I am glad that Damon found another problem with leaking behind the wall when he had the bad feeling about it. It took the whole crew to fix everything. Mike is lucky to have Damon, the team, plumbers, roofers, gas techies, electricians, flooring guys, etc. to complete the projects. High fives!
Love how you made the fire places safe. Very kind and thoughtful that you also fixed the neighbors rotting foundations. Would have liked to also see the new bathroom, if possible, please
Good on you Sherry Holmes in finding you really like tiling (and more). That’s tough work, and a person aches at the end of a day, but it is satisfying.
Sarah's physical apoplexy at the reveal is one of my favorite things from this entire series. Just that stop and recoil and jerky motion that perfectly telegraphs her shock... priceless.
Okay, I love watching those shows, but you really have to put a link to part 2 when you have 2 videos of the work being done. Thankful a viewer found part 2 and put the link to it in the comments on part 1. Otherwise people like me that aren't good at searching the internet, would never have found it.
I thought fixing the stairs would be more complicated. Wow, those "simple jobs". I think it was mentioned that's a whole unit of townhomes. . . So I wonder if the other neighbors have that same issue too.
The thing that pisses me off the most is people left, right, and center will always tell you to hire an inspector, but the truth seems to be the fact that if the inspectors actually did the jobs they are paid to do Mike, and crew would have a completely different show. This leads me to believe that either most home inspectors are completely inept, and don't deserve their jobs, or they're being paid off by the realtors selling the homes, and don't deserve their jobs. Either way it's disgusting, deplorable, and something needs to be done to stop it. If you can't trust the inspectors, or even in some cases the contractors, who the hell do you trust!? It's almost better to just live in an apartment, and be done with it.
even if they had a good inspector, they probably would have still bought the house because they NEEDED THIS ONE so badly. the home owner would have either patched it up to hide problems or eventually sold to someone who needed this house badly.
the problem is, the home inspector was paid by the previous owner, even if new couple paid for walkthrough. So paid by sellers, to gloss things over and sell the house.
@@frankfuller975 They are supposed to be unbiased regardless of who pays them. Real estate commissions for BOTH agents/brokers also gets paid typically 100% by the sellers as well (excluding extremely rare circumstances where a buyer client pays a retainer fee.)
Agreed. Our home inspector missed several huge problems with our house. One of which was the ducting for the water heater was not only out of code, but completely jury rigged with single wall duct, worm gear clamps, and aluminum tape. We also found out from the neighbors that this house had a roof leak, and there was some sort of electrical fire. The ONLY big thing he caught was the roof needed to be completely replaced before we bought it. I used to think it was a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that realtors have some inspectors in their back pockets, but now it feels more, and more true. Kind of like, "don't screw this sale up for me, and I'll take care of you." Needless to say, had we seen all the issues beforehand we would have walked away without a second thought. We've already put over 5 grand into fixing some of the issues, and it barely looks like we've done much of anything. Live, and learn I suppose.
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists you really think they're being unbiased? lol. if the seller/realtor's pays them, and the report is honest enough for the house not to sell, the seller and/or realtor will not only not bring them in again, but warn others in the business that said inspector will tell buyers everything he sees and loose them a sale. And some incidents on thee show had people pressured to 'buy now' and that it wouldn't be available if they had an inspector come. Those realtors should be told to go **** themselves. thay is BEYOND a red flag.
What is wrong with the inspectors these days? My son bought a house hired and inspecting crew that came in and really did a bad job the home owner ran a extension cord going through the kitchen counter all the way under the sink and to the back of the dishwasher drilled holes through the cabinets and ran the cord through it, and all the wiring in the house needs to be upgraded it’s on a slab floor and they put peel and stick carpet right onto the slab floor house needs a lot of work. Inspectors didn’t say nothing said it was a good house. Said he let his daughter live there
Kind of the same thing with my wife, and I. The original owner cut a hole in the back, and bottom of one of the cupboards to wire in an above-sink fluorescent light, and covered the exposed romex with a wood box he made out of OSB. Apparently the inspector either didn't question the box, or didn't think it was important enough to call it out in the report. I put the romex in some cable concealers as best I can so no one will get zapped, but I'm still afraid of it. Unfortunately it'd take me removing the cabinet, removing a section of drywall, and re-routing the romex in order for it to be correct. The ONLY reason I haven't done anything past that with it is because we plan to reno that entire part of the house, and it will get corrected then. Otherwise I'd have repaired it correctly by now. Suffice it to say, our inspector completely sucked, and we would have been better off hiring a toddler hopped up on sugar. They certainly would have done a better job than the paid "professional" we hired.
