Welcome back Gasmii! It turns out that Jeff's newest clients like to work the same way I do -- in PJs. With a stripper. Eating tacos. So grab your puppy pajamas and check out this week's flip.
Our drama starts at Valley Oak and there's chaos. Animals are everywhere and Zoila is cleaning a sofa. With a sponge. Without her uniform.
Jeff is on the phone pandering to a client and once again explaining how he's getting by in this crappy market. The client first called Jeff's former business partner, Ryan, and his company, Brown Design, thinking that Ryan and Jeff were in business together. Of course, that's not the case and Jeff wants to disguise his voice, call Brown Design, and find out what they're saying that leads people to believe it's Jeff's company also.
Jenni doesn't approve of sneaky tactics and suggests Jeff just call Ryan to find out what he's saying. Jeff won't do that because he's super sneaky and doesn't want to tip off Ryan to the potential job if it's something Jeff wants to keep for himself. But it's happened twice where clients thought Jeff and Ryan worked together so I bet we see a Jeff/Ryan showdown shortly.
Jeff also tells the client that, unlike Ryan, he doesn't require deposits or retainers. Jenni chimes in and says that Jeff has always worked this way and doesn't believe in giving his contractors deposits or retainers. Yeah, I don't believe in real estate taxes but I have yet to convince the city of my newfound religion.
Jeff and Jenni are driving to see a new client and Jeff wants to show up exactly eight minutes early except that they are 45 minutes early and then Jeff wants to be as early as possible. Because there's nothing clients like better than someone showing up at their house 45 minutes early for an 11:00 AM meeting.
It's a potentially big job for the renovation of an entire house on Skytop. They pull up at the house and Jeff tells Jenni that today is when we close them. Jenni gets all excited and asks if they're going to second base. Um, last time I checked, a boob squeeze wasn't what we called closing the deal.
Jeff says that meeting clients is like a first date. He likes to try to remain completely sober, get a good night's sleep, and be clear and present and on. Someone is hitting "The Secret" a bit too hard. And completely sober? That's a novel idea for a first date.
So the owners of Skytop are Brad and Seana Sherwood and he's one of those really familiar-looking guys that you can't place and you're trying to figure out if he's famous or someone you slept with once. Or maybe that's just me. It turns out that he's famous-ish. He's a comedian and spent a lot of time on Whose Line Is It Anyway. So he's a comedian and I'm all like "Be funny, bitch." And he comes up with: "We want this room Jeff Lewis-ized." Eh.
Jeff thinks the house is great but a hodge podge of style which confuses him so he wanders around suggesting changes. He wants to make a statement with wallpaper in the powder rooms (which is fancy for "john") because you can change it up every twenty four months if you get bored.
Jenni tells us that Jeff is now, real estate-ly speaking, dating again and is on the market and welcomes him to her world. He's dating clients but she's dating guys. Except she isn't since none of it has really gone anywhere. I'm glad she realized that talking a lot about dating doesn't really constitute dating.
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Comments (2)
I can't imagine living with that circle of people. However, watching from the outside for an hour a week is highlarious!
1 of 2 | Posted by Quean CeCe | Posted on August 30, 2009 8:55 PM
I may be mistaken, but I think the other Ryan was Jenni's ex-husband.
Also, I don't think Ryan and Jeff should be working together. Exes should be exes and if I was Dale, I would be weirded out that Ryan has so much of his life intertwined with his ex.
Hopefully, their business drama will result in lawsuits and scandalous reveals a la Jackie Collins or I will be sorely disappointed.
2 of 2 | Posted by slutty_whore | Posted on August 31, 2009 9:35 AM