A quiz for all you home enthusiasts to enjoy: Which of these projects will help make your home more secure, according to experts? A. Trimming trees B.Enhacing outdoor lighting C. Reinforcing Windows D. All of the above

@thisgarbageiscoralgable.88

Жыл бұрын

Plus a new roof, all framing, furring, plumbing, electrical, etc.

@patpeters6331

Жыл бұрын

D

@alankonfirst9712

Жыл бұрын

Stevescompresstionsocks

@jangrahame4891

Жыл бұрын

All of the above

@davidskeensr169

Жыл бұрын

All the above

That part with Damon on the swing saying 'it was just a leak it was just a leak' cracked me up again after all these years of seeing it from the first time

@demonknight7965

10 ай бұрын

I love Damon. He's a trip.

@ShackleYT

4 ай бұрын

i'd love for this to be a gif

@anthonyslazas6413

5 күн бұрын

Damon a really good guy he goes above and beyond just like it was for him or somebody he knows.

They took advantage of that girl. Can't even guess why the home inspector caught none of that. She is truly blessed to have you on her side!

@helicitywx

Жыл бұрын

The only reason I can think of is that the inspector might've been paid off to make the sale go smoother.

@sidjbel

Жыл бұрын

@@helicitywx You'd be surprised how often this happens, especially to very first time home buyers.

@helicitywx

Жыл бұрын

@@sidjbel Oh, I knew about this already. The world of home inspection can be a shady and creepy place.

@Guillotines_For_Globalists

Жыл бұрын

They often miss a lot of BIG issues but nitpick the SMALL issues that they can see. And their reports are FULL of liability waivers and disclaimers.

@Smart-Towel-RG-400

Жыл бұрын

One thing you never want to do is take a recommendation from the sellers agent

There’ve been some episodes where Mike took the home inspector to court. This should have been one of them.

@homefultv

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we love that episode! We release full episodes every Monday and Wednesday, featuring shows such as Holmes on Homes, Best of Holmes on Homes, Holmes Inspection, and more!

@emeltea33

Жыл бұрын

Whoa, I'd like to see that one.

@paulready8897

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@williammoore4101

Жыл бұрын

@@homefultv Which episode is that? I'll go watch it and put a thumbs up on that one lol

@fredericpaquin1469

Жыл бұрын

Should be the City home inspector should be taking to court

with a totally straight face she asks 'did you happen to find any socks' and Mike just cracks up 🤣🤣

I don't have cable anymore and I was so happy to run across this on KZread! I just love Mike and I always used to watch him when I had cable.....this was and is the only show worth watching!! ❤❤❤💋💋💋💋

I used to love watching Mike Holmes on the television, he is a great builder.

@homefultv

Жыл бұрын

We have more classic and new series coming soon!

@scruffy6151

Жыл бұрын

​@@homefultv sweet.

@joea5183

Жыл бұрын

Overbuilds but that is the way I do it as well. Future proof as much as possible!

@goldenhate6649

Жыл бұрын

He overbuilds because the people got absolutely screwed.

@therabbits69

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenhate6649 He overbuilds so it's done right.

What gets me is that the prior owners must have known about some of this, and they never disclosed it. I could never, in good conscious, sell a place that would be unhealthy and such a safety hazard. That place was ready to catch fire at any time in several ways. The bathroom floor was ready to go. The dryer vent in the garage would allow carbon monoxide to go back in the house. What a mess, and she thought it only needed a little bit of cosmetic work done. Mike Holmes and his crew are always the absolute best. It's great to see them again! The hugs are great at the end!

@user-hn6sk5fw4g

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. The first home I bought my home inspector didn't catch 2 major items. When I went to sell the buyer's home inspector caught them. Both were structural items. Two roof trusses were cut into making them useless; and in the basement there was a crawl space that was being supported by nothing but loose large rocks.

That poor young lady looks like she was about to faint with the walk through after the demolition. Glad that Mike and his team could help her. Yikes!

Thank God for honorable men like Mike and his son!

Thank you all for helping that poor lady who clearly got defrauded.

My son had a "home inspection" on a house he bought a couple years ago. After he moved in, we found so many thing that were over looked. What a racket.

I can just see and feel her emotion, Thank you for all that your team does for those that can’t.

@demonknight7965

10 ай бұрын

I loved her. She was so animated and excited. She was super cute 😊. Loved this episode. Enthusiasm and energy like hers is just soo infectious

Mike should do “Inspector School” to train home inspectors to do what they do better!!

