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On this episode of "Christina on the Coast"...

What do you have to have in a house?

Must have a garage.

- How many car garage? - Seven.

Seven?

The view is just amazing.

Yeah, that's epic.

I appreciate modern architecture,

I just wouldn't want it for everyday living.

- Oh - Oh, wow.

The ceilings are amazing.

Wow. I mean, that's what you're paying for.

That's beautiful.

- I have some really good news. - What?

- We got the house. - What?

Christina, are you engaged?

Shh, we wanna keep it a secret.

There's a few issues with the house.

It's like straight out of a freaking episode

of "Flip or Flop."

I want all of our friends and family

to show up thinking they're at a housewarming party

when really they're gonna walk into a wedding.

They're getting married.

Surprise.

I'm Christina.

You may know me from flipping houses.

Every time I walk in, I just can't get enough.

It's a sexy house.

That is just plain beautiful.

But there's a lot more sides to me than that.

I'm a mother of two with a new business venture...

- We're embarrassed of this area. - Okay, we're gonna change that.

...a new man...

- It's perfect. - Whoo.

...and a new point of view.

We need help.

We will make it so you both love it.

I'm helping people create beautiful new spaces

to spend time with their families.

- This is incredible. - It's beautiful.

[ Gasps ] I love this.

And branching out into some new spaces of my own.

It's time that we're gonna sell the house.

I can imagine being in the kitchen

and checking out the view.

Very zen.

I know, hello, Bali.

♪ This is just the start ♪

There's something wonderful about reinventing

someone's world.

- Oh... my... god. - Wow.

Christina, I love you. This is amazing.

- Thank you so much. - You're welcome.

♪ We have just begun ♪

And so far, I'm loving the ride.

♪ Another night ♪

♪ My heart races like it's trying to win a marathon ♪

♪ When you're around ♪

I'm so excited that we're gonna live together.

- I know, right? - Yeah.

Oh, I marked you.

After my home in Yorba Linda sold,

I moved into a short-term rental

and I was looking for a home in Newport Beach

for me and the kids.

But then Ant and I decided to buy a house together.

So we're basically starting the home search all over again.

I'm so glad that we made the decision to do this

before I bought a house without you.

Buying a house together totally makes sense

and I can't wait.

But now I also have to take his wishlist into account

which could get interesting.

Minimum of 4 bedrooms,

that way the kids all have space.

The important thing for the British side of it is that

my kids have a space that feels like theirs.

Yes, of course.

So when they come, - it's their second home. - Yes.

I would love to have a pool.

Pool would be a bonus. Not a necessity.

See it would be nice to live by the water.

Yeah, agreed. It's beautiful.

Literally right there you walk to the right,

and you're on the bay, and it's so beautiful.

You walk to the left, you're on the ocean.

The con is, you have very small lots,

very expensive, not much privacy.

Go a little bit inland

where it's a little bit less expensive.

We can have a yard

and then we can ride our bikes to the beach.

We're looking to buy in the Newport Beach area,

but the exact neighborhood

is something that we haven't quite agreed on.

Ant wants to be close to the water,

but I've been an agent in this area for a long time

and I don't think we're gonna both find what we want

on the water.

I think we need to go more inland.

What's on your wishlist?

What do you have to have in a house?

I think a bit of space. It just has to be private.

Must have a garage.

- How many car garage? - Seven.

Seven?

I've really got to have a three-car garage.

Not only do I want a space to park a car,

but I want a space to be able to work on a car

in the evenings.

I've always got a project on the go.

It's got to have closet space.

I'm sorry, it's true.

Either that or a spare four bedrooms for your shoes.

It's got to have closet space,

and thank god you don't take up much

because...

Oh, look, - this is an open house. - Oh, wow.

Should we run around?

Kind of a little - bit modern looking. - Yeah, let's go look.

It's not really Cape Cod.

It's all right.

I don't even know what Cape Cod means.

It sounds like lunch.

When we find one, I'll show you.

Love a good open house.

I don't really love the modern look,

I like more Cape Cod or farmhouse style.

I don't mind the modern look.

You know, I like big open spaces,

the industrial feel, metal accents.

And this has a three-car garage.

- Hi. - Welcome.

- Hi, I'm John Cain. - Hi. Christina, nice to meet you.

- Hey, I'm Ant. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you guys, thanks for coming.

Thank you.

So the house itself is about 2,600 square feet.

It has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths,

over 10,000 square feet on the lot.

So take a look around, let me know what you think.

- What are you listed at? - Just under $3.7.

Okay, cool.

- Thank you. - Enjoy, thank you.

