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[bright music playing]

[Jonathan] This will be an interesting meeting.

First time meeting Carolina and Diego.

They haven't really told us much.

Apparently, they're crazy, crazy busy.

Diego travels for work.

-Carolina is a doctor. -A doctor, yeah.

And so she's sometimes doing

12-, 24-hour shifts. -And they have a daughter, so.

But I'm curious to see what their detailed list is,

because they didn't really wanna

talk about it over the phone, so.

[Jonathan] I feel like the first meeting is always the most important

one, 'cause you're sort of getting to know each other.

[Drew] It's like a first date. Everyone's a little nervous.

We don't know a lot about the other person,

and then we start to settle in once we know more information.

[Jonathan] So does that mean I'm third wheeling or you are?

[Drew] Uh, let's see. Well, we're kinda --

it's like a double date.

-[Jonathan] Wait, what? -[Drew] That's weird.

-That's super weird. -Never mind.

I'll take that back.

[main theme playing]

Drew, do you have my hardware for the -- or do you have

the hardware for the ones that show the actual knobs?

[Drew] No.

Wait, the ones that are, no, the round ones.

-[Drew] No, I don't have that. -[Jonathan] Hey, hey.

-Oh, hello. -[Drew] Hey, how you doing?

-[Jonathan] What's happening? -Hi.

-Good to see ya, Jonathan. -How are you?

-Welcome, welcome. -[Drew] Hey, how are ya?

-Diego, how are you? -Yeah, come on in, grab a seat.

It's so funny. So usually by this point,

we know so much more about our clients.

I'm excited to learn more about what your needs are,

and hopefully we can help you create a beautiful home.

Tell us about you, your family.

What's your specialty?

I'm an NICU doctor,

ICU for small babies. -[Diego] Mini babies.

-Mini babies? -Mini babies.

And what do you do in entertainment?

Uh, producing.

I work for many studios, and now I'm on my own,

sinking or swimming. We'll see.

Talk about a talented duo here, yeah.

We met in Argentina when we were 19, and we've been

together ever since.

So it's like two or three years.

-So five years? -Oh, yeah, two years.

We originally moved from Argentina to L.A.

for Diego's work.

And then for my work,

we had to move to New York for my residency.

Once my residency was done, we were like, where do we wanna,

you know, he was still working here, and it just made

sense to come back to L.A.

But then you got your fellowship opportunity in L.A.

Yeah.

Caro went to the best schools,

spoke various languages,

and it was really hard 'cause no one cared.

-Like, you need to have... -That's right.

...the U.S. validation. -Yeah.

And it's been -- it was a very long journey, but very --

-It was a good journey. -Very cool.

-A long one. -I'm very proud of you.

Thank you, thank you.

We have a daughter.

Um, she's seven.

Um, she's disabled, so she's non-mobile, non-verbal.

So we're looking for a house that's gonna accommodate

that lifestyle, meaning, you know,

that they have their space for the wheelchair and space

to bathe her and, yeah, basically space.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, that's good to know,

'cause if we need to look at

an ADA compliant design, then obviously

that's important. -Yeah.

So my residency finished in June, and I gave birth

in April, so right before we finished.

And it was like, "It's gonna be perfect."

We have everything kind of planned, and, you know.

-Life. -Life happens.

[Carolina] So little Gali came, and then five days after

she was born, I noticed she was doing these very subtle

jerky movements.

They found that, you know, she was effectively seizing.

It wasn't only the seizures, but also, like,

the brain waves were not normal.

Like, we call it an abnormal background.

So then the roller coaster, the tsunami came.

That's how I felt.

-Happy. -She's happy.

-Connected. -Yeah.

[both laugh softly]

[Gali laughs]

[Diego] When Gali was born, we couldn't get a diagnosis.

She's literally undiagnosed to date.

And therefore, like, we never really made decisions

that would be like, "OK, we need to find a house

"that's accessible to make life easier by adjusting

this little, uh, logistics."

[Carolina] We didn't think about these

things when she was younger 'cause it's easier when

you have a baby or like a small toddler to move them around.

Now she's getting bigger, so it's harder

to move her around.

So you need the space to be able to.

I think one of the key elements for us in choosing

to go through this experience is pragmatically speaking,

and very openly about it, we need to get done fast.

Like we cannot be in a traditional renovation period

where like, "Yeah, it's gonna be next month

and then next month and then next month," 'cause we need

to give Gali the routine that she needs.

So we trust the -- the process, the experience,

and hopefully it will be a good one.

Have you looked at any houses? Have you started the search?

[Carolina] No, I mean, I love looking online and just

browsing through houses.

You'll notice that there's not a lot available that would be

classified as ADA compliant.

-Yeah. -So as we're searching for the houses,

don't cancel something off just because it's not currently

set up perfectly. -Yeah.

You know, we can add ramps, we can widen doorways,

we can do whatever you think you need to do.

-[Carolina] Yeah, yeah. -What is your budget?

Our budget is $1.8M.

-OK. -I think that's the highest we can go.

And the area ideally would be West Hollywood.

West Hollywood is kinda the heart of the city,

just in the middle.

And Gali has therapies that are like an hour north,

half an hour south.