I’ve watched many of these episodes where the former homeowners covered up stuff and the home inspectors missed obvious things. Can the new homeowners get moneys back from the previous owners? And what about the inspectors, they are certifying garbage places Who protects the new owners Thanks Mike Holmes for what you do
I would've told them dont bother with the gas fireplace. When i was able, I'd just have a new wood stove installed. I wouldn't be mad after they put all the work into other areas, plus the fireplaces were bad.
The spray foam insulation in the walls.... How are you supposed to know if there is a pipe with a hole in it? Are you supposed to wait till there is major damage before you find it? AND/OR how are you supposed to find it? SAME WITH ELECTRICAL !!
so, you are saying you be mad and upset cuz they take down a wood fireplace wasn't safe for the house, and they got a brand-new gas fireplace for free. if you were homeowner and you were upset, I would laugh in your face. and tell you have a great day.
Wait, the coat closet was taken away. The entry zone is gone. And they live in Canada. Where are they going to take off their boots and store their coats? I'd love to see the property when it's re-furnished.
There's enough room there for a shoe rack and a coat bar. You'll get a bit of a draft from the main door into the livingroom without the baffle, but it'll be able to work.
Why would you sell since the major issues have been fixed? You could just as easily end up with another lemon. New homes are poorly built as well. I expect they vetted the owners to reduce the risk of flippers ripping them off.
@suzannepatterson5548 They didn't care they took a 3 bedroom 1 bath and turned it into a 5 bedroom 3 bath, taxes went up 10x electric, has and water usage quadrupled and the poor people they "helped" got priced out of their home. A lot of the shows have been sued because they didn't even finish them or had crappy workmanship. Even structural damage. That's why I like watching the Holmes series they do it right, it might be expensive but why save 25% for it to be done over again because it wasn't proper.
If you're referring to the "u" in mould, that's how every English speaking country spells it, except the USA. Y'all dropped the U in a lot of words that the rest of us didn't.
Two questions: How much did they pay for this OLD house? { [ don't care where they got the money}. And how much did it cost to fix it? and , sadly, remodeling this Old House, it lost most of its charm. oh well.
I don't understand why the homeowners expressed how much they wanted their "real" wood burning fireplace and you replaced it with an ugly, in my opinion because I don't like modern fake gas fireplaces, instead of giving them an old fashion wood burning fireplaces?? If it were my home, I'd have been very upset to see my real fireplace replaced with an imitation
It's a nice job for the time but you can tell this was like 2006 with all the styling. The structural stuff timeless the interior design was an improvement but meh for 2023
I know Mr. Holmes is very knowledgeable in his trade BUT..... Allow the PROFESSIONAL PLUMMER HAVE HIS SAY. Why are you cutting him off unless you want to ' prove yourself "?
I have an electric fireplace in a 1942 house. It's also an electric heater. I originally thought like you. Then I got some quotes. It's crazy, but the electric one is weirdly satisfying. Also, what everyone else already said.
Of course it a repeat, this show ended filming years ago, in this series Mike Jr and Sherry are teenagers, they are now in their thirtys ,Sherry has two kids.
@scottdw72 These shows were on actual TV, back then, they are rerunning them on a new format, utube channel, the information is still valid and relevant to homeowners today, he encourages you to learn more about your most expensive purchase of your life, your home. They put the old shows on utube because they have a brand new show on cable,on the home and garden channel. Renovating homes for people who got taken by bad contractors. They have over the years done several shows with the same theme of making it right,,of renovating for homeowners who got taken by unscrupulous contractors.
