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  • 08/05/2025
Married to Real Estate S04E01

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00:00This season on Married to Real Estate, we're taking on bigger projects and clients.
00:05Oh, this is funky!
00:07Wow.
00:08I'm so jealous.
00:10There was a whole wall right here.
00:11Thank you, Paula, so much.
00:14You're welcome.
00:14Mike and I work to build equity for our clients.
00:17Your renovation has paid for itself and another $70,000.
00:21Oh, I didn't hear the smile.
00:23But one thing we've learned with renovations.
00:25Never dropping a pullback here.
00:27Pull?
00:28Expect the unexpected.
00:29Coco?
00:30Hi.
00:30What are you doing here?
00:32You want to knock out a wall?
00:33Can I put a picture of my ex on it?
00:35I curse!
00:36Damn!
00:36There it is!
00:37You got to come see what I just found.
00:39I don't want to.
00:40Your supports are all rounded out.
00:41This is supporting the house.
00:43Oh, my gosh.
00:44It's an infestation.
00:47All of this while also raising our girls to make their own mark on the world.
00:51You got booked for a fashion show.
00:52You getting paid?
00:54There's a pride of seeing them grow up and spreading their wings.
00:58I want Kendall home.
01:01Now you see how it feels.
01:03We work hard.
01:03Oh, my God.
01:04Are we going to make it?
01:05We play hard.
01:06Challenge?
01:07I'm up for the challenge.
01:08She was art, so I put her on Candace.
01:11We laugh hard.
01:12Is that what you think I look like?
01:13What?
01:14My husband thinks I look like a coconut with lips.
01:18And through it all, this we know for sure.
01:21$9,500 worth of goodness.
01:23Holding on to each other.
01:25Holds it all together.
01:27How many lasagnas do I owe you?
01:28Oh, you owe me some more than the lasagnas.
01:30I owe you more than the lasagnas.
01:31Oh, my God.
01:44Babe.
01:45Hey.
01:46I'm in the kitchen.
01:47This is nice.
01:49Yeah, this is nice.
01:49Thanks for coming.
01:51You're okay.
01:52Mwah.
01:53Where's my lunch?
01:54Where's your lunch?
01:55See, every time you see me, all you want is food.
01:57Is that it?
01:58Because I'm just your cook.
02:00Well, here's the deal, babe.
02:01These clients, Whitney and Adam, are moving to Atlanta from New York.
02:05Sound familiar?
02:06Mm-hmm.
02:07Really, for them, this is about space.
02:09And one of the primary areas they're considering is Marietta.
02:14Marietta is a beautiful area.
02:16Lots of parks, great schools, and a town square with loads of great shopping and restaurants.
02:22Plus, Whitney's parents live in Marietta.
02:24They have spent their entire relationship in a very small domicile, and we can relate to
02:30that, can't we?
02:31That's one of our main reasons for moving south as well, from New York to Georgia.
02:34Family environment, work-life balance.
02:36Yeah.
02:37And we didn't want to pay the high tolls anymore, so.
02:39Yes.
02:39It's probably the same reason they're coming down.
02:41All the same reasons.
02:42Mm-hmm.
02:47Eddie?
02:47Hi there.
02:48Hey, guys.
02:49Hello, my fellow New Yorkers.
02:51Pleasure to meet you.
02:52Pleasure.
02:52How are you?
02:53Hi, how are you, Whitney?
02:54The house is great, guys.
02:56Mm-hmm.
02:565,700 square feet, six bedrooms, six bathrooms.
03:01Pretty much, Whitney, everything you asked me for on your list, but there are a few things
03:05that may require some maintenance or changing, okay?
03:08We're moving from a two-bedroom into our first house that we've ever bought.
03:12We have a three-year-old.
03:14And we both work from home, so we could use a lot more space.
03:17We would love a place where everybody can congregate happily, comfortably.
03:22A kitchen and a family area where we can be together.
03:25Whitney is a great cook and baker.
03:27And then primary bath.
03:29Yeah.
03:29This is really important to us.
03:30Our max budget is $1.3 million.
03:33However, that doesn't mean we need to spend the entire amount right out of the gate.
03:38Right, but we can get there if we need to.
03:41We can get there if we need to.
03:42Okay.
03:43Just being realistic.
03:45What do we think of the exterior?
03:46When was this built?
03:48Do we know?
03:48It was built in the 80s.
03:49Yeah.
03:50But on the inside, it is fully renovated.
03:52It was also built in the 80s, not recently renovated.
03:56So let's be...
03:57Perfect as it is.
03:58Wait, did she say what I thought she said?
03:59That was hysterical.
04:01All right, come on, let's take a look inside.
04:02I do hope it's your taste.
04:05All right.
04:07So here's the lay of the land.
04:08On this level, we have two family rooms, an eat-in kitchen, a dining room, a downstairs laundry room, and an office.
04:15Now upstairs, you've got four bedrooms, along with four additional bathrooms.
04:19And there's a finished basement.
04:21Now to our left is an office, but let's go back and check out the main living space.
04:27This would be your family room.
04:30And then on this side, we have our kitchen, another family room, and a dining area.
04:34I just wonder about the splitting of the space between one fireplace, two fireplace.
04:40Like, where...
04:40What's wrong with two fireplaces?
04:42Double the fun.
04:44I don't know.
04:45It's very dark, though.
04:46And I'm not loving the counters.
04:48What size was your kitchen in New York?
04:51Maybe to, like...
04:53Was there a kitchen?
04:54Here.
04:54Oh, there was a kitchen.
04:55There was a kitchen.
04:57But this was about it.
04:58Listen, we remember.
04:59We met in New York.
05:01I was living right there off of 34th and Park for eons.
05:04Yeah.
05:05And paying probably what you would pay for this whole house.
05:08Yes.
