Before gaining celebrity on "Loveline" and "The Man Show", Carolla worked as a carpenter for several years. In this series, he returns to the profession by purchasing his father's house on Hartsook Street in Village Valley, California for $739,500 and paying all expenses out of his own pocket to have it renovated. The show co-stars friends from his construction days ("my band of unemployable idiots"), who do much of the renovation. The footage is a mix of celebreality television and real-life construction.