I am glad that Damon found another problem with leaking behind the wall when he had the bad feeling about it. It took the whole crew to fix everything. Mike is lucky to have Damon, the team, plumbers, roofers, gas techies, electricians, flooring guys, etc. to complete the projects. High fives!
Damon seems to whine a lot. Gets annoying.
@@Cheepchipsablejealous much?
Love how you made the fire places safe. Very kind and thoughtful that you also fixed the neighbors rotting foundations. Would have liked to also see the new bathroom, if possible, please
This episode is from 2009. There's no point in requesting more video clips, as these were complete shows from that time. 😊
Just before the reveal, they said the space was roughed in for a future bathroom. So there was no new bathroom to see.
Good on you Sherry Holmes in finding you really like tiling (and more). That’s tough work, and a person aches at the end of a day, but it is satisfying.
These guys are the real deal. Great work!
Sarah's physical apoplexy at the reveal is one of my favorite things from this entire series. Just that stop and recoil and jerky motion that perfectly telegraphs her shock... priceless.
Okay, I love watching those shows, but you really have to put a link to part 2 when you have 2 videos of the work being done. Thankful a viewer found part 2 and put the link to it in the comments on part 1. Otherwise people like me that aren't good at searching the internet, would never have found it.
Plus, the video quality, whilst stating 1080 is definitely NOT - even the 1080p Premium quality is horrible.
@vicnesheim302 You have to remember that this show was from mid 2000s to early 2010s, so it might not have been shot in HD.
I’m watching this on my iPad without any problems with video quality.
One neighbor better not be mad, they literally saved their foundation too. For free I'm sure.
I thought fixing the stairs would be more complicated. Wow, those "simple jobs".
I think it was mentioned that's a whole unit of townhomes. . . So I wonder if the other neighbors have that same issue too.
Bet on it.
seeing Craig Lowe the painter, he had a scuba diving accident and died in 2014, I think. back in 2014 I think he was in his early 40's
Mistake #1: Accepting the report of the SELLER'S inspector.
Wow love the show you guys and girls are the masters of sorting problems ! Keep up the good work guys 👍❤️
The thing that pisses me off the most is people left, right, and center will always tell you to hire an inspector, but the truth seems to be the fact that if the inspectors actually did the jobs they are paid to do Mike, and crew would have a completely different show. This leads me to believe that either most home inspectors are completely inept, and don't deserve their jobs, or they're being paid off by the realtors selling the homes, and don't deserve their jobs.
Either way it's disgusting, deplorable, and something needs to be done to stop it. If you can't trust the inspectors, or even in some cases the contractors, who the hell do you trust!? It's almost better to just live in an apartment, and be done with it.
even if they had a good inspector, they probably would have still bought the house because they NEEDED THIS ONE so badly. the home owner would have either patched it up to hide problems or eventually sold to someone who needed this house badly.
Holding the wrench in the wrong direction at 18:43 😂
💝🤗thank all keeping that new couple together 🥰 because we all know your home is your ❤🤗🥰
Paying for a home inspector seems like a damn waste of money, they seem to miss everything.
They miss big issues but find small issues to nitpick about with the sellers.
the problem is, the home inspector was paid by the previous owner, even if new couple paid for walkthrough. So paid by sellers, to gloss things over and sell the house.
@@frankfuller975 They are supposed to be unbiased regardless of who pays them. Real estate commissions for BOTH agents/brokers also gets paid typically 100% by the sellers as well (excluding extremely rare circumstances where a buyer client pays a retainer fee.)
Agreed. Our home inspector missed several huge problems with our house. One of which was the ducting for the water heater was not only out of code, but completely jury rigged with single wall duct, worm gear clamps, and aluminum tape. We also found out from the neighbors that this house had a roof leak, and there was some sort of electrical fire. The ONLY big thing he caught was the roof needed to be completely replaced before we bought it. I used to think it was a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that realtors have some inspectors in their back pockets, but now it feels more, and more true. Kind of like, "don't screw this sale up for me, and I'll take care of you." Needless to say, had we seen all the issues beforehand we would have walked away without a second thought.