05:08For this little space.
05:10So it's going to be a lifestyle.
05:11I will say, for the size of the kitchen, it doesn't feel like there's that many cabinets.
05:16That's because there isn't.
05:17Majority of them on the bottom.
05:18Yeah.
05:19Well, it looks like behind this wall is a butler's bedroom, right?
05:23You could always take this wall down and bring the entire kitchen back.
05:27That would give you a bigger focal wall with lots of space for cabinets.
05:30So basically, you'd be bringing the wall down here.
05:33So that's your focal wall of your kitchen.
05:35Yeah.
05:35This way.
05:37Island set back to give you more storage.
05:40Now, it's a renovation.
05:42Yeah.
05:42Yeah.
05:43I was just going to say how much.
05:44That feels like a big job.
05:45You're already at like $65,000.
05:49Does he do this to you at all?
05:51Well, I think he forgot I'm trying to sell a house.
05:55I called him here, though, so what can I say?
05:57No, I'm sorry.
05:58That was not the intention.
05:59Check out the bedrooms.
06:00That was not the intention.
06:05This is nice.
06:06Yeah, this is nice.
06:07It's like kind of big.
06:07Windows.
06:09Get a little of this bathroom.
06:11Oh, wow.
06:12This is amazing.
06:14You could also have a dance party in here.
06:15Yeah, we could have a dance party in here.
06:16It's big.
06:17This is huge, and I love this.
06:21Is this a house that stays on your list?
06:24It stays on the list.
06:25I think that there are things that we would clearly want to work on.
06:28I think the zebra countertops were a definition.
06:30Yeah, the zebra countertops were a definition.
06:31You like white?
06:32Yeah, like a little bit lighter and brighter.
06:35I love this bathroom feel of kind of like a spa, big, airy.
06:40So it's a contender.
06:41It's a contender.
06:42It's definitely a contender.
06:43But let me see if I can do better.
06:45We're so excited.
06:46All right, so where to next?
06:54We're headed to Sandy Springs.
06:56I know they were concerned about the price point of the first one.
06:59Home prices there are a little bit lower than Marietta,
07:01so I'm thinking they can get more for their money.
07:04Also, I wanted to bring them to the side of town
07:06because Whitney and Adam, when we were in Marietta,
07:10I felt like their souls were craving a little bit more city vibration.
07:14So Sandy Springs is going to give you that balance
07:16of suburbia, still on the outskirt of the city,
07:19but a little bit more of the vibration and pulse and culture.
07:22Coming from New York, maybe they need that.
07:24The amount of space people have here versus what's in New York is nuts.
07:30I mean, we don't even have, like, enough furniture for our apartment.
07:34You can say that again.
07:35And I'm ready for it.
07:37When's the last time you just sat down in a rocking chair, babe?
07:45I can't remember, but I'm going to tell you this.
07:47It's mandatory from now on.
07:50Oh, here they come.
07:52Here we are.
07:53It's quite the driveway.
07:55Yeah, this is a crazy driveway.
07:58House on a hill on a cul-de-sac.
08:00It was great.
08:01Does it get any more suburban than this?
08:02I love the look, and I love the southern feel of it.
08:06Great curb appeal.
08:07So guys, this house is over 6,300 square feet.
08:11That's a lot of space.
08:12That's a lot of space, but let's take a look.
08:14We're excited to see it.
08:15So you have six bedrooms, five full baths.
08:21Okay.
08:23Downstairs, you have an office as soon as you walk in, as well as the formal dining room.
08:28Then you have a large family room, an eat-in kitchen, and a downstairs laundry.
08:33Now, upstairs, you've got all your bedrooms, and you could easily turn one of those into
08:37the second office.
08:39Yeah, I like how open this is and how high the ceiling is.
08:41Versus the other houses we've seen, this is much more open.
08:44Okay.
08:45Perfect.
08:46Enter into the family room.
08:48Wow.
08:49This is huge.
08:50This is bigger than our whole apartment.
08:51Space.
08:52Space!
08:53Space.
08:54Look.
08:55There's a walkout backyard.
08:56It is.
08:57It's very private.
08:58Oh, I love this.
08:59To the left, you have a butler's pantry that currently connects to the front of the house.
09:04I'm thinking this could really easily be converted into more of a modern wet bar.
09:08What do we have here?
09:09Yeah, what is this relic?
09:10Oh, this is a built-in storage.
09:12Is my giant 34-inch box TV in here?
09:15Box TV going to go in here?
09:16Okay, so this is what it is, but this entire unit can actually come out very easily.
09:23Okay.
09:23Yeah, that's easy.
09:24Yeah.
09:25That's easy.
09:25Come back here and look at this.
09:28This is the eat-in kitchen area.
09:30I like the white cabinets.
09:31It feels bright.
09:32Is this enough pantry space for you?
09:35That looks kind of tiny.
09:36Well, right behind the kitchen, we've got the laundry room.
09:40So what if we went through the wall into a walk-in pantry, and then we moved your laundry
09:49room upstairs?
09:50What you gain is almost a scullery-sized pantry.
09:53A scullery is essentially a prep kitchen.
09:55It's storage.
09:56It's where all the business happens, or your backup pantry.
09:59That way, the main kitchen space is where you entertain.
10:02It stays beautiful.
10:03It stays clean, hopefully.
10:05I like that.
10:07I like the idea.
10:09So this is the eat-in area of the kitchen.
10:11Okay.
10:12Kitchen, eat-in.
10:13Here's your second walkout to your patio.
10:15Okay.
10:16It just feels like for the space, it's a little tight.
10:19Yeah.
10:20I mean, just thinking about this space plus that huge room, it feels like this is like
10:24a little corner almost.
10:26Hey, babe, what about joining both rooms to make the space larger?
10:29Ooh, that is exactly what I was thinking.