There was honestly a time when looking

at houses in this price range felt like a total fantasy.

I've worked really, really hard to get to a place

where this is even a possibility.

So I'm grateful for where I am today.

Seeing these houses has really reminded me

of how far I've come.

Where do you want to start, inside, outside?

I want to go - straight to the pool. - Oh, okay.

Wow, I mean, that's what you're paying for.

That's beautiful.

Yeah, that is beautiful.

It's a bit of a trek, though, isn't it?

To the beach?

Maybe two miles.

- I love this. - The infinity edge?

I love it.

I feel like the lot feels smaller than 10,000,

but they really packed everything in.

You have, like, a little golf course,

you have a pool, a spa.

It just feels so cramped.

You can see right into the neighbors gardens.

Yeah, there's a little bit of a privacy issue, I mean...

- I can just see it. - Us in our bathing suits, "hi."

I think it would be great to be next to the water,

but I don't really want to be on top of other neighbors.

You definitely give up privacy the closer you get to the water.

- You mean "priv-acy." - Privacy.

But it's pronounced privacy,

and here in the USA you speak English.

Right.

Badly.

Looks like a sauna?

No, that looks like a hippie room.

There's a little area for the kids to play.

Oh, hello.

Oh, yes. This is right up my alley.

This is am--

You do it on the outside, yeah.

This is pretty cool, - you know it is. - Yeah.

What a pleasant surprise.

I like it. What do you think?

That's the most antisocial seating ever.

I'll sit here. See you there.

It's, like, it's... it's small.

I mean, it's not what we're used to.

There's gonna be six of us

and I can't picture that as, like, our family room.

Aren't open houses supposed to have cookies?

- No, not all. - I thought that's the whole point.

What's the point of going to an open house

that doesn't have free chocolate chip cookies?

I never have cookies when I have an open house, sorry.

Oh, this is cool.

Wow, it's completely different.

I mean, the kids can have their own zone down here to chill.

I like the fireplace.

Like, I actually prefer to really make it our own anyways.

It would be easy to change this back wall

and the flooring's not super modern, so we could keep that.

I appreciate modern architecture,

I just wouldn't want it for everyday living.

I kinda like the modern vibe of this house,

but Christina's not really into it.

I think I'm starting to realize

that we're probably on different pages.

Bedroom number one.

It's a little small, there's no closet.

We'd have to add a closet and then it'd be really small.

Yeah.

Although that could be the bathroom for it.

I just feel like we should be a bit closer to the beach.

At least be able to walk there or cycle there.

Yeah, you want to be closer with this view?

$10 million.

All right, here's the master.

I mean, you can see all the way to the ocean.

It's like a picture. Wow, check that out.

It is beautifully done.

Okay, so this is probably my least favorite

part of the house.

This is, like, really too modern for me,

but I really don't mind

doing a little bit of a remodel in here.

What's this?

Oh, well, that's a pleasant surprise.

It's a nice closet.

Wonder if there's another one, though,

'cause it's only gonna fit my stuff.

Yeah, that ain't big enough for you.

Guest bathroom.

It's quite funky isn't it, everything around here.

It's a very modern design.

Yeah, look at that view. Can you see it?

No, but can you see it? - Can you see it? - No.

No, I'm being serious.

No, I'm not tall enough.

- Then I'll show you. - Oh, my god.

Oh, wow. That is actually really nice.

You can see that from your height?

- Of course I can. - Oh.

Shorty. Come on.

Oh, this is cool.

This would be like a really nice design studio space.

This room has the best view in the house.

It is amazing.

Oh, it shares the balcony.

- Oh, that's cute. - I like it.

Love the balcony.

You know what would have been really nice?

If the master would have been on this side of the house

'cause this is a less busy road and this has a way better--

look at the view. - The view's unbelievable.

The view is unbelievable.

Yeah, this is my favorite part of the house.

But wait, there's only one bedroom up here,

besides the master.

So we'd actually have to convert this room

back into a bedroom.

Well, it would have to be because--

One of the kids would have this amazing view.

You know that'd be Taylor - trying to claim it. - Oh, yeah.

What did you guys think?

It's a beautiful house.

But between the two of us, we have four kids.

Yeah, a bit more of, like, living space and then also

the bedroom situation.

- It's not gonna work? - It's beautifully done.

♪ Okay, okay ♪

♪ I got a new way ♪

♪ Okay, okay, okay, okay ♪

Hi.

Hey, how it going, what are you up to?

- Hi. - Hi, Cashy.

- Some exciting news. - What?

Could be a good thing.

So, I got this email from a local agent

who has a pocket listing that is not on the market.

Before we decided to buy together,

this would've been totally out of my budget.

