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Once I get this wire off...

It's there, it's here.

If you wanna grab the drywall,
we can start popping that up.

So that's pretty good
for today.

You're going to drive down to

see Natalia and Ben
and meet Jonathan.

They got a three-year-old son
and they need a heck of a lot

more space.
- OK.

They're in Long Beach
and you gotta

look at their first house
with them.

They're the couple that's
very, very tiny budget, right?

Mm-hmm.

So Jonathan wants me
to come right now?

Yeah.

Hey, Amos, you're on your own
for the drywall.

What?

What do you mean?
I'm ready for you.

Jim's here to help you.
Jim's really good with drywall.

- Come back here.
- No, I'll see you later.

What the...?
Oh, these guys.

When I first moved to the US,

I moved to Northern California,
and we met at a church.

I fell in love with her.

We've been married
for 20 years.

We pursued having a child for
a very long time.

So this is Isaac, and he is
our little miracle.

And we're kind of growing out
of our little apartment.

So it's been a while.

I think we started
in the pandemic.

A year happened,
then we stopped.

And then when I was pregnant,
we started looking again.

But now he's three.

You know, continuing to rent,
and just you feel like you're

just wasting money.

It's a big financial
investment, and that scares me.

Trying to save money for over
10 years, so we could do

the down payment.

And after 2020, what we could
afford drastically changed.

Everything went up, and
we can't afford anything now.

There are a lot of
pretty houses out there,

but not in our budget.

When we put in offers,
we get outbid.

Yeah, it's been frustrating,
and when I was pregnant, it was

harder because just
feeling sick.

You know, you get
emotionally invested.

You, like, kind of fall in love
with a house, and you really

hope for that, and you go
through all the paperwork

and this and that, and then it
doesn't work out.

So it's like I let it down
each time.

We need help because,
first, we have not been

successful doing this by
ourselves, and then most of

the places that we've seen
need work.

And I don't know how to
fix anything.

And, you know, we have pretty
busy lives with this guy,

so I just can't imagine going
into a project.

I'm worried that the prices
keep going up.

We're never gonna catch up.

I'm, like, done looking
for a house.

I want to move.
Get a house and move.

- Hey!
- Hi, guys.

Wait, should we hold
hands too?

- Yes.
- Yeah!

How are you?

- Good to see you.
- Nice to meet you in person.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, Natalia.
Nice to meet you.

So haven't you always wanted
a blue house?

Well, no.

But I like the bright colors.

It's three bedrooms,
two baths, listed for $689,000.

OK.

It's in our budget.

Three bedrooms is good.

I need an office.

So if we could have
the three bedrooms, two baths.

I thought it was interesting,

when you were sending
all the information,

you were saying you've been
looking for a while.

Yeah.

We started in Santa Monica,
and, like, a one-bedroom

apartment is a million dollars
there, so we couldn't

afford anything.
- Yeah.

I think changing neighborhoods
was the best thing you can do,

because it's gonna get you into
real estate.

- But we do love Long Beach.
- Yeah.

That's part of it.
We like just the culture here.

We like that there is a dog
beach, mainly for him

and our dog.

For what you want, this house
does check off all the boxes.

The house is listed below
market value

for $689,000.

Chances are it's gonna go for
higher than that...
- Mm-hmm.

...but hopefully not too much
that it'll price you out.

Why don't we look at the house
first, see if you like it.

We'll look at some other houses
as well, and then we can make

a quick decision because I am
noticing that even houses that

you might think wouldn't sell
fast are selling fast right now

because there's a lot
of demand.

OK.

Why don't we just hop inside?

OK.

Here we go.

OK.

All right.

It clearly needs
a little something.

I feel like the floors
are really dark.

- Too dark for you?
- Yeah.

I'm just thinking of our dog,
so our dog is white.

So this will be a pain
in the butt.

At least you'll never
lose her.

- Yes.
- I like the windows.

- I like the windows.
- Oh, yeah,

that's a whole wall of glass.

Our apartment's really dark,
so it's important to have a lot

of natural light.
- Yeah.

Well, from a design
standpoint, is this your style?

I think we both like
Spanish houses and, like,

Colombian Medellin style.

Is there something from your
Colombian roots that you would

love to infuse that
into your...?

Yeah.
I like color.

- OK.
- So that's one of the things.

And I know that Ben likes that

as well, and that's part of
the Colombian style.

But the space is just
a little weird.

Is this a dining room or is
this a living room?

I feel like it has to do both.

Either that's gonna have to be
a dual purpose space,

where it's sort of dining
and kitchen, or that's all

kitchen, and this is a dual
space where

it's living and dining.
To me, this makes

the most sense for
your living area.

It's just a nice corner.

