use your expertise to help us decide what we should do hope to hear from

00:50you Aaron and Ted I'm curious to see what this place looks like and how much work it needs and

00:54what this mysterious history is this is this is it over here Wow

01:48nestled in the hills this is kind of cool it's like a little private oasis if you only have a

01:54like little hobbit doors right here this would be great so are they wanting to sell this house

01:59or are they wanting to stay in it I don't think they know hello come on down hey yes come

02:07on hi I'm

02:08Eric nice to meet you Ted nice to meet you yeah this is the place wow welcome

02:20I actually love the style of the home I love the view this is I mean people are paying for

02:24this

02:27looking out your back window it's like a 180 view when you're up here in the hills that is what

02:31you're

02:31paying for this is very much secondary inside the house how long have you had this house it's been

02:37in the family for 30 plus years my parents bought this place what's the plan that we were talking about

02:43that aside I can tell just by looking at you that you have reservations or there's something oh I have

02:49big reservations about moving into this place a lot of it has to do with the fact that he's had

02:54a life

02:54here and I wasn't a part of that life he's raised his kids here I feel like a guest in

03:00this house right

03:01I kind of just wanted us to have a fresh start somewhere tell me how long you've been in your

03:07rental eight years nine years I think we've been in our rental home for about eight years now yeah

03:13we've been looking for years for a house to start anew this is our first place together that we're buying

03:20every time we tried to find a place somebody would buy it out from under us or you know we'd

03:26find

03:26things that were wrong with it so when this when this house came into the potential for us it kind

03:33of spun everything around I lived in it for a long time with my kids and then when separated with

03:38my ex

03:39I moved out and then my ex she passed away I understand the financial implications and how it

03:46would be smarter for us to go this direction and fix up this home that we inherited but it's hard

03:53to

03:53get past all the memories that are there he lived a whole lifetime he raised his kids there I kind

04:00of

04:00feel the same way I want to have a fresh start as well but financially the fresh start would be

04:05let's fix up

04:06this house yeah yeah so right now it's just about compromise we got to do something we're paying rent on

04:13our rental we're paying a mortgage on this house we have to either sell it or renovate it or do

04:19something yeah yeah and that's very relatable by the way we've had a lot of clients that have said

04:23the same thing they've had their past lives and they want to create something new together for the

04:27next chapter what is your design style what do you want to see for me I like a home with

04:32character

04:32I love the Spanish style I'm not a fan of modern yeah and mid-century modern is really not my

04:39thing

04:39either like the beams for example I would want to keep the beams and do something special with

04:44that yeah would you would you want to keep this or get rid of it you know I love having

04:49a fireplace I

04:50know that's weird for California but I love the coziness that it brings it just that seems like a monster

04:56there are ways to make that look like an amazing feature not just an old worn down fireplace right

05:05the kitchen is the pretty much originally I mean this house was built in the 50s like 52 I think

05:11and it looks like it this countertop is disgusting this has to go see we're starting the renovation

05:18today even the electrical here you can see that someone's arced the electrical here uh so I'm assuming

05:24this isn't grounded what is this cable right here you drilled for the microwave you just drilled through

05:32the front of your count your cabinet whoever did it yeah not only that to get rid of the ground

05:37they

05:38just put in the thing that eliminates the ground so they could plug it into an ungrounded I can't even

05:42hear it there are many fire hazards in this house listen to that yeah so dangerous have you had an

05:48appraisal done on this place yeah I'm guessing it's around 1.5 yeah that's about right okay and did

05:54you ever get a quote from a contractor as to what the work would be a couple okay am I

05:59guessing there

05:59is the cheapest you came across is probably 300,000 and it got even higher than that I personally would

06:04redo everything make sure things are done right but you could save some money by trying to keep those

06:09floors it looks good it's just dark I would have done something a little lighter because otherwise it

06:14starts to feel dark in here all around this the counters everything in here this is super dark so

06:19when we moved in this everything was dark I mean the ceiling wasn't white yeah I mean it was