But this house is pretty incredible.

It's on a half acre lot.

- Yeah, where is it though? - It's outside Dover Shores.

- It's right there. - In Newport?

Yeah, and it has a three car garage.

You had me at three car garage.

How much is it?

$4.5. So it's a lot.

It is the absolute peak of our budget.

It's a bit over - the peak of the budget. - Yeah.

There's not a lot for sale.

There's not a lot for sale.

Who knows, maybe there's room to negotiate.

And I think it's worth taking a look

just because it looks like such a unique property.

Over the past few months before Ant and I

decided to buy a house together,

I looked at a ton of houses for sale.

Oh, wow. ♪ Ah ♪

I can work with that.

- Is there a pool? - Nope.

I wonder if there's room to add one,

what do you think?

I like the vibe.

It's not a very good layout.

I could definitely get used to waking up to that.

The only thing is, that and the front yard,

that's all you get.

You're paying for the ocean.

I was also showing Ant a lot of these houses

that were for sale along the way.

So we have sort of a head start in knowing

what's for sale right now.

Having seen a ton of houses that just weren't right

I feel like we really need to look at this latest place.

Finding a home for sale on a half acre lot on the beach

is practically unheard of.

We have to take a look.

- When are we going? - We can go tomorrow.

♪ Let's live it up again ♪

♪ Like this will never end ♪

♪ Dancing the night away ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

Open sesame.

I do like the fact that it's gated.

And it's close to the beach.

But then it's really not private.

Because everyone can just see right in here.

Yeah, but I can fix those gates.

How?

- I have my ways. - What are you gonna do?

- I can fix the gates. - You're not handy.

- You're kidding me. - I'm just kidding.

It's big, isn't it?

Has a three-car garage.

Which means I need to get two more classic cars.

Okay.

- Oh. - Oh, wow.

Oh, my gosh. The ceilings are amazing.

It's a 4-bedroom, 3-bath.

So this is like an office or a sitting room?

Study?

What is this?

Currently it's like an office or playroom.

But I feel like this should be a bedroom.

Then you'd have a five-bedroom house or...

Or something else.

Like a game room or movie room.

Oh, what is that?

- That's the biggest island. - The world's biggest island.

Don't you think it's, like, - maybe a little bit weird? - I like it.

And it needs it 'cause look at the size of this.

It's a little bit...

It doesn't need a lot either.

- It needs a lot. - Oh, no.

What? No, it feels a little sterile.

And it feels very hipster and that's not my style.

We want this house to really reflect us

and I want something more farmhouse,

more contemporary, it's just not my style.

I can't argue with that.

Oh, my gosh, can you imagine the kids playing out there?

That's so much better than any other house.

The yard's probably, like, seriously, four times the size

of any yard we've seen.

The pool's maybe a little plain.

But you can add things to that.

What the heck is going on past the pool?

It looks like a jungle.

I know but that can be dealt with.

Think about it, this is Newport.

You're never gonna get a house with this much space.

Imagine the kids, come on.

You got space here for the kids to have

dinners, play with their friends,

then there's a pool which is amazing.

And then beyond that, I can already see a space--

Beyond that is a whole 'nother yard

that's gonna cost a fortune to deal with it.

We're already looking at spending a lot of money inside

just walking through.

No, no, you're spending a lot of money inside.

This is expensive.

I know but if you--

okay, so make it low maintenance.

- Fake grass. - Low maintenance?

Yeah, but if you get rid of all this jungle...

Fake grass costs a fortune.

I know, but once it's in, it's there forever.

Oh, my god, it's perfect size for a soccer pitch.

Oh, my gosh, it's so messy.

All this needs to be majorly trimmed back.

And plus, it's on a flight path.

Yeah, but Newport's on the flight path here.

If you want to buy a house in Newport,

you're gonna have to swallow the planes.

The privacy is amazing.

That's "priv-acy."

The privacy.

No, it's privacy, you know it's privacy.

You Brits pronounce everything wrong.

What are you talking about? We pronounce it correctly.

If you think about it, we're speaking the Queen's English

and we gave it to you Americans.

We don't have a Queen here. Say, aluminum.

"Alu-min-um."

You just added a syllable for no reason.

I know but it sounds better.

Say herbs.

No, no, the h isn't silent. It's herb.

What's the first letter in zebra?

- It's a zed. - Zed-ebra?

It's zed. So alone it's a zed.

Point proven.

Together it's a zebra.

There's a lot of privacy in the garage.

There's privacy in the garage.

No, it's "gar-age!"

Got you.

This is the master? This is amazing.

Oh, it's incredible.

