Retta takes an ugly hunt up and down the Pacific coast as she gets a tour of a linoleum-covered nightmare, a house with a staircase straight to Hell and an oppressively hot home with a huge built-in solarium.

Retta visits the Great Lakes to find a batch of ugly houses that are vying for a $150,000 makeover by designer Alison Victoria. She gets an up-close look at a real-life Victorian dollhouse, a lake house with a funky odor and a former church.