10:31It allows us to relocate the eat-in kitchen area, which currently is here.
10:37What we could do is run it right here in the middle of both rooms.
10:41Do you see?
10:41The table would go this way.
10:43Yeah.
10:43Okay.
10:44That's a good idea.
10:45And then here in the kitchen, that would allow us to bring all the cabinetry down to this
10:50wall.
10:51Yep.
10:51And potentially give you an island of, jeez, if it was one island, that'd be about,
10:56what, 14 feet long?
10:58Mike, babe, how much do you think that would cost?
11:01Without knowing the fixtures, the stones, or the finishes, I'd say around 100K for the
11:05kitchen renovation.
11:07I mean, it's just what you could do.
11:09It doesn't mean it's what you have to do.
11:10Yeah.
11:11Okay.
11:11I feel like we'd get that flow and communication.
11:14It's a lot of space.
11:14It's a lot of space.
11:15I know, it's a lot of space.
11:17It's a lot of space.
11:17It's definitely different from what we're used to.
11:19Before we go to the next area, I just want to address the floors.
11:23I'm just noticing that these floors could use some work.
11:26I like that they're wood, but it looks like they need, they've seen better days.
11:30Oh, no, they need another sand.
11:31Yeah.
11:32Definitely.
11:32It's a few spots that definitely need to be taken care of.
11:35But once you hit one, you got to hit it all.
11:37Right.
11:37Okay.
11:37All right.
11:37Let's see upstairs.
11:38Okay.
11:39So the wood, it looks like, is matched all the way.
11:42Yeah.
11:42So you'd want to do the treads if you did the downstairs.
11:44Yeah.
11:45Oh, and they're upstairs too.
11:47So then that's a consideration if you're redoing floors.
11:50Uh-huh.
11:51Right?
11:51Because the question is, where do you stop?
11:53Right.
11:53Where do you stop?
11:54Where do you do it all the same color?
11:55How much do you dislike the floor color?
11:57A decent amount.
12:00How many thousands of decent are we talking about?
12:03Right.
12:03Right.
12:04I mean, now you're talking about over 4,000 square feet of roof.
12:09I mean, because that's two floors.
12:10Price per square foot for refinishing all of these, changing the color.
12:14Give or take about $4 to $5 a square foot.
12:25There's carpet, it looks like, in a few rooms.
12:27Okay.
12:27That helps with the cost.
12:28I mean, maybe 2,600 square feet total with downstairs.
12:32Okay.
12:32To do it.
12:33I mean, in that case, we're looking around, let's say, $11,000 to $12,000.
12:38Oh, wow.
12:38Okay, I see.
12:39Okay.
12:39And then we have our owner's suite here.
12:42Okay.
12:43It's a nice size room.
12:44This is the primary.
12:44Yeah, this is really big.
12:45This is the size of my, like, first New York apartment.
12:48Yeah, this is huge.
12:50Okay.
12:50And your en suite in a closet.
12:53Okay.
12:53Okay.
12:54All right.
12:55Taking it in.
12:56So what I like about it is that there are two separate vanities, which we saw in that other house.
13:01And I think it's nice to have separation.
13:03Yeah, definitely.
13:04We don't love being on top of each other in the bathroom.
13:06So that's helpful.
13:07I think we'd want to, if we were to go with this house, I think we'd want to make updates.
13:11Well, the good news is the asking price for this house is $1.15 million.
13:16So a little bit lower than the other house we saw.
13:18Yeah.
13:19Okay, so let's go downstairs and talk numbers.
13:21So it's not going to last.
13:23Right.
13:24At this price, this location, you are close to parks, very close to the highway.
13:30Sandy Springs offers so many amenities.
13:33Yeah.
13:33We're in a really good school district as well.
13:36Now, it needs work.
13:38We know that it's not perfect for what you want.
13:41I've calculated everything.
13:43And you're roughly within the ballpark of $1.75 and $1.78.
13:48So that runs you probably, I mean, it all depends on what we'd offer.
13:52But honestly, I don't think you're going to get this less than asking.
13:55But it still runs you at your $1.3 budget.
13:58What do you think?
13:59I like it.
14:00I think we do it.
14:02Are you sure?
14:04Are you up for the projects?
14:06Are you up for the projects?
14:08Are you up for the projects?
14:09I love a good project.
14:10Yeah.
14:10Yeah.
14:11We want to make an offer.
14:12Okay, let's hustle then.
14:13Okay.
14:13All right.
14:14Let's move.
14:14Let's move.
14:25Hi.
14:26Hey, there you go.
14:27I saw you trying to call me.
14:29I'm sorry.
14:30I was on a webinar.
14:31But I did get an answer.
14:33So they have accepted your offer at $1,050,000.
14:40This is our first house purchase.
14:42This is so exciting.
14:44Offers accepted.
14:46$1,050,000.
14:46Right now we have won $8,000 max.
14:50Which is great.
14:50To renovate and get them all the things that they're looking for in this house.
14:53We can do it.
14:54We can easily do it.
14:55Just make sure you do it.
14:56Don't go over.
14:58Me?
14:58You.
14:59Don't go opening walls and finding things we didn't expect.
15:01I have no control over that.
15:03Keep those walls closed.
15:04Except for that one that I need out.
15:06Oh, you're happy now.
15:07You just wait until we start getting in there knocking out walls and stuff.
15:10What's our timeline for getting this done?
15:22We came in at 14 weeks.
15:24Okay.
15:25Three and a half months to get it all in.
15:27That's reasonable.
15:28That's very reasonable.
15:29Fair enough with permitting and all.
15:30So the very first thing that I have to do is sit down with Whitney and Adam and nail down design.
15:37Hi.
15:37Hi.
15:38Hello, guys.
15:39How you doing?
15:40Good.