I think this is the most amazing--Look.

What is that?

There's a loft inside the master?

It's like bigger than a whole bedroom up there.

This is the best bedroom I've ever seen.

This doesn't even make sense to me.

- What would you do up here? - Oh.

It just seems like a waste of square footage.

I've seen your wardrobe.

This would probably accommodate for half of it.

- This is can be my closet? - Not a chance.

Yes, thank you.

Oh, my gosh, now you're thinking.

Oh! Oh, my gosh, obsessed.

Oh, my god, the shower.

- I like this. - Do you like brass?

- Mm. It's all right. - Oh, my gosh. I love brass.

I've always wanted brass fixtures.

It's a bidet.

- Oh. - Ooh.

Yeah, that creeps me out.

Oh, I like it. Watch.

Oh, you see, it washes you.

And dries your bumper.

Oh, I don't like that.

I'll be honest, - I don't like it. - I love it!

You don't have to use it. You can use the other toilet.

- Kid's room. - Oh, it's nice.

It's really cute.

That's lovely, I love the barn door.

I love how every single room has these amazing ceilings.

I do love the ceilings.

The bathroom's interesting.

Taylor will not like this.

And I also am not really sure about a door

being in the bathroom to go outside it's kind of weird.

Especially if this is - gonna be the kids' bathroom. - Yeah.

Then they can't have - that door there. - Yeah, that's weird.

So, cha-ching.

Bray's room.

A little small, but it's perfect for him.

I had a Jack-and-Jill bathroom growing up

and actually really liked it.

- There's another bedroom. - Oh, so cute.

This bathroom is adorable.

This is exactly how I would design a bathroom.

I love every single room - has high ceilings. - I know.

This room is so cute.

Oh, my gosh, I love the balcony.

This house has enough space

for when Ant's kids come to visit.

So the layout really works for us

and the yard is amazing.

We're just gonna have to figure out the price,

but at least we both love it.

Whenever you walk into a home, you know straight away.

Do you feel like this is a home?

I can definitely see us living here together.

Great location.

Great family home.

We can cycle to the beach.

And it's private.

So let's calculate how much the major job's gonna be

and knock it off the four and a half.

I'd say we have to put 100 grand into it.

But then we're gonna do more

because we're gonna - want to make it our own. - Because it's you.

- No, because it's you. - Okay, because of me.

You can be quite persuasive.

Exactly.

All right, let's give it a shot.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

All right.

No, it's exciting, it's good news.

Yeah, I'm gonna tell him right now.

All right, thank you.

All right, we'll talk soon, bye.

What?

I have some really good news.

What?

♪ Hey, ho, your love hits me to the ground ♪

♪ Hey, ho ♪

What?

I have some really good news.

What?

We got the house.

Oh, my god.

- It's crazy, right? - Well, that's it for real?

Yeah, they accepted our offer.

So hang on a second, let it just sink in for a second.

So that's it, we got the house?

Well, okay, okay, I mean, yes, they accepted the offer.

So now I need to set up - the home inspection. - Right.

Meet Izzy out there,

have him make sure everything's okay.

But we are officially in escrow.

Oh, my...

We could close in, like, three weeks.

It's gonna be amazing.

- You happy? - Yeah.

I'm kind of shocked, actually.

It's like, it's a real home.

It doesn't feel real, no.

♪ As fast as I can, then I fly ♪

♪ Higher than a bird ♪

♪ Then I'd swim ♪

♪ Through the deepest of oceans ♪

♪ The deepest emotion I've ever felt for another ♪

- Hey. - Hey.

Come on in.

This is great.

- Yeah, it's cool, huh? - Oh, yeah.

Please inspect it thoroughly.

Inside, outside, anything you see let me know.

- Hey. - Hi.

Oh. Tell me there's good news.

Wow. A lot of house.

There's a few issues with the house.

I was up in the attic and it looks like your experiencing

some termite damage there.

- Might have to get it tented. - Tented?

- Yeah. - Oh, gosh, this is a big house to tent.

$6,000 to $8,000.

Oh!

Plus, if the termites got to the beams under the house,

you might have to take out all the floors.

Oh, my gosh. Okay, what else?

I needed to actually show you a few things outside.

Okay.

It's cute hearing the kids play outside.

The neighbor kids.

This whole fence is all dry rotted here.

All along this side to the end.

- And all along that side. - That side, too?

Yeah, it's just odd.

It's a wood fence, it rots,

and it's just that time where you gotta replace it.

And what are my options?

You could go stucco,

kind of like what you have for the garden walls

and the planters.

But that could run $60,000 to $80,000.

Oh! Okay, no, what are my other options?

