We spent $1,000,000 on this Abandoned House I Before & After Renovation
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Ok I need to ask. Are walk in pantry’s nonexistent anymore? Or are they just hidden and not a big deal to show anymore. I have a family and I can’t even IMAGINE moving to any more homes w/o it. I love mine.
I see that you guys have one but a lot of home Reno’s I’ve seen on CZcams I never see it
Depends on size of the home usually
The patio door to nowhere was probably inspired by Stephen's room from The Vampire Diaries, Literally from the first episode of the show.
Looks lovely, but I am finding that I am getting tired of barn doors and white... I feel like it’s getting dated quickly.
"One thing I love about this house is it still has some of the original charm." But not for long.
Call an ambulance! But not for me!
@@oliverwagunaere1697 💀💀💀 honestly same
i've only seen the front before and after, but my god, they've ruined it!
They made it look so fucking cheap, I hate it
Only thing I really hated was the railing, didn't fit with the house
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I honestly liked the exterior of the house better before, it had character, the trees gave it nice privacy and a magical feeling and the grey looked kind of modern and nice
I preferred the original exterior too!
I came here to say the exact same thing
and I am not a fan of the inside.
@@84109earnest but if you were offered the house, at a ridiculous offer, would you say yes or no given your reservation of its style etc …….🤔😂. Lol (friendly question with no shade)
the new one lookks so much better. hate the old .
I love how they focused so much on the “unique design” of this house when they really went for the same modern style every house in Travis Heights already has…
In their defense though, they’re not designers, they’re investors. They gotta stay safe on a project this risky.
Someone paid over a million and a half for a house with a small yard, no privacy and no garage, yikes! Glad you did so well, but the real estate market is truly insane.
Average house price in Auckland here in NZ is well over a million dollars, its insane. Some suburbs you cant get anyhting for under $1.5m.
Person from Munich, Germany here. For 1,5 m USD you would get a small Townhouse without a yard here.
I agree. I'm not parking the BMW on the street. My ideal house has a door from the garage directly into the kitchen.
@@lollorosso4675 And prices in other cities are also exploding. A newly built condominium (approx. 90m² / 968.75 sq ft) in HH costs about as much as this property with both houses. And then the apartment is not in a particularly exclusive area. Speaking of exclusive, as a European I didn't know that radiators with heated towel rails were seen as a luxury;) Maybe it's not a luxury here because radiators instead of AC units are more the standard here.
It’s Austin. California people are paying cash
don't get me wrong, this home turned out absolutely beautiful and I understand that designing to sell often calls for very neutral design but as a preservation designer, it kills me a little to see a home with so much character get turned into such a generic modern house. plus y'all could've saved money by applying for tax credits if you restored the historic character of the property.
Agreed!
I think updated interior with the exterior restored. The interior was not salvageable but the could have worked with the charm still present on the outside and made it truly unique. Austin is a quirky town and would have loved something a little different
There was nothing left to preserve. The house was gutted and the exterior just sad. It sold quickly for good money. They are flippers after all and that’s a risky business
RIGHT?!?!
I totally understand this perspective, but maybe some old, pretty, classic homes could be restored, and some made over in a modern way like this. I really like modern/contemporary homes, and I really never see them (maybe there's more in Texas, idk), so I don't see the problem with changing some homes to a nice, modern look.
When I saw that thumbnail I just thought that the before looked way better. I'm glad to see most people think the same.
Not me the porch gives it old time charm where you all gather on porch watching stars with the ones you love or early morning coffee or keeping an eye on your daughter kissing boyfriend good night or watching them sit hand in hand on front porch
Breaks my heart to see a nearly 100 year old house turned into just yet another super modern space. Such a rare opportunity for the area wasted!
If I hear the world “modern farmhouse’ again 😤
MODERN FARMHOUSE
MODERN FARMHOUSE
I don’t understand why people like it. I can’t wait for it to get old
@@blacklight310 I like it because it looks really modern. It looks really pretty and minimalist.