06:24very 70s dark if we found a house that checked off all your boxes and was everything that you want

06:31would you be open to just not tackling this and moving into that yes I'm hesitant the houses we

06:38looked at in our price range which is the same value you're talking about one five one seven are not

06:44they're not nothing as of you other properties in the area have been selling for over two million with

06:48a renovation if you're out of the hills your dollar will stretch a lot further looking at houses in

06:53other areas that your majority payment is going towards that view so there are other houses out

06:58there maybe even with more function or charm for what you guys want or something that makes you feel

07:02more at home yeah let's look at the bedroom what else is here yeah so you have kitchen living

07:10what is this

07:15I'm no longer in a residential home I'm back in the college locker room what what is this this is

07:23crazy

07:23I have never in all my life seen cubicles like this in residential everything in here needs to

07:30go for sure yeah it's it's a huge bathroom by the way but it looks tiny when I'm looking at

07:35the scope of

07:36work for the kitchen and the scope of work everywhere but especially rooms like this the bathroom it adds up

07:41real fast I'm curious what you guys think I mean how much should we spend it makes a huge difference

07:46do you want to stay do you want to sell because there may be some things to make your lives

07:51the

07:51way you want it that you would want to spend more money on but it's not worth spending more money

07:55on if

07:55you're selling yeah that's that's a tough call really bedrooms are easy because you're not dealing with

08:01fixtures expensive appliances this is a really nice big room too well it's just the mirrors this

08:12would be an easy fix-up I'd like to get outside I want to see the outdoor space it looks

08:16like there

08:17are two tiers out there I don't know about opening this door it's been a while oh my god I

08:24got I got an

08:24inch hey step aside brother I'm gonna take the easy path see here if it open because Drew couldn't

08:33do it that's gonna be amazing oh yeah you got this Jonathan hey Aaron yeah you two are out of

08:47luck

08:47we'll see you later uh excuse me I've been trimming up I like the privacy up there I like that

08:58you

08:58don't see neighbors or anything like that it's just all view yeah I think it'd be really nice having

09:03some raised gardens and have your own produce and stuff you have a great location and you obviously

09:10have a house that's fallen into disrepair I know as well I am a stepdad and when I met Zoe

09:18the kids

09:19they were living in a house that was not a house I had any memories in and I can appreciate

09:23how you

09:24feel we found another house and now they love that house and it's totally fine you guys the kids are

09:29out

09:29of the house yeah I still be open to looking at other places and seeing what else is out there

09:35and do I really want to commit to doing this looking at other houses what's your criteria I mean

09:40honestly I would love the same kind of thing with the three bedrooms two bathrooms open concept she

09:46likes her fireplace I do like the fireplace so dog friendly dog friendly definitely I'd love a walkable

09:53neighborhood and character and I think it will really help you looking at other houses that aren't

09:58on the hill that have some different features and it'll show you what the value of those are in

10:02comparison to this yeah do you mind if I just look around I haven't seen everything and I want to

10:06make

10:06sure I really know the scope of what it's just be careful there's fire hazards everywhere I'm not

10:10going to touch anything I get what Ted is saying and he's right they already have the equity in this

10:18house they would have to basically go and repurchase something and then maybe take on a renovation and

10:24there's a lot more hassle and legal fees and real estate fees you name it so there's a tough

10:28conversation that they need to have this may not be the house there's a good chance this is

10:32not the house because of the amount of work that has to happen their budget is 1.7 million that's

10:37not going to get them much up here in the hills so we need to look at some other neighborhoods

10:41that

10:41can stretch that dollar but I don't want to lift a hammer on this house until Aaron and Ted make

10:47the

10:47decision of whether they're going to stay or they're going to go what was it about this house that you

11:00thought Aaron would specifically like I think it's the fact that it's it's fully renovated and the

11:05fact that it doesn't have history could you see yourself living down here we put bids on places

11:23down here so yeah definitely the greatest difference between these two properties is

11:29walkability because you know in the hills it is a challenge here sidewalks on both sides tree-lined

11:35streets so it's really great the walkable thing is really nice about it I love it walking the dogs

