House Flippers Completely DESTROYED This House! 

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I've been in the game for 30 years and believe me, flipping houses has burdened the buyer and the costruction industry with lousy workmanship and hidden problems!

It's fascinating how flipping has almost become a dirty word in a really short time thanks to all the substandard work being done out there.

I used to love watching house flipper type shows, until I realized just how horrendous it is, not just because of the messes they leave for the new owner, but also how much it affects the affordability of the housing market. Thank you for doing what you do, bringing awareness, and helping these home owners.

Lived this nightmare myself. Prior to us buying the house we live in there was a small fire in the pantry closet. The homeowner was able to put it out with a garden hose. Fire damage was minimal except for the smoke. However, the water damage was tremendous. The “restoration” contractor didn’t remove any of the wet sheet rock or replace any of the scorched stud framing. After a slight drying out he convinced the homeowner to cover all the damage with wallpaper. I discovered all this when doing a renovation of the downstairs bathroom and laundry room where all the water had run into. After tearing out all the rotted sheetrock and scorched framing, I found a massive mold problem. Tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of man hours later I had it all fixed or so I thought. The wallpaper was ugly so we started tearing it out and found all the smoke damage. That started another project. All done because of a lazy restoration company and a cheap homeowner

I definitely enjoy this type of content. That's really cool of you to work with the property owners and their tight budget. They are very lucky to find someone who can help them do it right. 👍

When we bought our house, our real estate agent advised against buying a flipped house. Too many potential pitfalls. Unfortunately, people with morals always end up paying for those without them.

It’s so scary not knowing exactly what you’re buying and getting into when purchasing a flipped home. Thank you for your honesty and integrity with you’re work!

luckily I worked for my uncle who was an agent and a house flipper, I learned how to do alot of work. Im currently a real estate agent and can spot hidden issues and I've protected my clients from a bunch of terrible flips. I also managed to find a very competent home inspector who has a construction background as well.

In all the merch you have, isn't there a workforit coffee mug with a sippy cup lid on it so you don't spill in the truck ? 😏

I love to see how much you care about your clients and the amount of pride you have in your work. Definitely an example to be better than we are as people.

I have a limited knowledge of construction standards, but even I was shaking my head at how many construction sins they found! The PVC/drain work alone was insane… I mean, taping over one end of a T fitting?!?!? WTF?

When looking at houses during the most recent housing insanity, I’m thankful that our real estate agent pointed out flips. One house looked good and after the second time of her saying it was a flip, I got the message. From that point on, I refused to look at a house that had been purchased at the past couple of years.

Love this type of content. It's good to see someone else with good work ethic that cares about their trade and building and construction and wants to help people when they can. It's also good to see someone else educating people about the realities of construction and renovation. Keep up the good work bro.

Wow that is nuts. Sad that people are out there cutting corners that seriously. Thanks for coming in and doing it right. You the man and your crew is freaking awesome.

I learned real quick that cutting corners to save costs will end up being a hell of a lot more expensive in the long run. This applies to anything be it vehicles, a building project or anything else that would require a sizable chunk of money. Also.. im shocked that work supported the weight of your mini

The more of these that I watch, the more I would live in a neighborhood with Karens running the HOA then living in a flipped house. Keep up the work exposing these frauds and protecting home buyers

I just came across this video and stayed because you can see how much you actually enjoy your work and care. I stopped looking for a house because most are flipped in my area and they look so bad, or have a crazy HOA (that is whole other thang). I feel like I learned so much. Thanks! Can't wait to watch what else you got!

Whoever did the pre sale inspection should be held liable if it wasn’t noted

I'm happy you're trying to help, but at the same time I think that house is a complete loss. That pool/hillside combo is going to completely destroy the house sooner than later.

I’m new to the channel, but wanted to say I like these job site videos, your explanations, your editing, your attitude, and I like series (just watched all four parts!). I hope the RU-vid algorithm continues to promote your videos because you deserve it! Keep up the good work!