We can give you some floor
plans to let you know

if, you know,
a peninsula here

or a banquette and a table here
makes the most sense.

I don't know what
a banquette is.

A banquette is basically where
your seating is built

into the wall.

So you have a bench along
the wall, table, chairs.

I'm gonna say we're both
bad at spatial planning.

The kitchen also is not laid
out super great.

Like, what a wasted space here.

The window's so low that
you can't have a counter

across it.
- Oh, yeah.

Switching out the window

for something slightly taller
means we could

continue cabinets across this
wall over here.

We need the extra
counter space.

The island, the way it's set
up right now,

is just kind of awkward.

They have this little overhang
here for, like, one seat.

But you sit at your breakfast
bar seating, and then you're

hitting your head over here.
- Yeah, no.

Why don't we just put a pin in
this for a second and check out

the bedroom and bathroom
over here?

OK.

This is the main
bedroom suite.

Oh, this isn't bad.
I don't mind this.

I like the ceilings.

It seems nice.

The height is really
nice in here.

- Big bedroom.
- Yeah.

You have a good bathroom.

And you also have
a good-sized closet.

- The bathroom,
it's OK.
- Yeah.

- It's not my style.
- I like it.

The kitchen we know
would need to be done.

I would spend money on those
things before I would spend

a dime ripping any of this out.
- Yeah, yeah.

- And spend
money here.
- Yeah.

Let's look at
the other bathroom.

Bedroom's over here.

Two bedrooms here.

Bedroom's a good size.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- This bathroom.
- Bathroom.

Oh, yeah.

This definitely needs way
more work.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, this one will need,
like, everything done.

It just seems old and small.

And I don't think
I could fit in here.

Yeah.

You getting in this tub
would overflow the tub.

I mean, all of this is
pretty straightforward.

Wanna go outside?

- OK.
- Sure.

Thank you.

Oh, wow.
This patio is huge.

- This is a lot of yard.
- Big!

We can have a dance party.

Have you been taught
your Colombian dance moves?

I'm working on it.
My salsa.

It's all in the hips.
It's all in the hips.

- I like bachata better.
- It's all in the smile.

There it is.
There it is.

I don't know why.

It looked better when
she did it.

Imagine how cool.

You could have a giant table in
here and have a really great

dinner here.
- Yeah.

Down the road,
you could enclose this.

You could have this as
a beautiful additional space.

- Yeah.
- Ooh!

And look at this.
I mean, this is...

- Yeah.
- Wow.

Incredible-- it's huge.

One thing you could always
consider down the road

if you wanted,
you could put an ADU back here.

- You have so much space.
- Oh, yeah.

And that way you could have
additional rental income if

you wanted or have it
for guests.

Right.
I like the space for the ADU.

I really like
the fruit plants.

I've always wanted to have
fruit trees.

Yeah.

We looked at the house.
We looked at the backyard.

Just what's,
without overthinking it,

what's your current state?

I would like to see
more options.

I think it has potential.

I'm worried about all
the things that have to

be done.
- And that's the thing.

I'm not worried about
those things.

When I'm looking at this,
I think this is really,

really well set up
for you guys.

But I do think we'd have to go
in above list price.

- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

I think it has potential.

It checks all the boxes of
being practical.

Yeah.

Definitely keep this
as a contender.

I say we look at a couple of
houses over the next couple of

days, and then we make
a decision pretty quick.

Natalia, you sent us a listing
you want to see, right?

- Yes.
- Great.

We can check it out.

I think it's much bigger
and better than a lot of

the places we've looked at.

Ben tends to look at,
like, what's the functionality

of things.

I could go on the other side
and be much less practical.

I tend to go, like, more
about the looks.

Yeah, I think if she found,
like, a one-bedroom,

one-bathroom Spanish style
house, she would go for it.

No yard, as long
as it's Spanish.

Natalia, this is what
you wanted to show us.

This is my house.

So here it is here.

All right.

- Pretty nice house.
- Wow.

- Spanish.
- Yeah.

Have you seen it at all,
or pictures or anything, or no?

- No.
- It works.

It's perfect.

What is it about
a Spanish-style home

that you love?

I think I love
the architecture.

Maybe it reminds me of home
a little bit.

It's not Colombian,
but, you know,

it has a feel of it.

The one thing I would say with
this house, because I looked up

the listing, and this is
only a two-bedroom,

one-bathroom home.
It's just over 800 square feet.

Yeah.

So it's a smaller home.

Reminding you that
you have a child.

You want to have a house
you can grow into, so you want

to make sure you're not just
buying what you need right now,

but it's not going to work for
your near future.

Yeah.

- We can go now.
- Yeah, right?

Well, you have to see it.
You see it first.

This is only a two-bedroom,
one-bathroom home.

