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>> Jason: IF YOU BECOME A
DIY-ER DURING THE QUARANTINE,
YOU’VE PROBABLY BEEN WATCHING
HOME REMODELING SHOWS.
NICOLE CURTIS IS BEST KNOWN
FOR HER RESTORATION OF
CRUMBLING HISTORIC HOMES AND
HAS MORE ABOUT HER UPCOMING
SERIES.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO IT?
>> HOW DID I GET INTO THE
SHOW?
>> Jason: HOME RENOVATION.
>> IT WAS A RANDOM THING.
11 YEARS AGO, I WAS OUT IN
MINNEAPOLIS RESTORING OLD
HOUSES AND I GOT A CALL TO BE
ON ANOTHER SHOW AND THEY FOUND
OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHICH
IS SAVING OLD HOUSES AND
RESTORING THEM, AND CREATED
REHAB ADDICT AND WENT ON FOR 10 YEARS, 118 EPISODES.
10 YEARS, 118 EPISODES.
AND NOW WE’RE BACK IN DETROIT
FILMING REHAB ADDICT RESCUE.
>> Jason: AND THE FIRST
PROJECT IS WORKING ON A HOME
IN DETROIT.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN
DETROIT.
IT’S NEVER SHOCKING THAT WE’RE
IN THERE.
WE HAVE -- WE WERE IN INDIAN
VILLAGE, HIGHLAND PARK, WEST
VILLAGE, ALL OVER DETROIT.
I ACTUALLY WENT ON INSTAGRAM
AND ASKED PEOPLE, WHO HAS AN
OLD HOUSE THEY NEED HELP WITH?
AND I WENT OVER AND MET THE
PEOPLE AND SAW THEIR HOUSES
AND DECIDED WHICH PROJECTS TO
WORK WITH.
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN
FOCUSING ON FOR THE LAST 8
MONTHS.
VERY EXCITED TO BRING THE SHOW
BACK TO DETROIT.
AND IT PREMIERS TOMORROW AT
9:00.
AND ALL MY LOCAL GUYS IN
DETROIT, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS
THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW
FOREVER, IT’S FUN TO GET
PEOPLE THAT WE INSPIRED TO BUY THE OLD HOUSES AND BE ABLE TO
THE OLD HOUSES AND BE ABLE TO
HELP THEM OUT WAS A COOL
PROJECT.
>> Jason: WHAT WAS THE MOST
CHALLENGING ASPECT ABOUT THIS
PROJECT?
>> WORKING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS
IS THE MOST CHALLENGING.
SOMETIMES YOU GET PEOPLE THAT
EXPECT TO BE ON TV AND IT WILL
BE SO EASY AND WE WORK.
I ACTUALLY RUN OUR COMPANY AND
DO THE DESIGN.
WE HAVE A VERY SMALL CREW, SO
WHEN WE SHOWED UP, THE
HOMEOWNERS HAD TO WORK
ALONGSIDE OF US.
THERE WASN’T A TRAILER WITH
CATERED DINNERS.
SO THAT TAKES SOME ADJUSTMENT.
AND WE’VE SEEN THEM SINCE THEN
AND MADE FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF
THEM AND IT’S BEEN REALLY COOL
AND, WE STEERED THEM ON THE
RIGHT PATH TOWARD RESTORATION
RATHER THAN REMODELING THE
HOUSES, AND THAT’S OUR GOAL,
THAT THE OLD HOUSES REMAIN
ORIGINAL.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY BUYING SO
MANY HOUSES IN DETROIT RIGHT
NOW.
A LOT OF THEM ARE GETTING
GUTTED OR TORN DOWN AND HOW TO
SAVE THEM.
HOW TO KEEP THEM ORIGINAL.
>> Jason: I REMEMBER BACK LIKE
13 YEARS AGO, THE GREAT
RECESSION, THERE WAS A HOME IN
BOSTON EDISON THAT WAS
PROBABLY 4500 SQUARE FEET THAT
I COVER BOUGHT FOR $50,000.
GOD KNOWS WHAT THAT HOUSE IS
WORTH NOW.
IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND
BUY IT, WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE
ME TO CONSIDER BEFORE I SIGNED
ON THE DOTTED LINE?
>> ANYONE CAN GO IN AND DO A
QUICK JOB WHERE THEY GO INTO A
BIG BOX STORE AND RIP
EVERYTHING OUT AND DO IT
CHEAP.
WE’RE SEEING THAT,
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE
DETROIT LAND BANK, AND THEY’RE
ABSOLUTELY GUTTING BEAUTIFUL
HOMES IN DETROIT AND DOING
THEM ON THE CHEAP SIDE.
WE DON’T LIKE THAT.
TO DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL AND
RIGHT, THAT HOUSE IN BOSTON
EDISON WOULD COST YOU $400,000
TO RESTORE PROPERLY.
SO IT HAS TO BE A LIFE
COMMITMENT.
IN DETROIT, OUR MARKET VALUE
HAS GOTTEN BETTER BUT IT’S
STILL NOT -- THE PEOPLE WHO
THINK THEY’LL GO IN AND MAKE A
KILLING ON REAL ESTATE, TO DO
IT RIGHT, YOU’RE GONNA BE AT A
BREAK-EVEN POINT.
WE CHOSE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
WHERE ALL OF THEM WERE
HOMEOWNERS AND OWNER OCCUPIED.
AND PEOPLE WHO WERE COMMITTED
TO RESTORATION AND BUILDING
BACK THE COMMUNITY AND BEING
LIFERS IN DETROIT.
THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ME BECAUSE YOU CAN’T HAVE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU DON’T
HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN
THE HOUSES.
SO WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE THAT HAD
BOUGHT IT AND THIS WAS THEIR
DREAM HOME AND THEY WERE GONNA
PUT EVERY EFFORT INTO IT.
>> Jason: THIS SOUNDS VERY
EXCITING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME
THIS MORNING.