I'm not a contractor, but I understand construction. When I bought my home 2 years ago in the Austin area, I saw many obvious flips. It was amazing how terrible some of the visible stuff was. I can't even begin to imagine how bad what I couldn't see was. I only saw one flip that was very well done. They did remove every tub from the house though which is a no no. Bad flipping should be a crime.

I've been contacted by flippers who watched WAY too much HGTV. I'm an electrician by trade and the last flipping couple had put up the new drywall with no insulation, plumbing or any type of inspection and wanted me to go down on price for what was effectively a retro-fit job. I mentioned to them things like inspections and that a future home inspector (even an amateur) would see the hideous mistakes that they were making. I don't know what's going to happen and I don't really want to know.

In my early days as a homeowner, I always balked at the estimates provided by professionals for work to be done. Now, years later, I understand why those quotes are what they are. I appreciate the care and expertise that people like this bring to projects.

Man, the amount of care you guys are taking to make sure everything gets done correctly is awesome. Here in MIssissippi contractors will cut EVERY corner they can. I had to go out back and pick up nails, and roof debris from my dogs pen because the roofer that was hired never went back there. I had my dog inside while they were here. Made sure they were able to go back there, but they never did. They also didn't setup any tarps to catch debris and nails as they came off the roof. I still find nails in my yard and the new roof was finally finished in February lol.

It’s sad people can actually take advantage of others. These homeowners were probably so happy they got a very nice home and then to have it all go to crap. At least they’re in good hands now. Honestly they do have a beautiful home and once everything is fixed hopefully it’ll be the home they wanted.

you are so right about home inspectors! He didn't look at the gas fireplace, or any of the fireplace, missed a ROOF LEAK, and a host of other issues. What a scam.

Videos like this a definitely step 1 in letting buyers know some things to look for, and to be wary….thanks for doing them. There will unfortunately always be a money incentive to cut corners while building or renovating, and some will do so. Step 2 should be getting flippers out of the housing market as much as possible, as they cause huge problems for the many who just want to buy a house to live in.

I hate flippers. Ruining the housing market in SOCAL I think.

I grew up with parents who basically house flipped our homes every 4-5 years as way to move up from a really bad neighborhood to a really nice house on 25 acres over the course of 20 years. What I saw entering the workforce, though, were exceptionally greedy people who saw the profit people like my parents were making and decided to do what greedy people always do. I was going to buy a house that had been flipped and learned that the "construction" company that remodelled the house just built new walls and floors over top of the fire and water damaged interior of the house. I actually got the city to condemn the house because of things like that and literally nothing between the drywall and the outside, in some parts, except for exterior vinyl siding.

I was a safety inspector for 6 years and that retaining wall looks like exactly the same kind of situation that caused my first fatality investigation. A crew was demolishing stairs that led to subgrade units in a 4 plex with a CMU retaining wall that was failing because it wasn't grouted or reinforced in any way. Well what the contractor failed to identify was that the staircase being tied in overhead to the rest of the structure was literally the only thing holding the center of the wall together. When his crew took that away, a 16 foot segment of the 5 foot wall gave way and unfortunately one of them was caught underneath. Poor workmanship isn't just frustrating, it can literally kill people.

This is why my friend took me with her when house shopping instead of her husband most of the time. Her focus is how would I live in this space. Mine was whats going to break or is already broken. Realtor is selling to her and I'm in the previous rooms half crawling into cabinets looking for water damage. She was amused by my glee when leaving one house as I was showing my photo list of all the issues with the electrical literally coming out of the walls in places wires have no business being and still finishing up with as we were driving away 'oh look the chimney is broken half off too'. Yeah we did not go back to that one even though the husband kind of liked it. So yeah note for others if you know someone in construction bring them with. If you don't, see if one of your friends went through a special interest phase :D

Honest business owners are rare but you are going above and beyond!!!

Thank you for giving your grounds crew a shout out. It aggravates me no end for content providers not to mention the backbone of the job. Love your channel.