So it's kind of the ideal neighborhood for us.

I mean, West Hollywood, that at $1.8M can be eaten up

very fast, so. -Yeah.

-But it's such a great area. -[both] Yeah.

Good thing for you is you have us.

You have our construction design teams.

You have all our production team over here, too.

There's so many people.

[Jonathan] Everybody wave and say, "Hi." -[Carolina] Hi.

[Drew] You have so many people that are gonna make this

a priority to get you into the beautiful home for you

and your daughter. -We appreciate it very much.

-Yeah. -We're very excited.

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-This is pretty nice, right? -[Carolina] Yeah.

-Very walkable. -So great.

All of this is your property line.

-Oh, wow. -That's good.

Corner lot. You get everything here.

-How cool is this? -[Carolina] Very, very nice.

-Nice garden. -[Jonathan] Right?

[Carolina] Yeah.

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[Jonathan] Well, what do you think?

-Yeah. -You come in. You're in L.A.

[Carolina] I mean, the only issue I see here

is the wheelchair being able to roll down.

-You could pave it, which is really easy. -[Carolina] Yeah.

I wouldn't do it just in plain concrete, I would do like

a pebble top or something. -[Carolina] Yeah.

Or we could also redo just this area and bring the path up

to the height of the threshold, so then there's no stairs

at all here. -That's cool.

Yeah.

All right, let's talk about the details.

This house was built in 1927.

So it is a beautiful 100-year-old home.

It is 1,700 square feet, three bedrooms, two bathrooms,

plus there's an ADU out back.

The garage has been converted into another space.

-It is listed for $1.55M. -[Carolina] Oh.

It's probably gonna sell somewhere around $1.6M,

maybe $1.65M. -OK.

-OK. -Wanna take a peek inside?

-Yeah, please. -Yeah, let's do it.

After you.

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[Carolina] Dun, dun, dun.

-Oh. -Wow.

-Oh, wow. -[Diego] Surprisingly big.

[Jonathan] Yes.

[Carolina] Yeah, I like the high ceilings.

[Jonathan] Yeah, I like the great room when you first

walk into the house. I think that's really nice. -Yeah, yeah.

-[Diego] It's got character. -[Carolina & Jonathan] Yeah.

[Carolina] I love the little balcony here.

-That's nice. -[Diego] Yeah, all the natural light

is what I like the most. -[Carolina] Yeah.

You'll notice that every room has a little terrace outside,

a little balcony.

So it's just sort of like an extra little space.

[Carolina] Extra space and just relax.

[Diego] That's great.

You'll notice there's a lot of different ways to get

around here. This is your dining room.

So you get the height in here when you're entertaining,

when you're dining. -Yeah, yeah.

You get the light from the skylight.

[Carolina] That's really nice.

And I like that the dining room is accessible from all areas.

There's the hallway, bathroom's just over here.

-[Carolina] Yeah. -[Jonathan] Living room.

-This would be good for Gali to... -Yeah.

...be around with the wheelchair. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

[Carolina] It's easy enough to move her around.

-[Diego] Yeah. -[Jonathan] Come on into the kitchen.

It is a galley, so it is fairly narrow right here.

[Carolina] Yeah.

-This kitchen, it looks so dark. -[Jonathan] It is very dark.

-Yeah. -So right now, especially with the brown cabinetry,

it's sucking all the light up. -[Carolina] Yeah.

[Jonathan] And then this is the TV area.

[Diego] I don't see how Gali can enjoy this,

this part of the house.

Yeah, yeah, it's, yeah.

For instance, like we put her in her stander.

-Mm-hmm. -And here...

You have to explain what a stander is.

-Yeah, well, stander, is -- -Not everyone knows.

It's like a device where you're able to get her to stand

up and carry some weight. -Right.

So she can use her joints and start like sort of feeling

different parts of her body. -Right.

But then like we use a mat where she would go on the floor

while she's playing or watching TV or whatever she wants to do.

This is a little bit cramped.

Like you would have to go like around.

Just doesn't have the space that I would like it to have.

We could put a TV in that other room at the front

if you would prefer to have it there.

Then there is more space altogether.

We know we would need to do some accessibility work

out front. -[both] Yeah.

Yeah.

I think the front two rooms are in pretty good shape.

Yeah, they're great.

Here, I would pull this out, do a true island.

It just feels like a waste of space.

[Carolina] Yeah, absolutely.

And then it would make this all feel a little bit more

open, which is nice. -Yeah.

But I also have an idea for Gali's room to see

if this is something that would work for her.

-Great. -[Carolina] Yeah, let's do it.

[Jonathan] So...

This is the larger room, but it also comes with

a big bathroom. -[Diego] Wow.

[Jonathan] Take a peek in the bathroom and just see.

Yeah. Yeah, this is way too tight.

[Diego] I feel like this is as big as a bedroom.

[Jonathan] It's a pretty big size.

We could switch this around so the access is from the hallway.

-[Carolina] Yeah. -Do a brand new wider access,

close this off so it's all

storage, all closet here. -OK.

Then your vanity could be over here.

But then just have a really big zero-clearance shower.

[Carolina] Yeah, that'd be great, yeah.