11:39this house was built in the 20s it's a three-bedroom three-bathroom plus the adu the thing with this

11:44house is you don't need to renovate it's already done you could literally move in right away

11:47it's a fresh start oh wow oh this is really nice the height the beams this wouldn't have been

11:59original but now it's really impressive wow this is great I mean it's perfect for family gatherings

12:04I would love to start hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas here this is a huge island I do like

12:11how they've integrated the pendants directly to the beams that's nice yeah I like this backsplash and I

12:16love the pot filler looking at this what you've seen so far is this the kind of house you would

12:21put an offer in on yeah I love the way it's open you got to look at the rest of

12:24it well look over

12:26here for one sec in case you don't know the toilets here it says it on the wall oh I

12:31do want to show

12:32you guys one thing with this house that's a little different than what the listing is said

12:36does anyone really need a sign that looks like that to explain this is a toilet

12:43oh god sorry I'm so sorry I didn't mean to scare you this was a bedroom door so this was

12:50the third

12:50bedroom they decided they wanted this to be a closet but you can open that to throw laundry in the

12:55basket or terrify people it's perfect for Halloween come around that is so crazy I had to I'm sorry

13:05come on through to the bedroom oh it's a nice space nice wet room in there with your shower and

13:10tub this is nice have you wanted a walk-in closet she wants a walk-in I definitely want a

13:15walk-in

13:15closet it would be a dream they're listing this as a three-bedroom three-bathroom it's not because

13:20this isn't an official bedroom anymore so I would call this a two-bedroom three-bathroom home if you

13:25wanted we could always convert it back or you keep it as a closet and maybe if you need that

13:30third

13:30bedroom you could use the ADU as the third space nice private yard the dogs would love it they really

13:39would it's a perfect space they have the turf over on this side and you can see in here it's

13:44a studio

13:44style ADU how would you use this space I think it would probably be a guest space his daughter comes

13:50down from Berkeley quite often so it'd be nice to have a space for her yeah seeing this compared to

13:56your family's home pros cons for me there's a lot of pros just something about starting over a fresh

14:02start for both of us what are you thinking because I can see the wheels spinning this is not a

14:08no I like

14:09the open concept the high ceilings the beams the walkability and all that is great it's not jumping out

14:16at me as this is the place I would say there's probably not as much character here as what you

14:22would

14:22probably be looking for yeah you say your budgets around 1.7 right yeah the list price for this house

14:27is 1.85 million I think we can negotiate the price down comps in the area are going for 1

14:32.7 to 1.75

14:33but the thing is it's all done you don't have to spend even a hundred thousand dollars on renovation

14:38it's ready to go nice part your house you would end up spending two three hundred thousand dollars

14:43to try and make it something that you want it is very tempting very very tempting I like the ADU

14:47that's

14:48nice why don't we step out be honest with each other for a second about this place what you think

14:53and then join us up front we'll see you inside yeah yeah I don't know there's there is a lot

14:59about

14:59this house that I really like though so how'd that go uh I mean Erin is loving it she loves

15:05the area

15:06she loves the house I get what Ted's saying it's not like the instant wow factor I instantly fell in

15:11love I mean it's not like I said it's not I'm not getting the fireworks I think Ted's just too

15:17stuck

15:17on that house that was his family home I think he feels he's going to lose out on all the

15:21equity if

15:21they just move on and the same boat I understand that Erin would want to have a fresh start in

15:25a

15:25house that wasn't from a past relationship I mean there's going to be pros and cons about every

15:30situation but it's nice to move into a place that's pretty much done Drew found this house and I do

15:35think it's a very nice house especially with the fact that everything is done

15:39but you know we can show them more houses I've got a house actually that I want to show them

15:43it

15:43needs a little bit of work but it's within their budget it's gonna look beautiful and I think it

15:47could be a winner for them follow me so you can already see the reason you've got the steps is

16:05because you also have the view oh wow so unlike the last house you're right in the heart of the

16:13hills so you've got the view you've got the elevation and some steps and some steps definitely