I always think 'barnyard chic'
I hope whoever buys this house doesn’t notice that the doors on the kitchen island don’t lineup, cause I sure did
Lipped tile, paint on fixtures, caulk in window corners, off centered windows/doors, recessed lights not flush, cheap chinese fixtures.. Typical shitty flippers, flipping shitty houses...
Hey guys why all the hate? Yeah there are some issues we can see but that is why most people let the new homeowners make a punch list for things that they see that are wrong or bother them, they come back and change it or repair it etc. Chances are they even went back and made more adjustments even after the video was made and before showing it. When you do this type of work you are honestly never finished you keep making adjustments and improvements constantly until you hand over the keys that is just the way it is. The house is not my style I don't like the farmhouse/modern or whatever it is and there are many things I could pick out about the decor I don't like but why sit here and do that when I don't have a few million to buy it?
@@FJB2020 shiity flippers as you say made over half million in profit so if youre making as much or even more than these guys, you yourself must be shitty at your job.
Garbage house with no garage in a hyper inflated housing market.. And yet some dolt buys it after a below average renovation... People never cease to amaze me.
Did you notice the paint on the light fixtures and scratches on the bathroom cabinets? Haha
The original house was a Sears and Roebuck kit home called “the Bellewood,” that was very popular in the 1930’s. The Bellewood was considered a pocket sized English cottage. This style and others like it were “between the wars” houses and the architects drew inspiration from British influences of the time. As such, a pocket English cottage looks off, with this renovation.
It’s always best to stay true to period, but sure, with a modern twist. They went Contempo. Most buyers don’t know the difference anyway.
It will look very dated in a decade.
I feel mean spirited saying this and I’m very sorry.
Restoration or Customization? Choose wisely.
I gotta say, I agree with you on this. The 'trend' at the moment is not going to cut it in even 5 years; trends come and go so fast it is hard to keep up with.
This video has been incessantly in my recommendations and I finally clicked on it just to get it to go away. It's like the soul of this house is haunting me after you murdered it. All I had to see was the thumbnail and the way the roofline was destroyed to know this would be a disaster. Congrats I was right
They might as well of torn the darn thing down. For those of us who love old houses, they ruined the front exterior. Fix up the existing front exterior, replace the cladding, add the porch, but destroy the roofline, oh no! Not only that, from what you can see of the surrounding properties, it also no longer fits in with the other properties in the neighborhood. If Austin has designated Historic Districts, this property obviously wasn't part of one. No property in an Historic District would have ever been allowed to change the exterior like this. And if they do allow it, they're a crappy Historic District. I own a 1936 house in Phoenix. I can't do ANY permanent changes to the exterior that can bee seen from the street. And I live on a corner, so that's 2 sides I can't change. What a shame! I wouldn't allow them to touch any of my properties if this is how they "respect" history!!
I swear! They should have just tore it down and started new if they where gonna do all of that
I feel the same way .I'm not saying it's not pretty but the slope of the roof in the front was so precious and that was the one thing they could have left and they didn't .I know the inside was trashed but the roof line could have stayed and I'm sure many more things could have been made the same way as it was .It's just not anything special now because the way it was before made it very special and unique ,what a shame .
Sir your in Arizona. This is Texas. Different laws.
The balance is off
I live in Elgin, IL and we have some of the largest and strictest historic district laws. But that’s okay because our city has some incredible homes from the 1800’s completely preserved. This house was ruined with this renovation
It would have been nice to put some 1930s charm back in the house.
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Completely eviscerated any charm that was original. This is where flipping has gotten us. Glad you two are making great money on these
My great grandma lived on that street and I always wanted to see inside that house! It was on the way to the pool, and we never seen anyone living there. You are fulfilling a childhood dream of mine by fixing it up!
My great grandma passed away at 98 just a few years ago. I miss her and her old house. It has since been bulldozed and is now an ultra-modern home. Thank you for giving it new life without just tearing it down!
So cool!
So they didn't ruin the neighborhood like some people here are complaining about?
Thanks for the info.