Does she use a tub or shower? What do you prefer?

I think a shower would be easier, just because we're

gonna buy one of those bathing chairs, and it has

to be the whole thing goes in the shower.

This could just be a really big shower,

and that probably would work.

But then, to be honest, in all these years, how many tubs...

-Have I used? -Yeah.

-[Jonathan] No. -Not even, like...

-Once maybe. -You don't even trust the ones in the hotels.

-You think they're dirty. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jonathan] Yeah, all right.

You wanna renovate for what you're gonna need,

and this would be -- -Yeah, yeah.

I mean, this is a huge space for a bathroom, so completely

re-imagining it. -Yeah, yeah.

[Jonathan] Why don't we check out, we haven't looked in

the backyard at all. -[Diego] Yeah, let's see.

OK, another private oasis.

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[Carolina] Oh, nice.

-[Diego] So quiet. -[Jonathan] Very quiet.

[Carolina] I like it.

-Is there anything missing from your outdoor space? -Yeah.

Like Gali, you know, she does horseback riding

for therapies, and she also does her therapies in a pool,

which is that one time in her life where she has no one

around her, just floating around, moving her legs

and her arms as much as she can with a physical therapist.

How much would it be to, like, if we were even thinking

about building a pool here?

All in, you'd probably be looking at somewhere between

$55,000 and $75,000, something like that.

-So. -It's a big chunk of the budget.

-Yeah, exactly. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So is that -- is that a very important must?

-I mean. -[both] Yeah.

-Gali first, so yeah. -[Carolina] Yeah.

I can imagine if she loves doing the therapy...

-Yeah. -...then that would be something we'd have to do.

Why don't you guys just take some time, walk around

a little, you know, think about how you would use the space.

There's no rush. We've got lots of time, so.

OK, thank you.

I'll start measuring out for a pool.

[Carolina] OK.

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[Diego] What did you really think?

The kitchen needs work, but then if we are going to try

to put in a pool

we're going to eat all our money there.

Yeah. It's like a lot of work.

-The bathrooms, the kitchen. -Yeah.

I do like the size of the bedroom.

[Carolina] The size of the bedroom is really good for her.

-[Diego] And the bathroom. -Yeah, and the remodeled bathroom

would be great, but yeah.

It's really hard to find a house that has absolutely

everything that Gali needs because people, you know,

most people don't deal with disabilities on daily life.

So they don't know what, you know, what it entails

or what you need.

[Diego] I think if we could find a house that's closer

to the right thing, then it would probably be a lot easier

for everybody. -Yeah.

Every time I'm ever, you know, talking with clients

or walking through a home especially,

I'm learning something. I'm picking things up.

And especially when they have very specific needs,

what they have found in the past was kind of

a frustration. I can fix all of that stuff.

I'm gonna definitely send a list to Drew of, like,

every detail about what would make life easier

and tailor it to exactly what they need.

[Drew] Jonathan's house pick needed a lot of reno work

to make it more accessible, but with the home I found,

it's got more space.

So I'm hoping we can simply build those features in.

[Jonathan] Are we allowed?

It sounds like there's construction here.

If we get your scrubs dirty, is that bad?

Pulling you away from work to do a house hunt?

-They're easy to clean. That's the good part. -Yeah.

This is the house.

[Jonathan] Oh, wow. This is great.

-[Drew] Ooh. -[Carolina] Oh, wow.

[Drew] This place was built in the '20s.

It's two bedrooms, two bathrooms

in the main house,

plus there's an ADU with a bedroom-bathroom,

almost 1,400 square feet.

With this privacy wall around here, you could use this

as a second yard. -Yeah, definitely.

You could come out here for naked coffee in the morning,

and nobody would see you. -That's my style.

Yeah. Come on through here.

You have access from the side over here as well.

-[Jonathan] Oh. -[Diego] Wow.

You have so much width here

that you could do a ramp right across the back

and still have the lounging areas.

I actually like how it's laid out.

I think it could be adapted pretty easily.

-[Carolina] Yeah. -That's great.

[Drew] Let's look inside first,

then let's look at the yard. -[Carolina] Let's do it.

[Jonathan] I like all the plants.

Thank you. Oh.

-[Jonathan] Nice. -[Carolina] Oh, wow.

[Diego] Wow. I love it.

Wow.

-[Jonathan] Good height. -[Carolina] Yeah.

Did we just get three wows in a row?

Wow, wow, wow!

[Carolina] Yeah, I like the high ceilings.

[Drew] This is an impressive great room.

-I don't like that... -No, it's a --

...broken fireplace.

[Jonathan] I noticed a crack as well in the brick on the outside.

One thing to be aware of, a house like this, 1926,

you're gonna wanna have inspections done.

You're gonna wanna check out everything to make sure

at a base level that everything's safe.

-[Diego] OK. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

Would you want to consider raising this up so it's all

the same level? -[Diego] That would be amazing.

[Carolina] Yeah. I mean, that would be amazing.

I don't know how.

Well, the challenge is it means you have to raise

your doors. It means this wouldn't work. -Yeah.

So you'd have to either get rid of the fireplace

or build a new one.

What is nice, though,

is you actually have great height in here.