@wleighkst1671

Жыл бұрын

I’d watch it!! ❤️

I have never seen Damon this frustrated! Love the show. They really take care of people and make homes safe again.

Mike ! It's good to see you again. I've missed you. I watched your career for ever, even the trip to New Orleans. Welcome back

To me, having been in construction for well over 35 years, Mike is an absolute Godsend. And his Team, even with the level of stress and malfukkkkktions remain professional, VERY PROFESSIONAL, and they just do the RIGHT THING. This woman is so lucky, and there are literally hundreds of thousands of these problems all across US/Canada due to the unprofessional nature of unethical contractors/handymen. If you think hiring Professionals is expensive, try doing the job OVER with professionals you should have hired to begin with, with signed contracts and everything detailed.

@mujkocka

8 ай бұрын

Totally I value quality and I pay my guy by their time

"It was just a leak, it was just a leak" lmao. The house gave this man depression 😂. Thank you for taking care of the young female 💪

Hello. I used to watch your show years and years ago. You have taught me so much about looking for home issues. Glad I found your channel here. Thank you.

I LOVE this guy! Your problems STOP when Mike Holmes walks in.

Glad to see Mike and his crew again. Been missing his show. Glad there are some honest contractors out there. Most inspectors seem to be be pretty lazy. Had a city inspector in my house for an electrical panel replacement recently and he was rude, unprofessional and didn’t even check anything. Just walked into my house and he didn’t even introduce himself. Love how Mike and his crew always goes above and beyond to help the homeowners.

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

8 ай бұрын

they found her missing sock's🤣🤣🤣

I had never seen your channel until today. I'm so impressed by the kindness, the expertise and the hard work of all those involved. I hope they educated and held the original inspector accountable. It's criminal to think of the thousands of home buyers who get stuck with such an unsafe and damaged home. I and my spouse gutted and remodeled most of the home we bought when we married so I have a knowledge of how much work, care & money went into this job. Kudos to you all. I subscribed to your channel and I'll be watching more episodes. Thank you.

Mike Holmes would make a great housing inspector for he knows how to inspect a house from top to bottom. If anyone can fix a house is Mike Holmes and the guys from This Old House

It's good to see there are people out there,in the world helping others good onya mait

@jakebroesky4409

Жыл бұрын

Its all for money, publicity and ratings. The contractors for the most part are doing a lot of this pro bona for the publicty and recognition. There are no generous people here doing this for free

@susancbaxter8575

Жыл бұрын

She tried to do everything right…researched property and had a home inspector.

I love you Holmes, your honesty, ur compassion, your care, your knowledge!!!!! Please keep moving forward helping others, your crew have also your values! I been missing your show and videos, hope ur back for good! I found you on Utube, be subscribing, I'm learning a lot! God bless everyone in your crew so you can keep blessing others! Love you 💕👍😘

Mr Holmes, im a retired general contractor and I love your programs, keep up your awesome work, love you

Wow, I'm so glad that I found you Mr. Holmes, I'm a retired truck driver of 47 years. When I came home I'd watch you on TV. Then one day you were gone. I accidentally found you on KZread. I'm now a subscriber. It's good to see that you took some stress out of your busy life. I'm glad this young lady was smart enough to call you or to get a second opinion. Great video, keep them coming and I'll keep watching ❤

I love what you guys do for other people and how you fix other people screw ups. I especially love Damon's facial expressions when it comes across one mistake from somebody else and figures. How do we do this? Where do I go from here Damon? I love you guys. You're the best! No wonder homes cause you. You're a riot! Lol

This is why you need to take even a very small water leak very ,very seriously! What started as a simple tub change for cosmetic reasons in our guest bathroom ended with a total doen to the studs rebuild! We found wood rot in the floor joist that led into our dining room as well.we had to replace floor joist ,subfloor, walls and then all the finished floor ,sheetrock etc. You get the idea. It was very expensive. What we found was that it was all caused by the caulking leaking around the tub/shower and a very tiny leak from the shower valve. When I say tiny ,I mean it was so small of a leak it was basically just moist around the valve ,but it did it for years because it was small it didn't get noticed.

@oldtop4682

Жыл бұрын

I learned this the hard way. Fortunately, I could do most of the work myself. I find it wise to pull a toilet every few years, inspect, and then put a new seal under the darn thing (along with new toilet bolts).

@number1pappy

Жыл бұрын

@@oldtop4682 this is a good idea!

