Tue, Oct 7, 2014
Mike comes to the home of a sweet couple who have hired a contractor to build a second story to their home. Homes and his crew take the house apart and spend 6 weeks trying to fix the mess the contractor made. But then Mike discovers that the addition was constructed so shoddily that repairing it would not be cost effective, and then he does, for the first time in the history of his TV shows, offers to buy the house and he will tear it down and build a new one or he will tear it down and rebuild it while the owner waits. Mike offers this to the wife and leaves her to make the decision. The wife has to wait for her husband, who, under the stress, has flown, the poorly constructed coop, to learn Spanish in Ecuador. To be Continued in S3/E8
Tue, Sep 17, 2013
Mark's been a pilot in the Canadian military for over 20 years and for the past 8, he and his wife Carol have been planning and designing their dream home to retire in - a custom log home for their family. Unfortunately they hired a "friend" of the family to build it. He said it could be done for their $600,000 budget, but after 2 years of building and an extra quarter of a million dollars, their home isn't done and their contractor is long gone. Mark is forced to go back to work teaching fighter pilots on the other side of the world, while Carol faces her own battles at home. Mike Holmes and his team step in with reinforcements, and get a taste of 'Boot Camp'.
Tue, Nov 5, 2013
Mike Holmes travels to High River, Alberta to help John and Gillian recover from a disastrous flood that ravaged through their community and their home. But what he sees he never expected. In the wake of the Province's worst flood, many homes in the community need to be completely torn down and rebuilt. But when Mike and a team of volunteers start working on John and Gillian's home, they are all surprised by what they find. The house can be saved thanks to the builder's use of fire and mould-resistant products, which helped save their house from facing complete demolition, and this family from facing complete devastation.