$749,900 is the list price.

Let's get inside
and have a look.

It's so cute.
Look at the entrance.

Oh, wow.
Look at the ceiling.

Barrel ceiling.

Always a great
first impression.

But you'll notice everything
has been redone.

The floors, the cabinets.

Yeah, look at the floors.

It's beautiful.
It's so cute.

Look at the living room.

I know exactly what you're
doing right now.

What?

You're trying to be so overly
positive to win you over.

Try not to be blinded by
the beautiful stuff.

You got to think of how you're
going to function in the home.

What do you think about having
the peninsula, especially when

you have a smaller footprint?

I like the peninsula.

Look at the colors.

I love that it's not
a white kitchen.

You are so much more excited
about this space than that

other house we looked at.
- Yeah.

You would rather have a place
that is totally finished,

totally pretty, and ready
to move in?

Mm-hmm.

It seems like taking on
a project, it will be tough.

So it's nice to think of
you find something,

it's done, you don't have to do
anything else.

Hold up.
There's no dishwasher.

Oh, no.

No, you have no dishwasher
in here.

Yeah, what are
you talking about?

- Yeah, right?
- Oh, no... no.

Why would you do a brand-new
kitchen with no dishwasher?

Can we fit a dishwasher
in here?

The thing is, the way this is
built out, if you were to put

a dishwasher in, this is
the only spot you're going

to get it.
- Well, not just that.

Your upper cabinets are
supposed to be

18 inches off the counter.

The cabinets should come down
to here, but they didn't want

to pay for the extra cabinets.
- Do me a favor.

Can you heat this up?
Can you pop it

in the microwave
and throw it in for

a couple minutes?

Oh, no.
My wife couldn't even see.

She wouldn't be able to
reach that.

And then spill it all over
myself when I get it out.

I think this was a flip.

Whenever we see a flip
property, it's always a little

concerning because they look
pretty on the surface,

usually not functional.

You're now paying a premium for
something that's been done,

this renovation.

And now we're talking about

ripping out some of this to
redo it.

You're almost doubling up on
what this kitchen would cost.

If we renovated a house for
you that was untouched,

we wouldn't have to pay twice
for that same thing.

For me, it's just,
it's not practical.

It's less practical than
the other one

and more expensive.
This area is smaller.

Yeah, this house is
about 200 square feet

less than that other house.

You're breaking my heart.

I hear you.

I'm not trying to crush
your dreams.

If you really like If you like
this house and you want to pay

for things being all done,
that's totally up to you.

But we want to make sure that

you're going to thrive
in the house.

You're not just looking
at the pretty.

Yeah.

There is an office over
here and laundry.

- You want to check that out?
- OK.

Yeah, so this is two bedrooms

plus a den.
Just a small room.

- Oh!
- Feels right.

Oh, this is too cute.

I don't like it.

- Look, it's just nice.
- I mean, it's got nice finishes,

but this is not functional
for a family at all.

This is so cute.
I love it.

- What do you think?
- Yeah, well, I love the office.

It's great.

I can see her really
liking it.

Yeah.
It's a nice office.

OK.
Why don't you take a look

at the bedrooms and bathroom?

Yeah.

When you have homeowners that
are first-time buyers,

they need a little extra hand
holding because we want to make

sure they don't make a mistake
that they're gonna regret.

The path to the perfect house
is not through desperation.

This is cute, though.
I love the wall going up.

Yeah, they have this tile
feature wall that looks nice,

but they did that tiny little
basic tub.

- Yeah.
- They should have put in
a deep soaker tub.

Yeah.

They should have done a
vanity all the way across.

There's a whole wasted area.
You have no drawers.

So in your only bathroom in
the entire house,

you have no drawers.

And I would put a new proper
vanity in that's twice as wide.

We can go now.
This one's done.

Let's think about it.
Gotta just process this.

I think all of this love for
this home is actually stemming

from missing out on so many
other houses.

She just wants to get one.

And I think that
emotional decision

will be something
she would regret.

But it's hard to tell somebody
something they don't

want to hear.

So this would be your bedroom.

You've got lots of light.

It doesn't have its own
bathroom attached, so you've

just got your closet.

That closet looks small.

Both bedrooms are about
the same size.

It's OK, but the other place
wins in terms of main bedroom.

- Yeah.
- Why don't we
step out back?

Because I think the yard is
something you will like.

- Oh, it's so cute.
- Yeah, I like it.

- Oh, it's big.
- Are these weeds?

Yeah, that's
what I was saying.

This is a farm,
and they're growing weeds.

This is a blank canvas.

I mean, imagine what you could
do with this space back here.

It has that opportunity for
an ADU and to expand, right?

So the house is small, but...