What about just to try to repair this?

We're just gonna put bandaids on there.

Kind of like what's been - done for the last 10 years. - Uh-huh.

3 grand.

Okay, something to think about.

That's a lot of money.

- Anything else? - Yeah.

Okay, so I need you to look at this here.

Okay, what do you see?

Eh, it's crooked.

Exactly.

So it's crooked - and it's ready to fall over. - Yeah.

So you're gonna have to tear that out.

The whole thing's gotta go.

The whole thing has to go

'cause everything's attached, it's just one piece.

How much is that?

Oh, the tear out's gonna be a couple of grand.

But the biggest thing is what do you put back there?

'Cause one I tear that out, that concrete's gone.

Oh, yeah, you have to replace it with something.

- Exactly. - And I feel like, yeah.

Oh, okay.

So what looked like "Oh, great, I got an outdoor kitchen,"

you really don't have an outdoor kitchen.

And for a space like this,

something you might want to consider.

Yeah, any buyer who buys this house

is gonna expect that - to be functioning. - Yes.

- Anything else? - Yeah.

It looks like you might have some rodents.

Rodents?

Yeah, that might be coming in.

Okay, so here, you have red tape.

Yeah, I was wondering what that is.

Usually that occurs because you're having mice,

rodents, will be getting inside the house.

I mean, to safeguard everything,

that's a few grand.

Wow.

Okay, I mean, this is way more than I thought.

Yeah, I just have - one last thing. - What?

- Just one last thing. - Izzy.

So this is pretty much just shot right here.

- This is all shot. - Oh, my gosh.

I would actually redo all the piers.

Make it safe, get rid of all

the dry rotted girders underneath.

And just build it and put a new railing up here.

How much is that gonna run?

$7,000?

- Oh, jeez. -$7,000 to $10,000.

You have a little over $100,000 worth of repairs.

-$100,000? - Yes.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

Yeah.

What a nightmare.

I'm gonna have to go back with a major

request for repair from the seller.

I absolutely cannot buy this house for that price.

This is way more work than I thought it would be.

If the seller won't provide the 100 grand in credits

off our offer, I don't think we can make this work.

- All right. - All right.

- Thank you. - Okay.

What?

What's happened?

Okay, well, that was the realtor.

The seller will not even budge

and give us any money towards the credits.

What, not a single penny?

No, she's refusing.

That's crazy, that's a lot of extra work.

At that price, we didn't plan for

any of that significant work.

Now it's like we're buying a fixer.

I think we need to back out.

The seller will not even budge

and give us any money towards the credits.

What, not a single penny?

No, she's refusing.

Even after that list, - you and Izzy did? - Yeah.

And at that price, we didn't plan for

any of that significant work.

Now it's like we're buying a fixer.

I mean, the list is huge of problems.

I think we need to back out.

You want to back out?

I don't think we have a choice.

At that price, by the time we put all the work into it,

it doesn't make financial sense for us.

I agree.

So walk away.

It's the right decision.

Looks like we're back to square one.

- Hi. - I'm Brad.

- Hi, Brad, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Hi, Christina. - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Come on in, so it's 4 bedrooms, 4-bath.

Sits on a 3,000 square foot lot.

Take a look, let me know if you have any questions.

- Awesome, thank you. - Thanks so much.

Thanks.

One good thing about losing that house is that

we can still consider something on the water for Ant.

I found this place that only has a two-car garage,

but it's right on the water.

Wow, check out that view.

I really like the style, it's very modern, very clean,

it's very coastal.

Talk about waterfront.

It's literally right on the water.

- I love the doors. - Oh.

You know what will be so cute?

Imagine having a little boat and just walking down the dock

and hopping in and going to dinner?

- It's adorable. - Yeah.

- It's not very private, though. - Yep.

There's not a lot of space for the kids.

I would be actually terrified that Brayden would

just try to hop on a boat and sail away.

Right?

What, becomes a pirate?

He has his captain's license and he's out.

It's beautiful, but...

This place may not be a fit,

but I'm trying to keep an open mind.

Plus as an agent, it's always helpful

to see what things are selling for.

This might be the master.

- Oh. - Great master bedroom.

Love the high ceilings.

Do you know what? I'm actually quite surprised.

I thought it would be a lot smaller.

Yeah, I think the high ceilings makes it feel a lot more grand.

The view is just amazing. Wow.

- Yeah, that's epic. - Really nice.

This is kind of interesting,

so you step down to the restroom.

Shower's cool, you love a bathtub.

It's very modern, though, isn't it?

Very modern.

I like it.

Surprisingly, pretty big closet.