16:19it's probably really nice all the little houses and the lights and yeah yeah I'm sure it is one of

16:25the biggest perks you have with this location is you can literally walk to the end of the street and

16:31you probably saw the park that's there as you were walking here yeah everyone goes there with

16:34their dogs tons of room to run around so if you want somewhere to run the dogs around this is

16:39your spot there is good character inside you wanted a Spanish style yeah you got to be used to the

16:44stairs but why don't we get inside do you want to have a look okay yeah definitely sounds good oh

16:50yeah

16:50wow there's character oh my gosh there's loads of character oh wow yeah you said you wanted wow factor

16:57yeah definitely definitely wow factor all original even the stenciling and everything that's all original

17:06I just love that you've got that character this is a hundred year old house it's three bedrooms two and

17:12a half bath over 2,000 square feet built in 26 I love the fireplace I love the Spanish style

17:19this is way bigger than a lot of living

17:21rooms we would see in your price point it is a nice room so I am seeing something that I

17:25did not see at the last house and

17:28that is a look of wonder and excitement you don't see a lot of homes like this you really don't

17:33so I think the character is really making me excited because it's unique it stands out from any other home

17:39that we've seen

17:41I love the non-smooth walls I love the archway into the kitchen you could even improve your access to

17:49the landing so you can get straight in here nice size dining room some of the things that you'd see

17:54in more modern homes which I think can still be done to these houses and it feels appropriate would be

17:59like opening this up a little more to connect the dining space through to the kitchen what uh what's the

18:04asking price this is listed for 1.7 we'd have to do a little work here that's the key word

18:09a little

18:09yeah place you currently have needs a lot no no question about it before we talk all the numbers

18:14and everything let's head upstairs oh wow this is really cool I love the built-in bookshelves look at

18:20that now that could be a great loft office as well yeah that's actually a good point yeah that's really

18:26nice and then you have decent sized bedrooms in the big room over here the one thing that's cool about

18:32this room is you have access directly to your own terrace out back here okay and bathrooms just

18:38outside okay that's really nice we're showing you this because it's a home with character that you will

18:44not find in any other newer built home but even though it's got character you can still adapt it to

18:50meet your needs could this be a contender I mean there's definitely things here that win me over I love

18:56the Spanish style and the character of the home from the outside I wasn't a big fan just walking up

19:01because of the stairs and the proximity of the neighbors once you walk in I was impressed and we

19:06hadn't seen houses like this right because you were hoping for that fresh share of something of yours

19:11together mm-hmm this could be that house yeah definitely God are you ready to put in an offer

19:21they actually are leaning into this house especially Erin she's really really into this house

19:26it's up to them to decide but if they want to keep the family house then I think we just

19:30have to do

19:30everything we can to make that feel like a fresh start for Erin yeah we can do that yeah boy

19:35that

19:36would be a lot of work yes I personally think that this Spanish house we just looked at is the

19:43top

19:43contender I just don't know if Erin's gonna get on board with the one in the hills yeah what are

19:48you

19:48doing tonight date night with Linda oh just to you yeah just to us we don't get enough time out

19:52to do

19:53things and it's Ted okay great how's it going we literally just left you what's up well we chatted a

20:02little since we left oh yeah and what do you decided we're gonna go with the house that we inherited

20:10it that was very quick yeah Jonathan figured that you guys were sold on the Spanish style home oh no

20:15it was a beautiful home and I was definitely almost sold on it I think we can probably make our

20:21home

20:22that we love just as much can we probably lose in the bidding war anyway when we also made a

20:27deal

20:28that if it's not something that I am extremely happy with then we'd be willing to sell it and move

20:35somewhere else but I want to give it a shot can you tell me uh what what is your budget

20:40for the

20:40renovation I'd like to keep it under 250 right now so okay 250,000 that's where we are we're gonna

20:48do

20:48everything we can to make it the amazing home you always dreamed it could be I'll talk to you guys

20:52soon

20:52okay bye guys all right bye guys I am just gonna put it on the record I have a bad