Why on Earth did the Austin flipsters not make a separate video showing us the remodel of the back house. Thats my only complaint
because they dint make any major changes they've just painted and just small minor changes thats why. they even said that in the vidio
I wanted to see that too
Dude... I don't care if they just laid a rug down in a empty room I WANT TO SEE IT they are super entertaining
I agree I thought the exact same thing. They did more than paint for a house they sold over $400,000.
I simply wanna see the house 😂 I love watching these and kinda imagine what would’ve done
My professional opinion as an architect- you stripped this house of everything it made it unique and fun. Exterior before was absolute banger and surprisungly modern (or maybe it's modernity that's finally appreciates this kind of style). After... it just is. There's plenty of boring afters like that. It pretends to be something that is not, pseudo mcmansion with pointless stone work and that imbalanced porch. And the archway... don't let me start on the archway.
In the end, you took soemthing that was unique and magical, hidden to be discovered and turned it into absolute whatever with manicured unimaginative flat lawn. Awful.
NGL I only clicked on this video to take screencap of the original design as inspiration for my own work.
Just awful.
I only clicked on the video to see what people had to say in the comments. And I'm not disappointed.
I'd rather buy a few acres up here in Coldasfuckistan and build a nicer home for a fraction of the price.
Agreed. I don't understand why they didn't at least maintain the beautiful front façade with a new lick of paint.
I was juuuust about to say the same :) Renovated, yes, but they ruined a unique element that should've made this property one of a kind in that area. Instead they've made it into just another boring bungalow-looking common prefab house not worth more than maybe 450k. Windows are dull and ordinary and the furniture and lights are not that unique either and in fact, look sub-standard. They are not 'high-end'. 'Garden' is a disappointment.
The hanging lampshade in the kitchen looks like a KKK hood lol
is it just me or do these people just find a house and throw money at it to give it the "modern" look no one can afford in a house that doesn't seem "livable"
Those old glass tiles were super cool, would have been nice to see some of them worked back into the house somehow
The outside of this house was so beautiful you guys really should have preserved the outside if you care about redoing homes you should also care about saving the history of the homes as well.
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why are you caring about the "history" of a house you won't ever live in or hear about again. Yall are really weird
Agree. They should have just scraped the house
I would rather say that they should just stay clear from redesigning or "renovating" houses due to a lack of taste.
There was nothing historic to preserve. The remodel from the 80's removed all the historical features already and the whole place was just a bland shell.
Personally I loved the design and character of the original house on the outside. Don’t get me wrong the house turned out very nice, just not what I would have done with it!
My biggest gripe is the trees in the front being gone- they made it feel tucked away even though it wasnt and now it just feels so open. I wish they could have done the porch on the other side keeping the big tree. Youll have to run the a/c more because there's going to be more sun and heat. The windows would need curtains or shades for privacy too
I loved the unique curved/triangular design before the renovations. Much more character. I would have changed the steps to line up with the original front entry and changed the door. The old design had a lot going for it. Sad to see them get rid of that.
In the thumbnail, I like the before house way more.
The price of this house is pure, genuine insanity. wtf Austin.
Not to mention the house is butt ugly and completely destroyed of any historic value!
@@deirdrepasko9965 Not everyone thinks that preserving history is a good thing and not every new homeowner wants a historically preserved house. I did my best to preserve the 1937 apartment building I was working at but a lot of people thought it was awful that I restored original fixtures/hardwoods/doors/hardware etc and thought it should be upgraded.
yeah i mean if i'm living in texas, i'm not gonna pay that kind of money. it's texas...
House prices recently spiked nearly everywhere. In 4.5 yrs ours increased by 33%. Doesnt matter. We will prob'ly die here. Kids will acquire from our estate. And we paid cash when we bought it 🙃
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No basement, no garage, no pool, NO WAY! There’s no way I would pay that much money and have those views to have to look out of every day. Gosh, makes me wonder how much my brick ranch on 5 acres with 4 car garage and workshop would be worth in Texas.
OMG…the house was adorable in its original form. Guess they forgot the old adage…if it ain’t broken don’t fix it!! What a shame.