For you, it would be better that this was the closet

and that was the bedroom.

Oh, funny guy.

- Guest bathroom? - I tell you what's really weird.

There's parts of it that's your kind of style.

And then it all goes really ultra modern.

Yeah, they did go with very modern bathrooms.

Everything's angular.

A little too modern for me probably.

Bedroom two.

Here's the thing, these rooms feel pretty small.

That's because they are small.

I wonder if we're gonna be able to see

all the way to the ocean.

You know what, I'm a little bit disappointed.

You can't really see anything up here.

It's like a box on - the top of a roof. - Yeah.

So this one's on the water, but you give up a yard, privacy,

and a three-car garage.

Plus there's no extra bedroom when my kids come and visit.

So you're agreeing, - we look more inland. - Agreed.

- Let's go grab lunch. - Ooh, hamburgers?

Salad.

You must be joking.

Good, I'm driving and I just got a crazy call.

It's a call from our agent about the house.

The one where we're negotiating with the seller

about the credits.

You're not gonna believe what he just told me.

Good, I'm driving and I just got a call from

our agent about the house.

Tell me.

They changed their mind when they realized

that we're gonna back out.

And they accepted our counter offer.

They dropped the price by $300,000.

Yep.

It's exciting, huh?

All right, well, we'll celebrate tonight.

All right, I'll see you tonight.

Love you.

♪ Let me go ♪

Oh, my gosh.

This is ours.

I can't believe it.

♪ Ah ♪

Oh, my gosh.

I'm speechless.

It truly is amazing.

Come on.

Oh, my gosh.

All right, crack it. Crack this open.

Whoo.

My favorite champagne.

Can you believe this is ours?

- Happy? - I'm so excited.

- Are you happy? - I'm so excited.

- You know what it feels like? - It feels like home.

- It feels like a fresh start. - Yeah, it does.

So quiet.

So peaceful, right?

We can sit there and have coffee.

Maybe a nice hammock right here.

Tons of string lights. Lighting everywhere.

I'm talking about lighting this place up.

- Speakers so we can listen-- - Chairs around there.

Chairs around there. - Speakers for music. - Oh, it's perfect.

Let's go look inside.

I want to show you what I have in mind.

- Just one or two things. - What, more?

- Yeah, more. - My, god.

This is our dream house.

So I have Izzy coming over and we'll set a deadline.

In here, there's something I'm really excited about.

- See that small refrigerator? - Yep.

I'm gonna close off that door and do a massive refrigerator.

Really a showpiece.

We'd have to close off the laundry room,

and we'd have to do a door through the hallway

because this is gonna be one big wall.

- So block that door. - Uh-huh.

- Big fridge. - Big fridge.

It'll be all clean and cute.

Over here...

I'm thinking either we paint these white or we do cabinets

because this just feels harsh and very--Cabinets.

- Cabinets. - Cabinets and keep it tidy.

Yeah.

How about we just celebrate - moving in? - Okay, well, I'm just excited.

Just for, like, 30 minutes.

- I have so many ideas. - Hit me.

One project I'm really excited about

is making the front room into my design studio.

I'm thinking herringbone floors,

storage for all my fabrics and samples,

and then lots of cool art to inspire me.

I'm gonna have that seriously - it's gonna be demoed tomorrow. - Okay.

Start working on the kids' rooms.

Yard?

- Lots of work on the yard. - It's gonna be tons of work.

So are we gonna go for - a soccer pitch at the back? - Yep.

So I'll fix the gates. Make them more private.

The rest, I'm afraid, is in your court.

- Good luck with that. - Oh, my gosh.

I've got a lot to do.

♪ One, two ♪

- Hi. - You've gotta be super careful.

I'm not wearing - appropriate shoes. - Yeah, yeah.

You've gotta be very careful.

Right off the bat, we have a problem.

Izzy was right about termites getting into the floor beams.

Luckily, we didn't have to tent,

but we did have to rip out so much more

of the flooring than I was planning on.

How scary does this look? It looks horrible.

Yeah, we removed - all the plywood. - Right.

Then once we pulled up the subfloor,

we had to replace - the structural girder. - Why?

It was all-- tons of termite damage.

So termites underneath the house ate the biggest beam?

Yeah, so you got a structural beam.

We had to replace that.

It's like straight out of a freaking episode

of "Flip or Flop."

- I love the herringbone. - Yeah.

I can actually see the vision now

I think for the first time yet. - Mm-hmm.

I'm so glad we're doing the theater

and the kids don't know - so it's a surprise. - Yeah.

This is, like, the one thing that they really liked

from the Yorba Linda house so I'm glad that we did this.

Aw, that's great.