20:58feeling about

20:59this house because you can tell there was a legal work done I'll head over there right away and we'll

21:03start tearing things out and that'll also help us explore and see what we're dealing with I think

21:08the challenge for us is Aaron still has one foot out the door it's all about personalizing the design

21:13I'm gonna meet up with them and try and get a better sense of their style and design maybe pick

21:17out

21:18some pieces we need to knock it out of the park to make her love it otherwise I just sell

21:23it yeah

21:24exactly come on in thank you oh wow look at this all right quite the selection there's a lot to

21:35choose

21:35from so the whole point of this design is to get rid of the ghosts of the past I think

21:43that there's a

21:44lot that can go into the aesthetic that can help it feel fresh you have $250,000 for your budget

21:49and

21:49it sounds like a lot but we're doing a total new kitchen we have your bathroom we have a lot

21:54of

21:54areas of the house we're touching that money's gonna go fast so I'm trying not to overspend anywhere

21:59possible yeah we can keep your porcelain floors as is they're in good shape we could do a beautiful

22:04building for the TV one thing with the fireplace you weren't a big fan of the look of that fireplace

22:09because I know you don't like mid-century if you want to rip that out it's going to cost about

22:13$10,000 what do you think of the idea of just a simple plaster we'll apply a plaster compound

22:19directly over the existing brick to introduce a Spanish inspired finish this would be a fraction

22:24of the cost of building something new we'll layer in both warmth and comfort with hand selected

22:29furniture choices and accent pieces that will elevate the space because this home is all about

22:34enjoying the view we'll extend the plaster finish to the exterior chimney and add natural textual tones

22:40and outdoor elements to soften things up yeah I would love to plant some vegetables out there do

22:48you want to build some planter boxes oh I would love to okay that would be fun actually yeah because

22:52we could have a couple right out there and it will grow and add a little bit of depth to

22:56that

22:56fireplace yeah that'd be fun okay nice what are you gonna do I'm I'm gonna watch I know we're here

23:03for furniture but let's talk kitchen for a second because we need to start from scratch it always has

23:08been kind of dark so something to lighten that up yeah yeah we'll create better flow and function by

23:14replacing the peninsula with an island those old crumbling counters will be upgraded with a low-maintenance

23:20stone will brighten up the space with a mosaic backsplash v-groove cream color cabinetry and add

23:27mixed metal finishes and two-tone counters to bring eye-catching contrast to the space

23:32oh that'd be perfect yeah oh my god it's so I love it are you okay with some dark still

23:38in there

23:39because contrast will be an important part of the design design wise is fine yeah I've been thinking

23:43about doing things for a long time at that place yeah just you know we never had the money I'm

23:49excited

23:49about it it's gonna be amazing all that stuff out of the way I want you to focus on the

23:52fun of

23:53shopping for your living room just look around color texture style anything that jumps out to you just

23:59let me know because we can hone in from there all right let's do it I wouldn't mind something like

24:07this

24:07and it swivels then you can be looking at the fireplace over here or you can turn and you can

24:12look at the

24:12TV do you like that palette no I don't like that color at all no I think that's very 70s

24:18oh yes

24:18back to the mid-century modern I gotta throw a bunch of you and then I start to find out

24:23what

24:24you like are you okay with something like a wood tone like what do you think that there I do

24:28like

24:28the wood tones it'd be like a nice idea for a coffee bar too this is what I'm talking about

24:34this in your

24:34life she's like absolutely not oh okay oh I'll buy that one that's kind of nice that's a great color

24:42actually I think if we go for the color here we shouldn't go for a colorful sofa right right yeah

24:46I

24:47think I'm getting a bit better sense of style I need to get their head more wrapped around what the

24:51furniture design could look like I just want them to have some fun okay so you like this yeah it's

24:56not bad that's great no that's yeah that's a mid-century modern just you know okay let's move on

25:11one two three

25:21as we're doing demo I'm seeing more and more signs that it's not going to be good so when I

25:26left I

25:27ask to make sure we have the electrician in the plumber in that way when we come back we know

