“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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