Eventually, Tricia hires a landscaper who agrees to update the yard for about $5,000. While Tricia and Denise work hard on the renovation, their progress on the backyard is slow. Turf can make a small yard feel big This backyard needed some work. Suddenly, this small patio feels like a huge extension to the living room, creating what seems like one giant living space. So even though the house doesn't have a big yard, the buyers are going to walk in, they're going to feel like they can hang out there." These doors give buyers a great view to the yard.ĭenise and Tricia take El Moussa's advice, putting in large sliders that lead to a cozy back patio.
"You get some exterior light, you have a fire pit, you have a seating area. "Right here should be some type of a slider system or bi-fold doors," El Moussa says.
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Create an easy flow outdoors Turning these windows into doors means easy access to the backyard.Īlthough this house has many great attributes even before renovation begins, a big backyard is not one of them.Įl Moussa has tips for making the yard feel more usable, such as replacing the living room windows with doors. Tricia and Denise keep the tub as is, but this ends up being a good lesson in design priorities. In the end, the cost, it just isn't worth it." "So you're talking more materials, more labor, more time. "Replacing the tub now means ripping out and redoing the tile," he says. He says these two seemed to have put more thought into the dog bath than this en suite bath, but it's too late to change the feature. "If it was a little bit wider and a little bit taller, it would have just felt like luxury, you know?" This bathtub is way too small for a house at this price. "We're in a million-dollar house in the primary bathroom," El Moussa says.
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Take note, would be flippers! An off-center fireplace can look intentional Tarek El Moussa checks out Denise and Tricia's fireplace. Here's how El Moussa helps his novice flippers reach some compromises and get through their flip in one piece. Unfortunately, these two friends can't seem to agree on anything-which makes this renovation drag on and balloons their renovation budget far past what's comfortable.