We've already put over 5 grand into fixing some of the issues, and it barely looks like we've done much of anything. Live, and learn I suppose.
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists you really think they're being unbiased? lol. if the seller/realtor's pays them, and the report is honest enough for the house not to sell, the seller and/or realtor will not only not bring them in again, but warn others in the business that said inspector will tell buyers everything he sees and loose them a sale. And some incidents on thee show had people pressured to 'buy now' and that it wouldn't be available if they had an inspector come. Those realtors should be told to go **** themselves. thay is BEYOND a red flag.
Such talented people . And gifted
Man, lots of stuff wrong there. Great job. It's beautiful and safe.
"You didn't ask me!" LMAO
Imho, the best TV show then, and still is.
What is wrong with the inspectors these days? My son bought a house hired and inspecting crew that came in and really did a bad job the home owner ran a extension cord going through the kitchen counter all the way under the sink and to the back of the dishwasher drilled holes through the cabinets and ran the cord through it, and all the wiring in the house needs to be upgraded it’s on a slab floor and they put peel and stick carpet right onto the slab floor house needs a lot of work. Inspectors didn’t say nothing said it was a good house. Said he let his daughter live there
Kind of the same thing with my wife, and I. The original owner cut a hole in the back, and bottom of one of the cupboards to wire in an above-sink fluorescent light, and covered the exposed romex with a wood box he made out of OSB. Apparently the inspector either didn't question the box, or didn't think it was important enough to call it out in the report. I put the romex in some cable concealers as best I can so no one will get zapped, but I'm still afraid of it. Unfortunately it'd take me removing the cabinet, removing a section of drywall, and re-routing the romex in order for it to be correct.
The ONLY reason I haven't done anything past that with it is because we plan to reno that entire part of the house, and it will get corrected then. Otherwise I'd have repaired it correctly by now. Suffice it to say, our inspector completely sucked, and we would have been better off hiring a toddler hopped up on sugar. They certainly would have done a better job than the paid "professional" we hired.
Kate Campbell is such a beauty! Talented as heck too!
Didn't she go and work with the guy that did all Mike's decking jobs ?
@@stevenperry9826 No idea.
Thanks for the video.
I’ve watched many of these episodes where the former homeowners covered up stuff and the home inspectors missed obvious things. Can the new homeowners get moneys back from the previous owners?
And what about the inspectors, they are certifying garbage places
Who protects the new owners
Thanks Mike Holmes for what you do
I would've told them dont bother with the gas fireplace. When i was able, I'd just have a new wood stove installed. I wouldn't be mad after they put all the work into other areas, plus the fireplaces were bad.
Why aren't you holding the luminant flooring at least 1/4 inch away from the wall for expansion and contraction. is the flooring that stable not to?
The spray foam insulation in the walls.... How are you supposed to know if there is a pipe with a hole in it? Are you supposed to wait till there is major damage before you find it? AND/OR how are you supposed to find it? SAME WITH ELECTRICAL !!
Are the inspectors held accountable?
You do such good work...
I would have been upset about the gas fireplace also I like the wood smell and crackling
so, you are saying you be mad and upset cuz they take down a wood fireplace wasn't safe for the house, and they got a brand-new gas fireplace for free. if you were homeowner and you were upset, I would laugh in your face. and tell you have a great day.
Hi Mike & Crew, was just wondering if you don't charge the client in trouble that you're doing the rescue for WHO pays you
Great show.
Although, i would have thought would have been really nice would have been a free-standing wood stove.
Wait, the coat closet was taken away. The entry zone is gone. And they live in Canada. Where are they going to take off their boots and store their coats? I'd love to see the property when it's re-furnished.
Shoe and coat rack? save space than a freestanding closet in the first quarter of the room.
