Zombie House Flipping explores the recent trend of house flippers scooping up foreclosed and often abandoned zombie houses and renovating them to return neighborhoods to their former glory.
Genre: Reality-TV
Cast:Justin Stamper , Ashlee Casserly , Keith Ori , Peter Duke
After scouring the streets of Orlando for the perfect zombie house to flip, the team discovers a Tudor-style home in a quiet suburban neighborhood that is literally rotting from the inside out. This massive restoration job, along with disagreements over whether to keep the Tudor features on the house, become the least of their problems. Duke, the team's designer, decides to make a number of expensive upgrades without consulting the others. Tensions run high as Duke's design choices start to chip away at the team's potential profit margin.
In an unusual twist, Keith talks his partners into going in with him on a zombie house flip located in a prime school district that he not only just purchased but that he already flipped five years ago. The team is skeptical, but Keith assures them that his knowledge of the house will help them flip it fast so they can target families with kids prior to the new school year. A series of problems and delays create a race against time that makes an end-of-summer completion nearly impossible.
A zombie house from the 90's becomes the team's latest project, but any hopes for a fast flip and a quick profit start to sour when they discover that the entire fade on the front of the house is filled with wood rot and needs to be replaced.
Ashlee convinces the guys to let her do more than just sell one of their flips....she wants to design it. So, despite reservations from Duke, they agree to let her take on a zombie that has all the potential to become a stunning mid-century masterpiece. Tensions run high when Ashlee and Duke disagree on various design choices, sparking a creative showdown that slows the remodel and drives the team's spending budget well beyond what they had planned.
The team gets a steal of a deal on a house that doesn't look too scary from the outside, but inside it's their worst nightmare. The previous owner was a hoarder, so the first challenge facing the team is getting rid of all the junk and garbage piled in every room. Next is a debate between Duke and Keith over tearing down a wall in the living room and a shower in the master bath. As the remodel gets underway, a series of strange and unexpected events lead Ashlee to believe this zombie house is more than just a dump... it's haunted.
The team's latest project isn't just a zombie house, it's a 3200-square foot monster in one of Orlando's most affluent neighborhoods. Despite a high purchase price, the house is newly built and in fairly good shape, so the team thinks it's a smart investment.
The team takes on a zombie house that, at first whiff, smells like a profitable flip. No sooner do they start the remodel and the deal starts to smell like a real stinker, literally! They're faced with plumbing issues and construction hurdles.
Justin surprises the team with the news that he already bought a zombie house that he wants them to flip--a small, single-story home that should take only a few weeks to remodel. After running the comps in the neighborhood, the team realizes they'll make even more money off the sale if they increase the square footage and build an addition on the house.
Duke finds a dilapidated mid-century modern home that some other flippers have already started.
When a married couple gets divorced in the middle of renovating this house, it gives the flippers an opportunity they can't turn down. The team finds a way to follow the couple's design choices and add a new master suite to the back of the home.
Sunken floors, rooms cluttered with junk, disgusting bathrooms with a toilet falling through the floor, and an addition that's literally falling off the house, make this canal front zombie one of the worst the team has ever seen.
The team stumbles across this zombie with two front doors, and they know that this will be a flip unlike any other. They have their work cut out for them turning this Frankenzombie into a cohesive home, but it nearly crashes the whole flip.
When the team enters this run down zombie house, they find a microwave room full of TV dinner wrappers where the kitchen should be and a claustrophobic floor plan that needs some breathing room.
When the team finds a low-priced zombie in a good neighborhood, it seems too good to be true. And it is. At first, the team thinks that they're dealing with old termite damage and no live bugs, but the more they look, the more damage they find.
When the team finds this house on the corner, it seems like the perfect flip, until they learn about the corner traffic that sometimes crashes into the wall behind the house!
The team finds this perfect zombie near Lake Pineloch during an intense Orlando heat wave.
When the team finds a tiny house overrun with critters, a skeptical Keith lets Ashlee take over as builder. However, the job turns out to be much trickier than she expected when a natural disaster puts a giant branch through the house.
After Keith convinces the team to take on a giant zombie home, they learn that it sits on one of Orlando's historic districts, which forces them to follow specific guidelines.
When the team discovers this flea infested and rotten house with a sordid past, they all agree to take on the flip.
The team decides to buy this tiny house on a huge lot with the intention of knocking it down and building two larger houses in its place.
Keith finds this house on a massive lot and convinces the team to take it on. They decide the best plan is to flip the house, split the lot, and sell the extra land.
