Scott and Amanda bought a fixer-upper to get into a good neighbourhood and now they are having problems with their renovation plans.

Diana and Rob's poor financial decisions have put their renovations and wedding in jeopardy; they will have to radically overhaul their budget if they hope to realise their goals.

A week after Juanita and Steve moved into their house, Juanita was laid off; luckily, it gave her the chance to start a cake decorating business, requiring them to renovate the basement kitchen for commercial use.

A bidding war drove transit workers Warren and Ana to skip a home inspection, resulting in them with a crumbling bungalow that has rats, mould, and dry rot in the basement.

Reckless spending has mired Peter and Erika in a tough financial situation caused by some mould that they've discovered in the basement.

Dora and Christian's spending habits have left them without any money to renovate the embarrassing kitchen that they no longer use.