25:31100%

25:32what we're dealing with hello come on into the kitchen if you can find the kitchen don't be

25:45afraid watch your step what's your thought so far I'm just in shock really I mean I haven't seen it

25:52like this ever there's is it hard to see it like this no it's not hard it's it's crazy though

25:57you

25:57know as we were pulling back layers you see a lot of the stuff that was not done right there

26:02was a ton

26:02oh wow really like what when we were initially walking through I pointed out pretty quick that

26:08this was ungrounded there were some issues there is so much illegal wiring done in this house and if

26:15it does end up sparking it your house burns down I mean I raised my kids here but you didn't

26:19know

26:19yeah now that we're updating we want to make sure everything's done right included in the budget that

26:23we already talked about was the rewiring of the kitchen because we knew that we had to bring it

26:28up to today's code discovering everything else the electrician has basically said and the city is going

26:34to require it the whole house has to be rewired to rewire the entire house is about $14,000 over

26:41and

26:42above what's already budgeted oh my god you know that's not as bad as it sounded when you started

26:47telling this whole thing so 14 is well it me gets worse that's just electrical this is like we got

26:54a camera and we scoped several different parts of your plumbing under the slab in the house is totally

26:59shot this is where the second major problem comes in to play because we would basically have to trench

27:06and break up the concrete on an angle after the clean out there and from the bathroom over there on

27:12an angle this way so we would have to redo all of the flooring it's just hit after hit after

27:18hit we're

27:18now looking at forty three thousand dollars on top of what you're already paying oh my god I can tell

27:25as well that it this is a difficult decision yeah it's overwhelming it's a lot more than I expected

27:42for us it's frustrating because we don't like having to bring you this news but what would feel

27:46worse is if you end up moving into this house and then realizing there's something behind the walls yeah

27:50no it has to be done it has to be done right so do you have money put aside for

27:55something like this

27:55it's you know some money set aside yeah and I wasn't expecting this much and this added cost and you

28:03know it's like it's already I'm one foot out the door so this is just inching me closer towards that

28:09if we can find any kind of silver lining think about the flooring you could lighten up the flooring

28:14and have something that feels a little brighter in the space yeah I have no doubt that this is going

28:20to be an amazing place amazing kitchen it's going to look great okay it's already a big decision to

28:27move into this place that doesn't necessarily feel like my home so now finding that there's so much to do

28:34and so much cost added on to it it just it's hard it's hard to see that this is definitely

28:41worth it

28:41this is definitely my forever home kind of an idea it's a ton of money and I know that Erin

28:47is very

28:48upset she barely wanted to renovate this place or live in this place when she says she's one foot

28:53out the door she's like three quarters of her body out the door if we can just bring some cohesion

28:57to

28:58the design without any more big surprises we can probably get them to enjoy this house when we're done

29:27there's so much happening right now electrical plumbing is done so the floors are patched up the

29:36fireplace has been redone and looks stunning even though it's the same size as the original

29:41fireplace the finish is so much more tasteful the bathroom before was so weird and so the new layout

29:49feels like what you would get in a brand new house side-by-side sinks massive shower it's going to

29:54feel

29:55super spacious it obviously feels a little darker because we reduced the number of windows but I think

30:00once we have all our finishes done well that showers three times as big as what it was yeah and

30:06the tile

30:06is going to look amazing that's our pattern for the floor up here do we want vertical horizontal I do

30:15like vertical can I order that up yes pick up at the next window no pick up the window I'll

30:21bring it to

30:22this window all right pick it up the window okay bang on geez you're good let's keep firing through on

30:36the floors okay I'm gonna come around I'm glad we did the right fix with the plumbing and now the

30:46side

30:47benefit is they're gonna have way better flooring when this is done if Aaron is gonna fall in love with

30:51this place I think this is gonna be one of the biggest changes for her the only thing that's

30:56left that's old is this post and beams how do you envision us finishing those I definitely want to get

31:02rid of the chocolate just feels a little dated but I do think the beams need to still stand out