So that when it's all carpeted and the theater seats are in,

then we have some surround sound,

get rid of the wallpaper, black out curtains.

I can smell the popcorn already.

- Right? - Yep.

So this room we have the good plan.

So we got the tile - going on in here. - Yep.

- And it's gonna be white grout? - Yep.

In here, this is Brayden's - room as you know. - Yes.

I ordered a closet so he'll have a closet.

And... hi, guys.

New tile about to go in here, it's gonna look so nice.

So the sink tile in here,

we're gonna run it all - the way through here. - Yep.

And the window looks really good.

- Yeah, I agree. - Thank you.

So all this is being wired because I'm doing

a smart home and I'm doing cameras

and a security system and obviously

I need all that stuff,

so Nacho will have all the cabinets in

by the 28th as well.

- We're also building this out. - Mm-hmm.

This is the part Nacho's doing and I'm doing drawers

that pull out, 'cause obviously there's all--Okay.

...this wasted space under there,

so don't worry about that,

but just know that - that's going on. - Okay.

♪ I'm gonna let you have it, boy ♪

♪ I'm gonna let you have it ♪

♪ I'm gonna let you have it, boy ♪

♪ I'm gonna let you have it ♪

- Hi. - Hi.

- How are you? - Good, how are you?

Thanks for meeting me.

Of course, I got you a water already.

Such a beautiful day.

It's gorgeous, I love coming down here so much.

I know, it's so nice.

The reno is a huge project but I have something

even bigger planned that nobody knows about, yet.

Of course, the first person I'm gonna talk to

about it is my best friend Cassie.

How's it going at the house?

- It's a hot mess. - Yeah.

Construction war zone.

I don't know why I decide to always do this to myself.

It's like I like punishment.

I think you like living amongst a little bit

of chaos at times. - I think I do.

It's a lot, but we'll get there.

I actually am working on a special project

I wanted to show you. - Oh, good.

What?

♪ Your love is so fine ♪

♪ And you're sweet like candy ♪

I actually am working on a special project

I wanted to show you. - Oh, good.

What?

Christina.

Are you engaged?

Shh.

- Yes. - What?

- Yes. - Congratulations!

Oh, my god!

I can't believe it. Oh, my god.

Okay, the reason why I said shh is because

we want to keep it a secret.

Oh, my god, I can't wait to see the ring.

Where's the ring?

- I can't wear it in public. - Oh.

It's at home hiding. I'll show you it later.

All right, wear it around the house?

It's beautiful, yes, I sleep with it.

Oh.

Also, I want you to help me plan the wedding.

Oh, absolutely, you know I'm gonna plan

the whole thing for you.

So not only do we want the engagement

to be a secret, we want the whole entire wedding

to be a secret.

So I want all of our friends and family to show up

thinking they're at a housewarming party

when really they're gonna walk into a wedding.

Oh, my god.

I think... How much time do we have? Like six months? A year?

Like we want it at the end of the year.

We have to do it quickly because I'm worried

that we can't keep the secret that long.

Six weeks to plan a whole wedding, cake,

vendors, caterers, your wedding dress.

Well, if anyone can pull it off, it's you.

All right, let's do it. You're lucky I love you.

Do you think your house will be ready by then?

That's a little risky.

We have to get to work.

Yeah, we got a lot of work to do.

My god, we're planning a wedding.

- Love you. - Love you, too, congratulations.

Thank you.

With the wedding just a few weeks away,

everyone is pushing to get the renovation

finished in time, including Ant.

So excited.

Ant's been working hard on these gates for me

and he's finally done.

- Hey. - Hey.

Oh, my gosh.

- Happy? - Perfection.

You're the best.

They look amazing.

♪ Hey, hey ♪

Izzy's finishing the flooring in the rest of the house

and Ant and his friend Chris are installing

a custom railing in the master bedroom loft.

If you want to lay all of these out like...

Yeah, we'll just carry them up.

♪ Oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

Say, can you put that in the living room?

You can just lean it against the wall for now.

Everything is really crazy right now and it all feels

like it's happening at once.

This is chaos.

Moving in, finishing up the reno,

and planning the wedding.

Cassie's even pulled some dresses for me

to try on because going to a bridal store right now

isn't an option and we want to keep this wedding a secret.

Dress number on.

Oh, my gosh. You look beautiful.

You really do.

What do you think of the dress?

The dress...

it doesn't have that, - like, wow factor. - Yeah.

I feel like what's weird is that it looks like

it's see through on the hips when it's, like, the fabric

shouldn't have been-- - Yeah.

...and it just-- - it needs lots of alterations. - It does.

