This House Has A Serious Bat Problem! | Home Town

While restoring this house, Ben and Erin find a fireplace. When they open it they discover it was full of bats.
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[@kittimcconnell2633]

"We're gonna need to get a little creative. ...and I LOOVE. getting creative." Fantastic!

[@catezaida8081]

This couple was simply charming and Ben and Erin matched their personalities to the home. Even WITH the bats! Such creativity and ingenuity...Ben and Erin, I LOVE your show because it showcases who you are as talented individuals AND as a couple who work together to create the perfect homes for your clients.

[@janettedecent1197]

I was so happy that they relocated the bats❤️

[@kathyusa-iowa5137]

I love how they can find ways to cut a budget and still do the items on the list. The countertops look amazing❗👍🥰

[@beckyjanechapman100]

I love how his first thought was having Christmas dinner with the family. This home is so cozy and colorful....bright and cheerful. No one could be sad for very long in this home.

[@1006kathleen]

I love when Ben builds his own creations from scratch " those counter tops are excellent ! Their both so very talented , its exciting to see what they will do next " what a gift ! 💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💛💛

[@rachelhoward334]

Bats are a part of our eco system and need to be cherished. I love this house,it's yellow like mine..

[@jillthomas4926]

I would take those butcher block countertops over quartz or granite any day!

[@JustMe-gh7ib]

They are gorgeous and they'll wear even better!

[@veronicabone8835]

Mine thoughts exactly. The butcher block looks so much better to me.

[@Anno-4full]

That lady's hair matches her new countertops 🙂

[@annedwyer797]

Funny 😅!

[@cocokai9661]

Yes, both are beautiful.

[@sophirichmanfletcher4657]

I was hoping they weren't really going to "exterminate" the bats!! These two do such beautiful work together.

[@1006kathleen]

This was one of my favorite houses that you did over !😍👍❤

[@paigerosner8574]

I love the butcher block. Natural stone is beautiful, but it depresses me to know we’re deconstructing mountains and ecosystems all over the world so I can put a in countertop or shower that may get changed in twenty years by another homeowner. Also bats eat TONS of mosquitos so I don’t want them in my attic but I want them somewhere! Haha.

[@happydays1336]

We might have bats in our attic. I've contacted a specialist about removing them. I found out that bats are federally protected and it's against the law to harm or kill them. You have to hire professionals to humanely trap them and release them elsewhere.

[@jobrock1079]

After nesting season, they can seal up the house but put special excluders on (where they've been entering) which allow the bats to get out but not back in. Though it has to wait until after any baby bats can fly, so early August.

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

Bats are really, really good for the environment. They need a safe space to roost during the day. (Is it roost?) Anyway, don't kill bats. Their poop is really good for fertilizer and they eat mosquitos and other terrible bugs.

[@jobrock1079]

After nesting season - when any baby bats can fly well on their own - they can seal up the house from bats and put on excluders which allow bats still there to get out but they can't get back in.

[@sheilabowman3256]

Yikes on the bats 🦇!!!

[@betilynedubala5194]

bat's are really important in our invironmtent just like 🐝

[@velmacoffey3763]

I love Ben and Erin !!!

[@annedwyer797]

Great little house, another beauty by Ben and Erin. Amazing what they do with modest budgets (although in Laurel, a modest budget can go a much longer way than many other parts of the country). Ben is so funny: "maybe we should send out a bat signal?!"

[@maejavile]

The color is so lively... ☺️ it’s like a happy home.🥰

[@elizabethharttley4073]

When they first said bats i thought you gotta save them! I prefer the butcher block over stone for countertops. I wonder how many yellow houses there are now in laurel.

[@shellydsouza8902]

Another beautiful reno. I love the countertops.

[@martinyoung690]

So happy the bats were cared for in the renovation we don't have enough of them up here in Maine

[@lilybutler9740]

In my home country bats are protected and rightly so…

[@n.s.6921]

Can’t handle the yellow outside... but the countertops are great!

[@jeanetteshawredden5643]

600 bats in the attic, woe. I can't imagine that smell!

[@vickirichmond8260]

I love Ben and Erin Napier

[@VAULT865]

NASTY BATS...MERCY.🤦 THESE KIDS GOT PATIENCE I MUST SAY.👌THE HOUSE LOOKS REALLY NICE..IN AND OUTSIDE. GREAT JOB!💎💙

[@user-kp5vd1tg3r]

Ya all did great, I know about bat guano , it's icky. You did a fabulous transformation!

