@@Joseph-ny5rr i think holmes crew ran into a building that was so bad, that was their only option so they basically tore down the old house and built a new one
I totally saw that coming. He's telling Damon early in the video that they won't be gutting it. I'm thinking right then that Mike was kidding himself. Just from the problems that he found thus far we knew there were major structural problems and the wiring had to be redone. The main plot twist was the asbestos everywhere. They usually just have some wrapping a few pipes. And then we have the basement wall collapsing on top of everything else. This house was an exercise in Murphy's law.
@@misterrichardcFlorida actually makes sense. Considering that it's kinda hurricane central. California surprises me considering the little things called earthquakes
@@misterrichardc While a comparison between blue and red states may have been your intent, you never said so. You only rattled off states by name and noted whether each had home inspection licensure laws. No mention of politics in any manner. So excuse me if I am not a mind reader as to your intent. Go ahead... go back and read your original post that I responded to. I just did and there's no mention of politics. None, zip, zero, nada. So unless you have it in your brain that somehow we are supposed to automatically jump from the topic of home inspections to politics, my premise holds. You see, not everybody in the world is so brain fogged that they automatically filter everything through a political lens. Cool your jets. TRY to forget about politics for awhile (It will do your brain and your heart a whole lot of good). It IS possible to discuss a situation without bringing in identity politics. Yes, a political solution IS called for in order to get educated, knowledgeable, professional inspectors into the market in order to protect we the people, BUT this should be a non-partisan issue because these people are victimizing everybody. Black, white, Asian, Democrats, Republicans, liberals and conservatives, young and old. They don't care about anything but the green so it's way past time for us to set aside our petty (and let's be honest, most of them ARE petty) differences and band together for protection from these criminal predators. It's really just that simple
Love this show and Mike Holmes and his family love watching this show very much I hope to see more of them and you help save more homes big fan of the show great work keep it up every one and be careful and stay safe
I saw a show where Mike and Company helped Frank rebuild his house. Frank had cancer and had financial troubles. Mike remembered all the good Frank did
Thank you for posting this! I don't have HGTV so would have missed seeing the second part. Holmes has posted the first part on his channel Homeful, but not the 2nd part!
You have been my favorite person, because I have learned so much from you. It is so good to see you back, so I can learn more. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge.
That's a complete rebuild, well done. It's such a long set of stairs from the main floor to the bedrooms, tho. I might've tried to work in a mid-way landing.
When the front porch fiasco was revealed it was time to start tracking down ALL of the Jagoffs who worked on this house down to chain them to something at the building codes office with these two episodes running on a 50" TV with surround sound for all to see.
Every single show that I see when Holmes is involved, his lead supervisor Bennet plus the super crew that function so well with each other. I think I am jealous of the loyalty that they have to Mike and Damon, I think that a lot of contractors would love to see the same thing BUT some of them turn greedy by either doing the job wrong, doing it cheap with inadequate materials, and mostly without permits. That should be a very big NO NO!! Be wise people and beware of those rogues who initially started the disaster where Mike and his crew, Do it Right! Good job guys,
It's weird to me that in Canada and the US, people use roofing materials which we in the UK would only use on a shed. We use actual real tiles on houses. My house is 63 years old and still has the same roof it was built with, and it'll never need replacing.
its partially cost and need, shingles usually last 10-20years , which heck many people dont even stay living in the same house that long. my 1000sqft house+300sqft garage cost about 9-10,000$ to redo the roof. although might have been cheaper as my uncle's company did the work so had a little discount. But it also might do with weather, in my area its tons of snow in winter, with temperatures down to -40c, and strong storms in the summers with 60+mph winds and hail. with temperatures at or above 40c, tile might handle the temps but the roof weight might be too much when you add the snow load, and not sure how well the tile handles high winds and hail as well. But then again i can see most of our homes are built for speed and cost, so at least with newer homes some things just dont last as long.
When it comes to home inspections ; you can only look at what is visable ! The crap inside the walls and floors and soforth ,you can't see ! Of course if you going to buy a house with an open consept design " 1) find out if that was built that way OR it the house was renovated to give it the open concept design !
i figure you've probably (hopefully) been able to purchase your first home, but there's a series called "holmes buy it right" where he's actually in the states helping people buy homes and he walks through everything and it is solely focused on what to look for, what the costs would be, is it worth it, how much to ask for, etc.
one of the biggest things to learn and remember from this show: Always get an INDEPENDENT home inspector with proper credentials. Do not ever, EVER rely on a home inspector recommended or partly paid for by sellers. That by itself is a huge red flag to me after watching this show. If you're paying, the inspector is more certainly inspecting to protect you. if the seller is paying even part of it, the inspector is likely trying to maintain a relationship with seller or realtor, and won't be brought in again if he scares a buyer away from buying a house. So will more likely gloss over and not mention things that are important.
It could of been the episode where Mike shows everyone how to build a new house. If the baby is a boy his name should be Mike, because he didn't scream and run away when he figured out how bad the house was.
Mike, do you go back to the contractor and inspector to pay for everything that they did wrong? If not, how are you reimbursed for everything that you repair in the homes? You are more than welcome to come to Ludington, Michigan!! Lol.
