The ever popular stars of HGTV’s Property Brothers, Jonathon and Drew Scott, have launched an online design platform and come out with their own home collection, but their bread and butter is still flipping houses. The dynamic duo were apparently so passionate about nabbing this LA Mediterranean in need of some serious TLC that they paid $200,000 more than the $2.2 million asking price for it. Perhaps the next time we see it, the home will be on screen and valued at double that amount or more.Built in the 1920s, this 3,136-sqaure-foot diamond in the rough is full of potential. It retains it’s charming original floor plan, in which you enter into a grand center hall and see huge rooms to the right and left. The home will definitely require work, however, with the kitchen being in most need of a renovation. Once the Scotts put their contemporary touches on the home and give it all the bells and whistles of 21st century life, it will no doubt be wonderful for entertaining since there is a sun porch and spacious backyard.It takes more than design skill to flip a house, it also takes the savvy to know which properties to choose. This four-bedroom, 3-bathroom abode in the Windsor Square neighborhood of LA is an ideal candidate with ripping wallpaper, but great bones, and will surely reach new levels in no time.According to Variety, Jon Hamilton of Intero Real Estate had the listing and Kennon Earl off Compass represented the TV stars.
This article appears in the April 2019 issue of DailyDeeds.