I do have one more option that we were able

to pull some strings,

that I think that you really will love.

Okay, let's get you in there.

Okay, ready?

Turn around.

♪ Ain't nobody pull me down ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

Ready?

Turn around.

- Oh, my god. - This is fancy.

Ooh, I love the back.

- Isn't that beautiful? - Yes.

I think this is...

- The sleeves. - This is so beautiful.

This is, like, made perfectly for you.

It really does fit, I mean, barely.

Well, you don't have much time around the corner so.

I absolutely love it.

I love the back, I love the sleeve.

It's like it was made for me.

I just couldn't be happier.

It's perfect.

Well, that was a big to do we just checked off.

- Yes. - Dress is done.

Invitations are out, catering's done,

the vendors booked, we have all the lighting coming in.

We have things being built out specially for the day.

Do you think anyone knows?

I don't think anyone knows.

You know, every day I check my email,

I go online and I pray that it's not online

or someone's broke the news so if we can just keep it going

I think we're gonna be good to go.

This was a big step, getting the dress done

and not being caught trying on a dress is huge

so take one last look.

This is definitely the one.

- This is the one. - I'm so excited.

- All coming together. - Sure is.

I'm so excited to - have clients here. - Ready for clients.

One of the elements that I'm most excited about

in this house is my new design studio.

I transformed the living room in the front of the house

into my new office, a great place where I can meet

with clients and work with my design team.

It's a perfect spot, when people walk in to meetings.

Everything looks great.

Love it, I love these doors too and how open it is.

- It's really nice. - The trees.

It really came together, you did a fantastic job.

Thank you for all your help.

My pleasure.

- Hi. - Hey.

Hey, champagne!

- I brought your favorite. - I like your style.

You haven't seen the place fully dialed.

- What do you think? - I'm so happy for you.

- Izzy, how you doing? - How you doing?

- You're bearing gifts. - Yes, sir.

That's a good man, - what do you think? - It's amazing.

♪ You're just so beautiful ♪

♪ Together we can do it all ♪

Izzy did such an amazing job

and I cannot believe how much this house has transformed.

And I'm really proud of how my design

for the house came together.

So there's major teamwork in this house.

The flooring was definitely the biggest, boldest

decision that we made here.

Like, it's my favorite flooring that I've ever done.

Yeah, yeah.

The fact that that little fridge was there before

and then it had that open wall that went

to the office and then the laundry room.

There was just way too much going on

so it just feels so much better.

And now that you have the theater room,

cheers, which is like their - favorite room in the house. - Cheers.

It looks amazing, I'm obsessed.

- Welcome home. - Thank you. Home.

I want to show you what - we did with the master. - All right.

- The master's my favorite room. - Nice.

So Ant actually built this bed and the light.

This is nice. Huge transformation.

I just love coming home to this room.

- I think she's happy. - Yeah.

- Well done, man. - Yeah.

What really makes this home a fresh start

for all of us is that this is where

Ant and I will be married and start a new life together.

But finishing the house is only the beginning.

We still have a surprise wedding to pull off.

Okay, it's early afternoon, the day before the wedding.

Load-in has just begun. I'm super excited.

That's where the tent is going

so the guys have been working hard

already last hour.

Isn't that beautiful?

The chandeliers.

- Very, very, very. - Are you excited?

- No one even knows. - No one knows, huh, Tay?

Everything's getting set up for the big day.

I'm so excited for the wedding.

It's Christina and Ant's wedding day.

It's been crazy but everything's really coming together.

I can't wait to see the reaction on everyone's faces

once they realize it's not a housewarming party.

The invitation asked everyone to dress up for the night

so hopefully they listened.

So I show up in my fancy suit

thinking I'm going to Christina's party.

And I start seeing the chairs,

all the people and then I see the altar

and I start realizing

this is Ant's and Christina's wedding!

They're getting married.

You may now kiss your bride.

I'm so glad we were able to get married at home,

seeing our parents and our friends

and everyone we love in one place.

There's nothing better.

Well, it's a top secret wedding.

I never believed in fate before I met Christina.

You are the single most amazing person

I've ever met.

So ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Anstead.

Cassie, come here. Come here.

I really, really want to thank this girl right here, Cassie.

Kept it a secret on top of everything else

that you do for every single other person on this planet.

You're absolutely amazing and I love you so much

and I appreciate you so much.

♪ Well, you know me inside, inside, out ♪

Our wedding was amazing.

Everyone was so surprised.

The tent was gorgeous, the meal was incredible.

I'm so thankful we were able to pull this wedding off.

It was the perfect housewarming party

and we're so excited to start our lives together

in our new home.