“Under-cabinet lighting is, like, one of my favorite things and I wish we put it in all the houses.” Israel is very proud of another special feature he added: lighting under the peninsula bar. Another hot trend: Under lighting A peninsula with under-lighting What was once called a kitchenette or coffee station has a minifridge, coffee maker, and wine storage-and it really classes up the joint. “And they’re like the epitome of luxury in a home.” “This area you’re talking about is called a morning bar,” says designer Rejoy. She’s wondering if they could put some type of bar with wine storage or something like that against one wall. Heather tries to find a way to make that upstairs primary suite more cohesive, since the roof is pitched and there are some funky angles and walls that can’t be removed. “So if we remove this cubby, we’re not really losing anything, but we’re gaining a ton, because now we actually have a wall to put a bed on.” The latest primary suite perk: A morning bar A morning bar

“In this case, this house has such a big bedroom with a huge walk-in closet, and on the other side of the room we have another closet,” Tarek continues. “So that is a big no-no, especially in a primary bedroom.”īut there’s a caveat. “When it comes to houses, the last thing you want to do is take away storage,” says Tarek. Heather asks if they really need the smaller one, since it takes up valuable space in a room that’s not spacious to begin with. The primary bedroom has two closets, one a spacious walk-in. Compare agents They’ll never miss the extra closet in this reconfigured primary bedroom. Enter your address and answer a few questions to get started. “And to be honest, even if they were functioning, we’d replace them anyway because why make a new kitchen and paint the walls and put in new flooring, and then leave the guts of the house gross? Because eventually, it’s going to break, and eventually, it’s going to cause damage.” It’s not always a sin to reduce storageįind out what selling options are available for your home. “These clay pipes are just too old,” says Tarek. Tarek comes by to check on the progress, and Israel shows him that decrepit clay piping runs through the house and it will take $8,200 to replace. Everyone wants to walk in and have a larger kitchen, and you still have a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house.” Clay pipe must be replaced Rotted, decrepit clay pipes that must be replacedĪpparently, back in the old days, they used to plumb houses with clay pipes. “Because I feel like the kitchen is the heart of the home. “I’m figuring knock down that wall, extend the kitchen, get rid of that bedroom completely,” she concludes. “Plus, the comps in the neighborhood are three-bedroom homes.” “If we already have a three-bedroom, then we really don’t need that bedroom,” she figures. Plus, a fourth bedroom isn’t all that necessary. “That bedroom is so tiny! I think buyers will come in and say it’s barely even usable. “Could we open up this wall and push the kitchen out and get rid of that bedroom?” Heather asks Israel, their contractor.

Sometimes it’s OK to get rid of a bedroom A kitchen and dining space this big is worth the elimination of a small bedroom.

With selling and commission costs around $31,000 and carrying costs at $28,000, they’re all in at $810,800.Ĭan they renovate and sell this house before the baby arrives? Find out just how fast these flippers can move, and the many renovation (and life and relationship) lessons they learn and impart along the way. They bought the 1931-built storybook Tudor for $565,000 and come up with a renovation budget of $186,800. They’re working on a four-bedroom, two-bath house in a historic area of Long Beach, CA. “The more houses I get out of the way now, the more time I’ll be able to spend with Heather and the baby later.” “So when the baby comes, we’ll be able to breathe for a couple of weeks,” he continues. “We’ve seen inventory shoot up, we’ve seen interest rates double, so the goal is to get these houses done as fast as we can and that way we’re just safe. “The current market that we’re in, it’s really scary to be honest,” he admits. A very pregnant Heather El Moussa works on a flip.

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