When Herme and Angie bought their house nearly 20 years ago, it fit their needs perfectly. They were starting a family and the house was the ideal space for them to grow. But now, two kids later, their reality has changed - they both work from home, and living in a house that wasn’t built with separated work spaces is taking its toll. Reconfiguring the home’s layout into a live-work space, while staying on budget, proves to be a laborious task for Drew and Jonathan.

After moving more than six times in a dozen years, Carolyn and her daughters Tuki and Ruby found a house in a great neighbourhood, but there’s a problem - it only had two bedrooms. With a 12 and a six year old, whose difference in age meant sharing a room made their relationship testy, Carolyn’s DIY makeshift solutions failed to fix the issue - the stress of constantly being in each other's faces and spaces is taking its toll. Drew and Jonathan battle termite damage and faulty wiring to reimagine the house to create three separate bedrooms and a new shared bathroom in a finite footprint, so Carolyn and her girls can ideally enjoy living - together - in their house.

Bahar and Mathieu bought their dream house - loaded with mid-century modern charm - in a neighborhood near their extended family. But after just a year of living there with their three children, the house is causing them as much grief as joy. A dated, poorly functioning kitchen and the lack of air conditioning make mealtimes a chore for this family that loves cooking. Drew and Jonathan feel the heat as they try to deliver on the homeowners' wishes of updating the home and preserving its character - all while sticking to a strict budget.

To move into their dream neighbourhood, Chanel and Jeff bought the only house they could afford - the ‘ugly’ one with a boxed-in layout that no one else wanted. Now, 10 years later, they have two children, and they can’t stand living with a tiny kitchen that’s cut off from the rest of the house. They’ve saved enough to afford a proper renovation, but have no idea where to start, so Drew and Jonathan conceive of a new stylish vision for their house. When the walls are opened up, the discovery of a ton of water damage threatens to derail Chanel and Jeff’s dreams of being happy in their house.

When Scott and Adrianne bought their two-bedroom house, it made sense for their son Taylor and daughter Trinity to share a bedroom. But now both kids are grown up and sharing a room and a bunk bed is causing some serious sibling stress. An addition to the house is too much for Scott and Adrianne’s budget, so Drew and Jonathan must find a place to squeeze in a bedroom without losing too much communal space. This task, while completely overhauling the dysfunctional kitchen and dark living room, tests the brothers creativity to the max.

Joon and Younga bought a starter home with the goal of moving when their kids got older, but now they’ve convinced Joon’s parents to move into the neighbourhood to be near the grandkids, they’re staying put and need to renovate. They despise their house’s layout with its bowling alley-like living room and aging kitchen bookended by bedrooms. When Drew and Jonathan open things up, the renovation gets convoluted as they discover a myriad of dangers in the 100-year-old house, remnants from years of sketchy renovations. Joon and Younga despair that they've fallen into a money pit with no escape, and the brothers are forced to get creative.