The Flip Off S01 E03
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00:00Previously on The Flip Off.
00:03Tired yourself to sleep last night?
00:05So annoyed.
00:06It definitely sucks that I lost the kitchen challenge.
00:09You owe us some money.
00:10Tarek's ego has become even more inflated.
00:13See you later, second plate.
00:15We have to win.
00:16So I have a plan.
00:20I'm going to bring in two judges.
00:22My mom and Tarek's mom.
00:24Holy macaroni.
00:27Oh my gosh, this is so nice.
00:29I know which one I think I prefer.
00:32The winner is...
00:35One Story House.
00:38Probably going to go three for three.
00:39If I take the entire thing, it's going to shut him up for a while.
00:59Oh, she's here.
01:02Hello.
01:03Hi.
01:04How are you feeling?
01:05Fine.
01:07How are you feeling?
01:08Did you sleep last night?
01:09So happy.
01:11Thinking about that massive loss.
01:14These two are so annoying.
01:15I have to keep them focused or their gloating could go on literally all day long.
01:19Who picks what? I pick the room?
01:21You pick the room.
01:22So what are you thinking?
01:23We already did the kitchen in the primary, so I'd say naturally it makes sense that we do the living room.
01:28And then we pick the judge.
01:29You guys know who you're picking?
01:31We don't know yet. I'll tell you in like...
01:32No, no, whoa. We're not going to tell her nothing.
01:35What? You have to.
01:36We're telling her who the judge is so that...
01:38Oh, there's rules now?
01:39That was your rule.
01:40There are no rules.
01:45Oh, look at that.
01:48Okay, hey, you.
01:51Oh, look how pretty that room is.
01:53Is this your house?
01:54Why would I ever show you my house?
01:56That is your house.
01:58It is pretty.
01:59We have to mess with Christina, so we had to make a slideshow of the winning space to rub it in her face.
02:05Wow, is that a custom closet?
02:07Oh, wow.
02:08I mean...
02:09I wish I had the budget for that.
02:11Wow.
02:12We're spending more on this house than we would if it was a normal flip.
02:15But I do believe it's going to pay off when we go to sell it.
02:19Good time to show you what real design is.
02:22Oh, my gosh.
02:25Is that a shelf in our bathroom?
02:27Is that a crack?
02:29Now you sound like Heather.
02:31Showing me these photos was a huge mistake.
02:34Now I know exactly what I'm up against, and I also know that they are spending way more money on this flip than I am.
02:41It's a living room?
02:42Yes.
02:43And we have two weeks to complete it?
02:44Two weeks, yep.
02:45Okay.
02:46FYI, I have a staircase in my living room, so it has to be part of it.
02:50You guys don't have stairs.
02:51You're one story.
02:52Whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:53No, no, it's inside my living room.
02:54There's nothing I can do about it.
02:55Okay, fine.
02:56We'll include the stairs if you tell us who your partner is.
02:59Oh, my God, you guys.
03:00You have a partner?
03:01I'm not saying anything.
03:02No deal.
03:03I never said I had a partner from the start.
03:06Well, I had one, but he doesn't count.
03:09I don't know about this.
03:15I'm fine with it.
03:16Fine.
03:17All right.
03:18I got things to do.
03:19Are we good?
03:20Oh, checkbook.
03:21We won another $2,000.
03:22I just can't keep up with what I need for the next space,
03:25so we figured cash or a check will do.
03:28God, this feels good.
03:29Who do you want me to make it out to?
03:31The world's greatest flipper.
03:36Picture.
03:37Oh, picture.
03:38No, picture.
03:39Oh, my God, no.
03:40Bye.
03:41Hurry, hurry, hurry.
03:42Get out of here.
03:43Oh, my God.
03:44Yes.
03:45Look at your smile.
03:47I've never seen you this happy.
03:52I feel like we need to change our strategy a little bit,
03:54so let's have a seat outside.
03:56I called my team together to have a meeting at my house
03:58because clearly something isn't working.
04:00Here's what happened yesterday.
04:02It was a bad defeat because they went more high end.
04:04I saw the pictures.
04:05It was beautiful.
04:06They are staging their house like we
04:08would stage one of our $2 or $3 million houses.
04:11Him and I flipped together for many years,
04:13and he never would have put this much money
04:16into a million dollar flip, ever, ever, ever.
04:19But they want to beat me.
04:20We've done a great job saving in the big spaces,
04:23but I feel like at this point I'm
04:25ready to spend some money because I just
04:29cannot keep losing to them.
04:31We got to get the knives out?
04:32Yes.
04:34I went into this with a strategy of outflipping Tarek,
04:37spending as little money as possible,
04:39and that way I could win the ROI.
04:41Now out of the remaining rooms, the living room
04:44is actually the one that's going to provide the most ROI,
04:47so it makes sense to spend more on the space.
04:50We have a plan?
04:51Yeah.
04:52When?
04:53When it all costs.
05:01Ever since our very first design meeting eight weeks ago,
05:04we knew that there were some issues in the living room
05:07that we really needed to address.
05:09There was an old fireplace that just wouldn't
05:11go with our modern design, the step
05:13down from the rest of the house, and we
05:15wanted to add some big bifold doors that
05:17open to the outside.
05:19We got demo out of the way months ago,
05:22so now we can spend the entire two weeks making the space
05:25functional and beautiful.
05:33Moving the kitchen into the old living room
05:35was necessary in the first challenge
05:37to make the most out of the small floor plan.
