See a Disorganized Rental Property Transform Into a Stunning Single-Family Home

Potential homebuyers are greeted with a formal Southern reception room the moment they step into this Masters of Flip masterpiece.

Off of the front entrance sits the office (or a potential guest suite), which makes use of repurposed built-in cupboards relocated from beside the entryway fireplace.

A main-floor master suite is a must in the Nashville real-estate market – often buyers won’t even consider looking at a house unless it has one.

This master bedroom is so roomy it even has its own sitting area, which definitely adds to the grand feel of the space.

This used to be a kitchen, but Kortney rejigged the layout to take over its square footage and convert it into a luxurious master ensuite.

An updated claw-foot tub is a wink to the home’s heritage while still giving the buyer all the modern conveniences of to-code plumbing and an optional walk-in shower.

When Kortney and Dave bought this property for US$232K, it was cut up into four separate, neglected apartments. (There was even a dead raccoon in one of them.)

Now, the single-family home flows from one giant room to another, giving its new owners plenty of room to entertain and have overnight guests – who aren’t renters.

“I think another reason that this house flows so well is because the flooring is the same from the front to the back of the house,” says Kortney. “It creates this line that’s drawing us right down to that beautiful archway in front of us.”

Inspired by the property’s rural Nashville roots, Kortney used reclaimed barn wood for the custom oven hood, which is a central focal feature in this high-end country kitchen.

Having an original fireplace in the kitchen is an added bonus in this reinvented country-inspired home – “You could cook your food in the fire if the stove doesn’t work,” says Kortney.

A sweet, separate bar area is signposted by a curved archway and beautiful barn-wood boards as the backsplash, tying in wood from the oven hood, French doors and fireplace mantel.

As an example of true open-concept living, you can see the living room, dining room and grand kitchen simultaneously from every room.

“What a transformation!” says Dave seeing the final staging of the second floor, which used to be a separate apartment. “We couldn’t even walk into this thing is smelled so bad, looked so bad.”

Cool, blue diamond wallpaper pulls the eye to the back wall, which features three farmhouse-inspired windows.

Since this house was already a sprawling 4,000 sq. ft., which is very large for this historical Nashville neighbourhood, the Wilsons didn’t need to build a “bump out” addition.

Bold orange accents and fun, illustrated alphabet artwork show that this third top-floor bedroom has all the makings of magical kid’s room.

One of the reason’s the Wilsons were able to list this property so high at US$685K was that there was a completely separate living space in the basement.

“Do you remember this little dungeon and how awful it was?” asks Dave when he and Kortney take a subterranean tour. “It looks kind of industrial but hip – like an office but you can live here.”

When the Wilsons bough this brick house for US$232K, it needed $335K worth of work done to it. But after an immaculate farmhouse-style renovation, they got full list price and made nearly $77K in profits.