15:40How are you?
15:41Good to see you.
15:42Just a talk.
15:43You know Jermia.
15:43This is so exciting.
15:44Hi.
15:45We were just putting together the looks for your house, and I think we dubbed this Tuxedo Luxe.
15:51Oh, this is so exciting.
15:53You just be making up names.
15:55I do.
15:55Tuxedo Luxe.
15:56But it sounds great, doesn't it?
15:58It's Tuxedo Luxe, and here's why.
16:00Modern elegance, but they're very much into blacks, whites, and slates, and grays.
16:07Okay.
16:07So that tends to have more of a very formal feel, and it's definitely chic.
16:11So what I'd like to do then, if we're going to have this huge island in the kitchen that's
16:16probably going to be about a five-seater, six-seater, is bring some other interest over.
16:22We have options, guys.
16:24We're thinking the white oak on the upper.
16:26Beautiful.
16:26Okay.
16:26Now, Whitney, I know you mentioned in your email really having your heart set on marble,
16:30but just hear me out for the countertops and hood.
16:34The beauty of porcelain is it gives you a marble effect without the cost of marble.
16:41What we also like about porcelain is it comes...
16:43See how thin this is?
16:44We can put this up on the hood in the kitchen, which is what I've illustrated here.
16:50I think that this is beautiful.
16:52If you like this, let's keep building.
16:53I do.
16:54All right, so let's pick our cabinets.
16:57On your bottoms, you could go black, black.
17:00Mm-hmm.
17:00Okay.
17:01We could go more of this clove color, which do you see that it has...
17:07Look at it with the...
17:08Is it a little brown?
17:09It has a little brown.
17:11It's pretty, but okay, let's see other options.
17:13This is nocturne.
17:15Now, that's a green-black.
17:16I think of any of them, either the clove or the nocturne.
17:20Mm-hmm.
17:21Okay.
17:23Look how pretty that is.
17:24Am I going to be not thrilled in three years that I have a dark, dark, dark green?
17:29Do you like the color green?
17:31Yeah, that's fine.
17:32That did not sound convincing.
17:34You know what's really growing on me now?
17:38The black is black.
17:39I'm obsessed with this.
17:41I think it looks amazing.
17:41It's beautiful.
17:42Okay, so here's what your kitchen will look like.
17:44We'll have this nice island.
17:45It'll be black with the porcelain countertop, which will go up the wall and wrap around the hood.
17:51Then your cabinets will be white oak with the black hardware.
17:55I mean, this is truly tuxedo luxe.
17:57Okay, we got a kitchen.
17:58We got a kitchen.
17:59We got a kitchen.
17:59While we figure out the right shade of black to use in the kitchen, Mike and the team
18:10are ready to start demo.
18:12Day one of demo will be the only day of demo because we're going to attack the wall.
18:18Get that blown out.
18:20I'm going to have a crew in the existing laundry room.
18:24Go bye-bye.
18:25The entire kitchen is coming out.
18:28Good.
18:29All right.
18:30And then you guys can pretty much get in there and start doing your little measurements
18:33and things like that, okay?
18:34Sure.
18:37Oh, check that out.
18:40Oh, man.
18:41We're supposed to be putting a secret door to the scullery right there.
18:44I mean, I expected some plumbing.
18:46Yeah, I did too.
18:47Because we got the sink right here, but I didn't even expect it to be coming from the top.
18:51That means I got to stop down and get the plumb out here today versus tomorrow.
18:55Get this line into this wall and then reroute.
18:58That's a lot of rerouting.
19:00I got a taboo idea.
19:02Just hear me out.
19:02We step into the design realm.
19:05All right.
19:06I'm not going to fight with my knees.
19:07So.
19:11Here we go.
19:12Just hear me out.
19:13We step into the design realm.
19:15All right.
19:17No, but listen.
19:17Because in the scullery, they got cabins on this side and on this side.
19:20Yes.
19:21So it's a clear shot.
19:22Yeah, yeah.
19:22So door placement.
19:24Good.
19:24Good move that damn cast.
19:25Good go there.
19:25Good go there.
19:26We need to get initials from your wife.
19:29I'm the cooler.
19:30I'm the cooler.
19:30Just get on your own me.
19:31All right.
19:32Do it.
19:33Ain't nobody scared?
19:34I don't know about that, man.
19:35You speak for yourself, brother.
19:36Yeah.
19:41Hey, babe.
19:43Hey, my love.
19:44I'm over at Whitney and Adams, okay?
19:46In the scullery area, where we're going to put the door entrance.
19:50Between the walls is a lot of plumbing.
19:53Okay.
19:54So, I had an idea.
19:55Mark and Mel agree with me.
19:58They said we just take the door and move it to the left.
20:03Oh, no, no, no.
20:04Tell them thank you, but no thank you.
20:06I want to hear their ideas.
20:07I got it.
20:08I mean, if we don't move it over, there's going to be a change order.
20:12So, between the walls, hmm.
20:15You know what, babe?
20:16That's actually not a bad idea.
20:17I just don't want the design changed too much.
20:20Because I really do want the door to the scullery to blend in with the cabinet, so it's hidden.
20:24What I'm most concerned about, if you just let me know what kind of space I have.
20:28Send me a pic.
20:29Text into my phone.
20:30Okay.
20:30All right, love you.
20:31All right, love you, too.
20:31Bye.
20:32You good?
20:33You good?
20:33I'm going to take a photo.
20:34Go get all this out and get to go.
20:36Okay.
20:36Look, y'all being all scared, like, you should run trembling.
20:43So, I got a call from Whitney, and she's having second thoughts about the porcelain in the kitchen.
20:50And I've been trying to convince her that it's definitely the move to make.
20:53So, I'm instead inviting them to come meet me at a stone yard.
20:56Hi.