@nerdgarage

Жыл бұрын

Mike would have loved the house I grew up in. Due to, uh, repeated, uh, plumbing issues (lets just leave it at that) over the years the bathroom and laundry room floors were toast. Had about the structural integrity of wet toast in fact. But short of a good look in the right places, one could easily miss that fact because everything else was solid, including the floor joists supporting the toast, er floor. We could easily have hidden it when we sold the house, but unlike so many, we made a point of disclosing the issue.

I am truly impressed at how long they can hold their tempers. So glad this lady had help.

Your lead Damon is great I heard him compliment his crew that great boss doesn't take all credit him self . Also how he reacted to having to pull it all out to make it right frustrating as it is shows he has to make it safer and (quoting you make it i right the first time

@mhfuzzball

Жыл бұрын

Listening to Damon in that bathroom was like watching Mike only with dark hair. Mike didn't just raise his son.

Mike Holmes you're an amazing man. Inspiration and genuine love for your fellow citizens. Thank you for your hard work and exposing these fraudsters.

I'm grateful for Mike and Co.there should be a million of him. I feel its the inspectors, if they did their job the home owner would be aware of the stat of home and they shouldn't be allowed to sell

I felt such stress as each new disaster was discovered. Thinking about the thousands of dollars this young woman was possibly looking at to get her home up to code. The inspector and the company should be made to pay for everything that had to be done to her home. I'm so happy that in the end she now has the home she should have moved into in the first place and will now be able to bring her sister's family in to live with her knowing full well that everyone will be safe. Thank you to everyone involved.

I love what Mike and his team did for this young Lady 👍👍👍

Great job ! I can't beleave how much that first inspector missed dam!!!. House came out good.

Doing stuff right; what a concept! Great team (Holmes is amazing)…

I do property maintenance here in the UK and everytime I do repairs I say to myself, what would Mike Holmes make of this we're he here to inspect it!

A friend of mine bought a house 'renovated' by a self-proclaimed handyman. Plumbing, electrical, & HVAC were all nightmares. The energy auditors said they had never seen leakage figures so high. HALF the air was leaking into the attic from improper ductwork, none of which was insulated. The home inspector gave the house a clean bill of health!

Well guys you've been absolutely fantastic what a transformation you've all worked very hard to achieve your goal.she was shocked when she opened the door well done unbelievable skill 😮

I’m happy she was chosen to be on this show. She got screwed over the home inspection. And all the crap that was wrong with that house. Thank you Mike and the crew. That keeps keeping getting bigger and bigger.

That homeowner❤-priceless!

@homefultv

Жыл бұрын

The best!

Always love his show. It is always interesting how different climates build their homes.

I just love watching his videos he is such a wonderful and a sweet person to help people like he does him and his partner they do such amazing jobs for people God bless you all and everything you do and I truly love these watching you help people thank you so much for what you do

For Damon to recognize that towel bar was too high, for as tall as he is, is the mark of a real expert. ❤❤❤

Have watched Mike Holmes for years!!! Love how he helps people with these issues!!!!

I like Mike Homes and his friend!!! His is the best!!! I wish he was in my town. Canada is lucky to have him. And is a great teacher!!!!

Soooooooooooo many safety issues!!!!! What a great job plus you did more than you had to. It looks like there are other housing units on both sides of hers. I wonder if the other units are as unsafe as this one was?????????? I have not seen this show in many years but sure is good to see you now.

As a home owner of a house that is now 70 years old and has been abused by everyone that has ever owned it... It is never ever EVER "just a leak".

OMG I remember this show. Hands down the best home renovation show that was dominating the market during the house flipping craze.

Damon on the swing, swinging for his sanity lol classic

Don't know what they are called now Frank, but back in the 60s when I was helping my dad install those panels, the fused ones were called 301s and the ones with breakers were 302s !

Poor Shannon. She must have been worried and unsure when the water started dropping into the kitchen. I'm so glad she was able to get Mike and his team to help her. If I ever have to do renovations on a home, I will be sure to only hire contractors who are Holmes Approved. We'll check them out, sure... but Holmes Approved only.