05:39I wanted the first room you walk into
05:41to be the living room, not the kitchen,
05:43but the old kitchen space was cramped,
05:45so we needed to tear down some walls and open the space up.
05:54And today, we're down to the studs.
06:06We're still talking about opening this up.
06:08We said we wanted to do bifold glass door that
06:10leads you out to the pool.
06:12But that's pricey, so we need to have some alternatives.
06:15So the original option was to make a bifold door that
06:18comes across 16 feet, which is basically from that post
06:21to me right about here, north of $11,000
06:25just for the door itself.
06:26And then we have, obviously, the framing that goes with it,
06:28the demo of the fireplace.
06:30So then we go to 12-foot slider that opens in the middle,
06:34operable, operable, fixed glass, fixed glass.
06:38By changing from the huge bifold to the 12-foot slider,
06:43what would the total savings be?
06:45You're really coming down to $20,000 door or $6,000 door?
06:48That's a lot.
06:49OK.
06:50Major.
06:51It depends on what we do on that wall.
06:53I don't want to just do staging, or we're
06:55not going to win this challenge.
06:56We want to stay on a good roll.
06:57We want to win again.
06:59So we have to do something cool on that wall, something
07:02that's custom and built in.
07:03But it can't be a lot of money.
07:05If not, we're not going to win.
07:07So in order to save money, we're going to remove the fireplace
07:10and go with a smaller 12-foot sliding
07:12door that leads out to the pool instead
07:14of the big 16-foot bifold door.
07:16We do have a nice big window on this wall,
07:18but we'll have plenty of natural light coming in,
07:21and we can place a seating area below it.
07:23On the opposite wall, we'll create a custom built-in
07:25entertainment center.
07:26In order to accomplish all of that,
07:28we'll need to spend approximately $20,000.
07:31But that's what we have to do to win this.
07:33It has to feel luxury, because the way we win this challenge
07:36is honestly with that wall right there.
07:38All right.
07:39We got a plan.
07:40So this whole area is going to be pushed back to,
07:43like, right here, right?
07:44This will all be open.
07:45Because it feels so, like, disjointed now.
07:47That's why the room feels so small.
07:48It's going to feel a lot bigger with that going.
07:50So there is something I want to add in here.
07:52I know we got rid of a fireplace that
07:55was in the old living room.
07:57I would love to bring a fireplace back.
07:59I think that would add a huge impact in here,
08:01because I feel like if we don't have that,
08:03it's just going to be so basic.
08:05This over here is what needs a lot of love.
08:08Things looking rough.
08:09Because literally, the first thing
08:10the buyers see when you come in the front door
08:12is the staircase.
08:13It's not the prettiest.
08:14So I feel like if we just spend some money here,
08:16instead of having it be an eyesore,
08:17it just becomes, like, kind of like a piece of art.
08:20This is the living room competition.
08:22But perfecting the entryway is the key to winning.
08:25We need to brighten up the space with windows by the doorway
08:28so when you walk into the house, the living
08:30room feels bigger and brighter.
08:32We'll put some extra storage below the stairs,
08:34replace the railing, tile the risers,
08:37and finish it all off with wood paneling.
08:39In the living room, we'll create a comfy sitting
08:41area with a fireplace and built-in bookcases
08:44that reflect the wood on the stairs.
08:47Because I'm doing two spaces and I'm changing my strategy
08:50to spend more for this challenge,
08:52I'm budgeting $25,000.
08:55I think it's a great ROI, and I think we are going to win.
09:00Right now, our crew's removing the old fireplace
09:03and framing in the 12-foot slider.
09:07We're also upgrading the electrical panel
09:09in the corner of the living room.
09:15Outside of the competition against Christina,
09:17like, we have, like, 11 projects going right now.
09:19So before we go to Long Beach, we have to swing by or flip it.
09:22And I'm Hills, meeting some contractors,
09:24checking on progress.
09:25At the end of the day, we still have a business to run.
09:27Floor's going in.
09:29Whoo!
09:30I mean, this is coming out way better than I thought.
09:33Are you liking the size of the doors?
09:35No? You want to do something?
09:37I don't know. Well, let's talk, let's look at the numbers.
09:40Like, we're way over budget.
09:41Oh, it's Brian. I think he's at Long Beach.
09:43Good news or bad news? What do you think?
09:45Bad news, always.
09:46What's up, Brian? You got good news or bad news?
09:49Um...
09:51We had to put in a new electrical panel.
09:54Mm-hmm.
09:56Mm-hmm.
09:57And as a result,
09:59the code states that within 36 inches of a panel,
10:03you cannot have a window.
10:04So in that great room area,
10:07we have to eliminate a window
10:10towards the back of the house in that corner
10:13and basically not have a lot of light.
10:15Just so I understand, once you get to the living room,
10:17the right wall's going to have no window.
10:19And even in the kitchen, we don't have windows.
10:21No windows at all.
10:24We have no light on that wall at all.
10:27We took out all the light on that side of the house now.
10:30In this part of the house, we have the kitchen and living room.
10:33The kitchen doesn't have any windows.
10:35The living room has one window and sliding door.
10:38Closing the window means the sliding door
10:40is the only source of natural light for both rooms.
10:44I hate even saying this,
10:46but maybe we're just going to have to go with bigger doors.
10:49If we do bifold, we can get, what, 16-foot opening?
10:52If we go from the 12-foot sliding door
10:55to the 16-foot bifold door,
10:57we'll gain back a lot of natural light
10:59that we're losing from closing up the window.
11:01I definitely would need more time
11:03because I have to rip open all the framing.