So even if you raised it to this height, this still feels

like a great room. -[both] Yeah.

-So. -[Carolina] Yeah.

This is an area that she'll use as she's getting

to the house, but that's probably more important going

into her bedroom and then also this whole showering of it all,

because we need the bathroom to be accessible.

-[Jonathan] Yeah. -Well, actually, here's the question.

If we're looking back here, this is the bigger bathroom.

[Carolina] Oh, wow.

[Drew] You have so much space to work with.

[Jonathan] So we would wanna do a zero-clearance shower.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Drew] We could utilize a lot of space to make sure that

it's functional for the wheelchair and the chair

within the shower. -[Carolina] Yeah.

[Jonathan] I think if we could make it so that there's ample clearance,

that would be great. -[Carolina] Yeah -- yeah.

Budget's always the first concern for me.

It's a massive job to gut and redo a bathroom,

but also to raise floors, -Right.

Look at some of the access stuff.

So all of these things are possible, and we haven't even

seen the kitchen.

In a 1926 home, a kitchen can be really dated.

[Drew] So you got a good-sized dining area.

Yeah, if this was leveled out, actually, this would be great.

[Carolina] Yeah.

[Jonathan] I actually like how bright it is.

Every room is really bright.

[Drew] OK, wait, this makes me feel better.

Because it's actually a big open-plan.

[Carolina] Yeah.

It's nice 'cause there's a lot of space to walk around.

This was most likely an addition.

-It has different flooring. -Yeah.

It's not as old as the main house, but you can still tell

this was done quite some time ago.

-It needs a little bit of work. -[Diego] Paint?

-[Carolina] Yeah, some paint. -[Drew] Yeah.

There's some cleanup that you can do.

The cabinets are a little rough, but --

And there's no hood.

[Jonathan] Well, that's illegal.

[all laugh]

-[Jonathan] You would need a hood. -Yeah, yeah.

[Drew] I have a question.

With your budget, would you consider not spending

much money in here because you clean it up a little bit

and it'll be doable? -[Carolina] Yeah.

But focus on the bathroom, maybe that living area where

you can raise the floor. -Yeah.

I think those are the main issues.

Keep in mind, there's also an ADU that's finished.

-So you have a whole other living space over there. -Oh wow.

And the fact you have this gigantic pool out here

for Gali would be amazing.

[Carolina] Oh, wow. I love this pool.

-[Diego] This is amazing. -[Drew] This is fantastic.

And it looks like it's in pretty good shape, too.

-This is huge. -Yeah, this is really amazing.

[Jonathan] I think it's a really great option.

And the great thing about the ADU is I travel a lot.

Carolina has calls at night.

So having family being able to come here, 'cause most of

our family lives overseas, I think that's a great thing

about the house. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

So, price point, this house is listed for your max budget.

Basically, it's $1.795 million.

But the good thing for you is we're not talking about

a brand new, fully-redone kitchen.

-Right. -That's the biggest expense.

You have the pool you want.

-We don't have to put a pool in. -[Carolina] Yeah.

We need to put in some ramps.

We need to level out the living room, and we need to tackle

Gali's bathroom, but those are your major expenses.

It is priced well.

I don't think we're gonna get them down much.

-[Carolina] Yeah, yeah. -[Drew] What would you wanna see?

I think we try to be realistic with the budget we have

and, you know, that we are in L.A., and everything is

so expensive, and we like the neighborhood as well.

-Yeah, this would be good. -[Diego] This would be perfect.

Yeah, I love it.

I really love the pool and I love this olive tree.

-[Jonathan] Isn't it great? -[Carolina] Yeah, beautiful.

[Drew] Why don't you guys hop inside and just look around

a little bit more? -[Carolina] Yeah.

-And then we'll head out, OK? -OK.

I'm...

to be honest, I'm shocked.

From the listing photos to seeing the house in person,

it is actually so much better than I thought it would be

for them. But look, this is great.

I mean, they got the pool down here already for them.

They have all the extra square footage in the ADU for guests.

This deck area is awesome.

If they want this house, they're gonna have to find

more money for the renovation. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

But I want this to be the house.

It's a good place.

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[phone notification tone]

[phone ringing]

-Hey, how's it going? -[Diego through phone] Hello.

[Drew] You're looking to put an offer in on a house?

Yes, we are.

I wanna talk through this place because the list price

is $1.795M.

I feel we would have to go in at list price, and then you'd have

to figure out the renovation money separately.

We need like $150,000 to do all the things that you wanna do.

Do you have anywhere else that you can find some money to put

towards renovation if we get this house at list price?

Caro, if it's the house of your dreams and you think that

Gali is gonna benefit from all that, then, you know,

we'll figure out the money part.

Yeah.

If you're OK with that, I'd like to tell them your story.

I'd like to tell them about Gali.

I'd like to tell them you've always wanted a place where

she can thrive, and I think this is the house for that.

Yep.

-Yeah, sounds great. -Do you think a letter

or something like that could be helpful? -[Drew] Totally.

A lot of homeowners would rather sell to a family

that are gonna put down roots

than just some investor looking to flip it.

-I feel really good about it, and I think Caro does too. -Yeah.

