She said that she paid the company immediately once they contacted her. Later, Bennion said that she found out the Merediths had not paid the flooring company, Lemco Flooring, that had laid the floors. 'I don't even want to do this right now, let alone more or longer.' '(Candis) turned it into like, 'Well, I have been spending my own money, and I'm totally happy to, we can work this out afterwards and you can pay me back,' and I was like 'Hell no, I'm not mixing my finances with you forevermore,'' Bennion recalled.

Concerns, she said, Candis attributed to the oddities of creating a television show. Like the Hawleys, work stagnated and she sometimes had difficulty contacting the Merediths. вЂњWe didnвЂ™t make the people move out of their houses, which looking back, that was probably a mistake,вЂќ Andrew said.Д«ennion said that she also noticed escalating issues in her home, especially as new entrances were suggested, a deck was installed and her backyard was leveled. The Merediths told TODAY that they regret letting clients live in their homes while the renovation went on. Teisha said that she and her children were home for much of the day, confined to the basement, leaving them вЂњemotionally drainedвЂќ as the 'nightmare' remodel continued. My wife was basically noticing something was wrong, calling Candis and saying 'Hey, I think they're doing this wrong.'' 'There was another point where they started cutting a hole on a wall that was on the corner of where another door was, so two doors would be going into each other. Bennion said she had also been told that her kitchen renovation would take three weeks. Teisha told TODAY that she thought the renovation might take longer, but was still comfortable staying in the basement for up to six weeks, more than double the time the Merediths initially outlined. Since the Hawleys said Candis promised a turnaround time of three weeks, they decided to live in the basement with their three children. The Hawleys - as well as Bennion - said they believed they could still live in their homes while the renovations were ongoing, though it was not encouraged by the Merediths. Teisha and Jeff Hawley wanted to renovate their kitchen and living space. The couple said they had planned to take out a home equity loan to fund the remodel, but then they said a producer called wanting to start the work the next day, so they wound up using their own funds. The couple said they agreed on a final budget of $45,000, with $35,000 being wired to the Merediths and $10,000 being used to purchase furniture and appliances. 'We thought it would be really cool to take our style and our lower budget the way we do renovations and try and save money and be creative if we could take that out to some people,' Candis told TODAY. I've never gone over-budget on anything.'' вЂњAnd (Candis) was like, 'I know all the secrets. But I also was like, 'I don't know, I don't think we can afford it.' I was like 'Can you really do that?' on tape,' Teisha said.

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