Love these types of videos. Educational and seeing the end result is always the cherry on top. Thanks for sharing!

I learned a lot from listening to you. Thank you for educating the public. I don't know how anyone but a person with NO CONSCIOUS could build a mess like this. Even to the naked eye of an inexperienced person, this is the sloppiest work I've ever seen on the outside(stucco) of a house.

Probably be better to hire a independent home inspector rather than depend on the realtors and try to find past building inspection permits to see if past work that was done and approved by the building department. Very informative video, nice work.

The home owner should be able to find out who flipped it and take them to court

I bought a house in CA that had been flipped at one point. Tons of problems, including a DIY bathroom renovation that included cut-through floor joists on the second floor -- just so they could run the plumbing. Lots of other problems too, but that was the most dangerous. Getting permits in CA is such a problem (and expensive) that most homeowners just hire a guy with no license and no permits. The quality of work is what you'd expect. If an inspector finds anything in the house out of code (including stuff that has nothing to do with the permit), they will force you to fix it.

Love how you respect and appreciate your workers 👍

I love all the content on this channel. loved the luxury blind build lately too. Still not sure how you're not already at 1.35M subscribers instead of the current count. Always a solid watch!

I love your work ethic and the explanations you give for why you do what you do.

God Bless You for being so good and honest ! This is coming to you from Quebec Canada!

Great video, great job showing the homeowner you understand the problem. The three most important words for a property: drainage, drainage and drainage!

Your a good man and excellent contractor Ryno. I feel bad for those homeowners and hope they get this issue resolved quickly. Wish there was a way they could go after the flipper but we all know it's next to impossible.

Do you guys have Building Inspectors out there? I have not heard you ever mention the inspection process or seen them on your job sites. Here in South Carolina most of these issues wouldn't happen because of mandatory inspections.

You know things are going to get done proper when the contractor is confident enough about the work to upload it for all of the world to see. If this saves one person from making the same mistake the upload is incredibly valuable I bet at least 90% of home inspectors would not see these red flags.

Keep this kind of video's coming. They're really enjoyable to watch

Seeing that pool full of water, with an excavator running next to it and making the other side of the walkway hollow is a bit scary to see. Especially knowing the "quality" the flipper put into those modifications. That is a LOT of pressure that pool puts on that thin path.

The dirt bank behind the pool would worry me! I hope you can come back and fix it correctly. Great content Ryno!

Nice to see there's still good guys out there looking out for homeowners. Keep up the great work!

I have found gate city foundations here on youtube based in N Carolina I think and he sees things like this so often there too. Its amazing to see you and your company doing this as well in the effluent area of S Cali. I lived there for 3 years love the are abut way to expensive for me. But I for one appreciate the work you do and I hope your customers do as well. KEEP up the good work you do, reputation is worth all the effort in the world!

If they wanted to make a big patio between the house and the pool they should have used pressure-treated wood. And if it's made in 6' sections it'll be heavy enough to stay in place as long as you have some sort of hooks to rest on along the wall and pool. Here in Norway it's uncommon to have concrete all the way up to the building walls. You can usually see the gravel that's part of the drainage around the building. And between the gravel and the wall we use plastic dimple mats.

Ryan, awesome content! Your channel is definitely one of the best that I watch since you hit on so many different things. You cover your professional side but then the fun stuff as well while remaining humble. I really like that you always give props to the crew by calling them out by name. Keep it up! "Work For It"

I love this sort of content. Would love to see more of your jobs in the sort of detail

Just seeing that structure built against that steep hillside should be enough of an alert for most buyers to just walk away.

It's crazy to me those flippers are barely held accountable. Sure you'll hear about the occasional case but now that everyone and their mom is ReAl eStAtE iNvesTing!!1 At least tell me SOMEONE is going after them to recover some of the cost? Or are they shit outta luck?