20:57Hi.
20:58How are you?
20:59Good.
20:59We're good.
21:00Are we good?
21:01We are good.
21:01I figured this could be an education to kind of put your mind at rest.
21:06Okay.
21:07So, for instance, this is marble.
21:09Yes, how many choices?
21:10Right?
21:10Oh, yeah.
21:11Yeah.
21:11So, marble is, it's going to be the most expensive, okay?
21:15I mean, this is stunning.
21:16It is stunning.
21:17This is going to be about $200 a square foot.
21:20Okay?
21:21Yeah.
21:21Versus, come on down, and then we've got quartzite.
21:25See?
21:26Yeah.
21:27Isn't that gorgeous?
21:28I mean, it's so, this is so pretty.
21:30It's my jam.
21:31Yeah.
21:31I like this, too.
21:32I like the look of this.
21:34However, marble, quartzite, natural stones are going to be porous, so you need to seal them.
21:41They are also not necessarily heat resistant, so if we're going to have the heat constantly blaring up at it, then if we use quartzite, I would not use that on your hood because this can yellow.
21:52Oh.
21:52Does that make sense?
21:53Yes.
21:54Yeah, we definitely don't want that.
21:55Okay.
21:55Then we have, come on this way, what do you think of this?
22:01It's pretty.
22:01It has more of the marble feel.
22:05Mm-hmm.
22:07It looks, it's a natural stone look, right?
22:09Yeah.
22:09The difference is, this is non-porous, heat resistant, and about $80 a square foot versus $200 a square foot.
22:18Oh, wow.
22:18This is porcelain.
22:20Oh.
22:21Okay, I think I like the satin, and I like this, um, this design.
22:27Did I sell you on porcelain?
22:30I think you did.
22:30Very, very compelling.
22:31Good job.
22:31Very, very compelling.
22:33Convincing.
22:34Did Adam give you any pushback?
22:36Not at all.
22:37Adam loved everything.
22:38Yeah.
22:38Adam's, yeah, he loved everything, but I think he understands Whitney's process.
22:44Satin for the win.
22:45Let's do it, let's do it.
22:46And that's why they make such a great couple.
22:48That's why we work.
22:49You understand my process, right?
22:50Yeah.
22:51And you let me just be me.
22:52Let you just be you.
22:53You're not critical.
22:54You laugh at me.
22:55Mm-hmm.
22:56And I don't get offended that you laugh, because I know I'm a cuckoo bird.
22:59I know, I know it.
23:01So, but even cuckoo birds deserve to be loved.
23:04I'm marking everything that we still have to fix.
23:25In the world.
23:33All right.
23:36Hey, babe.
23:37Hey, honey.
23:38I'm upstairs.
23:39So, I come in, piece of blue tape on the wall.
23:42Pull that one.
23:43Not thinking nothing of it.
23:45And then I see another one.
23:46I think Harper got in my tape.
23:48You mean the blue tape?
23:50Yeah.
23:51That's me, babe.
23:52It's everywhere.
23:53Our house is just way too lived in now.
23:56Are you literally taping everything right now?
23:58Yeah.
23:59We might as well just repaint the whole interior.
24:02Whenever one of our clients does a final walkthrough, we take this blue tape and put it wherever they want a correction.
24:10Whenever you see the blue tape, you have this sense of urgency to fix it.
24:13Fix it.
24:13Fix it for the client.
24:15And when we're home, there's no sense of urgency.
24:18Everything that you've taped us for, I know about.
24:21But you can do anything about it.
24:24It's all the clients we have.
24:26All the things we got going on.
24:27Volleyball games and all this other stuff.
24:30You know, after we've given someone else a gorgeous house and we come home and I see fingerprints everywhere.
24:34Look at this.
24:35You never filled the wood and we actually never painted it.
24:38It's only primer.
24:39You work in a certain field.
24:41You do it all day.
24:42When you come home, you're like, today I'm just relaxing.
24:44When you come home as a dentist, you don't want to see no teeth.
24:46Am I stressing you out?
24:47When you come home as a fitness trainer, you don't want to see no weights.
24:49You want to change the kitchen, you want to change the floors.
24:52Every other day you say you want to paint.
24:54So my thing is, when she makes up her mind, that's when we make the move.
24:59Can we paint?
25:00You don't even have to get to it right now, but you'll see.
25:02What made you do it today?
25:03What made you do it today?
25:04What is that?
25:06That's the ice maker.
25:08No, that's the broken ice maker.
25:10I'm going to blue tape that.
25:12Hello.
25:13Hello.
25:14I'm about to blue tape your lips.
25:16I got some tape for you.
25:23I got some tape for you.
25:25Since it would be too costly for them to replace all of the hardwood in the house, Whitney
25:35and Adam chose to just sand the floors and then stain them a lighter color with a gray
25:40base.
25:42Upstairs, the bathroom plumbing is done.
25:44So the tiles are going up, the cabinets are going in, and Whitney's gorgeous tub just
25:49arrived.
25:50Ugh.
25:51Now, downstairs, the crew is laying tiling our brand-new scullery.
25:55Once the floors are finished, we'll start installing cabinets in the kitchen, scullery, and then
25:59in the living room.
26:00So, remember I told you that I did an extra order for cabinets?
26:09Mm-hmm.
26:10You know, we've got the white oak on the upper there.
26:12Okay.
26:13And having kids, you know how we are, like, give me a cabinet so I can stuff the toys in
26:17and hide it, and now we've got an adult house.
26:19Yeah.
26:20So, in the living room, I figured we would line this entire wall with it.
26:24Now, here's the thing, to keep them in budget and not have to go back with a change order,
26:29I told him we would install these ourselves.
26:31Well, did you now?
26:32So, I need your help.
26:35Okay, I'm here.
26:36I'm here.