Let's figure out how we put the financing together,

but I think the risk-reward and this money is something

we should -- we should move ahead with.

All right, I'll get the offer in.

Just cross those fingers and toes.

Yes.

All right, I'll keep you posted.

-All right, thanks. -Thank you.

Talk to you soon. Bye.

I feel like if we're...

I'm trying to think too --

-Hey! -[Drew] Hey!

-The man of the hour. -We talked about this.

-Dun-dun! -Whoo-hoo!

I don't have your moves, but you made it happen.

-[Jonathan] How exciting is that? -Asking price.

[Drew] Congrats. I know.

I mean, hey, it was your letter.

It was 100% your letter that made the difference.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Before we dive heavy into design,

where did you land on the finances?

Did you find the additional money for renovation?

I mean, this is such an important moment in time

for all of us, and especially for the years ahead with Gali,

that we did find the money. -OK.

Through a loan, we were able to cobble it together.

-Good. -The number we talked about,

I think it was $130,000. We got it.

OK, 'cause we originally were talking $150,000 for the design.

Yeah, I think $130,000 is good, especially if we can reuse

the kitchen cabinets and keep our costs down in there.

Then we can focus on leveling up the floors,

doing the bathroom.

You won't have to jeopardize any of the stuff you liked.

We'll just have to make sure we're very thrifty with how

we spend on the things you want.

That's what you guys are here for.

Exactly, right?

For the design, what's your gut for what you wanna do?

I think for both Carolina and myself and, of course, Gali,

is never losing the soul and charm of the house.

And then we don't want it to look like it's a hospital

or it's very clinical. -[Drew] Yeah.

It should just feel like a house, like a beautiful,

warm, inviting house. -[Diego] Yeah.

It just happens to be a house that makes life easier for Gali

as well because there's lots of room to get around.

This is the best part of working with a great designer

is because you can get the function

and you can get the style.

You don't have to choose one or the other.

[Diego] Great.

[Jonathan] The plan for Gali's bathroom is to install

a large zero-clearance shower, along with two hinged doors

to make it accessible for Gali's wheelchair.

We'll lay in handmade terracotta tile to bring

old-world charm into this beautiful, bright space.

And finally, we'll install a pocket door for easier access

in and out of the bathroom.

Now, we just need to pick the tile for the shower.

I think Carolina and I will be pretty much aligned on

the greens, so this is nice.

-[Jonathan] OK. -[Diego] How exciting is this?

Like, we're looking at a house we just bought, a new bathroom

that we're picking the colors for.

-This is very exciting. -This is pretty good.

Thank you.

[Jonathan] All right, what do you wanna do?

Should we start tearing the stone?

[Amos] Yeah, I think we can demo all this.

[Jonathan] All right.

♪♪

Let's see what the boss man says when he arrives.

[Danny] Yeah. Get this out.

[Amos] Oh, speak of the devil.

Did you just call me the devil?

That is unacceptable. Hey.

-[Danny] Hey, how are ya? -Something like that.

[Jonathan] We have a decision to make.

Obviously, the big elephant in the room...

[imitates crashing sound] ...is the floor.

The whole idea is that this is all raised up so that Gali

could come from the bedrooms to the dining room, no ramps,

no problems.

I think it's gonna be so much safer.

My concern is that door.

Now, Carolina did say they're good to get rid of that.

They don't need to go in and out of there.

If we got a window that was about that size, we're looking

at, like, a thousand bucks

or, you know, maybe even a little more. -Yeah.

And it's not gonna totally match.

I even thought about, is there a way we could just take one of

these and turn it and do it -- but then the grid's going

the wrong way. So...

Well, this is just a panel, right?

This is a window panel.

What if we cut the bottom of the door, frame it in,

fasten the door

so you can't --

Oh, so you're saying, like, remove

the hardware and everything? -Yeah.

And make -- oh, well, that's not a bad idea.

It could be, like, a fixed window, basically.

-Mm-hmm. -What else do we have?

-Do we have a kitchen? -[Amos] Yeah.

[Jonathan] OK, so in here...

[Amos] All the cabinets get refinished.

Countertops are staying. This backsplash is staying.

[Jonathan] OK.

We need to figure out how we're gonna vent this hood

that doesn't exist.

So we either have to go out here just below the ceiling.

Within the cabinets. Right.

Yeah, within the cabinets, or go straight out through

the flat roof. See what we can do.

OK.

♪♪

[Drew] The tiles, it's actually more rugged than I thought it was

gonna be with the, like, some of those tiles.

Oh, I like it 'cause it's not uniform.

No, I do like it.

Are we wanting to wrap it around this wall too?

-[phone ringing] -Amos is calling.

Yello?

You wanted to get in on this tile talk?

-You missed talking about tile? -[Amos over phone] No.

I have other things to talk about that aren't as pleasant

as tile. -[Drew] Oh.

Aren't as pleasant? Uh-oh.

At Carolina and Diego's, we opened up the walls.

We're starting that, raising the floor

with the framing. -Yeah.

[Amos over phone] It is completely rotted out, termite damage,

the whole fireplace. -Oh, my God.

-OK. -[Drew] Does it look active?

Yeah, did we see any active termites?

[Amos] It doesn't look like there's active termites.