There's enough room there for a shoe rack and a coat bar. You'll get a bit of a draft from the main door into the livingroom without the baffle, but it'll be able to work.
wall hooks and a small shelving unit fix that really easy
There's a new tile floor in the entryway that would work for boots
as a European I liked the fact that the front door would not open right smack into the living but there was a sort of entry (hall / mudroom).
🙄why don't use trolleys for heavy stuff 🙄🤗
I always wonder, are these young couples still together and how many days did they wait before listing the house after the film crew left?
Who says they sold?
Why would you sell since the major issues have been fixed? You could just as easily end up with another lemon. New homes are poorly built as well.
I expect they vetted the owners to reduce the risk of flippers ripping them off.
Extreme home makeover bankrupted nearly every homeowner they “helped”
@suzannepatterson5548 They didn't care they took a 3 bedroom 1 bath and turned it into a 5 bedroom 3 bath, taxes went up 10x electric, has and water usage quadrupled and the poor people they "helped" got priced out of their home. A lot of the shows have been sued because they didn't even finish them or had crappy workmanship. Even structural damage.
That's why I like watching the Holmes series they do it right, it might be expensive but why save 25% for it to be done over again because it wasn't proper.
@@TheWabbit you think the homeowner paid for this?
Just asking. Do every Homeowner get a Copy of these Videos?🤔
You get point you give up on, everyone and everything, I
Why not just call Mike 1st. to do the home inspection!
Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/ALdm6Nl9I_s/v-deo.html
Mould?
Lol I seen that too
If you're referring to the "u" in mould, that's how every English speaking country spells it, except the USA. Y'all dropped the U in a lot of words that the rest of us didn't.
British English.
Electrical insert fireplace? 😔
Two questions: How much did they pay for this OLD house? { [ don't care where they got the money}. And how much did it cost to fix it? and , sadly, remodeling this Old House, it lost most of its charm. oh well.
I don't understand why the homeowners expressed how much they wanted their "real" wood burning fireplace and you replaced it with an ugly, in my opinion because I don't like modern fake gas fireplaces, instead of giving them an old fashion wood burning fireplaces?? If it were my home, I'd have been very upset to see my real fireplace replaced with an imitation
It's a nice job for the time but you can tell this was like 2006 with all the styling. The structural stuff timeless the interior design was an improvement but meh for 2023
Aired 12/17/09
I know Mr. Holmes is very knowledgeable in his trade BUT..... Allow the PROFESSIONAL PLUMMER HAVE HIS SAY. Why are you cutting him off unless you want to ' prove yourself "?
ITS A 80 YR OLD HOUSE DONT BUY THEM
If someone turned my wood fireplace into an electric fireplace, I'd rather just have no fireplace at all.
Except it was a gas fireplace
Yeah, but the wood fireplace was going to cause the house to burn down... I'd rather be safe.
@wolfie7051 just because the stovepipe was wrong, if they put in the proper stovepipe with proper clearances it would be fine.
In some cities you can no longer have a wood-burning fireplace because it causes pollution. So gas or electric are your only options.
I have an electric fireplace in a 1942 house. It's also an electric heater. I originally thought like you. Then I got some quotes. It's crazy, but the electric one is weirdly satisfying. Also, what everyone else already said.
Come’on guys!!! All these Dan CLOSE-UPS, it’s hard to see what you’re talking about!!! Geez!
Who pays for this
Personally I think they wrecked the charm of the home. Now it's like every other home
this a total repeat, very annoying
Of course it a repeat, this show ended filming years ago, in this series Mike Jr and Sherry are teenagers, they are now in their thirtys ,Sherry has two kids.
@@beverlydust5381 so why does someone make up some 'new' channel and upload all these repeats?? These videos are already on other ones!
@scottdw72 These shows were on actual TV, back then, they are rerunning them on a new format, utube channel, the information is still valid and relevant to homeowners today, he encourages you to learn more about your most expensive purchase of your life, your home. They put the old shows on utube because they have a brand new show on cable,on the home and garden channel. Renovating homes for people who got taken by bad contractors. They have over the years done several shows with the same theme of making it right,,of renovating for homeowners who got taken by unscrupulous contractors.