I liked the exterior before better, especially the landscaping. Now it kind of looks soulless. It's not ugly by all means. But yeah. Someone will love it - modern farmhouse is very on trend.
It sold in one day so I think they did ok lol and someone likes it. Making 500k profit too!
Yeah, me too. Pretty french doors in a really nice color. The „after“ exterior seriously didn‘t speak to me.
There is NO WARMTH in this house at all!!! Everything is trying to be trendy. No Homey feel. Blech! And that fire pit in the yard?? UGLY!!! And Cheapy looking!!! I wouldn’t spend that kind of money on a place with no real character. No charm. No warmth. I kind of hate it. People are so into copying other people’s tastes. They don’t know what their own tastes are!! These shows are kind of ruining individuality when it comes to homes. And, I think the flipper couple, are SoO annoying. Oh man. This whole thing was thumbs down for me.
@@janie3117 Well, it’s not your house. Get over it. Build yourself one and decorate it the way you want it. And if you find them annoying, why are you here?
@@TheHungarianchick exactly so many negative comments, what’s wrong with people.
This house now looks so out of place in this neighborhood; sadly, somehow making it appear pretentious and overdone.
yeah they made feel the neighborhood like they have a crappy house 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But that fits the personality of the people who buy it and most people now a days are pretentious
the black roof and white brick is embarrassingly bad
@@davy955 The neighborhood looks understated and warm. This is over the top cold and overstated.
My thought when I saw the neighbors house was “Oh No.. Not me thinking gentrification is entertaining for a short moment.”
I wish there were more people like me who love unique features, preservation, eclectic floorplans, etc. I'm really not a fan of the sterile, un-lived in looking styles that a lot of people go for (of course everyone has their tastes, I'm just looking for my fellow eclectic design lovers haha). I honestly thought it looked so cool with all the trees around it, obviously there needed to be some clearing out and trimming, but I absolutely love trees and think a property with none looks so exposed. Anyways, just my opinions folks.
i 100% agree with you. ive always lived in houses from the 1920's because i love all their charms and quirks. i loveee me a wild yard with all kinds of plant life too! it kills me to watch people destroy the beauty of historic homes and replace it the with same basic ass modern design and lifelifess front lawns. its a shame
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I became skeptical when I saw the mood board. But I didn’t think it would actually turn out so bad on the outside. I have never been more disappointed in a reveal. The home went from such a cute and charming and quirky home to the most generic Magnolia Network all white house ever
At what point is it simply cheaper to tear the house down and build a new one?
Prolly because the bones of the house has been so rotted
loved the outside of the old house far better
Me too 😢😢😢
@@shetlandsheep3081 Me three - so much more character.
YES, they WRECKED the integrity of the history of the house!!!!
they just removed the original charm, always so triggering
Totes! Removed the charm along with the trash
OMG you took a stunningly original home and made it completely hideously cookie cutter and took out any historical charm ie the front, This should actually be illegal. There are so few historic houses left in America because of this craziness.
They took such a gorgeous Charming little house with so much character and turn it into a box. Just a catastrophe. We're not going to have any classic architecture left if these people get their way
I prefer the old exterior over the new one.
The front is so ugly now & the interior is boring, it looks like every other generic interior.
Why on earth people want the same /similar farmhouse style houses. The old house is so elegant and charming...
Ugh. Why did I click on this video knowing it was going to depress me?
It's literally impossible to buy a house in Austin now.
770k was already stupid expensive and now it's even more stupid expensive.
Austin keeps losing it's soul and original charm. The transformation of this house reflects this perfectly.
Austin used to be known for these unique and whimsical historic houses so it's depressing seeing investors like this tear down the history and unique architecture in this town just to build a generic luxury home for way more than it's worth. Sadly there are few of these historic homes left because of investors like this who just want to maximize profit and don't care about historic value.
The house is so disconnected- so sad, it was english tudor to a farmhouse.