11:05Are we talking, like, 2 extra days? What are we thinking?
11:08No, it's definitely going to be a week,
11:10and that would be pushing it.
11:12Oh...
11:14We're going to have to ask her for more time.
11:16I can't, I can't, I can't.
11:18We have to or else we're not going to have enough time.
11:21I hate asking her for anything.
11:23I really, really do. It really hurts my pride.
11:26Do you want to lose or do you want to win?
11:28Let us, uh, let us call Christina,
11:30and we will call you back.
11:32Okay.
11:34All right, let's see if Miss Single's awake.
11:36It is 11.30.
11:38If we did a square 2x2 instead.
11:41Oh, what does he want?
11:44FaceTime or normal?
11:46Hello?
11:49Ha-ha.
11:51Hi.
11:53Hi.
11:55Okay, so...
11:57Okay, I need more time in the living room.
11:59About an extra week, please.
12:01What?
12:03The number one flipper in the world needs more time.
12:05Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:07Whoa, excuse me.
12:09She asked for more time. I didn't ask for...
12:11I don't need more time.
12:13The number one flipper in the world needs more time?
12:15I don't need more time.
12:17We're not doing it. We're not doing it.
12:19Stop. Okay.
12:21Please, can I have more time in the living room?
12:23What do you want? What do you need?
12:25Oh, she needs a lot of...
12:29Hmm. Hold on. BRB.
12:32Okay, first of all...
12:34Oh, my...
12:36The gloating.
12:38I know.
12:40You know how many times he's talked on me for needing more time
12:42at the very beginning after going through a divorce?
12:44I know.
12:46Nice.
12:48We're trying to get something right now.
12:50Stop talking smack.
12:52So, I mean, we could ask to see the inside of the house,
12:54but I don't really feel like going back and forth with him.
12:56I want to do something more to, like, mess with him.
12:58Yeah.
13:00Is...
13:02Hold on.
13:06What?
13:08Okay, so...
13:10You know how
13:12Josh kept that really hideous table?
13:14Oh!
13:16Oh, my God, yes.
13:18This table looks good underneath.
13:20Crazy enough, I'm gonna save this table.
13:22I'm gonna repurpose it.
13:24Oh, you're gonna give it to them.
13:26Yeah, and they have to incorporate it in the space.
13:28In the living room?
13:30Yes, yes.
13:32Hell yeah.
13:34Okay.
13:36Hello? Hi.
13:38Okay, so, when Josh was part of this project,
13:40he kept something
13:42so we have a deal
13:44if you take it.
13:46Wait, wait, wait.
13:48He kept something from your house to keep in your house?
13:50Yeah, so you have to take it
13:52and you have to incorporate it
13:54into the living room.
13:56Yes, we'll do it. We'll make the deal.
13:58All right, bye.
14:00I'm just saying, no. We have a deal.
14:02No, we don't have a deal yet.
14:04It's a deal. I already made the executive decision.
14:06We need it.
14:08Oh, my God.
14:10I don't know why if we had to actually use that thing.
14:12It's the freaking, like...
14:14The plastic wrap chair?
14:16Wait, there's one that's, like, really atrocious
14:18that's got, like, syrup burns in it.
14:20Yes.
14:22And you know what the best part about this is?
14:24Don't have time to reupholster them.
14:26Oh, you're right.
14:28Oh, my God, it's so evil.
14:30During our extra week,
14:32we were able to take down the framing
14:34for the 12-foot slider
14:36and expand it for our new 16-foot bifold.
14:38We're framing that in as well as closing up
14:40that window in the living room,
14:42and this means that we can get our drywall installed.
14:44Wow.
14:46We lost a huge window.
14:48Brought in a ton of light.
14:50Okay, well, I mean, I'm glad we switched to bifolds, then.
14:52Yeah, it would have been way too dark.
14:56Come on. Look at this.
14:58Are you happy we spent the extra money?
15:00Oh, so happy. Come on.
15:02But now that we lost that window,
15:04we're gonna have just a blank wall,
15:06which is either very simple,
15:08or I brought this to show you.
15:10The peeling stick.
15:12It'd be this whole thing up into the cabinets.
15:14And remember, the entertainment center's gonna be
15:16the same color as our white-out cabinets in the kitchen.
15:18So it gives it, like, a textured look.
15:20I feel like it has a lot of purple.
15:22Some gray, grayish-purple.
15:24I just have a feeling it's gonna be
15:26a lot bolder than we're thinking.
15:28Let's go bold. Go bold or go home.
15:30But do we want to be bold with that is what I'm saying.
15:32I want this to be the bold.
15:34This is a competition on an entertainment center.
15:36This is gonna be bold.
15:38Then we have nothing over here besides staging.
15:40I'll be honest.
15:42It's not my favorite.
15:44We have this big wall,
15:46because we closed up the window.
15:48Right now we have nothing for this wall.
15:50Your designs, they're getting bolder and bolder.
15:52This one is pushing the envelope a little much for me.
15:54Listen, I'm not saying that it's gonna look good.
15:56What I'm saying is, let's try it,
15:58because it could be an inexpensive solution
16:00to a blank wall.
16:02We did this challenge trying to save money,
16:04and now we're spending on the bifold doors
16:06and the entertainment center.
16:08If we want to win this, we have to take some risks.
16:10How much is it gonna cost to do that?
16:12About $500, and that's including installation.
16:14Because it's $500, I'm willing to do it,
16:16because I don't want to spend thousands of dollars on wallpaper.
16:18And if we hate it, we'll rip it out.
