>> INVESTING IN INDIANAPOLIS ONE
HOME AT A TIME.
IS
SINCE OPENING THEIR COMPANY TWO
CHICKS AN A HAMMER IN 2007,
KAREN E. LAINE AND MINA STARSIAK
HAWK, STARS OF HGTV'S HIT SERIES
GOOD BONES, HAVE RENOVATED JUST
OVER 100 HOUSES IN INDIANAPOLIS.
GERRY: THE BELOVED
MOTHER-DAUGHTER DUO OF KAREN
LAINE AND MINA STARSIAK HAWK
HAVE BECOME NOTHING SHORT OF
HGTV ROYALTY SINCE THEIR HOME
RENOVATION SHOW GOOD BONES HIT
THE AIRWAVES IN 2016 PUTTING
INDIANAPOLIS IN THE NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT.
LET'S GO NOW TO INDY'S FOUNTAIN
SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE AROUND
INDIANA REPORTER MARY-RACHEL
REDMAN HAS DETAILS ON MINA'S
LATEST BUSINESS VENTURE.
MARY-RACHEL?
>> MARY-RACHEL: THAT'S RIGHT.
MINA HAS A SPINOFF OF HER OWN
AND IT IS BIGGER, AND MORE OF A
GAMBLE THAN ANY HOME RENOVATION
SHE EVER ATTEMPTED.
THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL, "GOOD
BONES, RISKY BUSINESS."
IT WAS A JUMP FOR ME COMING
INSIDE, WE CAN'T SHOW YOU WHAT
IS GOING ON IN HERE, BECAUSE IT
IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT WHO BETTER TO TELL YOU ABOUT
IT THAN THE DIY RENOVATION
QUEEN, MINA STARSIAK HAWK.
WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE HAVE YOU
GOTTEN YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH
THIS PLACE?
>> SO MUCH TROUBLE.
OVER $1 MILLION IN TROUBLE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
FOUR-MONTH PROJECT, AND IT TOOK
14.
EVERYONE IS UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT,
BUT IT IS TURNING OUT AMAZING.
I SAW THE LISTING COME UP ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND I
JUST HAD TO HAVE IT.
TERRIBLE DECISION.
TERRIBLE INVESTMENT, BUT IT'S
BEEN AN AWESOME PROJECT AND I'M
REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING
TOWARDS THE END.
>> MARY-RACHEL: WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEASONS OF
"GOOD BONES?"
>> I WOULD SAY THE AVERAGE
INVESTMENT IS $300,000 AND THE
AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS 1,200
TO 1,400, I THINK THIS ISAL WAY,
WAY BIGGER PROJECT, SO EVERY
PROBLEM IS BIGGER.
EVERY PROBLEM TAKES MORE TIME TO
SOLVE AND MORE MONEY TO SOLVE.
IT HAS BEEN A HUGE LEARNING
CURVE.
>> MARY-RACHEL: THIS WHOLE SHOW
IS A LITTLE MORE INVASIVE.
>> IT IS MORE LIKE COP STYLE.
EVERYTHING IS ON CAMERA, WHETHER
I LIKE IT OR NOT.
THIS WAS A VERY TUMULTUOUS
PROJECT.
A LOT OF STUFF GETS EDITING OUT
OF "GOOD BONES", BECAUSE THERE
ISN'T ENOUGH TIME.
I WAS DRIVING AND THE BOTTOM
FELL OUT.
I WAS LIKE, TURN THE CAMERA OFF
AND I WAS OUT OF THE RANGE OF
THE MIC AND I LOST IT.
I PROBABLY BLACKED OUT.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, OKAY, I CAN GO
BACK AND THERE WAS A CAMERA IN
MY BACKSEAT THAT I FORGOT ABOUT.
PRODUCTION WAS SO HAPPY WITH
THEMSELVES.
IT IS NO HOLDS BAR FOR WHAT THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO, AND ALTHOUGH I'M
AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND COULD
HAVE SOME SAY IN HOW THEY EDIT
IT, I HAVE A GREAT PRODUCTION
COMPANY.
IT IS GOING TO BE COOL WHEN IT
IS ALL PUT TOGETHER.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE
ANYTHING.
>> MARY-RACHEL: ARE YOU
NERVOUS?
>> I AM.
HONESTLY AFTER SEVEN SEASONS OF
"GOOD BONES" AIRING, YOU GET
USED TO THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE
UGLY, AND EVENING IN BETWEE -- G
IN BETWEEN.
PROBABLY MORE CURSING.
>> MARY-RACHEL: YOU HAVE TONS
OF FANS HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
AND THIS "GOOD BONES, RISKY
BUSINESS" WILL DEBUT ON HGTV AND
DISCOVERY PLUS.
I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO
ENJOY THIS ONE.
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.