America's Cheapest Family! | Extreme Cheapskates

[Music] I'm Melanie O'Brien and I'm Sean O'Brien and we're America's cheapest family in this summertime when the kids are playing outside in the pool we can utilize that afterwards to help clean our dishes we save money on the water bill we save money on the electric bill are we gonna become millionaires off of it not per se but it'sit's gonna help us to be able to allocate that money towards a better purpose see fun and work who wants bacon ooh Sean and I agreed that if we don't have to buy anything new then we won't and we'll make use with what we have that's our lifestyle that's our way our pots and pans broke the handles broke off and instead of going out and buying brand-new pots and pans Sean made this wrench that doubles as the handle and the duct tape protects my hands from burning all right it's been more than 10 years and Shawn and Melanie have made any significant improvements to their home as sacrifice that claim has saved them over $30,000 this is where we spend most of our time in the living room as you can see we've got very sparse furniture living room furniture can cost up to ten twenty thousand dollars depending out kinda buying and ours costs maybe fifty bucks a few months ago our showerhead broke and Shawn came up with a great way to fix it for the price of a soda bottle he rigged it up to the showerhead and just poked holes in there and now we have a brand new showerhead this kind of is an eyesore but it works and I appreciate it some people might think our behavior is over the top but stream or extreme but I think it all depends on the person's perspective for the past several years the O'Briens have contemplated moving into a larger space but selling their current home would require them to make renovations they've avoided for the past decade is gonna come over and give us an assessment and evaluate what we need to do before we actually put our house on the market here's the yard okay watching step apparently yeah our fence a little piecemealed together so I just replaced boards as they come leans a little but sturdy you're gonna have to repaint the fence I mean if not replaced oh and uh how much is relooking replaced around eighteen hundred bucks the fence in the backyard is definitely not electic the colors look like a marble cake that you would get at a bakery it brings character the neighborhood and the kickboard at the bottom that's probably holding the whole fence together it's not even in the right place it just needs to be a little bit closer to the bottom I'm not gonna burst you making some changes but everything it has to be taken sitter ation with budgets and cost this is our main living room hmm well number one no furniture this won't work you've got to stay just a stage how well a beanbag and ottoman I mean you've got to have furniture here period the actual living room and a house is very important because that's where the majority of all the family time happens they didn't even have a TV or any furniture at all I've seen houses online that don't have any furniture but those are new not always the majority of them are new well I'll tell you this too I mean none of these homes that are selling as carpet like this the stains the burn marks I honestly don't feel like a buyer would even put an offer in with carpet like this okay I mean that's got to be changed I gave the O'Briens the best professional advice I could give them but honestly I don't think they're gonna take you [Music] we would love to replace the carpet completely we don't want to spend a whole lot of money on the upgrade but we really want to sell the house we're very motivated to solve jokes Sean O'Brien good to meet you sir so looking at a thousand square feet in something like this piece of carpet here we'd probably be looking at about a four thousand dollar budget what Lili is the cheapest that you could help me out with them we could get into some carpet up in this range here so in a little more cost-effective system and we would be looking at a budget closer to around 1,800 to 2,000 dollars okay all right so what I'm really just kind of looking for I say I just want to do sections you know a burnt stain here maybe some wax on the floor there type of thing some red wine there yeah is it unheard of to patch up carpet it really is unheard of I have never heard such thing I definitely don't want to be horrific but is there a way to get something like this literally that size and that yeah maybe about 10 would be good I'm sure that would definitely be a first we can take a look okay let's take a look and see what we can work out sure you know we've seen all types of customers over the years in our business I've never had anyone asked me for samples you guys can take a look around see if you find anything you think will work I'm gonna find something that matches the best possible what do you think yeah that one on tops better see if you can find more like that all right they were getting closer think you got it huh okay actually I'm thinking more this this that this one that one I think this is gonna be the closest we'll be able to make it match so Joab what do you think on us purchase this guys I don't know how about how about 20 what do $20 okay I appreciate thank you all right do you have a bag we could put it in the hell of the day for a carpet man today Shawn and Melanie were advised to replace the carpeting and refurnished their living room before showing their home with the help of their neighbor they're hoping to stage the area for free no no I just we had we had quick favor what a severe could we borrow your furniture for the open house you know how our living room looks now you're so close by and you've got such great furniture we just really love to use yours if you don't mind okay like what are you thinking yeah I'm thinking the couch the nice coffee table I'm trusting in you thank okay oh my god Marcus gonna kill me course go at your pace what rather than hire professionals to replace their entire carpet Shawn tacks down their $2.00 samples himself okay well it looks pretty like much even but the carpet is totally different color great you did a great job but it just doesn't match right I mean it wasn't a hundred percent match we are so excited now that we've made these changes let's consider it centered with a coat perfect we cannot wait for people to come in and see our house honey is this straight yes I think is gonna be great I'm excited about open to avoid the realtor fees Shawn and Melanie placed an ad online and are attempting to host the open house themselves when we first walked in I noticed little details the carpet was patched yeah like a different types different types of carpet so if those are the things that are showing what are we not seeing people who are different are always gonna be called weird cuz I do in a different way than somebody else [Music] the good news is we're in Texas and Dallas we're in a good market there's gonna be somebody out there that's gonna look at and say I like it I think the happiness lasts longer when you know that you've really tried to save and spend your money well in a quality way the newer something is the quicker it gets old

Channel: TLC

Views: 17,224,360

Rating: 4.6660838 out of 5

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Id: yOC0XbwaIz4

Length: 9min 33sec (573 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 10 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/snorken123]

Couple is trying to save money because of they struggles economically. Having children is one of the most expensive things they've done so far in addition to the house.

[u/empadz]

This is wrong, but damn are extreme cheapskates messed up in general. I swear 90% are always trying to screw someone else over so they can save money they don't need to save.

[u/eerryynn]

They actually did that with the carpet... I’m screaming

[u/HeartCatchHana]

The episodes with families always make me sad because the kids have to live poor just because the parents are penny pinchers.

[u/mangolennox]

😂