[@sealteamryx6758]

My parents are going to move to Mississippi from Utah when they retire in the next year or so its where my mom grew up i was probably gonna move there with them... its just such a chill place

[@wordrockcafebytrinajames9274]

Erin, can you please send me the link to the fabric on the curtains? Daaaaaaaaannnnng I am so in love with them!! Y'all did an amazing job!!

[@mrsmiggins6435]

It's interesting to know that USA have a bat protection scheme. We in UK also have to protect bats

[@marykatherinegoode2773]

I am a bit of a hobbyist on the subject, so forgive me if I come off as a windbag. There is a reason for that. Most bat species here don't have the problem of tree cover the UK has. Even areas that have been cut down have had quite a bit of regrowth, and that is good news. The ones in this attic look to me like a cousin of the UK's serotine bat; the big brown bat. Very similar tastes to the serotine in terms of bugs it likes to eat, but it has a shorter wing span and is more likely to birth twins. Definitely, though, a maternity colony, definitely. There are some species, though, that basically you are not allowed to so much as breathe on. A few years back, a fungus from Europe unfortunately arrived here on a caver's boots; dumbass didn't wash them first. Myotis lucifugus. Littler cousin of Daubenton's bat; very wee little guys. Usually when everything is okay they cluster in HUUUUGE colonies of THOUSANDS of bats; it looks like the wall of a cave is pulsating with them. The same trait, alas, sealed their doom, since it wiped out so many of them in the East and Midwest-they are a candidate for the Endangered Species list. The Indiana and Gray bat got lucky that White Nose Syndrome barely touched them, since they were endangered already and native to only a handful of caves. Google Hell Cave in West Virginia.In winter it is wall to wall bats. They won't let you anywhere near it unless you have a permit and are a scientist. Aeolus Cave in VT had something like 8-10,000 bats once. The bats are still going in there, but it is going to take a long time for the cave to recover. The largest known bat colony in the world is just outside of San Antonio, Mexican free-tailed bats. I highly recommend it. The nightly release at sunset is so big you can see it on radar. There are a few other spots where you can see big emergences, but the big bat house the University of Florida has is a sight to see!! Houses over 5,000 bats!!

[@mrsmiggins6435]

Wow, you sure do know lot about bats😁. Thank you for the reply

[@marykatherinegoode2773]

@@mrsmiggins6435 No problem! Now go out and ask the 64 million dollar question of, "why can't we build an insanely big bat box for some of our species?- keep in mind I have been wondering this for ages. (LIke I said, it is my hobby.) Hey, it could work...even become a talking point. "Gladys, Gladys! Have you heard? The church is absolutely free of the little buggers because they moved into the big thing down by the pond!! They've made it official and even put the words "Wayne Manor" on the side!! Apparently somebody got the idea from a project at the University of Florida..."😉😉😉😁😁

[@bcfriardoyle7697]

Is any one else grabbing anything they can to cover their noses? For the bat smell? LOLZ

[@annecaulder9495]

Holding my breath! 😂 I had to rewind to hear him say the bats are federally protected. I rented a house that was bat infested ... got out of that lease early!

[@Mo-mr8vv]

I love all the color!

[@carolsmith8482]

Bats kill approximately 1000 bugs a night! They should NOT be killed but removed!!!

[@judyfenske1429]

Yay, butcher block counter top!.

[@TheEmbrio]

Bats are GREAT mosquito and fly eaters. Build them a shed, clean out the gua’o, it’s expensive fertilizer right there. Don’t exterminate them

[@casid9929]

Love the interior colors and decor! But...the bat urine and droppings (guano?) would be definite deal breaker!

[@everythingrebekahlorraine]

I'm glad they relocated the bats instead of killing them. However, I noticed that her first reaction was to call an exterminator.

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

Why can't TLC bridge the budget gap considering how much money they make on these shows?

[@JustMe-gh7ib]

1:30 Is that the Bat Phone you're on, Ben?

[@aped3]

Round and round !!!

[@ithacacomments4811]

I would never live in a house that had a previous bat infestation. Bat droppings are gross and carry disease.

[@SjofnBM1989]

I'm almost entirely certain the guano was cleaned out

[@jaggedone8474]

@@kathybauman6708 If you are speaking of the couple who are moving into the cottage, they purchased the home and were having it renovated for themselves and had not lived in the house. The previous owner was elderly (or perhaps deceased), and it is quite possible the house had been empty for a period of time, hence the bat population.