26:37I'm going to do it, too.
26:38Because I wouldn't, you know, ask you to do something that I'm not ready to do.
26:49What do you notice?
26:51Put it in television?
26:53No.
26:54Do you notice the whole room looks blue all of its sudden?
26:56Oh, you just wanted to color.
26:57I'm looking at construction.
26:58Oh.
26:59It's blue.
27:00Well, but no, it never looked blue before.
27:02It always looked gray, didn't it?
27:03Whitney was like, I love my gray in my house.
27:06Don't change the gray just to a paint match to it.
27:08Okay.
27:09And it never bothered me before.
27:10Now that our floors are light and they have the gray base, we can see that the walls are
27:15more blue.
27:16No, same color over there.
27:17That's gray totally in the hallway.
27:18You see gray.
27:19Gray to the gray floor.
27:20It's gray there.
27:21I don't see gray.
27:22Here it looks blue.
27:23Hey, Mike.
27:24Mike, baby.
27:25Yes.
27:26What's up?
27:27Now that you stand right here, what color is the house painted?
27:31Grillable gray.
27:33That's a grillable gray.
27:34What color do you see in there?
27:36And there it looks like dolphin fin.
27:38Dolphin?
27:39What?
27:40Is it blue or is it gray to you?
27:42Is it blue or gray?
27:43That looks blue.
27:44That looks gray.
27:45Now we have a situation where she's got the floor she wants, but these walls, not too much.
27:51Okay.
27:52I think I have to deal with that.
27:54We might have a change order for paint.
27:56Because we don't have all the lights on.
27:58That's blue.
27:59This is blue.
28:00Same color.
28:01Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen.
28:03We have ourselves 57 shades of gray.
28:06The gray on the walls doesn't look like a true gray.
28:13It looks like a blue.
28:14When your floors are dark, the gray on your wall may look like a truer gray.
28:19Now that we changed the color of the floors and blonded them out, she may actually say,
28:24did you paint my house blue, even though it's the same color?
28:27I think I have to deal with that.
28:29We might have a change order for paint.
28:31To paint that main level is about how much?
28:33$5,000, $6,000.
28:34Okay.
28:35So, fine.
28:36But we do have a little wiggle room in the budget, especially since Adam and Whitney
28:39stuck with the porcelain for the countertops.
28:41Yes.
28:42So we can pull that and then I'll absorb the rest, babe.
28:45Is that important to me?
28:46Okay.
28:47We can't accomplish our tuxedo black and white when the whole house is blue.
28:51Whitney's not going to be happy when she comes in here and sees her white oak and her black
28:55and now blue.
28:56Okay.
28:57No problem.
28:58Okay.
28:59Is that it?
29:00That's pretty good.
29:01Yeah.
29:02When I came in, I was like, ah!
29:03We're just talking about paint.
29:04We're not doing any, moving any walls or anything.
29:06It's that kind of day.
29:08So, we just did the basement over and over and over.
29:19So, my thing is, if we're going to start blue taping things, I'm going to start red taping
29:24things that don't need to be changed anymore.
29:26Because my wife, leave it up to her, that trail will be all over the house.
29:31And the basement is off limits.
29:33There we go.
29:34Come on.
29:35Mike, what's the red tape for, babe?
29:37Well, since you want to put up blue tape and do projects, my red tape are the areas that
29:43you can't do any projects in.
29:44Is that what it is?
29:45On the sofa, really?
29:46Uh-huh.
29:47In the fireplace?
29:48We just did that.
29:49We just did a whole bunch of stairs, too.
29:50You were a tit-for-tatter.
29:51Mm-mm.
29:52I put blue tape, you put red tape.
29:53If I don't tape, you're going to come down here and tape.
29:54What's the white tape for?
29:55Practicing your dance?
29:56This is where I'm going to be positioned, just in case you come down here with the blue
29:57tape.
29:58Okay?
29:59Just...
30:00I was setting up posts.
30:01This is...
30:02This is...
30:03This is...
30:04This is...
30:05This is...
30:06This is...
30:07This is...
30:08This is...
30:09This is...
30:10This is...
30:11This is...
30:12Don't play with your boy, okay?
30:14Okay, what's going on?
30:28Antique mirror for the Butler's pantry area.
30:31Antique mirror?
30:33So I...
30:34I had this idea.
30:35Yeah?
30:36We wanted to really elevate that space because you could see it from the living room
30:39of the way, even though it wasn't in the scope, so we were able to reface the cabinets
30:44on the bottom, but for the backsplash area, I needed something more reflective.
30:49So I am creating an antique mirror out of glass.
30:52Oh, awesome.
30:53And it's actually going to go around that window, and it'll be the backdrop for floating
30:57shelves.
30:58That sounds nice.
30:59Now this is part vinegar, part water.
31:00Just spray it sporadically.
31:01Okay.
31:02Okay.
31:03Then, this is a mirror.
31:07This is a reflective pink.
31:08Okay.
31:09That's good.
31:10We're going to go over it with black.
31:12So what the black is going to do is kind of peel in the spaces.
31:17That creates the antique defect.
31:19All right.
31:20Beautiful.
31:21Oh!
31:22You're an antique, Uncle Mark.
31:24I'm an antique.
31:25Welcome home.
31:26This is crazy.
31:27This is the same house.
31:32Hey, babe.
31:33Yes?
31:34Take a look.
31:35Yes.
31:36You all right?
31:37Yes.
31:38Let me see.
31:39See?
31:40That tambour did it.
31:41The island needed a little something.
31:42Yeah.
31:43Yeah.
31:44Yeah.
31:45Yeah.
31:46Yeah.
31:47Yeah.
31:48Yeah.
31:49Yeah, right?
31:50Yeah.
31:51Let me see.
31:52See?
31:53There it is.
