Mike Holmes Rescues Sian's Overhanging Home | Holmes on Homes S210 

Mike Holmes you're one of the reasons why I started in the construction industry when I watched you as a teenager and I'm 48 years of age and I'm still going when I do my jobs I do my best to help people that is the first most important part of my profession

Mr Holmes is well worthy of Respect.

I would love to see a series where they go after the contractors and inspectors involved in these total disasters! HGTV are you listening? lol....love that the contractor got wind and dropped the lien and paying half the engineering...sounds like they are trying to pray away a lawsuit they would very likely lose...and I hope the owners sue them anyway!

The sound disappeared near the end, sadly.

I remember being so Damn ANGRY when this episode came out!!

We need a whole world of 'Mike's '.....why can't the men of this world be as honorable as Mike Holmes?

I laugh when I hear that the contractor got wind of Holmes on Homes coming in to fix it and backtracked to the point of not only dropping the lien, but paying half the engineering cost. He knows damned well that if it goes to court and Holmes testifies, his ass is grass. Quite flatly if it had gone to court I'd love to have seen the provincial overseers of the code inspectors come in and have to look at it. Quite flatly, the local inspector should have lost his ****ing job for approving that. Also, as @jimbrand2806 noted: sound cuts in and out for the last 3 minutes, then vanishes.

She and her husband have four children, three of them teenagers who likely all want their own room in this modest house. The son probably prefers having his own room in the basement. They spent a lot of money in order to create a usable basement, but it went horribly wrong. I cannot understand some of the comments here which accuse her of not caring for her children. I was happy to have my own room in the basement (which I concreted and built with my father) as a teenager. Is it so unusual to live in a basement room in the US or Canada? Sadly Holmes did only half a job for this family in the two weeks given to him by producers and did not complete the basement in this 2004 episode. In a 2010 episode they had seven weeks to fix the termite house and spent US$150,000!

Been a while since we’ve seen an episode with Mike on the tools. Excited to watch this whole episode.

Another great job..So glad an honest guy stepped in..

I feel badly for the owners spent their money dealing with the engineers and inspectors. It caught Mike off the guard when he noticed everything weren’t structural properly. It was scary to think that the house could fall through. Mike and his crew had to make sure the basement was stabled properly. It took them a while to finish everything in timely. Good job to Mike and his team.

You can tell that the kids even feel better about the house. That's what it's all about.

When MIKE HOLMS comes to negotiate... that also means he might end up as an expert witness in a countersuit... so yha, you settle, you settle FAST.

Thank you Mike and your Crew. For making it Right

Mike needs to expose the contractors and inspectors names to let people know not to hire them, if that is allowed in Canada

I'd like to know what happened with the lien and the suit. I wish they would make a follow up show of those they have helped over the years to show how their work has held up and how the families are doing now.

Audio issues at the end from 21:08 to the end of the video. Same thing happens on this episode during the live stream.

Back in the mid 00's I worked for a guy who did foundations. He had one job to raise an old house by about 2-1/2 feet to give a walkable basement, and to replace the crumbling fieldstone foundation. Before the contract was even drawn up he talked to the guy and told him that all of his house would be strained, and he would level at least the first floor. Then came the engineering drawings, the permits, and the purchase of a trailer full of 100 ton bridge jacks, the rental of a mini skid steer to avoid killing laborers with wheelbarrow loads of stones and concrete. The job took months, and afterward there were cracked windows to replace, doors to replace that had been planed over decades to fit out-of-square frames, the roof had to be repaired. - The homeowner was happy even with the stuff that was damaged to make the house level, because he signed the contract forewarned of the potential.

Sian seems like a charming lady, but she was definitely taken advantage of by her contractor. Hopefully somebody will help her out and sue the contractor and the inspector because they are totally unqualified to do their jobs.

You lost sound the last 3 minutes !!!!! Good work making their home safe & warm !!!!!

As an American, I'm so jealous of all the robertson screws Canadians have access to. I have a few of them in my place I'm building, but I also have phillips #2, I also have T20, T25, T30, and 1/4 inch hex drive structural screws.

Amazing the things people do.

The sound cut out near the end I wish I heard what they were saying about the finished product.