I forgot how Goddam good Mike Holmes & his crew was... Just quality work throughout. Makes you wonder what happened or happens to the POS that did the shoddy job, they had to correct.
This was heart breaking to see how ppl can cheat someone just for money. Personally I would make their life a living hell. I would have taken pictures and post them in the news paper with the builders name.
I know at least in the US it's very very difficult to do that. you'd have to go the route of talking to an investigative reporter and even then if there aren't enough other people, say they only did it to two out of a hundred, they could pass the buck and sue you for defamation. it sucks its that way...but the laws are set to protect the business vs the client. i know this is something that mike has spent years trying to change and he's had some progress but people are slow to change and people suck.
If the house inspectors wrote everything down of whats wrong with the house probly over half of the houses would not sell.that tells you they got a deal goin with the realtors or some dont care or arnt smart enough.
I know this is an old episode..but if this was my house....I would be absolutely pissed. I wonder...How much did the homeowners had to pay vs what Mike Holmes assisted with. There has to be some legal remedies for the homeowners in this. You would think that the home seller would be liable for such a disaster/unsafe home. UGH!
If I had the money I would demolish and start new. The problem is who would do the job! Imagine you pay for a new house and the contractors do the same thing and build a crappy /make up house.
I actually cried watching this seeing these poor people have to go through this I hope they got some financial help and was able to Sue or hold someone liable for all problems they had with the house . I'd like to know if they did get or were able to Sue or to pull someone reliable for the terrible work that somebody else did before they bought it
This is another déjà bad house. The seller sold the house for a profit. Before buyers buy houses, they should sit down and watch all the old Mike Holmes' videos, to learn the pitfalls, and ask the questions. If the seller hedges on the questions, they could be hiding something. Buyers should hire a professional inspectors/contractors to inspect the property. It is better to get constructive (...no pun intended) input, than none at all. Mike said the repairs will cost $300K. Where did the couple get all that money for the repairs?
My biggest question is who foots the bill for all of this and the other episodes where so much is having to be done to correct contractor and "inspector' screw-ups?
if someone were to really pay for this fix, i think would have been better to jsut tear it down and start over. but they need content for the show so expense is no consideration
@@barnabus1976 For the last month, I thought I was losing my hearing, because I could not hear the audio on the Holmes videos. I read the comment on another Holmes video a few days ago.
I have always enjoyed your show. And you pointed out all the things people down wrong and you make them correct I think that is just phenomenal. But I grew up in flooring carpet vinyl tile wood. And I’ve seen where you’ve replaced a lot of wood floors and what you’ve tore out parquet floors and you’ve made things right. But never once and I mean never once have I seen anyone install carpet correctly on your show. The other put the tack strip too far from the wall. Tax trip which was originally named tactless strip(that’s another story) is not designed for the nails in the tack strip to hold all of the weight of the carpet if it’s installed correctly. Carpet is not to be installed with the knee kicker. My knee kicker is designed to be used crossways and hallways are in small closets. You were to use a power stretcher to install carpet properly how tight do you stretch carpet you stretch it right up to the tearing point and not beyond. The tighter the carpet the longer it will last. I notice you love to use reborn pad. Yeah it’s cheaper and it’s lightweight and the guys can grab it and just move it around real easy glue it down staple it down all they’re happy and they throw the carpet on it and he kick it in and run that’s throwing carpet in that’s not installing it. Roberts actually makes a foamed rubber pad that is guaranteed for the life of the house reborn pad is not the foamed rubber pad or what a lot of people like to call waffle pad actually allows your vacuum cleaner to work properly. Because it allows air to flow through the carpet. Enough ragging about the carpet because I do like your show but one of the other things I seen that drives me nuts because for the last 25 years I’ve been a fire alarm technician. And I noticed you guys put in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and install them on the ceiling. Cover monoxide is heavier than air End it settles to the floor. A carbon monoxide detector should be installed no higher than a plug outletit and smoke detectors should be replaced every 10 years because there is a lifespan so if they sit on the shelf for five years that means they’re only good for five years installed. There’s a few other things but most of what you do is good it’ll be great to see the rest of the things done right. And yes there should be a smoke detector in every bedroom and in the corridor hallways point of egress and it’s best if you have the ones with the lights that shine down on the floor so that the children can find their way out of the house in the advent I have an alarm, a faults or real fire. Could not find a number to call you and I really didn’t like putting this out so everybody can see it but I do like to show you do good things and like you said you can’t know it all. So I thought I would share some information with you. Mike I hope you actually get to read this. God bless
Mike Holmes (Sr.) is nearly non-existent in this series. Why does it carry his name other name "money naming rights?" Holmes Inspection minus Holmes. Appearing only when credit is laden doesn't support the name or emphasis of the series.
I realize that your comment is a year old, but FYI Mike got injured right around the time of this episode. He wasn't physically able to do as much anymore.
I love how Mr. Holmes come's in as a nice family dog when he meet's the owner's. The owner's leave and Mr. Holmes turn's into an attack dog off the leash. They rip it down to stud's and rebuild it right from the ground up.
Methed up!! Wow how is this allowed.. these people are talking a mile a minute.. i have never ever in my life have i ever never seen such a spun crew! All guy's too.