16:20And I'll pay $500 of my own money.
16:22You're right. What?
16:24The bifold doors are going in.
16:26And with that complete,
16:28we can paint the room,
16:30do the lime wash wall,
16:32and install the lower cabinets for our entertainment center,
16:34while the cabinetmaker builds the rest
16:36and ships them out.
16:42My crew is installing
16:44drywall and shelving.
16:50And when they finish that, the fireplace.
16:54We only have a few days left,
16:56so I'm checking in on the progress
16:58to see if there's any last-minute tweaks
17:00that we need to make on the design
17:02before everything comes together.
17:04Hi. Hey.
17:06Um, this is looking real weird.
17:08Is there no way to make that bigger?
17:10This is what we have?
17:12Like, what are you gonna put in there?
17:14Yeah, unfortunately, our pantry
17:16comes in to five foot.
17:18We need some structural framing still in there.
17:20Since I have such a small living room,
17:22I was hoping that the cubby
17:24would be an additional area for storage
17:26when it came to the use of space.
17:28It's a lot smaller than I thought it was gonna be,
17:30and I feel like it would actually hurt me
17:32when it comes to the judging.
17:34We're down to the wire here. Ugh.
17:40I don't like to say there's really nothing else we can do.
17:42I thought, like, maybe pull-out drawers, like,
17:44make it more interesting, but then it would literally be this big.
17:46Like, we're gonna fit, like, one soccer cleat?
17:48Yeah, that's sort of pointless.
17:50How hard is it to just ditch it?
17:52Easy. It's easier to ditch it than make it bigger.
17:54I feel like this needs more of a design.
17:56How much would it be to do,
17:58like, a chair rail
18:00of a fluted wood
18:02and then, like, a limewash
18:04above it with, like, a really nice handrail
18:06with maybe, like, a lid up?
18:08I would think around $1,500 to $2,000.
18:10Okay. Let's do that for sure.
18:12Throughout this competition, I have spent my money
18:14responsibly, but now
18:16it's all about winning this.
18:18That way I can shut Tarek and Heather up.
18:20So then around the corner,
18:22we'll have the sofa here, two chairs,
18:24and that's gonna be, like, game time in the moment
18:26trying to figure out, like, spatially
18:28what works the best, because this is real small.
18:30Yeah. You're right.
18:32Speaking of furniture, Tarek and Heather had to ask
18:34for more time, and the trade-out was
18:36that they have to use something
18:38that Josh left behind in this house.
18:40I'm gonna make them use the table
18:42and chairs in their living room space.
18:44Do you have time right now? Can we go drop that
18:46off at their house? Let's go.
18:48Oh, my God. Is this thing gonna survive
18:50the drive?
18:52I can't wait to see their face.
18:58Is this gonna fall out, Michael?
19:00I can't lose any of these. I have to deliver all five.
19:02So the fact that we're, like,
19:04ambushing him at his own home
19:06is going to freak out.
19:10Uh-oh.
19:12Steve just texted.
19:14What'd he say? Steve is a good friend of ours.
19:16He's from Florida. He's a custom cabinet
19:18and woodworker, so he did the
19:20beautiful kitchen. He did the island.
19:22In our primary, he did the custom
19:24closet, and he's doing the entertainment
19:26center in our living room, which is gonna be the focal
19:28point of that room. He is one of our secret
19:30weapons. Oh, no. Tell me, Bert,
19:32I have delays. It's worse.
19:34Hurricane Helene hit Florida
19:36real hard. We won't be able to make
19:38it back for probably another week or two.
19:40He sent a video. Whoa.
19:42Oh, s***.
19:44That's way worse than I thought.
19:46Is everybody okay? He said it's really bad here,
19:48but we're all safe. Oh, my gosh.
19:50Wow. So if they got hit hard, there's probably
19:52so many people that got really messed
19:54up. Yeah.
19:56Why don't we donate something?
19:58Yeah, we gotta donate the money.
20:00Yeah. We're trying to get
20:02the material to you if you have
20:04someone who can finish it, but roads and airports
20:06are closed. They closed the airport?
20:08That's all custom. I'm just gonna tell him,
20:10don't worry, we'll figure it out, and... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:12Number one, top priority
20:14is Steve's safety. Cabinets are second.
20:16Yeah, we're gonna pivot. We are able to get
20:18the lower section built.
20:20It's not that wow factor that we are expecting,
20:22and we are counting on for
20:24our win. This is gonna hurt us in the judging.
20:26It's gonna be an incomplete.
20:28Unless we can somehow build something
20:30in three days. If she has a complete
20:32living room and ours is unfinished,
20:34we're not gonna win. Ay-yi-yi.
20:36Alright,
20:38how does this look? The problem is there's just so much
20:40space. I mean, but it looks rad.
20:42Once we have the lights in, the TV, I mean,
20:44I still think it looks good. It's just,
20:46it's not that wow factor of the entertainment
20:48center. We're not gonna have that, but like,
20:50honestly, standing here looking at this, this
20:52looks nice. I think this is nice
20:54enough to win. Like, this looks gorgeous to me.
20:56Now, even more, we cannot leave that wall
20:58blank, that accent wall, so
21:00hopefully the peel and stick works.
21:04Tape enough, and then if we actually... Right there.
21:06Okay. No, that's good.
21:08Here, watch out.
21:12Alright, looks like skeleton.
21:14It's a little too wild, right?
21:16So it looks like it has texture, but it doesn't.
21:18Now that we don't have our entertainment center,
21:20this has to be special.