"It was just a leak, it was just a leak" I shouldn't have laughed, but I'll be damned if I didn't 😂😂

hey mike and Damon i just wanted to say thanks to your show when i bought my brand new townhouse i nailed the builder on a couple major issues i had a bad breaker in my main panel and when they grouted my house with the tiles in the showers well they wash their buckets down my drain lines well they snake my line with their plumber as say the line was clear less than two days later it flooded my carpet down stairs for the third time and i live in it for less than 3 months so i had my own plumber come out and snake my line with a camera so my plumber saw this right away and before he said anything i told him it was grout in my lines he said yes sir so the warranty for my house was almost up cause i was fighting with the builder cause they did not want to fix it but they cut my foundation in a 4 x4 area so when they went to fill it back in i made sure they used a hydraulic cement and they made it 6 inches thick because it was only 4 inches thick to start with and they knew i was onto their game they tried to play and i told them when you build a home you can not do shoty work

@triciac1019

Жыл бұрын

That is great to hear!

@eddiejohnson3458

Жыл бұрын

@@triciac1019 it's not that i go looking for problems but when the builder is flat out lying to my face thats when i hold them accountable for everything and this builder got caught using the china drywall that people were getting sick from they had to rip out all the drywall in 2 of their units which means a total of 14 townhouses so i know it was costly

Since this place is so bad because of shoddy workmanship when it was constructed, and later patched up, it makes you wonder what the neighboring houses adjoining it are like! 😮 It's scary to think that after this one house is renovated, (Amazing job, guys!) it could all be for naught and could burn down afterward because the adjoining houses are likely built just as shoddy as this one was! The electrical fire hazards in this house were horrendous! ...And that wasn't the only hazard- mold in the wall, loose 2' x 4's, etc. etc. 😳😓 The inspector either was not doing a thorough enough job, OR he CHOSE to 'look away' because he could see just how bad this really was. A super sad situation! It would be advisable for the neighbors in this row home to get THEIR houses checked out and re-inspected by your men. 👌

@mrcryptozoic817

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't Canada have building inspectors for the construction stage? If they do have them, do they ever do work? Are there even building standards at all? I would never buy a home dwelling in Canada without getting myself enough skills to be an inspector.

@ohdear_marty7672

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcryptozoic817 i’m thinking they’re like american ones, when i worked in construction (houses mostly) the inspector only came thru in the framing & after insulation and as long as and writing/branding was right side up then we were given the 👍 very shoddy work in parts of the house that we had to later fix (yay big teams🫠)

"Look at all that mold!" - he says without a respirator while tossing molded debris into open dumpster. You all did an amazing job and guaranteed saved that woman's health if not her life. That house was really dangerous.

I've loved your shows and learned so much. When I need work on my home at least I have ideas of how they should be done . Thank You Mike n your crew too

Watching Damon going room to room, finding problem after problem after problem, I can only imagine those guys and the REAL LOL language that’s flying fast and furious with ALL the screw ups they’re finding!

That entire place is a landlord special 😂😂Good job boys!!

@markkwasny9650

Жыл бұрын

More like a slumlord special !

You guys are so awesome to help these young people. Thank you💕💕💕💕💕

Mike trusts Damon and gives him free reign on the projects. For Damon to call in Mike to look at something tells us that it was serious.

House was only 26 years old? Built around 1980 or so. Hard to believe they used fuses in the electrical panel unless I'm missing something. The sideways panels I've seen in some other episodes is something one won't see in the states, but common in Britain.

WOW How utterly sad for this young lady to have bought this home and the Nerve of putting this home in this horrible condition on the market... Thank the Lord for MH GOSH What an amazing CREW.. My first time seeing your channel. It was really something to watch!

If her townhouse has so many problems it means all of the townhouse units in the development have the same problems.

It's the distance from the window to the regulator intake that is important. You can add a pipe to the bottom of the regulator to move the intake three feet to the right and have an operable window in the basement.

@kellismith4329

8 ай бұрын

The meter itself has a vent though

@keithprocter141

8 ай бұрын

@@kellismith4329 you can put a pipe onto the meter's vent (which is on the bottom of the regulator)

what a true blessing and many unprofessional mess's prob a DIY or someone to cheap to have professionals do the repairs glad some of the best came to your rescue!

Thank you and Crew. Job well done

Inspectors need to be made accountable for their work. I’d be a lot less stuff that pass that shouldn’t.

This Young Lady is so Cute and so Smart . I feel her pain in the fact the Inspector failed her, the Guy who came to look at the leaky Tub plumbing saying he don't know where it's leaking and not helping her is a Shame. I am so Glad Mike and his crews are helping with this and Going to not only Make it right but Better for her. She deserves it. That's my opinion. Laterz Leland

Nice job. I was a young electrician when Aluminum wire showed up. We wired hundreds of apartments with Aluminum Romex. We would get trailer loads of Aluminum Romex, we learned things about it and what to do. Aluminum rated devices showed up shortly after, aluminum rated wire nuts and we no-aloxed all connections. Breakers were now rated for use with Aluminum. It was amazing to see it and it finally went away.

i love watching Mike Holmes!