31:54The island needed a little something special.
31:56But now, what I want to do is take the same tambour, and I'd like to line around the fireplace
32:01with it, too.
32:02Okay.
32:03So that's going to pull visually the tambour over here.
32:05When the cabinets go in, it's like, hey, we're home free now.
32:08Every, I mean, the house is coming alive.
32:10Yeah.
32:11It's starting to feel like there's a different energy.
32:13You're okay with all the textures?
32:14It looks great, babe.
32:15Obviously, I'm okay, because I made the call.
32:17Okay.
32:18Yeah.
32:19Obviously, you're not okay with it, because you asked me.
32:21No, I just want to make sure before we lock it in.
32:23That's all.
32:24Here, you step back.
32:25You step back, man.
32:26When we paid for them, it was locked.
32:27You step back.
32:28No, don't go there, because we've been there.
32:30We paid for them.
32:31You have a way of making me doubt myself after I made decisions that nobody else has that
32:36way with you.
32:37But then you get over it.
32:38It looks fantastic.
32:39It looks great.
32:40It's done.
32:41It looks great.
32:42We're going to lock them in today, Mark.
32:43Good to go.
32:44Okay.
32:45What are you looking at now, babe?
33:08You see what I'm seeing?
33:09Good afternoon.
33:10Hey, boo.
33:11Hey, sunshine.
33:12That goes there.
33:13What are you doing?
33:15I just wanted y'all to know, y'all all need a little bit of improvement.
33:20What?
33:21What is this about?
33:23Maybe someone you two.
33:26Yeah.
33:28That sounds about right.
33:30This is about her seeing the blue and red tape all around the house.
33:34You're so fresh.
33:35That's your daughter.
33:37She's brilliant.
33:38And I love it.
33:41Let me see the back.
33:43You started it, kid.
33:54Everybody gets green tape.
33:56Everybody's a work in progress.
33:57You get green tape.
33:58You get green tape.
33:59I get green tape.
34:01You know what?
34:02Y'all always got to take everything too far.
34:07What is that?
34:08It's the truth tape.
34:09Is it like that seatbelt?
34:10What a waste of tape.
34:11You know what?
34:12Let's do this first.
34:26Let's see if we can get a carpet down.
34:30This is beautiful.
34:31We're in the home stretch.
34:33We have literally a matter of hours to finalize the house today if we can.
34:38Thumbs up.
34:39Right there.
34:40Perfecto.
34:41Adam and Whitney have been staying at their parents.
34:44So for them to get back into this house is going to be a big deal, okay?
34:49But it feels good because it's in a good place.
34:52Mm-hmm.
34:53All the things we discussed we were able to accomplish here.
34:56There was nothing we really had to compromise on.
34:58Right.
34:59Big.
35:00I mean, really.
35:01It turned out fantastic.
35:02Probably better than we originally planned.
35:03And I think they're going to love this entire space.
35:04Yeah.
35:05Whitney's going to jump out the car while the car's still rolling.
35:18She's so excited.
35:20Look.
35:21Hi, guys.
35:22What's up, guys?
35:23How are you?
35:24How are you?
35:25This is the best.
35:26Okay, guys.
35:27So just recap.
35:28Yeah.
35:29Some of our biggest issues were floor plan and just overall outdated.
35:32Yeah.
35:33Not you.
35:34Yep.
35:35Okay.
35:36You ready?
35:37We are ready.
35:38You ready?
35:39I don't know if I'm ready.
35:40Are you nervous, Adam?
35:41You know.
35:42We'll go with it.
35:43I'm excited.
35:44I'm excited.
35:45We're excited.
35:46Come on.
35:47Let's go inside.
35:48Let's do it.
35:49Oh, this is crazy.
35:50Welcome home.
35:51Look at the floor.
35:52It looks amazing.
35:53This is crazy.
35:54This is wild.
35:55This is the same house.
35:56It's perfect.
35:57It's beautiful.
35:58Oh, my.
35:59I'm not coming out for you.
36:00I'm not coming out for you.
36:01You're fun.
36:02This is so beautiful.
36:03I'm so glad you guys love it.
36:05Yeah.
36:06Oh, no.
36:07Sorry.
36:08You.
36:09Sorry.
36:10The other half of the room.
36:11I'm sorry.
36:12Amazing.
36:13Amazing.
36:14This is wild.
36:24Well, good morning.
36:25Check it all out.
36:26Do you love it so much?
36:27Do I love it?
36:28You're lucky you're getting it back.
36:31What do you think, Adam?
36:32I got to pull my jaw.
36:34I think he's tearing up.
36:36What?
36:37We'll just wait and see what we've got for you next.
36:40Your own bar.
36:42What?
36:43Oh, my God.
36:46Oh, my God.
36:47So, this was the old butler's pantry, and now you have a new wet bar, complete with antique
36:52leather backsplash.
36:53It's perfect for entertaining.
36:54Just a little bit, a little touch of glam.
36:56A little something something.
36:57This is so special.
36:59You know, for me, when we're designing for a family, and I know you got the little one,
37:05it's like, how can I very quickly go from I'm in parent-ville to now I can entertain
37:11I'm in adult-ville.
37:12Yeah, yeah.
37:13There's a ton of stores to just throw toys in.
37:15Yes.
37:16Yes, and look at the cabinets are so pretty.
37:18Yeah.
37:19Oh, I love these.
37:20And the top here.
37:21Oh, yeah, the counters are amazing.
37:24Holy moly.
37:26So, you remember what this looks like before?
37:29Uh-huh, yeah.
37:30There was a wall here in the middle with that built-in.
37:32Yep.
37:33It was a bit dated.
37:34It felt very 80s, right?
37:35Uh-huh.
37:36You couldn't even see down to the kitchen.
37:38Now, you've got a straight shot, wide open concept, which is what you want to.