21:22Let's pivot.
21:24Oh, we already bought all the material, huh?
21:26You wanna keep it? You wanna lose the challenge?
21:30You wanna go with wallpaper then?
21:32Okay. So I have a few wallpapers
21:34that I saved from before that we're gonna
21:36use towards this. Okay.
21:38It needs like a certain...
21:40What?
21:42Why is she facetiming me?
21:44What's up, second place? Hi.
21:46How are you guys? You know, one of our many flips,
21:48but today we're at the one that we keep beating you at on.
21:50This one?
21:54Bye.
21:56What's going on here?
21:58How does she know where our house is?
22:00That's my question.
22:02What? Special delivery.
22:04Why are you here? You guys order a table?
22:06What is this crap? It's your trade.
22:08Bullshit. Yeah. Oh my God.
22:10There's no way I'm putting that crap
22:12in our house. No, that's disgusting.
22:14It's even covered in plastic.
22:16This is disgusting.
22:18You sent an item from your house that Josh was gonna use.
22:20We're not using this. There's no way.
22:22This is Michael. Are you the contractor
22:24or the new teammate? You're excited about this,
22:26Tariq, look at you. I'm not doing it.
22:28I can see the glow in both your eyes.
22:30This isn't what we agreed to, though.
22:32Oh my God. I'm gonna give it to you right here.
22:34We're gonna stage these chairs
22:36and you guys are gonna get a vision of what you're getting.
22:38It's got life left in it.
22:40He was gonna use this in your house?
22:42For what? You're lucky he's gone. Oh my God.
22:44It's very nice. Your attitude's horrible
22:46right now about this whole situation.
22:48Then why don't you guys take it back with you? How about that?
22:50A bigger question is how did you find our house?
22:52Did you follow us? We have our ways.
22:54Hi, I was calling to check
22:56the status of an order.
22:58I think it's under Heather
23:00or Tariq El Moussa to make sure
23:02that it's going to the correct address.
23:04Okay, the address I have on file
23:06is Gardenia Ave, Palm Beach.
23:08Wait, so what do we gotta do?
23:10We have to take one piece?
23:12No, I never said one piece. I said it's a trade.
23:14Just like I let you run through our house,
23:16this is the trade.
23:18It's some sh**.
23:20Don't answer anything.
23:22He doesn't want partners.
23:24He's the enemy.
23:26Band of amigos.
23:28I speak Spanish, too.
23:30Alright, well, this was fun.
23:32Pleasure doing business with you.
23:34I need to know who the judge is.
23:36Hey, rule's a rule.
23:38Who's the judge?
23:40Amanda Smith, who I used to work with.
23:42Amanda is not only
23:44a friend, she is a designer,
23:46she is an artist, and she has impeccable taste.
23:48We know what she likes, what she doesn't like.
23:50I think she's really going to like the table.
23:52Wow.
23:54I don't like the fact that she knows where our house is.
23:56Now we have a dining table set
23:58that we have to do something with,
24:00and we have to find new wallpaper.
24:02There's a lot going on for this room.
24:04It's not turning out exactly like we wanted.
24:06We were supposed to save money on the living room,
24:08but it's starting to add up.
24:10I don't think we ever agreed to taking all this junk.
24:12This is f***** up.
24:20Hi, Brian.
24:22I'm solo today.
24:24Tariq is out dealing with something stressful
24:26at one of our other flips.
24:28He's handling that.
24:30I'm pretty stressed because there's a lot to do still.
24:32We have some wallpaper stuff going on.
24:34I love it.
24:36Some electricians here.
24:38So you'll get that hung.
24:40You'll get the sconces hung.
24:42The drawer is going to go in,
24:44so we're not going to have our uppers
24:46completely stuck in Florida because of the hurricane.
24:48We'll put up a larger TV, so maybe like an 85-inch TV,
24:50and then we're going to put art pieces here
24:52so that it'll at least make it feel like it's complete,
24:54and I'll probably tell the judge.
24:56Who's the judge?
24:58So it's my friend, Amanda. She is a designer.
25:00Her art is very, like, fun, colorful, eclectic.
25:02I know her style,
25:04but she does like fun design,
25:06so is ours fun enough for her?
25:08She likes colored,
25:10so we're very beige, but it's okay.
25:12I don't know if it's enough to win, to be honest.
25:14It's going to be beautiful,
25:16but this would have been, like, the showstopper.
25:18It's just a matter of if it's finished enough for us to win.
25:20If not, we might get disqualified
25:22because we didn't finish our room,
25:24which is what she thinks.
25:26You better get some colorful accoutrement.
25:28♪♪♪
25:30♪♪♪
25:32I already have enough stress
25:34when it comes to finishing this living room on time,
25:36but now there's the added pressure
25:38of the judge being Heather's friend,
25:40so this whole thing is just...
25:42it's stressing me out.
25:44♪♪♪
25:50We still have kind of a lot to get done.
25:52Do you know who the judge is for the living room?
25:54Amanza?
25:56Of course Amanza's going to pick her friend.
25:58Yeah, obviously.
26:00How's this fair?
26:02Especially because it's not blind.
26:04Yeah.
26:06I wish we wouldn't have played so fair last time.
26:08I know. I'm pissed.
26:10I should have just brought my mom in and said,
26:12pick me.
26:14Yeah.
26:16You like those vacations, Mom?
26:18You like your grandkids, Mom?
26:20I mean, exactly, but who knows?
26:22I want to know what they're going to do with five chairs.
26:26Hi, Christina.
