Episode list

Olivia hired a contractor to turn her basement into a livable area of her house so that her daughter and grandchildren could live with her in a nicer neighborhood. After she caught the contractor sleeping on the job she knew that she had to let the man go. Now with botched electrical work, very shoddy plumbing, and no steel lintels above the windows Olivia had no choice but to hire Mike Holmes and his crew to redo everything that the previous contractor seemed incapable of doing.

Ann bought a house that had previously had renovations done including a hardwood floor on a graded concrete slab. After several attempts were made to fix the problem Mike Holmes is called to take up the floor and put down a stone tile and in floor heating to solve Ann's kitchen floor woes.

Jayson and Tammy call Mike in to solve the mold issues that have been making everyone in their house, including their infant son Jacob, sick. After finding black mold and asbestos in the house Mike decides to fix the problems that have been plaguing the house such as leaky windows, a moldy wall in the baby's room, and a loose windowsill Mike decides to call in a team of experts to fix all of the problems and move the family back into their house.

Ron and Kristy decided to renovate their home to have more space for them and their two young children. Everything ran smoothly until they hired a man who didn't have a contract with them saying that "he believed in trust" but after a little while Ron and Kristy soon realized that the man who did finishing work was just taking them for a ride and after refusing to pay the man in full he walked out on the job and left behind some shoddy and questionable work.

For Alex and Marie and their 2 children, a planned 3-month renovation dragged out to a year and a half with no end in sight. They were beginning to feel like prisoners in their own home- until Mike and the team arrive on the scene.

Rebecca and Thomas had several contractors bid on their renovation project, and when all of them came in with quotes that were lower than what they had initially expected, they thought they'd found a deal. Pipes burst in the ceiling of the basement, flooding down the walls and leaking through the new pot lights. Then they discovered electrical outlets in other parts of the home were sparking while others were not working. In this episode, Mike explores the true cost of a basement renovation, and the pitfalls of competitive "underbidding" by contractors.