31:07as a

31:07future so if we do like a slightly darker than what the cabinets are for the beams and the posts

31:12that

31:13could be our palette I'm happy with how construction is going right now but my big concern with Ted and

31:20Erin is particularly Erin I just want to make sure all the work we're doing everything's moving in a

31:25direction where she can actually picture herself calling this home I keep having these worries that

31:31no matter what we do she's gonna have a hard time breaking down that wall emotionally would that upset

31:36you if you weren't able to achieve this goal if we do all this work and then she doesn't fall

31:41in

31:42love with it just seems like like in my mind it seems like a bit of a failure I love

31:49that you're

31:50excited to take on a project oh my god what is this this is you said you want to grow

31:54your own

31:54vegetables I do I do I'm very excited about growing them and you have so much room over here it

31:59looks

31:59great I love the way that turned out I think it'll be nice to break up that surface in the

32:03back of the

32:03fireplace that's a good idea with a couple planner boxes so this is a raised bed planner cedar is a

32:08great material to work with too you don't want to use something like pressure treated wood because

32:11the chemicals can leach into your soil oh interesting and then you don't put the cedar all the way across

32:16in the bottom because you need it the water to go through exactly clever I mean this is pretty easy

32:21you'll notice as well if you look we don't want any screw holes showing if we can help it so

32:25everything's been affixed from the inside so once we put up our fabric you'll have this beautiful clean

32:31aesthetic you can fill it with soil put whatever plants in you want you're good to go okay if

32:35you're cool with it because you said you want to learn I'll show you yeah how we built this one

32:39and

32:39you can build a second one great we start with the frame 33 inches tall on our legs so we'll

32:44cut

32:44those first okay show me what you got okay so 33 yeah go ahead and line that up just like

32:52that

32:52like is that okay it looks pretty great yeah so hold really good and strong here

33:02literally perfect so these will be the exact same size look at that perfect I mean if you went to

33:09the store and bought these at this size you'd be spending almost 300 bucks each this is custom size

33:16just for exactly what you want and all in the materials are 150 bucks so a little sweat equity

33:21and you got something that's customized for you that's great I love it I already have all of these

33:25cut to exactly the thickness you need so you'll just have to cut them for length and then assemble oh

33:30perfect hey I think I got them all in not too bad look at that

33:56I'm glad we're changing these doors but this is great I think that Aaron is gonna be blown away

34:00especially this island the amount of people that can sit here plus the peninsula you want to see the

34:05countertop yeah just a little peek yeah oh look at that beautiful that's gorgeous this is the area

34:13where you want to get a little contrast do something dramatic because all of this stays light and airy I

34:18mean this turned out fantastic if they want to sell they'll sell fast but they won't get back as

34:23much as what they would want to because we've spent extra dollars just to make this customized for them

34:27all right all right let's cover this up keep the secrets yes so good we were planning on buying a

34:40house we've been looking for a while now I mean there was one house we bid on there were 40

34:44bids

34:45and I think the house went for a million dollars over the asking price there was one house we bid

34:51on

34:51and we actually had the highest bid and we lost the house to someone who matched us and paid all

34:56cash

34:57I mean we can't compete with that no I'm like that's it let's take a break I can't do this

35:01anymore we took a break for two years we're thinking okay let's let prices drop a little

35:06bit and then we'll get back in with the economy the way it is it just doesn't go down now

35:11we have

35:12this house to me that's still a space for his family I definitely feel what she's feeling about

35:20new starts that's why I kind of think Jonathan and Drew are gonna push it over the edge it'll be

35:25special it'll make it our own place it's amazing to think of how transformational it is to just

35:43change the surface aesthetic yeah it's way better this is a total focal point this looks like something

35:48you would see in a beautiful beautiful hotel what do you think of this hutch by the way they picked

36:05this out I took them shopping and they love this piece perfect perfect color perfect match I love

36:10how it contrasts the lightness of the cabinets Erin picking a piece we're putting all the little things

36:15she wants to make this feel like home if Erin doesn't want to stay here I will stay here