26:28Thank you for the furniture.
26:30The table and chairs are basically unusable.
26:32They're broken.
26:34They have cigarette marks.
26:36They were in a hoarder house,
26:38and with this time frame,
26:40we don't have any time to refurbish them,
26:42but we have a plan.
26:44Ha, ha, ha.
26:48So Tarek had a sneaky idea
26:50to create a little mulch.
26:52We thought we'd be able to, like,
26:54hide it in our living room somewhere.
26:56Can you believe all that furniture looks like this?
26:58We just save it all.
27:00Thank you, Christina.
27:04What is your plan
27:06for setting this living room up here?
27:08Are we touching the carpet?
27:10Are we over the carpet?
27:12The opening of those?
27:14Okay, that looks so cute.
27:16It actually looks so much bigger in here with that right there.
27:18Plus, I feel like this open right here
27:20really showcases the fireplace.
27:22It's judging day,
27:24and thank goodness I have my partner back to help me stage.
27:26All right, this plastic is annoying, honey.
27:28We don't want handles on these drawers, right?
27:30No.
27:32I thought we were just going to do the push to open.
27:34Yeah, the push is not working
27:36because the carpet is so glossy,
27:38so the push is not working.
27:40Oh, negative points for not finishing the work.
27:44Okay, so we're going to stagger these.
27:46Ugh!
27:48You got that on your own?
27:50I don't know.
27:52Kylie just walked away, said, good luck.
27:54Well, I don't think we can be much help.
27:56You got this. Just don't drop it and ruin our staircase.
27:58Or a nice lime wash wall.
28:00Yeah, don't, or that.
28:02How do you think Tarek and Heather are going to use that dining table in their space?
28:04I would like to see how they're going to orientate
28:06their five random chairs.
28:08I should have said you have to stage it in your space.
28:10Then we would have to keep it a table.
28:12You have to be careful in a competition.
28:14What words do you use?
28:16So now, putting mulch inside of the flip.
28:18Make sure it's in the living room.
28:20That'll go away.
28:22It'll dry. How long do you think it'll take?
28:24Like 30 minutes.
28:26Okay, but I just don't know what time she's going to be here.
28:30Look at those beautiful pleats. Wow.
28:32How's the orientation go?
28:34Tall, middle?
28:36Oh my God, it looks so cute.
28:38We're going to win, right?
28:40Yeah, I mean, I don't know what else we could have done.
28:42I have one last surprise.
28:44Go grab it out of the back bedroom, please.
28:46Did you really make this happen?
28:48We're able to source Amanda's artwork from a real art gallery.
28:50And they lent it to us for the day.
28:52Hopefully, Tarek and Heather don't have that as well.
28:54But even if they do, it shows that we did our homework.
28:56Hurry!
29:02Hurry, babe.
29:06Oh my gosh.
29:12Hey, Christina.
29:14It's your next judge, Amanda.
29:16It's Amanda.
29:18It's time to stop work.
29:20Are we done?
29:22Yeah, we're done.
29:24I can't wait to see what you've done.
29:30Remember, calm, cool.
29:32Hey, she's my friend. I'm not going to act weird.
29:34I think Amanda is going to be a fair judge.
29:36I don't think she's just going to pick us to pick us.
29:38Our entertainment center, unfortunately, is not done.
29:40But I feel like it still looks beautiful,
29:42and it still looks finished.
29:44I feel like it got hotter in here.
29:46It did.
29:48It's warm in here.
29:50Knock, knock.
29:52Hi.
29:54Welcome to our house.
29:56Wow.
29:58Are you nervous?
30:00Confident and nervous.
30:02Confident and nervous.
30:04How are the babies?
30:06The babies are good.
30:08They run the house.
30:10Do you want to show her the befores?
30:12They used to step down right here.
30:14We raised them.
30:16We raised them.
30:18They used to step down right here.
30:20We raised that up.
30:22In the middle, the bifold right there was that huge, ugly fireplace.
30:24So we opened that entire thing up.
30:28The doors are a huge, huge transformation.
30:32You really opened it up,
30:34and you made it a lot more airy,
30:36and the light is really good.
30:38Also, we leveled out the ceilings.
30:40Got rid of the ceiling fan.
30:42I know you hate those.
30:44Ceiling fans are my pet peeve.
30:46There was one hiccup.
30:48We needed more time to finish the space,
30:50so we had to go to my ex-wife, Christina,
30:52and ask her for more time,
30:54and part of the rules are if we ask for more time,
30:56we have to do something.
30:58We had to take the world's ugliest table and chairs
31:00you've ever seen,
31:02Heather threw it into a stump grinder.
31:04Oh, my gosh.
31:06That's hilarious.
31:08This is a custom-built
31:10White Oak Entertainment Center.
31:12I like that you had a custom built.
31:14When we did our custom work,
31:16we weren't able to get back to finish our entertainment center
31:18because the hurricane that hit Florida.
31:20We had this bottom part.
31:22We only had literally a couple days
31:24to figure out, like, what else are we going to do?
31:26I love how light and bright it is,
31:28but there's not a lot.
31:30What is this?
31:32This looks horrible.
31:34We had a cord coming through
31:36because we are going to do LED lights
31:38in our entertainment center.
31:40It's a new design trend where you pick one spot on a wall
31:42and it looks a little weird.
31:44If I press on it, is there, like, a hidden door behind there?
31:46Yes.
31:48I love the art.
31:50I mean, we had to get an Amanda Smith original.
31:52This is the most beautiful part of our house.
31:54Wow!