37:42It looks so good.
37:45I just can't believe this.
37:48I can't believe this is our house.
37:50Yeah.
37:51When do we get to move in?
37:53This is-
37:54Honestly, it does not look like the same house.
37:55No, this is crazy.
37:57That's a good thing though, right?
37:58No, it's amazing.
37:59I love this so much.
38:00You had a wall right here.
38:01Remember it was a wall?
38:02Yeah.
38:03And a peninsula.
38:04A peninsula it wrapped around.
38:05And now look at your brand new kitchen.
38:08This is huge.
38:09This is so much bigger and also so much nicer than ours.
38:12Yeah.
38:13Prior.
38:14This is amazing.
38:15Look at all this storage.
38:16Y'all look good in that space, by the way.
38:17Thank you so much.
38:18Like magazine ready.
38:19Well, it's because the house is magazine ready.
38:20Well, I have a question.
38:21So Whitney, you were allergic to the idea of porcelain.
38:24Yes.
38:25Now that it's in, what do you think?
38:27I mean, it looks incredible.
38:28This looks phenomenal.
38:29It looks so good.
38:30I also love how thick it is around the side.
38:32Yeah.
38:33I mean, it looks amazing.
38:34And it's heat resistant.
38:35And had we not used porcelain, I wouldn't be able to give you that amazing hood.
38:39This is incredible.
38:40It looks great.
38:41It feels so balanced.
38:42Is there a dedicated pantry?
38:44Because I thought we talked about that.
38:45Wait a minute.
38:46I thought you pulled that cabinet open real quick.
38:48Go ahead.
38:49Oh my God.
38:50Oh my God.
38:51This is crazy.
38:52Oh my God.
38:53Oh my God.
38:54Oh my God.
38:55This is crazy.
38:56Oh my God.
38:57Oh my God.
38:58Oh my God.
38:59This is crazy.
39:00This is more than a pantry.
39:02Look at the, look at the tile on the floor.
39:03I mean, this is incredible.
39:04I mean, this is incredible.
39:05Top to bottom.
39:06Top to bottom.
39:07Incredible.
39:08There's just, every detail is on point.
39:09Like I can't believe that we had this space.
39:10There's so much to look at.
39:12Let's head upstairs.
39:13Oh my God.
39:14Oh my God.
39:15Oh my God.
39:16We have a grown up bedroom.
39:17It's about time.
39:18This is stunning.
39:19Oh my God.
39:20It's perfect.
39:21And it's, it's so pretty.
39:22It's like relaxing.
39:23It's so relaxing.
39:28Oh my God.
39:38I, I actually cannot believe this.
39:43Oh my God.
39:49It looks so good.
39:50Oh my God, look at our bathroom.
39:59The orientation shift makes so much more sense.
40:03The sink was over there, right?
40:05Now they both feel a lot.
40:07And you get extra storage with a vanity.
40:09This is perfect.
40:10Now I actually have like a real makeup space.
40:14This is amazing.
40:16And then you also had your,
40:17it was sort of boxed off with the arched windows.
40:20Remember you had the, this was completely separate
40:23and then the toilet was separate.
40:24So now everything is nice and open.
40:27So it feels really big.
40:28I like it.
40:29Yeah, this is amazing.
40:30It feels like perfect.
40:31And does this match what's downstairs?
40:33It does, yeah.
40:34I love this, the bright silver pulls up here.
40:37It's kind of a nice contrast from everything else.
40:40And should we not forget the most beautiful tub
40:42in all the land?
40:43It's art.
40:44It's art.
40:46This is the most stunning tub.
40:48This is our house?
40:49I can't believe that this is our house.
40:51It looks amazing.
40:51And it looks like it always should have been this way.
40:53And I can't believe that this is where we're moving into.
40:56This is crazy.
40:57I have nothing to add.
40:58Oh, thank you.
41:00Still can't believe that this is our house.
41:02This is crazy.
41:03Take it in.
41:04Take it in.
41:06How are you feeling overall?
41:08Beyond expectations.
41:09Promised and over-delivered.
41:11Oh, there you go.
41:12Aw, yay, thanks guys.
41:14I knew that this house could be amazing, but I don't know that I realized that it could
41:18look like this.
41:19Seriously?
41:20Okay.
41:21This is wild.
41:22Let me just tell you.
41:23You know, I spend my time searching for houses, trying to see comparables, and I definitely
41:27searched within your area.
41:29There was no way we were going to find this.
41:30Yeah.
41:31It just was not on the market.
41:32So, your best bet was exactly what you did.
41:34Yeah.
41:35Find a house that had the bones and make it aesthetically what you wanted on the inside.
41:38Right?
41:39Yeah.
41:40So, we got it at?
41:411.05.
41:42And we spent?
41:44179.
41:45That little extra is for the bar.
41:47Yeah.
41:49So, all in all, your renovation has completely paid for itself as far as resale value.
41:55That's right.
41:56Love to hear that.
41:57Mm-hmm.
41:58And another $70,000 of equity on top of that.
42:00Whoa.
42:01Aw.
42:02And there's the smile.
42:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:04If we would put this on the market today, we'd be right at 1.3 million.
42:08We're not.
42:09We're not.
42:10We're not.
42:11We're not.
42:12We're not.
42:13We'd be right at 1.3 million.
42:14Love that.
42:15Let me borrow a dollar.
42:16Yeah.
42:17This feels really good.
42:18I mean, we say that a lot, but it always feels good when the clients are happy.
42:22Yeah.
42:23And we see in the end that we not just met the bar, but exceeded it.
42:26Right.
42:27Okay.
42:28Right.
42:29My soul can settle.
42:30The butterflies can leave my stomach now.
42:32That is great.
42:33All in all, job well done.
42:34Yes.
42:35Job.