Let me send you the video, because hopefully it doesn't

tie into the ceiling trusses or the rafters.

That could be tens of thousands if that ends up being

every stud being... -OK, got your video.

One sec.

Oh, yeah. That's a mess.

[Amos over phone] Yeah, keep watching. Just keep watching.

[Jonathan] Oh, wow. It's getting worse and worse.

-[Drew] Oh, God, that's terrible. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

Termites love when the wood is right up against the brick.

And then there's, like,

the heat, the moisture, the organic material.

Everything's right there.

And that's all around the chimney.

So, I wouldn't be surprised if it's isolated to just that area

around the brick. Let, uh,

let's pull it back from there,

open up, and see if it continues.

And if it looks like it's still active, we're gonna

have to pull the whole thing down and go from there.

[Amos] OK, I'll get it back to you.

-All right, thanks, Amos. -I'm gonna try and get over there later.

[Amos] OK.

[Drew] All the termite damage, everything's taken care of now?

The termite damage did stop just around the opening

of the fireplace.

[Drew] There were no signs of active termites?

-[Amos] No, nothing active. -[Drew] OK.

We've taken care of all the termite issues.

No termites were found, so all we had to do was remove any

wood that was compromised along with the interior side

of the fireplace, which had a lot of water damage.

So from the outside, it still looks like it's a fireplace.

From the inside, it's a nice clean wall.

The fact that we don't have to tear down these walls is gonna

save us a ton of money.

Now we need to figure how we're gonna build these ramps

outside, taking into account slope, length, and width.

[Amos] If this was our full ramp --

-[Drew] Just careful on the edge. -[Amos] Yeah.

Yeah, like, to me, this isn't ideal.

If you're not with Gali and you're just walking into

the house, people would walk up the steps and they have

nowhere to step.

It's sort of like stepping onto an angle, right?

Right, yeah, yeah.

So what if instead, if you pull it back a little bit,

what if we made this a landing?

We wanna bring this up level.

Yeah, exactly.

And then we can have this as a flat landing.

The top of the slope will be right there, so that

if you come up this way,

it's just like four steps instead of three.

And then from over there, it's just a little bit more

of a steep slope, but still plenty doable for bringing

Gali in. And now it works for both ways.

-Does that make sense? -That does.

We've built a few ramps before, so we understand

what needs to be done structurally.

However, this is a unique entrance into the home,

the way it kinda comes up a step, and then there are

a bunch of different areas where it comes up another step

or two or three.

So we're trying to figure out the best function for Gali

with her chair, but also the best function

for everybody else coming in and out of the house daily.

Let's bring it a little closer together.

[Amos] Look at this ramp.

That's a dream ramp if I've ever seen one.

[cheerful music playing]

-Yo. -[tool whirring]

[Amos] About got that done?

-Oh, yeah. -Just about?

This is gonna be a gorgeous bathroom.

Yeah, we did the pocket door.

We did end up moving the toilet a bit,

because with the 36-inch door,

the toilet was gonna be intruding.

Yeah, pushing it back, that's better.

So no, that's good.

Everything here feels more streamlined.

And it's a huge shower.

Like, this is all the space they need to bring

Gali's chair in, transfer her if they need to.

Whenever we're looking at spaces, Jonathan and I

are always thinking, "What would Jonathan say?

What would Drew say?"

But now both of us are like, "What does Gali need?"

Her needs are the most important thing

with this design.

So anything we're looking at, we think design and function,

and then that extra layer of, well, what does Gali need?

Will this work for the family?

[Drew] This house is going to be absolutely

game-changing for Gali.

The bathroom is rocking and rolling.

We have the plumbing in. We have the tile here.

These tiles are so pretty. The kitchen looks great.

The doors are being sprayed.

There's better color on the cabinets.

Everything's coming together.

I don't feel we're really behind on anything.

We can forge ahead with the rest of the design

side of things, so I'm feeling pretty good.

[gentle acoustic guitar playing]

[horse neighs]

Good job. Big, tall sitting.

Gali's first physical therapy,

she started working with Gali when she was around

two and a half months, and she suggested horse therapy

to help her out with her development.

It became, like, her favorite therapy.

-She loves it. -She likes it.

I mean, she likes the horse more than the two of us,

that's for sure.

-Good job, gorda. -[Carolina] Good job, Gali.

-You're so straight. -[woman] Did you hear that?

-They said, "You're so straight." -[Gali coos]

[Diego] When we first came here, Gali could not hold her own head up,

and now she's able to use balance and a lot of muscles

she'd never used before.

And I think it's mostly thanks to this therapy.

Even though we don't have a diagnosis, we're just hoping

that one day they will find what it is, so there will be

hopefully one day some sort of treatment to help her

in whichever capacity.

-Hi, Gali. -[woman] Hi, Dad.

For us, the truth is, after living in the hospital

for two years and dealing with real life issues,

I mean, we're not stressed at all.

It's just, we're anxious to get back and to see the results,

but there's no stress element, at least to me.

Yeah, no. And I think, you know,

part of the reason also coming into the show is,

you know, knowing that we were in good hands

and, you know, we wouldn't have to be in every

little detail and kind of like give them the keys and then,

OK, hope for the best.