31:56You guys get brownie points.
31:58Huh.
32:00This light fixture, I don't really understand, like,
32:02why it's over a table or what that corner is for.
32:04When we removed the window,
32:06I'm like, something has to go over there.
32:08It's just, I think there could have been
32:10something else, maybe more seating.
32:12It looks pretty,
32:14but I don't know if it's the best use of that space.
32:16Mm-hmm.
32:18I mean, there could have been a bigger piece of art.
32:20It might sweeten your chances.
32:22That's true.
32:24You can announce the winner now if you'd like.
32:26It's going to be tough.
32:28So are you going to Christina's now?
32:30I don't know.
32:32Maybe I've already been there.
32:34But we will see you at our house later.
32:36Yeah.
32:38I'm sure Christina has bugs at her house.
32:40If you have any bug spray, you may want to...
32:42It went a little bit rockier than I was expecting.
32:44There were some things that she wasn't a huge fan of.
32:46But even with that being said,
32:48I'm still super confident.
32:50I'm going to show Christina who the real flipper is.
32:52It's in the bag.
32:54Honey, she hated the light.
32:56Now I'm upsetting about this over here.
33:02Oh, my goodness.
33:04I think she's here.
33:06Knock, knock.
33:08Hello.
33:10Thanks for coming.
33:12Nice to meet you.
33:14I changed up my strategy here and decided
33:16to spend more money to beat Tarek and Heather.
33:18If Amanda doesn't love it,
33:20I don't even know how to do this competition in general.
33:22Okay.
33:24Let's get to it.
33:26This place was...
33:28Have you ever been to a hoarder house?
33:30No.
33:32It was covered in filth and feces and raccoons.
33:34I don't know why they keep those.
33:36Yeah, right?
33:38Yikes.
33:40Wow.
33:42This looks amazing
33:44considering what I just heard.
33:46So where you're standing
33:48used to be the kitchen.
33:50Okay.
33:52Basically, we opened up a ton of walls.
33:54We moved the kitchen from here to here.
33:56And then the family room,
33:58living room, used to be back there.
34:00So we swapped.
34:02Oh, attention to detail.
34:04Oh, my gosh.
34:06Wait a minute. You have the actual piece.
34:08I pay attention, girlfriend.
34:10Bonus points.
34:12Did you buy that, or is this on loan?
34:14For now, it's on loan.
34:16I'll see how much money I have in my profit after this.
34:18Okay.
34:20This was the old entrance.
34:22It was once a green carpet, and it's filth.
34:28There was a wall right here
34:30in this tiny hallway.
34:32So structurally, you removed this wall.
34:34And this wall.
34:36So you did do quite a bit of structural work.
34:38It is such a tiny
34:40little living space.
34:44And this couldn't have
34:46been any different because you needed the support.
34:48For structural, we had to leave that.
34:50Yeah.
34:52I put a little more money into the staircase
34:54because it is the first thing you see
34:56when you walk in the front door.
34:58So we added all the wood treatments,
35:00the lighting.
35:02But I really think that the lime wash adds
35:04that, like, the depth and the moody effect
35:06that makes it look really pretty.
35:08And then tied it back in over here to the fireplace.
35:10The detail on the fireplace is pretty.
35:12It makes the electric fireplace
35:14look really elevated.
35:16Can I have a minute by myself?
35:18And then I can take some notes.
35:20Can I go up?
35:22Yeah, go for it.
35:24Some of this
35:26doesn't look...
35:28The joinery, yeah.
35:30That was our last minute of staircase ideas.
35:32Can they...
35:34Fill it, yeah.
35:36Fill that in and make it a little more tidy?
35:38And details are going to be taken care of.
35:42Here, too.
35:44Craftsmanship needs a little tidying up.
35:46I've never judged a space with, like,
35:48people watching me.
35:50I want to be nice, and I'm like...
35:52Hearing Amanda's critiques,
35:54I'm taking those to heart, because I actually
35:56respect her as a judge.
35:58All right, guys. I'll see you later.
36:00Thank you so much.
36:02Good luck.
36:04Vote for us.
36:06Let's just hope that we win, because Tarq and Heather
36:08gloating, you're going to lose your mind.
36:14You ready?
36:16I don't know.
36:18I feel like we're going to win.
36:20She's here with her
36:22contractor.
36:24Hi. What are you doing here?
36:26I brought my friend.
36:28I wasn't sure you guys were going to show up.
36:30I thought you guys might have thrown in the towel before it even started.
36:32Shut it.
36:34Did you incorporate our beautiful table?
36:36We refurbished it.
36:38Wood chipper.
36:40What? You didn't use the table?
36:42We used it. Mulch.
36:44R.I.P. Josh.
36:46Sorry.
36:48Tarq and Heather are cheating, but
36:50So is he your partner?
36:52He's Michael.
36:54But is he here today for the judging?
36:56Are you officially claiming Michael as your partner?
36:58I'm claiming Michael as Michael.
37:00So will you be contributing to our trip?
37:02No.
37:04Did you not tell him about the trip you're sending us on?
37:12Can you not have the air on 48 degrees?
37:14Please talk him out.
37:16Amanda.
37:18Hello.
37:20Hi.
37:22Let's get this thing started.
37:28So I brought you here today.
37:30I feel like we're in a therapy session right now.
37:32Wouldn't be the first time.
37:34Going into it, I was like,
37:36how am I going to not be biased?
37:38But it was very fair.
37:40Oh, jeez.
37:42Stop sounding good, Tarq.
37:44Make it as fair as you want.
