A young couple have purchased their first house and have asked a contractor to help with renovations. However, the contractor has left them with an unfinished house and very little money. With only eight weeks left until Christmas, and the family living in the basement, Mike Holmes and his crew race to complete the repairs and give the family a home for the holidays.

In this two-hour special episode, Mike deals with a couple who had a "friend" do an addition. Although the work was originally estimated to cost just over $200,000, the "friend" later put a lien on the house for more than $500,000 and took the owners of the house to court. Mike and the crew take the house down brick by brick and stud by stud to save the family from shoddy work done under the previous contract. This episode is notable for employing over 100 companies and 30 months of construction work (the construction having started sometime in season 5) - to date the most extensive work on the show, in terms of materials, manpower, and time.