And I think it's gonna be great.

[horse neighs]

♪♪

♪ All the steps we watched her take ♪

♪ Little falls and big mistakes ♪

♪ It seems it all moves so fast some days, but there's no ♪

♪ second I would trade ♪

♪ Try to make every moment stay in this place ♪

♪ We are everything we need ♪

♪ We are everything we need ♪

I just love seeing everything come together

with their personal family photos.

I mean, it actually feels like a home now.

You know, sometimes we'll do a renovation and, like,

oh, yeah, aesthetically now this feels --

This home actually functions for their lifestyle now,

so I am excited just to see them get in here.

Yeah, it's perfect.

This is one of those ones where I'm like, "Oh, yeah."

-Yeah, we did good. -[Jonathan] We got it.

-OK, back to work. -OK.

♪ Planting seeds, hearts in the ground ♪

♪ with our bare hands, putting roots down ♪

♪ Not just a home. It's something more ♪

♪ Side by side we've been searching for ♪

[singing] So exciting

and new.

-You were expecting me? -Yes, I was expecting you.

So what do you think of this little add-on?

[Jonathan] Pretty, pretty great.

It gives a little bit more space without making the main

door bigger to hit the toilet.

Well, and also, we can only go so wide with the glass

before it's unstable. -Yeah.

So, this is a smart move.

Everything's great.

That artisanal touch, the flair.

I have one question, though.

-What are these meant to be? -They're bath bombs.

[Drew] Yeah, so you just put it in your bath, and it makes for...

Hey, look.

Why did I put a bath bomb

in a shower? -In a shower.

Uh, they're shower bombs. Don't even think about it.

Duh. Get with the now.

-OK. -Take this.

-I'm learning things. -Go away and be quiet.

OK.

♪♪

-Yeah, I wanna do it. -[director] Yeah, you do.

[Diego] This is like the moment she's been preparing for.

-[director] 109. -109 reveal.

-Yay! -[Diego] That's it.

We don't need to see anything else.

[director laughs]

How does this day feel right now?

Very excited. I mean, we want --

-Yeah, super excited. -Yeah.

Can't wait to see how the final product looks.

-[Diego] It's a big change for us. -Yeah, yeah.

Did you sleep last night?

I did sleep last night, 'cause I haven't slept

the two nights before.

I thought you were gonna say, "No, I was like up all

night thinking about the house," but no.

I've been the nights before thinking about the house.

-Hello. -[Jonathan] Hello.

-[Carolina] Hi. -Can we interrupt?

-How's it going? -[Diego] Hello, sir.

-What's happening? -[Carolina] Hello, hello.

-We made it. -Yay.

We're standing out here in the courtyard.

-[Carolina] So exciting! -[Jonathan] What's up, buddy?

[Diego] What's up, dude?

Waiting to get into your house.

I cannot wait for you guys to step inside.

-You're not even gonna recognize. -For my jaw to drop.

[Jonathan] Well, yeah.

-I honestly think this house now... -[Carolina] Yeah.

is gonna make life so much easier.

I can't wait to see the space and to see how Gali goes

through the space. -Do you feel good?

[Diego] Yeah, and also grateful.

I know that in record time, you are making things happen.

We wanted to get Gali in her new space right away,

and we want you to feel comfortable in a home that

you can stay in for a while and not have to move again

and again and again like you've done over the last few years.

-[Diego] Yeah. -[Carolina] Very, very excited.

-You're nervous. -Oh, my God!

-I can see it. -[Drew] Shall we?

-All right, let's go. -Ready to go in, after you guys.

-[Drew] Make access a little easier. -[both] Wow!

-[Carolina] This looks amazing! -[Diego] Wow!

[Jonathan] This is all composite.

You never have to do anything. It's gonna stay looking good.

This actually came from Drew's house.

He was doing a project at his house, and all of

this material was donated by this guy, you know?

Thank you.

Trying to help you stretch your budget.

-What do you think of the look? -This looks great.

[Diego] This is what we're looking for, like,

not a hospital-looking situation.

I like the, like, how it's integrated.

We wanted to also tuck the ramp off at the back

in case you wanna have the seating come out here,

have a little more space if you wanna sit out front.

-[Carolina] Yeah. -[Diego] It's perfect.

This is just the cherry on top.

-We want you to see the inside. -[Diego] No, we can't wait.

[Jonathan] That's what I really wanna see your reaction to.

[Drew] This is the exciting part.

[Carolina] Diego are you ready?

-[Diego] Yeah, are you? -[Carolina] Am I?

[gasps]

Oh, my God.

-Wow! -[gasps] This is amazing!

[Carolina gasps]

-Oh my God. -Wow.

-This is amazing. -Wow.

-[Jonathan] Right? -[Drew] No steps.

[Carolina] Oh my God.

This is a completely different house.

[Diego] This is awesome.

[Carolina] My mind is blown.

Oh my God.

[Jonathan] And doesn't this make you --

-I've never heard her this excited. -Oh my God.

Even with the, you know, the higher floors,

it looks bigger, and then it's amazing.

Oh, my God, I absolutely love it.

Nothing, I think, is gonna be more impactful in

your day-to-day life than the fact that this is all level.