Surprised Ryan doesn't want those broken concrete for the ranches spillway in front of the driveway and road. put that in the deep ditch then put some stones and dirt be more sturdy then before. just a thought! Keep up great work 🤘👊

Abel had me laughing when you pointed out the wall bowing

I have just found your channel and I am a fan . Its nice to see dedication in your workmanship thank you and i look forward to watching all of your content.

This content is the best 👏 I still don’t understand how people don’t hire a actual inspector when purchasing a property. I would rather pay a 120-250 inspection fee then later be stuck with a 30k repair bill

First time seeing one of your videos, really glad to see your approach to the job and doing things right instead of more patch work or something that MIGHT fix the issues like you mentioned about the spray foam inside the blocks. Cool video man, new subscriber. Good luck this year with your work, looking forward to seeing more!

Wow! This is crazy! Thanks for the opinion of inspectors! I am in Canada and the cost is stupid! Especially when you find something that they said wasn’t an issue and it has become an issue shortly after moving in…..there is no repercussions for these inspectors! So why are we paying $800 for this service! So very sad. My neighbour paid for an extensive inspection on their home only to find a huge water leak under there sink that cost them $1000’s of dollars to fix but they couldn’t hold the inspector accountable! So not fair! Great video!

Gonna be cool to see the finished project and happy customers.

Man, I’m just worried about the full pool next to that area you are digging out…. If that were to fail, it would be a disaster!

These are my favorite type of vids. You should start a gofundme to bless these people and help them to pay you to get this job done quicker and done right. I would donate $5-10 to help them out since they’re letting you film

Felt like a just got a crash course on homeowner inspection love it!!

Great video, I liked the time-lapse on day 2. Was cool to watch the hole turn into a pathway.

I enjoy seeing content like this. Not sure why but I find it kind of exciting to me. Unfortunately this happen to my brother and sister-in-law, but not to this extent though. I do look things up like this, because this is intriguing to me. My dad is a civil/structural engineer and I'm a mechanical engineer. I do enjoy seeing properties and seeing what is out there. I like watching those fixer upper shows on TV. I like watching some contractor videos on here youtube and even on tiktok. I live in the DFW area in Texas and I follow this guy who is an inspector and he does inspection videos of new construction homes being built. I have always been skeptical of new homes being built within just a few months. Watching this guys videos and showing how much is wrong or damage to a new construction, which really drive the final nail in the coffin for me of buying a new construction home. That is why I would never buy a new construction home that is being built in a new suburb neighborhood. When my wife and I was looking for a house to buy, because I did not want to be paying rent at an apartment. I want to see value in the dollars that I am spending, instead of just throwing it down the toilet. And renting that is what I was doing. But getting back on track, when my wife and I found a home we want to buy and got it accepted it, my brother and sister in law was like we need to buy a house, and unfortunately for them they want to buy anything that was better than what my wife and I got. They came across a house that was just recently flipped, and when I walk in the house with them, I have told them this is poorly flipped and I would suggest look at something else. Even my father said the same thing. The issues with the house was foundation was not good, the master bedroom had 1 light switch to turn on the pod lights and the ceiling fan. So if you wanted the fan on, then the pod lights would have to stay on. You turn off the pod lights, then the ceiling fan will kick off. Everything was wired to that one switch. The tile in the bathrooms was crack and poorly caulk and sealed. Doors wasn't shutting right and sticking. Flippers move the water heater up in the attic, but the heater was bigger than expected, so they cut the joist so it can fit, and never repaired the cut joist. Pipes were cut and leaking. This is just a few and there are more issues. Like I said, I told them no, and my dad said the same thing, but they insist, and they were the only buyers (figures) to buy the house. And now they are having issues with the house.

As a home inspector I fucking hate most flippers!

Awesome educational video - even for homeowners NOT living in the hilly terrain of Cali! Good stuff.

I don't know a lot of Spanish, but when you showed that man the bowing of the wall...lol

Love the content, really feel for the property owners. This reminds of all the Mike Holmes stuff over the years of him helping homeowners who got screwed.

If someone was to buy a house, could they call you and would you be able to spot things that are gonna fail? I wonder what kind of inspector these folks got to ok this. Seems like a decent contractor would have done a better job telling them to stay away from this.