Yeah, that garage could become
a part of the main house.

Everything you're saying
you could do here, you could do

to the other one.
- Well, why don't we do this?

Take one last look to really
think it through.

Be honest with yourself
and each other if this could

work for you now
and in the future.

- And we can look at more houses.
- Yeah.

- All right.
- Pop inside.

- Have fun.
- All right.

I mean, the thing with this
house is out here,

huge potential.
I see that.

It's the inside.

I guarantee you she's gonna
want to put an offer on it.

She's trying to convince Ben
right now.

Yeah.

I still like this house.

I know you're not convinced
by it.

You're number one.

So wherever you want to
spend our money,

you're in charge.

But I just think the other
one's a better investment.

It's a bigger yard,
bigger living room,

bigger kitchen, extra bedroom,
extra bathroom.

Yeah, yeah, but imagine then
we have to wait until

it's renovated and it's not
going to be a Spanish house.

Yeah, it won't be
a Spanish house.

Yeah, yeah.

I don't think they should
spend a penny out here,

because in the end I would do
an addition here.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Hey, so what is the verdict?

So we thought about it.

You look like you're up to
no good.

Really?

So I don't think this is
gonna work for us.

- Oh, wow.
- Oh! OK.

I thought you were gonna
say that you were gonna

put an offer--
- Yeah, I know.

I think he convinced me.

Yeah.

The one time in our marriage,
I'm right.

- There you go.
- Right.

No, there is a lot that needs
to be done, even

though it's done.
- Yeah.

Do you want to keep looking
for other houses?

No.

Well, we're thinking to put
an offer on that other house.

Oh, really?
OK, wow.

Yes.

I just think the bones of that
house were better.

There's a lot of potential
with that house.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.

I just want to make sure
you realize we would have to go

in over list.
That house is listed at
$689,000.

- There will be other
offers coming in.
- Yeah.

And when you look at what's
been selling in the area,

that house is worth
well over $700,000.

Yeah.

If you're good, we go in
at $720,000.

I think that's a pretty
good offer.

OK.
OK.

Would you want to try that?

- Yeah.
- That's kind
of the pattern.

- We just always have to go over.
- Yeah.

Yeah, but again, we're doing
it in an educated way.

You have us to help you.

We're analyzing
the market details,

we're looking at
the house and what it needs,

and we can make the house so
much better than what this

house could offer you.
- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I'm excited.

It's scary, but we really want
to get a home.

Yeah.

We've learned a lot from
Jonathan and Drew.

I'm a little bit anxious to put
an offer, but I am thankful

and excited that we have
the extra help.

Even though we've been looking
for houses for years and years,

it's really cool to have
a couple of experts

on your team.

But I don't know why we're
standing around.

If you want to get an offer in,
we should get an offer in.

Let's get some offers in.
We got this.

- Let's do it.
- All right.

All right.

I do want to discuss that place
we put the offer in on.

I got word back from
the realtor that there are four

other offers on the property.

So it's what we thought.

OK, so we have to like
counter offer right away?

Yeah, what they're basically
saying is everyone has to come

back with their best and final
offer and they'll pick one.

So how much should we do?
Or, do we...?

Well, it's up to you how
comfortable you are.

You know your finances more
than I would know it.

Yeah.

My suggestion is that we would
come up $40,000 and go back

with $760,000.

But we just have to be
realistic with the value of

the home is.
- Yeah.

Well, it's just...

It feels like
it's happening again.

- Yeah.
- Because that's what--

we always get outbid
at the end.

That's why we have to come
back in strong.

- OK.
- Is this house worth it to us?

There are four other offers
on the property.

So we have to, like,
counteroffer right away?

Yep.

I think the house is
worth $760,000.

And I think there are four
other offers on the house that

think it's worth at least that.

When we're done our renovation,
this house is gonna be worth

over $90,000, because we're
adding value.

We're adding equity into
your pocket.

- That's a lot.
- Oh, really?

You just have to get
the place first.

Yeah.

If we don't get it for that,
I would suggest we look at

other houses.
- Yeah.

I don't want you to go up to
$800,000 to buy.

- $760,000 OK.
- What do you think?

- OK, I would say, do it.
- $760,000?

Yeah, what do you think?

We've been trying so long

trying to find a house
on our own.

- You're the best chance we have.
- OK.

So if I can't make $760,000
work, you're moving to Alaska.

- What about...
- Moving to Alaska?

- I'm down for it.
- He'll be so happy.

Yeah.

Oh, gosh.

Oh-ho-ho!

They got the house.

- Who did?
- Ben and Natalia got the house.

Oh, nice.

Wait, I got to call them
right now.

- Was that the agent?
- Yeah, it was the agent texted.

Ha!

Hello.