36:26okay I can hear Ted's heart beating dunk dunk dunk over yourself I mean this is you've had what is

36:31it

36:3140 years you've known this house we've been talking about doing things to this house since my mom had it

36:36you were very adamant that if it doesn't feel like a fresh start for you if this feels like Ted's

36:41family

36:41home that you just want to move on yeah exactly it's very different inside very different very

36:46different good okay but all of the things that I think you pointed out that you love are obviously

36:51still here so fingers crossed all right close your eyes and we'll carefully take you down here

37:02no peeking okay take a couple more steps down all right are you guys ready all right take a deep

37:10breath

37:10let it out open your eyes oh my god

37:32how inviting does this feel wow remember your fear that the fireplace was still just going to be a

37:38beast in your face yeah look at the fireplace that looks amazing the lighter beams I can't even

37:48believe this is our house Erin come on around here grab your chair you said because there will be a

37:54fireplace as a focal point and a TV as a focal point you need something for those chairs yeah

38:04and it's the color you pointed out that you like too yeah yeah no it's great let's head in your

38:09dining room get right in here look at the number of people you can fit around the table the view

38:18that

38:18you have with this beautiful big window I can't wait to live here wait you can't wait to live here

38:35yes wait Ted how does that make you feel to know that the love of your life actually could see

38:41herself in this yeah it's amazing this is all amazing you guys um no I mean just it's unbelievable

38:50it's freaking unbelievable um yeah come on right here we're gonna go into the kitchen but I know this

38:58is a lot to take in how transformed does this feel oh my gosh

39:13by pulling this back you're not trapped because it's not a peninsula you can walk all the way

39:17around yeah I just can't wait to start cooking wow you guys as well have great taste that's the

39:25one you picked out oh my god look at these floors too right I was waiting to see how long

39:31it was

39:31going to be before you noticed the floors it's turned out really nice yeah it was almost like a

39:36blessing in disguise because we had to rip up the old floors yeah that's perfect it is perfect

39:41and we haven't even looked at your bedroom and bathroom yet oh my gosh that's right

39:45come on down after you guys

39:51oh my god wow wow wow wow oh my god look at how different it is

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40:15wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

40:15wow

40:15shower every tile here is hand fired that's why they're all different thicknesses shapes sizes

40:20but that and i think that irregularity makes it even more beautiful it does oh like it's huge

40:25like a fancy hotel i know it really is step into your brand new beautiful bedroom okay

40:39oh wow oh look at this space i love the light how pretty

41:00do you think this is a room you could kick back and recharge oh definitely and if there's enough room

41:06for some dog beds all around here too oh yeah tons and tons of storage oh wonderful to save some

41:13money we kept the original floors because they were in great shape here no need to replace them

41:17but the dark tone down there is really beautiful complementing the lighter tones up here yeah yeah

41:22this whole thing about staying here loving this property the main reason this property is so great

41:27is because of that view

41:31i would like to point out the best craftsmanship in this whole process we brought in a special team

41:39do you know which one was yours that one this is definitely yeah it's great much better than that

41:44one hands down this is a hack whoever put this together

41:52we had a big test with this house yes you had a pact you guys agreed that if you are

41:57not happy and it

41:58doesn't feel like home you will sell and you will move on how do you feel i feel so happy

42:04i can't wait to

42:05move in officially yeah i love it i really love it that's great because i'm moving in

42:15i think we should take off let you enjoy your new home enjoy your rosary thank you god

42:21yeah oh my god enjoy thank you thanks for the fun are you available if i need you to build

42:25any more

42:26of these yeah yeah just call me anytime we'll call you yeah all the best the house looks completely

42:32different so yeah just walking into the space it it does feel like i just bought this house as

42:40opposed to it's a house that he's always had the change is something that i've been wanting for a

42:46long time that's where the emotion came from well now it's just about making new memories yeah it's

42:51just that kind of next chapter for us and i mean it's a great way to start out wow this

42:56is amazing

42:57this is great can you bring the suitcases let's move in today

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