A nightmare... Who the heck worked on that site before? 😨

Definitely extended to the original patio. Same wall on the other side with a small flat top cap. Bet they just used tapcons to attach the pony wall to the block wall lol. Great content really enjoy these typs of videos.

I’m in Indiana and I have to deal with this kind of stuff every day man. I do the same thing and try to help the customer unlike most companies that just want the money. I get a lot of work bc of my honesty and problem solving skills lol and also great video rhyno! I love the business/construction side of things!

That concrete pour work might have looked decent, but no rebar in any of the slabs they poured either. Guess it makes removal easier though.

I would really like a start to finish on this job you are a great contractor and your workers are great as well keep it up 💯

I feel so bad for the homeowner. Houses are so expensive as it is nowadays, now the added cost of completely re-doing all that work. Yikes.

There needs to be stronger laws to be able to go after sellers who knowingly hide this stuff…they knew it wasnt permitted….they knew it wasnt to code…that needs to be disclosed…

Fucco the stucco guy 😂🤣😂 ,

years ago I saw an episode of a houseflipper program ( probably on tlc) and the epi featured a couple that took on houseflipping....but they both had zero experience in construction......I always wondered how houses would end up if it gets flipped by someone with zero knowledge and experience. I just saw the answer on my question; exactly as I already thought years ago when I saw that episode.

The swimming pool above the house is making me nervous.

Good timing for the video. I'm looking for my first house right now, I've seen 8 so far #9 tonight after work. I'm a welder so not really sure what I'm looking for other than the major stuff like roof and foundation. I Appreciate you pointing out things to look for.

The time laps with music was a great addition especially once that ladder was moved out of the frame.

I have a cousin who tried house flipping. There was a crack in a basement wall you could stick your hand in and touch dirt. They filled the crack with newspaper and plaster then painted over it. Totally pathetic

I'm sure many tears have been shed over this. My heart goes out to the family.

its nice to see you treat your fellow employees with respect, shout out to the raza working in construction

Good stuff. appreciate the detail and too see what it takes to fix it. even a temp fix.

I looked at a house the other day. They definitely flipped it. They built a garage and the roof was as wavy as the ocean 😅

Great vid! After watching this, it makes me glad I am retired as a remodeling carpenter. One of my pet peeves was people who are too lazy and stupid to move their furniture out of the way when having major work done; not to mention removing house plants off the sill of a wall being replaced. These folks didn't even bother to remove their Christmas lights. I guess they figure you could go ahead and do it for them and then if something gets damaged, give you all kinds of grief about it. Best of luck to you, and carry on!

Learned allot from this one. Please Keep them coming.

Always love constructing vids, also thanks for explaining the what and whys

The smile on your guy at 29:00 when he was showing how awful the pipes fit together and when he said "Si" was so fuckin adorable and funny. Dude's just having a massive laugh at how bad the flippers were.

I am glad you were able to help. I paid a Minister recommended Guy who after getting paid 45,000. $ he walked off, moved, and couldn't be found. nothing was finished. The house is now uninsurable, unable to get a mortgage. {owned free and clear now can' get a loan to repair it.} When I die it won't be the inheritance, it will be condemned...disabled and MS is causing brain damage I can only be happy my funeral is prepaid. My son will be homeless. I guess I got flipped without trying to flip it

when you mentioned the wall below grade and how it was block wall I went "What I would have done to build the wall would be to build a frame with rebar, pour concrete and then backfill. though you would have to dig quite a bit below the house to ensure the wall doesnt move....

So knowledgeable at your age, man. I'm in my mid 20s trying to be like you. Got a late start as a tradesman but I hope I can make the most of it

New SUB here great video and Abel is a star, Pay him well, does a great job in the hole. Hard to find good help like him. Been a business owner for decades.

We once had a good home inspector that took a hose and ran water down some of the exterior drains to see if they worked. In that case they worked fine.