[Carolina] Yes, that's absolutely amazing.

We gave you this beautiful big sectional, and it fits

the space perfect.

[Diego] That's what I'm most impressed by.

It's so big, but it allows us, like, the movement with Gali,

which is, like, unbelievable. -[Jonathan] Yeah, the flow.

Well, here's the dangerous part.

-It's also crazy comfortable. -Oh, yeah.

[Diego laughs]

[Diego groans]

It's so good. This is amazing.

When we raised the floor, we had to amend these windows

and doors, so we just used the original, sealed it off.

[Carolina] It looks awesome.

Yeah, and there's, like, you can use all

this space. It's so much -- it looks --

it looks bigger than before. -[Diego] Much bigger.

-Yeah. -I know we told you about

the termite damage. -[Carolina] Yeah.

We had to do a lot of repair, but that's all taken care of.

It's not an issue here anymore.

I just love that you have a safe home that you can enjoy.

-Perfect. -[Carolina] Amazing.

And I love the colors.

I love how they flow everywhere.

And it looks beautiful.

Do you love how they flow right into your dining room?

[Carolina] Oh, my God, it's beautiful!

[Jonathan] It feels intimate because it's its own space.

[Carolina] Yeah.

[Jonathan] But the access is nice and fluid.

I absolutely love it.

Of course, the pictures are the best.

[Jonathan] Now, come on right here.

We're gonna go into the kitchen.

♪♪

-[Diego] Whoa! -[Carolina] Oh, my God.

[Diego] Wow.

Look, Caro, you can cook safely now.

There's a hood.

[Jonathan] Can you tell what's new?

Well, the big things, like there's a hood.

[Jonathan] Yes. Yeah.

[Carolina] There is more storage space, which is always very,

very much appreciated.

We wanted to save as much money as possible, not redoing

everything, so we just tried to make it look like a brand new

kitchen without spending like a brand new kitchen.

[Carolina] Yeah, I mean, it looks like a brand new kitchen.

-[Diego] Yeah. -[Carolina] It's amazing.

As if that wasn't already a lot of spaces...

Yeah.

...you needed a bathroom overhaul

like you wouldn't believe. -[Carolina] Yes.

-Priority number one. -[Carolina & Drew] Yeah.

Come on down.

-[Carolina gasps] -[Diego] Wow.

-Oh, my God. -Wow.

[Jonathan] Look at the space you have and the functionality,

zero clearance into the shower.

[Carolina] It looks bigger,

you know, brighter. -And your dream...

...separate. -Two, yeah.

Where I can have my own little space without him invading me

with his 20,000 things to wash his mouth.

Wait, you are the one who invades?

[Carolina] Yeah, he's the one who invades.

See, that's why Linda and I needed to have

separate space, because she invades.

I'm very, you know, clean,

and I like, yeah. -No.

And he, like, goes in, and everything explodes after

he goes in. -On national TV?

-Yeah, on national TV. -No secrets.

[Carolina] Look at this.

-[Carolina gasps] -Whoa.

You also have this extra little section of glass also

folds open, so if you need a little more maneuverability...

-Oh! -Oh, that's great.

...you've got it. -Oh, that's so cool.

That's awesome.

And there's so much space, and it's gonna be so easy.

It's gonna be amazing to shower her in here.

[Diego] Yeah.

♪♪

You found not only the layout and the square footage that

you needed, but also the pool in West Hollywood.

[Carolina] Yes.

I mean, all of the elements that were the dream

wish list items. -Thanks to you guys.

Yeah.

-Well, I mean, team effort. -Takes an army,

really, these days. -Yeah.

I can see the weight off your shoulders.

-[both] Yeah. -Now you can actually relax,

enjoy, and thrive in this house. -[Carolina] Yeah.

It's, like, mind blowing to me.

You know, I would -- I never expected to be something

so functional and so nice at the same time.

Um, so we're really, really grateful.

-Thank you. -[Jonathan] You're welcome.

Enjoy your home, you guys. Thank you so much.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

-[Jonathan] Enjoy. -Thank you.

I think for the moment, like, we walked in, it just

felt right, just felt really good for Gali.

And on top of that, you layer in the design

and the good taste and the little details

of the pictures. -[Carolina] The pictures.

And we want everything to look like part of the same thing.

And I think they achieved that for sure.

Gali, are you excited to see your new house?

[Carolina] Coming home and feeling like,

you know, it's a home, you know. -[Diego] Yeah.

It's beautiful and it's relaxing.

[Diego] There was a lot of love and thought put into it

and good taste.

And then it's also something that we can move around

a lot easier with Gali.

This is your new living room.

-Look at that. -What?

[Diego] Is it so amazing?

[both laugh]

[Carolina] You know, you always have to move chairs and move

things around to be able to go with a wheelchair.

And here it's like you just...

-Yeah, you go in. -...move around, no problem.

-[Diego] One go. -[Carolina] So it's amazing.

[Diego] Yeah. Every detail thought of.

[Carolina] Yeah, I love everything.

The reason why we renovated, it's Gali.

-Like, she's the one. -She's the one.

-Besito. -[both] Mm.

[kiss smacks]