Hi, how are you?
I got Jonathan here with me.

We have some news.

You got the house.

You're welcome.

No more house hunting.

I think the biggest thing

would be, we got to get in there

as quick as we can possibly get
in there and just start

transforming it.

- You're welcome.
- Bye.

Ben and Natalia want to start
from scratch in the kitchen,

living room,
and hallway bathroom, so all of

this can go.

All right.
We got the bosses on site.

Oh, my goodness.
Oh, look at the floor.

It's gone.
Yeah!

That's the, like,
original floor?

Yep.

We wouldn't be able
to redo those floors.

Besides, we want to have
something that we can flow

through the whole space anyway.
- Yeah.

Look at the kitchen.
Can I go in?

Is this making you more
nervous or less nervous?

- Uh, no, less, less nervous.
- Less nervous?

I think-- just expectation.

Can I go to the kitchen?

It looks, like,
smaller, the kitchen.

Everyone always says that when
you first take

the cabinets out.

The good thing is when
we rebuild, we can integrate

everything so that it feels
like the best use of space.

OK.

So we know this is gonna
be cabinetry.

We know this is gonna
be cabinetry.

I'm raising this window up so
that we can have cabinetry run

right underneath the window.

- Yes.
- OK.

We still have a decision
to make.

We still have to decide,
do you want to wrap

your kitchen around and then do
a built in banquet here with

a table for eating?
- OK, mm-hmm.

Or built-in peninsula,

and then we can have
chairs at the peninsula.

It's hard to picture it.

I still have to
Google banquette.

So Drew's actually gonna take
you somewhere

where you can visualize it.
- OK.

So that we can make
that decision.

- Oh, OK.
- OK.

But let's go around this wall
and take a look

at the bathroom.

It's all ripped apart.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Wow.

Let's talk
about possibilities.

OK.

Originally, we were just
thinking of keeping everything

where it is, and just
putting new in.

This is what keeps running
through my mind.

This hallway space feels like
a total waste of space.

What if, and hear me out,
I crawled up into the attic?

This is not
a load-bearing wall.

I could take this wall out
if you want.

If we remove this wall and move
the door further down to

capture all this wasted space,
we can do a much larger vanity

with storage and a deep soaker
tub with colorful tile surround

for Isaac's bath time.

- Could we do that, really?
- We could do that.

Oh, my gosh.

She talks nonstop about
knocking walls down.

The more walls you knock down,
the happier she'll be.

Really.

It is a little extra money in
order to do that,

particularly for the millwork
for the upper cabinetry.

Everything else falls
within the budget.

OK.

But what do you guys think of
that idea?

I like that it would be bigger
and that it would utilize a lot

of space.
It's just...

Yeah, it's not needed, right?

It would be a very
nice bathroom.

Good.
Exciting.

- Yay!
- So exciting!

- OK.
- You got her going.

She's going to want to knock
down all the walls.

I'll start dreaming.
I'll start dreaming.

Should I have you knock down
a wall while you're here?

If we're going to do it,
should I have you?

You want to hit this piece
of drywall?

- Really? Yes!
- Yeah.

I'm going to
get a sledgehammer.

I like what Jonathan's doing,
making the bathroom bigger.

I think, definitely,
it's worth the extra

little investment.

It will be the only bathroom
with a bathtub for our son,

and he tends to, like,
splash things out.

- Yeah.
- So, like, just have

more space.

It's gonna be awesome.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

- Nice.
- This is so empowering.

Just seeing,
like, the potential of things,

of just, like, the things that
we didn't like gone,

and, like, what it could be,
and we haven't heard,

like, huge bad news
or anything,

so it seems like
we made a good choice...

- Yeah.
- ...choosing the house.

How cool is that?

You know, I think I liked it
the other way.

You jerk!

Now get her out of here before
she takes any more walls down.

Are you ready to have
your minds blown?

- Hey.
- Hey, what's going on?

- Good to see you.
- Everyone, this is Chay.

- Hi.
- Chay, nice to meet you.

- Cher, nice to meet you.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
Natalia.

- Chay-- welcome, guys.
Appreciate you guys coming.
- How've you been?

So a lot of homeowners don't
have vision.

We've kind of talked about this
a little bit.

You need to see it
to love it, right?

So we were trying to come up
with a plan of which is better,

the banquette for them
or a peninsula with seating.

So that's what I love about
bringing people here,

because Chay's created
an opportunity to make

your floor plan the size of
your home.

Am I gonna see what
a banquette is?

Yes.

Yes, you are gonna see what
a banquette is.

That's all he wants to
figure out.

Yeah, so today, we got all of
your 2D layouts, so we'll walk

those, and then the most
exciting part is the 3D

augmented reality.
- Hologram?