Farmhouse is what sells. It sold in just one day....sorry you didn’t make $500k in profit like they did 😂
@@cyna1103 there’s tons of houses that need renovating that could be renovated into farmhouse style that aren’t 1930s historical homes. There’s a market for people who love buying restored historical homes as well. It’s just sad to see for people who really appreciate older homes. They did a good job, but they could have done it to another house and gotten a similar result.
This aint england
@@flysquaredk it certainly isn't
I loved the catslide roof.
It’s absolutely beautiful. But it leaves me feeling so sad. There’s absolutely nothing of the 1930’s treasure it was. Maybe it couldn’t have been restored but all that history just erased.
Before they got it, there wasn't much of the 1930s left to it. It's a house, not a piece of history. New chapters will be written in a now livable space.
Flippers buy houses to sell not for historic value, it’s also why I stop watching when some of my favorite architecture homes get flipped.
it' s a house, not a monument 😂 and then it s usa, there are no storic buildings, they always build on old buildings to make new ones
It was already gutted though.
What history? The termite eaten wood and the racoon poop?
I used to live in the back house years ago! Always wondered when someone would do something with the main house!
Was it originally a carriage house, house for help, garage - or just a regular house - what was it originally built for?
Seen the thumbnail and immediately thought, “Jesus...they ruined it”. I went to the comments expecting a mixed review and to my surprise pretty much everyone agreed. Good to know the majority of Humanity still has visual taste
At that selling price here in Texas, I would insist on at least a double garage and gated security.
Gated security is for Trump-fans and criminals.. All normal people are not afraid of the real world. ;)
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@@AB-ol5uz depends. I live in a major city and there’s tons of million dollar SFH homes and none have gates. I guess it depends what you mean by successful but I don’t know anyone that lives in a gated community at least not here. I do have a friend who lives in one in Florida.
I really liked the original look. I personally hate the look of modern houses so it’s sad to see such a charming unique house turned into a modern cookie cutter house.
yep they opted for the cheaper route- and while it is an improvement over the racoon poo- there's nothing charming about that place. They ruined it.
agreed! wouldn't it have been worth more if they had put back in more charm?
I feel the same
But I think it won't be saleable...
Yep. It's as if they are catering to rich people who want to live in a place that looks like a generic hotel.
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Old homes have stories to tell. I love them. Now this "home" has no soul...
I could NOT AGREE MORE!!!
I like what they did to the Front Exterior, but that is literally it.
They soooo have NO TASTE, NO IDEA abt Old House Charm.
SAD...Sooooo very SAD.
I so agree! All of the charm is gone in this home. The scale is off in many areas. They totally messed up the front facade. Building the large front porch draws attention to how close it is to the house next door and makes it look way too big for the lot. With porches on the back they didn't need the large porch on the front. The original design shouldn't have been changed so much. It still could have had a larger entryway built, but it needed that extra room and separation where the tree was.
The fireplace mantle is too large in scale compared to the small windows on either side. Also, I think that the pendants are a big fail. They looked good online, but this ceiling is too low for them, and the pendants are too large and low-hanging for that island.
Hard to believe someone paid that much for this house in one day, but that's crazy Austin for ya! I guess good on them for making a huge profit. Even the house in the back sold for too much in my opinion.
I agree they should have tried to keep the charm of the old house and not gone so far with it, I personally do not like such modern houses…😶🙁
Old home charm is a lie. I would be so scared to live in one.
That's not a home its just a house. It will have a soul once it becomes a home.. Its becomes a home once people live there.
IF you were going to just destroy the "old" character of the house, why not just pull it all down and put a custom there
Way more expensive
@@lowbird7947 Why ? they have redone eveyrthing !
Did you see they sold it in one day and made 591k profit? I thought it was ugly but…
@@KBinturong they do this because at the age of the original house it leaves them free from a lot of rules and regulations that come on new builds.
My biggest critique would be how oddly placed the home seems to be amongst the neighborhood. It stands out like a sore thumb. Beautiful yet totally out of place. The neighbors will always give the owners of this home the side eye lol.
