Heidi Klum climbed on a roof and positioned tiles when renovating her housekeeper's residence on 'Celeb IOU'

• The newest season of HGTV’s “Celeb IOU” premiered on Monday evening.
• Heidi Klum teamed up with the Property Brothers for the season premiere.
• Klum renovated her housekeeper Lucia’s residence for the present, and she or he was hands-on through the course of.

HGTV’s hit present “Celeb IOU” returned on Monday with one other A-list superstar: Heidi Klum.

The supermodel and “America’s Received Expertise” choose teamed up with the Property Brothers to reward her housekeeper Lucia with a shock residence renovation.

As they shared through the present, Lucia has labored for Klum for 17 years, not solely cleansing her residence however cooking for her household and caring for her kids. 

“She’s turn out to be a part of our household. She actually is somebody in my home that I am unable to stay with out,” Klum mentioned of Lucia, including that she has all the time been there for her. 

Klum additionally mentioned on the present that Lucia meant to renovate her residence a number of years in the past, however her mom bought COVID and was in poor health for an prolonged time period earlier than dying. Her mom’s medical payments reduce into the cash Lucia and her husband had saved to renovate, which made Klum much more motivated to repair her residence with the assistance of Drew and Jonathan Scott.

“She all the time has my again, and it feels good that now I can have hers too,” Klum mentioned. 

Klum and the Property Brothers had simply three weeks to drag off the renovation, as they used time Lucia was visiting household to finish the venture. 

Klum and the Scotts wished to place household on the middle of their design as a result of Lucia would not simply stay along with her husband, she additionally lives along with her daughter Lorena as effectively Lorena’s husband and their kids. 

It was essential to the trio that the house really feel open and ethereal after the renovation. Earlier than they modified something, the home had darkish flooring, and the kitchen was reduce off from the remainder of the dwelling area, making all of it really feel smaller.

The fridge additionally sat a step down from the remainder of the kitchen, making a disjointed area that wasn’t handy for Lucia. 

Klum and the Property Brothers turned the area into an open-concept format, eradicating the wall that separated the kitchen and including area so the entire home equipment have been in a single room.

In addition they swapped the darkish flooring for a lighter-wood end, and so they picked brilliant cupboards to make the house really feel “happier,” as Klum mentioned. 

Klum was hands-on within the renovation course of, partaking within the demolition course of, deciding on finishes for the cupboards and counters, serving to to put in each tile and wooden flooring all through the home, and even climbing onto Lucia’s roof to put new shingles.

The roof work, specifically, was out of Klum’s consolation zone.

“I’ve by no means been on prime of a roof. I’ve by no means finished roof shingling in my life,” Klum mentioned. “I do not love heights. However I am all the time up for something.”

The expertise ended up being gratifying for Klum, as she shared on the present.

“I’ve to inform you, it feels wonderful to place the secure roof over her and her household’s head,” Klum instructed the Scotts whereas nonetheless on Lucia’s roof.

“She does a lot for me and for my household, so to have the ability to do this for her, with my very own palms, it feels nice,” she added in an interview with “Celeb IOU” producers.

When it was lastly time to disclose the renovation, Lucia was thrilled.

“It is stunning,” she mentioned, including that she was shocked by how a lot it had modified. “This isn’t my home. That is one other home.”

“Celeb IOU” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.