Yeah, yeah.

And this is really going to
help Cher and me figure out

what you want, and we can make
a decision today.

- Yay.
- You had me at hologram.

Yeah.
Shall we?

- Yes.
- All right, let's do it.

Look at that.
Welcome to your home.

- Wow.
- Wow!

Do you want to walk
through the wall,

or do you want to
come through the front door?

Oh, this its the door.

Hey, let's go.
Come on in.

- Doo-doo-doo-doo!
- Welcome home.

Oh, wow, OK.
I love the couch.

- It seems like it's a big space.
- All of you can fit on this.

Yeah.

Well, picture that
gigantic sectional.

Instead of that useless little
table they had here

and the small sofa,
and then you have this

bookshelf here.
- OK.

- Right behind us.
- Oh, perfect.

This is your banquette right
here, just for you.

Well, now you're selling me
on it.

- It's a banquette?
- Yeah, right?

Customized.

This is maybe a three-person,
maybe four people,

but the tabletop is small.

The banquette is great because
it pulls your seating over.

And you can move it when
you don't need it.

But there's also the option to
go with a peninsula.

- No, Chay, too fast?
- Too fast.

OK.
There you go.

Yep, that's it.
Boom.

This, to me, is a better use
of space.

You can see you have a larger
surface for eating,

and you're getting
more storage.

Yeah.

And there's more
counter space.

There's more counter space.

Now, we've seen
the 2D version.

Chay, bring me
the augmented reality.

Let's get it.

All right, thank you.

I'm gonna
show you the banquette.

That little bistro table,
it feels a little useless.

- Mm-hmm.
- It cuts the flow.

- It does, yeah.
- Yeah, it looks messier.

If we did a peninsula instead,
look at all the counter space

all over.
- Wow.

- That's great.
- Mm?

Seeing them both, I like
the peninsula a lot better.

It seems like it flows better.

The storage, the seating,
you're getting the most bang

for your buck with this design.
- Yeah, I agree.

And for the value of the house,
I think this is better.

- Adds more value.
- Yeah.

It sounds to me like
we have a decision.

Yes.

You want to go
with the peninsula?

- Banquette.
- Yes.

Just kidding.
Just kidding.

- OK.
- Peninsula.

- Peninsula!
- All right.

OK, here's what I'm thinking
for your kitchen.

You don't have a huge budget,
but we can still make it

look great.

Semi-custom wood-tone
cabinetry, we'll save on cost,

but it'll still give
that high-end feel

and have a ton of storage
and prep space.

We'll bring in some nice,
comfortable chairs for

the peninsula dining room,
and instead of a stone slab

backsplash, we'll go with
a colorful ceramic tile that'll

give it a bit of
a Spanish flair.

It's going to be so beautiful.

Want to go for a walk?

- All right.
- Oh, yeah.

I feel confident now in
our decision to

do the peninsula.

I could really see where it was
and how it would look,

and it really helped a lot.

Yeah, it's crazy to think
that we own now,

this property, and that
it's going to look like that.

How do I look sitting
at the counter?

Maybe a little higher, honey.

Oh, I'm in the sink.
I'm out the window right now.

Let me in.

It is.

I mean, when you see the floors
down, the cabinetry's in,

they definitely made the right
call going with the peninsula.

The expanded bathroom is coming
together, and this is gonna

be a game changer for them.

I mean, it's starting to look
and feel like a real home.

Yeah, we want to get this
family in here

as soon as we can.

There's still a lot to do,
and we're trying to figure out

exactly where we want to run
the tile to.

Pick a tile, any tile.

How high do we want to go?

Obviously, we're going to go to
the underside of the cabinets.

Yes.

So, I would say, at a minimum,
we carry that height across.

- All the way to the edge here?
- Yeah.

It would be so pretty,
though, if this was all tiled.

You know how I feel about when
you can tile to the ceiling,

you should tile to the ceiling.
- I like it.

It elevates the eye.
It makes it feel more high-end.

I'm just trying to think
budget and how much

material we have.

This is one of those
projects where

all of my design goals are set
at what the heck we can afford.

How much of this tile do
we have, by the way?

- We've got...
- Well, this is

only a few of the boxes.

We have more than this.
Hey, Amos.

Question.

How much of this tile do
we have, do you know?

- This tile.
- We got two more boxes there.

I don't know the actual
square footage.

Do you think it's feasible
that we could go all

the way up?
- Like, around the window?

Everything.

If everything we see as drywall
right now is tile, I think

it'll blow away
Ben and Natalia.

It'll blow away all
of their guests.

It'll look fantastic.

As it is right now, we're just
short of what we need for that

entire wall, but we have to get
extra creative on their small

budget to figure it out.