Oh, and you guys managed to not include a bath in the master bathroom? Yikes.
“It’s true to the original house” 2 seconds later “everything inside is different” 🤣🤦♂️
And tbh, i could watch a 10 part series of this reno. Separate for the upstairs, the downstairs, the kitchen, bathrooms, etc🤩🤩
I liked the before photo of the house. I thought it was much more charming than the after :P
The original exterior had so much more charm and interest than the final product. A tragedy.
This is so open, light and airy. You guys did such a great job.
It looks like the interior of the house had been gutted prior to them "flipping" the house, so I'm not gonna talk about that, but man the exterior looks so bad. The original features of the house were beautiful, so it's upsetting that those are gone, but they didn't even do a good job with the design. It looks awkward and clunky, and how anyone saw that and then bought it I will never understand.
Well said.
They destroyed the story of this house
You people are truly mind boggling... My wife is a designer and she absolutely loved the house and what they did with it. Trendy or not, it's beautiful. For you to say it's straight up ugly makes me think you are the type to put "live laugh love" signs in your kitchen.
@@DeeAy09 I'm an interior designer, and this house is tacky and dated. Sorry your wife has typical HGTV taste.
@@DeeAy09 No, they turned it into a “ live laugh love” home! All they did was load the house full of disposable trends, ruin the front facade, and destroy the period charm the house had. Really sad.
Everyone be complaining about how they didn’t keep the charm of the house, meanwhile Austin flipsters be sitting on $591,000 profit in a single deal.
This house sat for 10 years vacant, 10 years someone could have come and restored it to originality but no one did so a flipper came in a capitalized on what buyers spend 1.5 million on, modern farmhouses.
And after that ten years it still sold for three quarters of a million dollars. It's not surprising no new home buyers purchased it.
I was coming here to say pretty much the same thing. Another thing I keep seeing is "the house now has no soul". No, the house now has a new soul with many more years of history to be had in it now thanks to the Flipsters.
Thankfully someone said it! I’m super confused by all the hate. At the end of the day they’re here to make money. They’re investors not artists. Great job!
Oh yes, and for the greedy people on here.Money is all that matters not historic, integrity.Or beauty. screw that just make a fast buck creating ugly as shite houses
@@feewaybilz That can be your business! Go be the competition for those people you hate
So sad to see what was done to such a gorgeous house
This is like a crime scene. The victim: character, history, and charm. Capitalism takes no prisoners I guess :|
It's a pinterest addicted mommy blogger bleached out nightmare
I agree with you on the victim status you mentioned, as a history lover it pains me to see architectural historical character washed out like this but I'm not sure what a type of economic system has to do with a person's personal styling choice.
@@suleskos.2743 They're house flippers. They buy up properties and renovate them in a way they think would bring them the most money the fastest. It has literally everything to do with capitalism.
@@joyontheleft that has everything to do with capitalism. Wtf are you on about. Why are you simping these flippers on every comment? They ruin houses.
@@--..__ maybe you responded to the wrong person because I think house flipping is disgusting
@@joyontheleft I invite you to live in a socialist country, you are very silly
I like when renovations respect the historicity of the home. The 30s "Tudor" bungalow style was charming.
I completely agree this felt like they put dollar store makeup and glitter on a elegant old woman who deserved to only be enhanced and not painted
Its lost it charm and original classic character. Now it looks like any other modern house with cheap target item and furniture.
This looks so good! Amazing job. 👏
Absolutely INCREDIBLE!!
Don't like the board-and-batten siding, don't like the sliding barn doors. I guess I am just really over the whole "Modern Farmhouse" Joanna Gaines thing. I'm probably the only one though, so these were smart choices for this market.
Same.
I agree. To modern for my taste and I feel the exterior lost its quaint charm. I hope the new owners will give the deco more warmth
Agreed the siding and tin roof cheapened the look.
@@Whisperwomaneq2 it literally looks like a cheap tin building now
The house, newly reformed, looks great, no doubt; but $1,550,000!? Of course they accepted the deal in one day LOL That new owner is crazy 🤣 I guess it's really all about location, 'cause the house itself is small to cost that much.