What an awesome job all around. Fantastic team work beautiful finish. Lucky lady and family. 😊

Ahh reminds me of my foster dad when he was trying to fix our house. Problem after problem. We also mountains of wires that lead to nowhere that were live.

I remember when Mike used to come into the restaurant I worked Sunday morning with his family. I always watch his show, have to say today me being a roofer I have seen some (no no) things that should be done in the show.

Thank you so so much for this!

Awesome job guys💥

A year ago, my mom had the county commander, then city committee was grant to take care of some things in the mouse. There was actually a fireman volunteer fireman that suggest that we put electric dryer in its mouth's house. Fires are from gas dryers. Thank you mike and on your team

I wish we had a Mike in Iowa. Just love him and his family.

@homefultv

Жыл бұрын

We could use a Mike in every state and country!

I am so happy for this girl.

I absolutely love all of your videos. Awesome

I've only watched a couple of this HomefulTV with Mike & his pros. Very nice work

Wetting that popcorn makes it come off easy peasy lemon squeezy

Nicely done and it always makes me think.. Inspectors why and why and why not. Mike and the crew always make it look easy but its from doing things the right way, Good Bless and Feliz Navidad 2023

All her fake painting was amusing. Fantastic work by Holmes as always

Love this show, subscribed for notifications of this channel.

I love you guys, so awesome!

I love Mike Holmes bc him & his crew fix what contractors f up & don't give a shit then bandade over it all not expecting the home owners to notice until shit hits the fan just like in this episode on KZread .

Used to love watching him on sky in the day with this old house aswell bring them back

Piece of advice from personal experience although this applies to potential buyers and current owners/ tennants regardless, keep a close eye on the drywall, if it looks off take a closer look... I was once renovating the master bedroom for my mother in her current home (I was a rather handy teenager who was good with things that didn't require permits, I flat out refused to touch those jobs), at the time she had lived there for almost 10 years or so, I noticed that the drywall looked strange and mentioned it to her saying that I should investigate... All I did was jently poke it with my finger and I poked a hole all the way through, at this point I mentioned that I would have to tear down the drywall and replace it... My mother got an idea of just how bad it was moments later when she heard me screaming her full name, demanding her to get to the other side of the house and see the problem imediately. To our horror underneath the drywall, all the wood framing was in such poor condition that you couldn't even use it to make tooth picks with... This was an exterior load bearing wall, my mom called the Condo association who sent someone to fix it... I later found out that the person was a general handyman and had no buisness touching the job in the first place and that they only looked at and fixed what they could see and never opened up the walls to find out just how extensive the damage was... After some time We learned that the damage was caused by termites that had not been dealt with but left to continue destroying the house, eventually the city became involved and had to condem the house until it could be fixed by actual contractors who pulled permits, something that the CA never did (I did tell my mother at the time that permits were needed for the job but because the CA and the general handyman said that it was not necessarry they...)... In the end they had to repair half of the exterior walls of both floors of the house and add a new structural beam in the basement. I should mention that in that housing the CA is responsible for the exterior of the house such as the roof and siding as well as the structural parts, wile the home owner is responsible for the inside and before anyone points it out... Yes the CA screwed up, but in their limited deffence, the insurance company would only pay out $20, 000 to fix the entire neighbourhood and what work was done on my mothers house alone, was more than double that. Thankfully the damage was fixed and the termites were dealt with, I just hate to ask what of the houses around us? They all had to be treated for termites but my mothers house was the only one that got opened up and fixed...H

It is so wonderful to see new homeowners being able to enjoy their homes, rather than survive them…

Very awesome tour 👍

Holy cow! What a complicated situation. Subscribed!

How every renovation goes. Everything you touch is going to have to be replaced. Awwwww I've so been there

Holmes you guys are the best !!!!!!❤❤

As a hopeful future homeowner, this is very insightful to not to just buy any home without getting a proper home inspection.

These guys are fantastic

homeowner is adorable!

When she talks about the ugly kitchen, I have to think "how times have changed." Most of the kitchens I have dealt with have been tiny galley size kitchens. I would have considered myself lucky to have that many cupboards (and it looked like everything matched.)

Great job guys ❤!!!