[@jaggedone8474]

@@kathybauman6708 Whoa! You buying and selling ‘many’ homes and having building inspections done does not relate to your previous comment, that you edited after my first comment. Most certainly it does not excuse your rude comments about the owners being “slobs” as I believed you referred to them. The bat problem was remedied by removal of the bats, and cleaning and disinfecting of the areas. The home was successfully and beautifully renovated by a professional contractor, thereby addressing any deficiencies to the structural integrity of the house. The new owners were delighted to move into their new-to-them home. Also, it is spelled feces, not feses. And when referring to batdroppings it is referred to as guano. Edited to add: I expect that Ben Napier met or exceeded all local code requirements in this and every renovation he has done.

[@jaggedone8474]

Kathy Bauman: You reply to my comments and then edit and ultimately delete what you have written. If you believe what you have written is justified then you should stand by your statements and not delete them. I would hope you know what you are writing is cruel and unjustified and are ashamed of your behavior. I sincerely doubt it, however. You certainly appear to have a grudge against this woman. You have attacked her housekeeping skills, calling her filthy, for the condition of a house that she and her husband just purchased and had never lived in. You have also criticized her appearance. Your attacks paint a very unflattering portrait of who you are. Think about that. I copied your last two replies to me and am leaving them in my reply to you. Kathy Bauman replied: “jagged one bat droppings, sheeet” Since you claim you are such a perfectionist, I thought you might prefer to use the correct term. My apologies, I am obviously mistaken. And Kathy Bauman replied: “jagged one the Lady’s hair matches her counter tops. Red blonde streaks yiiiiikes! I’ve remodelled & brought back to perfection with my own hands. I’m a clean freak. Hence prosperity, all my own doing.” If you actually watched and understood the video, starting at 2:38, Ben Napier suggests building a butcher’s block countertop out of scrap wood of all different colors and species that he has in his workshop. He did this in order to save the client’s money because the cost of the bat removal cut into the renovation budget quite significantly. Once again, to explain the timeline to you, this couple had just purchased the property and had never lived in it.

[@jobrock1079]

I think there's a lot of bats dying in your part of the country (New York) from some fungus.

[@TheVeritie]

Wait, did he say the house had *500 to 600* bats in the attic?!!

[@darlaflorence7428]

bats are good.

[@tammyblocker9465]

When you remodel the older homes, is there anyway to insulate the house?

[@libertyblueskyes2564]

Dont exterminate the bats. Remove them safely.

[@rzu7120]

They already made that decision, but I’m sure they appreciate your input.

[@L.Spencer]

Seems like they edited in when he said, "Oh, look at that!" I bet he was talking about something else.

[@kylieharrison3782]

Was that when the bat flew past them in the garden, when they were checking out the traps?

[@L.Spencer]

@@kylieharrison3782 it's at 6:55, when they're talking about the letter on the wall, there's a sudden clip of the homeowner guy saying, "Aw, look at that!" Then it cuts back to them just nodding their heads.

[@QuynhNhu17]

Can anyone please let me know what kind of yellow color that is painted on the outside of the house? Thanks!

[@jaggedone8474]

Exterior Paint Shutters: SW 6221 Moody Blue Sherwin Williams Body: PPG11-02 Tainted Gold PPG Pittsburgh Paints Trim & Foundation: OC-121 Mountain Peak White Benjamin Moore Door: CC640 Blue Grass Benjamin Moore

[@pockethole1900]

The bike. Who else wants to move to Laurel?

[@Charlizzie]

Glad they survive Covid with those bats.

[@janedoe805]

The countertop is stunning! The first person to cut open a bagel directly on the countertop... I’d probably kill ‘em! It’s definitely beautiful but not at practical!

[@imperviousdonut]

I hadn't heard that about butcher block. I think you're supposed to properly treat it and care for it and itll last quite a while.

[@laurapearson3370]

Don't kill the bats that's horrible

[@alonzojohnson7955]

Bats woe

[@karenashton5053]

They have to relocate by law

[@MM-ep6fy]

Counter tops match her Karen hairdo very well

[@cocokai9661]

Yes, you're right. Both are beautiful.

[@reginacampos9127]

🇧🇷👍👏

[@Okiemom50]

Where's the bedroom? 😳🧐🤔

[@yadhiracalderon8685]

Dios Dios Dios solo eso

[@beauleandre]

The Bat House. The design is not for me. 😅

[@eeccee11]

They're endangered and eat your malaria mosquitoes...so please be kind 1:11 ❤

[@karenacton3854]

I don’t understand......they have beautiful wood floors then when they stage the house they cover it will rugs of every shape and size. Isn’t it the wood floors that are amazing? Why cover them..........again?

[@gruweldaad]

You can appreciate wood floors without seeing every inch of them...

[@HeloisaSchulz5719]

🤢😱 🤩😍

[@rickbrosky3544]

Like the movie the birds except it's the bats.