There's a small possibility
that we will have enough stone

left from our counters.

We could run a piece of slab up
behind the range and then just

have the rest tile.
- I like that.

- I think that sounds amazing.
- Fancy.

It'll be fancier.
That'll save us some tile.

I'll see how much is in
the garage, if we have any more.

OK.

The biggest no-no is to say to
the client, "Ooh, we're

gonna do this thing," in case
you can't do it, and then

you've got to, like, rein them
back, and then they'll

be disappointed.
- Yeah.

So, we try and keep this stuff
to ourselves.

If Amos tells me that we have
enough tile that we could

do it...
- We're doing it.

- We're doing it.
- Yeah.

That's the one thing
with these.

They're nice, they look good,
but they don't travel well.

If you hit them in the wrong
direction, they done.

Stop talking to me.

Jonathan's doing
a lot of talking.

Well, you guys
got it in there.

That's good.

Any opportunity to repurpose,
they could use it.

- All right, slide it over.
- Careful, careful.

You scratch the floors,
I scratch your face.

I lifted.

Ben and Natalia,
they would never have imagined

that we could turn this house

into this space
that it's becoming.
- Yeah.

Goal!

It was really hard for us to
get out of bed every time.

I've wanted a place of our own
for so long, too.

- Yeah.
- I was like, "Come on!"

Even with saving up

and planning,
it's still really hard.

A lot of that time,
we actually tried to adopt.

- Yeah.
- Um...

It didn't work out.
We tried to adopt.

We were trying to adopt from
Colombia, and we actually

passed all the U.S. tests,

and Colombia said no.

And so once Colombia said no,

we couldn't adopt
in the U.S. either.

And so we decided to try to
have our own baby,

or a biological baby.

- Biological baby.
- Then like six more years

before our miracle happened.

And now we have a house.

You know, the main thing that
excites me is like to be more

settled, to have a community,
you know, friends and people

that he can grow up with.

Yeah, that's the one thing
I want from him, is just to be

happy and enjoy life.

We're very ready to move,
that anticipation, nervousness.

Can't wait!

♪ It's time,
let our story begin ♪

♪ New life ♪

♪ coming in,
it shines ♪

♪ Burning bright ♪

♪ This new life ♪

Looking good.
Looking good.

- Pillows and plants.
- Oh, yes.

- That's what
I'm here for.
- Thank you.

You guys,
I think we pulled it off.

- Yeah.
- Let's do this.

- Oh, my goodness.
- Let's test the merch.

How many people can fit in
this space now?

There's no way that they are
gonna picture

what we were
able to squeeze in here.

It's going to be the hub for
everything they do.

Yeah.

So I guess we'll grab
the boxes, we get

the rest of the decor.
- And I'm going to continue

playing with the pillows.

All right, you pillow play.

♪ Right here,
after all of these years ♪

♪ We find a place of
our own ♪

♪ Inside, a brand-new
chapter appears ♪

♪ You and I,
we call it home ♪

Is this not the cutest picture
of all time?

Yeah.
So cute.

- Put it over here, maybe?
- It's great.

It's better than that idea of
the built-in banquette.

If we tried to squeeze in
a dining table, I think it

would have ruined
the floor plan.

It would-- the sofa
would be half the size.

There's that pop of
color they wanted.

Way more function,
storage, countertop space.

If you think of
what was here before,

this is gonna blow their minds.

- Oh, the big day-- nervous?
- Very nervous.

Ah, I'm trying to breathe.
Trying to breathe through it.

Before we get in there,
what's the biggest thing going

through your head right now?

Just like the-- yeah,
the anticipation of wanting to

see it, that it's done.
It's very exciting!

When we first walked in,
remember, like,

the weird little table
and, like, kitchen was maybe

a little shady?
- Could we call that an island?

I don't think we can call
it an island.

I would call it
an island-sore.

I mean, now
everything's changed.

It is amazing inside
and functional and stylish.

You are literally gonna say,
"Is this even my house?"

- Yeah.
- All right, after you.

Come on.

Oh, my gosh!
Look at the door!

- It's amazing!
- Beautiful, right?

Oh, wow!
Look at this!

Wow!

Whew.

Oh, wow.
Look at this.

- Wow.
- Wow!

Oh!

It looks so different.

I'm almost without words.
It's amazing.

Oh, look at that.
That's so beautiful.

Look at that table.

I love the walnut,
that dark walnut tone.

- With the new floors.
- It feels so bright.

- It's, like, perfect.
- Yeah, it's so
different now.

- It does--
- It's just beautiful.

- It does look--
- And it's, like, so cozy.

- Sorry, I'm, like--
- You're fine, .

I love this part.

We tried to keep the stuff
that you already had that was

really great.