Im in Africa, Zambia to be specific, a property just sold for $1,500,000 with practically just bear land coz the property on it cant be considered as liveable. So for this property its all good.
@@EvaKii No, it's not. I'm sorry about the living conditions in Africa, I can only imagine how difficult it must be, but you can't compare both situations. In the US, this house alone is not worth $1,550,000. They bought BOTH houses and renovated BOTH of them for under this value. With that money this owner spent, he could have bought two houses, renovated them, and he would still have $210,000 to buy a third house... Poor guy (or woman). Why do you think they accepted the deal in one day? *EDIT:* Sorry, he would still have $260,000 left. Even more money to spend.
@@Rapha2587 I guess people in my country have a lot disposable cash then, coz most properties with 2.5miles of cbd cost that much and people fight over them. Someone can be asking for 800 but will end up selling over 1m.
@@Rapha2587 lol, can you even afford a trip to Africa? The living conditions are often nothing to be sorry about.
@@thesinfulyogini2073 LOL Who couldn't? The sad thing is that people can't afford one out of there... I can't even blame you, someone that doesn't know any better wouldn't know what a decent living is.
I am just blown away by the end product here!! AWESOME JOB YA'LL!!!!!!
I love the transformation. Great job guys👍
I will Never understand WHY people take a historical house, and completely Ruin it by modernizing it beyond recognition! This house is absolutely horrific! Since you wanted a modern house, WHY on earth didn't you buy one to begin with??? Why ruin the historic value of this one????
My question is....they purchased it for 770k....and she said that they'd be selling it for around a million.....after spending 1 million on it....... what's the point of this in general if they'd be losing money on it??
@@twdjt6245 did you even watch the end of the video? They profited over 500k
To make money obv. Welcome to capitalism
@@DeeAy09 Funny, most of that profit was b/c of the second house.
There is no such thing as historic value. No one would buy a house that looks like the original
Anybody else’s Tuesday just get better when they saw that the Austin Flipsters posted?! Mine did 😊
Yesss
YES!!! Thank you!
Can’t wait for more
I love their videos ....need more of them
Been looking out for this video
That bonus room would be an amazing art studio. LOVE the all white kitchen and the beautiful lighting. Gorgeous remodel y’all.
Great property. Thanks for sharing the transformation video.
Thanks I hate it! It was a 1930s english tudor. It would have been nice to keep it in the stile maybe add some craftsman and/or some victorian. But you went farmhouse, I'm not a fan of farmhouse and a HATE all white interiors.
Sorry, I prefer the front of the house as it was - no curb appeal on the remodel. Very odd in the neighborhood.
Great stats on this one guys. Well done!
I loved everything. Great job!
I feel like this house doesn’t fit into the Travis Heights neighborhood at all :( I know it’s changing but this house doesn’t even try to blend in
I was literally thinking the same thing.... Like all of the neighbors houses look nothing like this 🤦🏻♀️
You really wrecked this cute house. So sad....
awesome job ,props to the contractors and construction workers that make this possible!
They go the meat n guts..n bones of the project. They do the brain n the skin. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow! Absolutely stunning
I wish I could have toured the house when it was built. Imagine the beauty. I bet they owned the land all around it as well. This barely retains any of the original charm. All to make for a few hundred thousand dollars.
yea... "just" a few hundred thousand dollars. I'm sure you wouldn't do the same if you could.
Pocket doors would have been more desirable than barn doors that belong in barns. Cannot hang pictures on wall with barn doors.
Good point!
More importantly, no light switch plate on the wall, too.
i just can't stand barn doors...
I wish this trend would DIE. They are SO ugly & take up way too much space.
Beautiful inside and out. I love it !!!
What an amazing transformation!!
*deep voice* “But what if I told you, it came with 2 pieces of crap?” Well now... that changes things 😂
lol
00:21:56 "I like how we kept the roofline...yeah, it's true to the original house" first thing I noticed was that they got rid of the cute swoopy roofline from the historical 1930s home. may she RIP. 😔
I am in love with this house is so beautiful!