37:463-0. Here we go.
37:48Great brown-nose point by having my artwork
37:50printed out and framed.
37:52I walked into Christina's space today
37:54and there was an actual piece of art
37:56from the gallery.
37:58Wow.
38:00I don't know if she smuggled it.
38:02Thomas Crown Affair thing going on there.
38:04Okay, let's go to the categories.
38:06As you know, there's the five categories.
38:08So I'm going to start with craftsmanship.
38:12And I'm just going to go right to it.
38:14Heather and Tarq, you won craftsmanship.
38:18You're the contractor, right?
38:20Contractor, he's the contractor, right?
38:22Heather and Tarq,
38:24their little touch-up paints and things that just happened.
38:26Christina,
38:28there was some seaming on the stairwell.
38:30It can be fixed,
38:32but today was judgment day.
38:34So to confirm, you said we won craftsmanship.
38:36Heather and Tarq, craftsmanship.
38:38On to transformation.
38:40You both had a lot
38:42to do as far as
38:44movement of walls, moving windows,
38:46removing fireplaces,
38:48but Christina,
38:50this goes to you.
38:52Every time.
38:54The kitchen was where the living room
38:56is now, and so that
38:58alone was just a huge undertaking.
39:00I just win sometimes.
39:02Use of space.
39:04This was tough.
39:06Poor Heather, you're going to kill me.
39:08That corner with your beautiful light fixture that you love
39:10was just, in my opinion,
39:12a waste of that space.
39:14Use of space is going to Christina.
39:16Oh my gosh.
39:18That's 2-1.
39:20This is all because of your light.
39:22Shut up!
39:24I told you it was a weird light.
39:26You never saw the damn light.
39:28Amanda, before we move on, can I remind my husband
39:30you're on my team.
39:32We're on the same team.
39:34So we might lose sometimes.
39:36It's not because of my damn light, okay?
39:38Overall design.
39:40They were both lovely.
39:42There were some nice arched doorways.
39:44There were the bifold doors.
39:46I liked your fireplace.
39:48I liked the way that it flowed
39:50with the kitchen, the porcelain from the kitchen countertops.
39:52But all in all,
39:54Heather and Tark, I like yours.
39:56Now...
39:58Oh, man.
40:00This is tough. This is the added value.
40:02Okay, added value.
40:04You guys had the beautiful built-in.
40:06You had the bifolds.
40:08Christina, the detail on the stairway,
40:10the fluting and the lighting,
40:12the fireplace in the living room.
40:14Do I just say the winner?
40:16Yes! You're killing us here, Amanda!
40:18Okay, so added value.
40:22Heather and Tark,
40:24you didn't get added value.
40:26Oh!
40:28Oh, come on.
40:30The built-in wasn't how you envisioned it.
40:32You should always have a plan B
40:34in your design.
40:36I heard stairs. I thought we were doing living rooms.
40:38We told you there was a staircase.
40:40I'm just saying they kind of had an unfair advantage,
40:42you know, because they got to use other spaces
40:44that wasn't really the same space,
40:46and then they took out one of our first spaces.
40:48When you guys win, do I
40:50complain and bring up Doug? No, I just let you win.
40:52Who's complaining? I'm just stating facts.
40:54Oh, my God. This is my life.
40:56On the first round, you might have cheated a little,
40:58and on today, you might have cheated a little.
41:00Oh, my God.
41:02There's different categories. You've got to go in the categories.
41:04Who made up these stupid categories?
41:06You! We all did as a group.
41:08I want to redo. I'm sorry.
41:10I still love you. And I'm not going to hold this
41:12against you. I'm not.
41:14I'm going to hold it against her, not you, though.
41:16You hold everything against me your whole life.
41:18I'll let you guys continue that.
41:20A lot of holding. Bye.
41:22Enjoy your night as the
41:24losing team. I'm going to block you.
41:26Don't send me any videos either. I already blocked you,
41:28so you can't block me. Oh, my God.
41:30Bye, second place. Oh, my God.
41:32So pissed. What happened?
41:34Nothing. Go away. Go home.
41:36Oh, my God.
41:38Now it's going to
41:40humble them a little bit, you know?
41:42They needed that. He had to get his
41:44collar yanked, I think, just a little bit, because he was like...
41:46Oh, his head's so big. He's flowing through the
41:48freaking atmosphere. I'm going to go have
41:50some champagne. Enjoy your night, sweetie.
41:52I feel like I want to throw something at them.
41:54Overall value? We had a freaking
41:56bifold. Probably shouldn't have told her about
41:58freaking entertainment center. She would have never
42:00known. That was our judge. Yeah, I know.
42:02We cannot lose two in a row. I refuse
42:04to lose again. I'm going to go upstairs
42:06and cry in the corner. What are you talking about?
42:08You're leaving. Get down here.
42:10Feels good.
42:16What are you going to pick? Guest bedroom, bathroom.
42:18Transformation should be thrown out.
42:20No, I do not agree. Is the designer
42:22scared? Have you picked the judge yet?
42:24My second ex-husband.
42:26What? Josh.
42:28I have my advantage ready to be
42:30picked up. That's the same as ours.
42:32Oh no, they're here. Speak of the devil.
42:38The small details in here
42:40are really driving me crazy. The paint's
42:42missing in the corner there. That isn't finished correctly.
42:46No point in human
42:48existence should anybody put wallpaper on ceilings.
42:50I came in thinking this was about
42:52the design, the execution, but
42:54actually, this isn't about houses at all.
42:56What's going on here?