That bookshelf is something
you already had.

With your own art.

Having that up on the wall to
make it feel like home.

And it doesn't look awkward.
Like, now it feels defined.

- Oh, yeah.
- And cohesive.

And look at this couch.

Could you have pictured having
a sectional this massive

in here?
But it doesn't feel too big.

No.
It doesn't feel huge.

Yeah.
It feels like a home.

- Yeah,
it feels like a home.
- I'm shaking.

- I'm shaking.
- I love the smile
on your face.

You are beaming.

And both of you,
you're both smiling.

I know in your mind
you can see--

- But I'm not beaming?
- You are beaming.

You are beaming.

I can't wait to, like,
bring my son in and run

around here.
- It's beautiful.

Do we get to keep, like,
this stuff?

- Everything.
- It's beautiful.

- Really?
- Yeah.

- It's beautiful.
- Yeah, it's amazing.

Can I go to the kitchen?

Oh, wow.

It's beautiful.
It's so amazing.

- This is amazing.
- Yeah.

The old island was just
clogging the space,

and it wasn't functional at all.

It goes to show you,
when you build in

your cabinetry just right,
you can have a beautiful

kitchen that's fully connected.
- Yeah.

I think you all just
nailed it, really.

Just that color with the wood
is, like, such complementary.

I knew that was something that
was important to you, to get

a little bit of color in
here, right?

Yes!

And the fact that it goes all
the way up, it just looks

so cohesive.

By putting the slab behind
the range, that gave us enough

extra tile to take it all
the way up.

And then this is
probably easier to clean.

Yep.

When you guys told me about
the idea of the island, I was

skeptical, but I am a believer
now in your island.

You must have learned.
This is not an island.

- This is a...
- Oh, sorry.

- It's a peninsula.
- You're learning.

- Yes!
- You're learning.

Do I get to keep these?

Natalia, just so you know,
everything comes with the house.

We're not taking anything back.

I'm all like...

Not only is it pretty,
it's functional.

And my hope is that you guys
will just have the best time

here, make so many memories.

Yeah, you do it all for this
little face here, right?

Yes.

I love this kitchen.

I love your living room.

I love picturing how your
family's going to enjoy this.

- But I really want you to see
the transformed bathroom.
- Oh!

- You forgot about the bathroom.
- I forgot about the bathroom!

I totally forgot
about the bathroom.

Lead the way.

Oh, my goodness!
I don't know how much I can--

I feel like I'm done
after this.

I'm, like, shaking.

- Oh, my God!
- Wow.

- This is huge!
- Oh, I'm falling!

Wow!

Look at how big this is.

You're standing
in the hallway.

That was originally a hallway.

Yes, this was the hallway,
like this.

- Look at how huge this is.
- That old bathroom--

there's no way that the three
of you would be able to

function in this house
with that bathroom.

But now you have all
the storage you need.

Look at the floor.
Wow.

- Incredible.
- It's just beautiful.

And you notice the tile here,
it actually is similar to

the kitchen, just
a different shape.

Yes.

Can't believe all the details
you guys thought of.

Yeah.

The reason we went with
the double shower doors is so

if your son Isaac is in
the tub, you can open them

right up and then you're
not obstructed.

You can move around.

Look at this.

There you go.

I feel kind of weird that
we're hovering over you while

the two of you are romantically
sitting in the tub.

- I know.
- Hi.

I mean, I can't
believe I get to live here.

I'm really excited to move
into our first home.

Yes.
I mean, who wouldn't?

This is like--
this is beautiful.

I mean, this is what it was
all about originally, right?

- Yeah.
- The yard.

Yeah.

It's just like everything
came together.

I'm just so excited.
It looks beautiful.

Yeah, I can't believe
it's the same house.

Can we just have five seconds
to dance and celebrate?

This was, I mean, it was
a challenging project because

when you have less square
footage, you really need to

come up with good
space-saving ideas.

We've utilized every square
inch of this space.

You're growing a lot of value
in this house, a lot of equity.

You changed it from a house
that we're, like, settling on

to, like, a dream house now.
It's the house of our dreams.

- Oh, my gosh.
- I love to hear that.

It really feels that way.
It really feels like a home.

- Yeah.
- I want hugs.

- Yes.
- Thank you so much.

- Yes, we'll take the hug.
- Thank you so much.

- All right, thank you.
- Yeah, thank you.

I know how much she likes
Spanish houses, and I know that

she had a lot of issues with
this house.

We got so much more than what
I expected or dreamt of.

- Not just our first home,
but it's a dream home.
- Really...

Yeah.

I guess this is my first time
learning how big of

a difference a remodel
could make.

It's just been
an amazing experience.

- Mi casa!
- Tu casa!

Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo!

Yeah!