In the UK we call these 'park homes', because prefab houses are usually only built in purpose made land shares. They are generally frowned upon because we tend to associate them with nasty, cheap fake looking characterless oversized caravans. I was therefore quite surprised to see a prefab building that I really really liked and that has some genuinely loveable character to it.
Imagine my horror then, as I watched it get converted into a nasty cheap fake looking characterless oversized caravan! Wouldn't get 150k for that here. The original would probably sell really well though ironically.
I love how you talked about the finances at the end of the video. It gives the project a touch of reality. Sometimes it's really hard to think about the return of investment when your mind is clouded by the risks and upfront costs - especially for those with little experience in flipping and selling houses.
My only complaint is how little the living room space is compared to the kitchen, but the person buying it probably feels like they won the lottery it's so beautiful 😍
It was amazing, you are the best 👏👏👏👏
Wow, you guys can do magic! It seems that you saved another house-life!
If you touch it, the mother wont come back for it. Best comeback line ever. I'm still giggling.
lol
😂😂😂
That was a good one for sure. Quick witted fellow, he is.
The wonderful character of the entrance is gone. So sad.
Liked it much better before!
@@star999nine I think they're refering to the asymetric sloped roof of the porch, it just looks like a cut and shut frankenstein house now with some random stone cladding.
@@star999nine It's a classic 1930s English cottage style roofline. Perfectly cozy and quintessential of its era. If you can't appreciate that, I don't know what to tell you. I've personally dreamed of owning a house with a roofline like that. Houses with the architecture this house has (or had) look like something out of a fairytale.
@@star999nine You're free to hate it, but that does not justify destroying it. If you hate this style, don't buy a house with it. There are plenty of people who do appreciate this style and plenty of houses with more modern rooflines to go around. Also, English cottage style is very in right now and could easily be accomplished in a modern interior remodel. Look up the Pine and Prospect home as an example.
@@star999nine Did I ever tell you you're not allowed to be critical? It's not like I reported your comment for removal. You're allowed to be critical of the OP's opinion, and I'm allowed to respond to that criticism with my own opinion on the house. Isn't that what we're doing here? It's okay to disagree on things.
And that is one awesome transformation... Wowwwww❤️❤️❤️👍👍
This is a Love It or Hate It home.. Yes it was beautifully renovated.. But quite sad that all the charm & original character was totally gone. And that price! Woah.. Never knew Austin was becoming as expensive as California!
Why does this just feel like a rejected HGTV audition pilot episode?
I came here to say exactly this. The guy is trying wayyyy to hard to be cool and I think she's trying to match his energy and it's not coming off authentic at all.
Why are people bothered that they didn't choose to remodel/preserve the house? It was already gutted from the start
It’s not the interior so much (although they did make it all tacky trendy bullshit) it’s that the old exterior was well designed and had character and charm. The new exterior is full of incongruous design (the stone archway is atrocious). It’s not just that they made something ugly, they had to ruin something beautiful in the process
@@beepboopsloane that old ass ugly house was not beautiful
@@Crazyarchfiend you, me and the original commenter agree on this. And the buyers too.
That old house was an ugly outdated thing on the outside and gutted already on the inside where not damaged by pets. It's an improvement with the changes they made.
@@Crazyarchfiend I also agree, I live in an old neighborhood with lots of great old bungalows and I absolutely love old homes. The old exterior of this was not cute, it was in bad shape, and had probably been changed multiple times. I think people in the comments are living in a little bit of a fantasy world about what is sellable… or even what is truly ‘historical’
@@Crazyarchfiend I also agree, I live in an old neighborhood with lots of great old bungalows and I absolutely love old homes. The old exterior of this was not cute, it was in bad shape, and had probably been changed multiple times. I think people in the comments are living in a little bit of a fantasy world about what is sellable… or even what is truly ‘historical’
Great video! I love how you were able to even include a Mandella Effect into the conversation. Hahahahaha!!!!