When the team finds a ramshackle house down the street from a brand-new school opening in a couple months, they see a chance to cash in by creating a family-friendly oasis. A glut of plumbing and roof problems, plus a tree-toppling disaster, threaten to derail their plans and possibly miss their sales window before the school year starts.
When Justin finds a ramshackle two-unit property, Duke and Keith don't think it can be salvaged, so Justin and Ashlee take on the flip themselves. With a lack of available contractors and even a mysterious squatter, they conspire to draw Duke and Keith into the mix to fend off their unwanted tenant and complete this tricky multi-family house makeover.
A small house on a big lot has the team seeing dollar signs, with plans to split the property and build not one, but two houses for an epic payday. When the split goes bust - taking their profits with it - they are forced to squeeze every dollar they can out of the property, including Duke's wild idea to rent the yard out to a rambunctious group of music festival campers.
The team comes across a "lurker" Zombie that looks okay on the surface, but soon reveals tons of hidden water damage under its skin. Fixing it up becomes a race against the weather, as frequent rains start to penetrate the house and destroy their upgrades mid-flip, which can only be solved by a massive redo of the roof that shreds their budget.
Keith finds a historic house that was half renovated, and is now available at a price they could flip into one of their biggest profits ever--over 200 grand! But this old house reveals tons of problems, from an outdated electrical system, to crooked floors, to a second story with low, sloping ceilings that only a kid could love. Can the team revive this zombie into a blend of modern amenities and old-world charm that could help them cash in at a near-record level?
This Zombie house is a literal stinker from years of cigarette smoke that has stained the walls and left a putrid smell throughout the property. But as the flippers make over this monster, things start smelling sweeter when they uncover clues to a hidden treasure. As costs of this tricky reno pile up, they hold out hope of striking it rich by unearthing a huge payday.
When the team finds a rundown house on a prime lakefront lot, they see the potential for a nice six-figure payday. But this decaying home has become a haven for wild critters that keep throwing this flip for a loop. Can the team keep nature at bay while turning this property into a beautiful waterfront retreat? Or will the animal invasion eat up all their profits?
The team finds a hurricane-damaged Zombie that already has a buyer lined up who's willing to pay market value for a good flip. The problem is, he wants it ready in one month. The team must race to remove piles of debris left in the house, fend off rainy weather when their roofing permit gets delayed, and worst of all, risk losing their buyer if they can't get the house finished on time.
This lakefront home has a prime spot on the water, but also a horrible layout--with a long, ugly residential wing designed like a live-in rehab clinic. Ashlee takes the lead on this big flip, but her grandiose designs threaten to blow the budget wide open. And when the team tries to rein her in, they sense some bitter pushback that they fear could tear the team apart.
The team finds a zombie in a lower-budget neighborhood that promises some profit if they can keep its basic structure and focus on the finishing details. But Keith keeps plotting grand designs in hopes of boosting the sales price, including a designer she-shed in the backyard. It leads to a bet between him and Justin over who has the best plan for the house and who will end up facing his worst fears.
A ratty house with a goofy layout has Keith fearing it's a trap. But the team thinks the real payout on this flip will be how it increases market value to the neighborhood, where other zombies reside. They take on the challenge, which includes a pool that looks like a swamp, an insane roof surprise, and even a nosy neighbor's drone that keeps harassing them, threatening to intrude on their open house and drive buyers away.
The team takes on a lakefront zombie owned by Duke's friend Mark, with an interesting plan: the team pays only the reno costs and splits profits from the flip with Mark. But this potentially lucrative partnership turns into a nightmare when Mark meddles in everyone's work, bringing stubborn opinions and last-minute redesigns that threaten to drain their profits to nothing.
Ravaged by a hurricane and overtaken by nature, this low-cost home in need of low-cost renovation might be the perfect zombie for the team to do a quick, easy flip. That is, until they discover the house's damage is more than skin deep, and it's home to some wild reptiles -- including a species that may be endangered and could make any chance at a profit go extinct.
At the beginning of Season 4, Ashlee gets a lead from an agent in her office on a College Park Bungalow built in 1930. Keith is worried about the street that dead ends into the newly expanded I-4.
A block ranch style home with a pool, on a corner lot, in southeast Orlando gets a redo.
Overgrown, outdated home with pool in Bel Air Hills section of Orlando is partially demolished inside.
Two-story house, built in 1920, with pool is renovated in southeast Orlando.
Drama ensues when some guy name Mike interrupts the renovations, stating that he owns the house, but actually turns out to be a competing buyer who didn't record a deed before the ZHF group.
North Colonialtown house with breezeway is renovated; floating dock is installed on Lake Druid.