“I wouldn’t have lifted this house up…”. BUT I’m here now so I’ll overlook that and do it anyway. Any house can be lifted. There is absolutely no reason to not lift that house. Houses like that get MOVED everyday. Holmes isnt always right.

For someone who is a giver of her time and talents, this poor lady got totally abused.

I've said it before and Ill say it again, CANADA! ya got a good one there, eh!

Someone was using the back-push of the electrical receptacles instead of putting the conductors under the screw. It's approved by the NEC, but I can tell you, that connection sucks.

The last several minutes of the video of the audio cut out. You may want to re-upload this video....

How far are we going back?? Wayyy back Thanks for sharing

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Really wish they'd have done more for this family, but their cost-sharing structure means even grace is apportioned by wealth.

wonder what mike does with all the pics and stuff he gets from various home owners he helped over the years

query...?? WHY is the boy living in the basement...she only has the one child, and I'm sure, at a minimum, that that is a two bedroom home..so why was he not upstairs with her..??

There are audio issues near the end of the episode.

Did the inspectors actually inspect or just sign off on it from the plans submitted.

I don’t understand why would anyone do a job that they can’t do it right the first time. I really can’t understand how an inspector missed all the problems. He missed everything. Wow! That blows my mind.

I love what you do but it kinda sucks that you that you could'nt finish it for her and the kids.

I cannot believe the builder or the town allowed hen nuttiness to live in the house while it was lifted…

I would have fought that shit so hard in court. They'd either be fixing the house or buying me a new one.

I'd keep all the information for Mike and take that company to court they did unsafe work and sue the company who referred them. It was an all around con job.

Why was the sound muted at the end of this video?

The inspector should have his license revoked. What a waste of money. tearing the structure down and rebuilding would be the only thing that made sense. No one should have lived in it while they destroyed the house. great job, Mike does a fantastic job of fixing horrible projects.

how did industry canada allow this? if in usa osha won have should them down, a lot of insurance companieswould have sued them

If a government inspector passes a job that doesn’t meet code they should be required to cover the cost to fix it

This might be one of the worst disasters that Mike had to rectify. The owner should have filed a complaint with the department where that inspector worked, and provided photos and details of all the structural errors that the inspector passed. In hindsight, she should have called the television media. They would have shown the disaster on TV, and the contractor and subcontractors would have been identified.

no sound at the end

Where is the man of the house?!?!

@15:04: I always found Frank's electrical criticisms and work a little questionable, but very surprised to see him use back-stabs on a receptacle. That's just shoddy.

Mike, do you ever go to court as a witness if the owners sue the contractor(s) or in this case the City inspector?

Sounds like they can sue the contractor and the inspector

“Backstabbing” electrical outlets 15:05 is not professional! Been to countless service calls over the years where they have failed and almost caught fire!

lifted a house? how Insane! 😡

she needs to sue the construction company.. and get every thing back

This is first time I saw Mike not care about the home owner. Very disappointed Mike!

why is the young son in the basement?

Criminals are everywhere trust nobody!!!!!¡

Prettybad when you can't depend on your Building Dept.

Mike you should have done the right thing and finished that basement, That's a little lame. It wouldn't have taken much more. This woman is a needy woman. She looks like she needs a man's shoulder to help her out a bit.

It's despicable that we collectively tolerate laws that allow contractors to get away with this garbage.

FEMA paid my parents half the cost of raising their house 8 feet. When we could finally walk into it, I could feel that I was walking downhill as I entered the kitchen. She should have sued and took the scum to the cleaners.

They said she asked for a crappy job so what did she expect? Sarcasm

how about they give her all her money back and going out of business

She’s teaching her children that they are not important to her. Her children will leave her when they are of legal age

Personally I'm upset with the mother because she allowed her son to sleep down in that basement! Seem like she cared more about giving to others than her own. I agree with the children when you are faced with despair your family comes first.

*You need to Re-edit this film and put back the missing voices from **21:13*

what does her husband do? not work?

I bet $50 she voted for Trudeau. Seems very liberal.

For once I'm disappointed in you Mike. You did just as much of a half hearted job as the contractor before you. I thought I heard you say in one of your other shows you either complete a job FULLY or you don't do it at all. That didn't look like a complete job at all. Very disappointing Mike Holmes.