Sibling rivalry is back and better than ever in the Season 8 of HGTV's Brother vs. Brother . Once again, Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott compete to flip their chosen homes and sell them for a higher price than their twin. Only this time, there were no renovation rules: When it came to budgets and locations around Los Angeles, the possibilities were endless.

Jonathan was drawn to the ocean and assumed spending more upfront was the wiser flipping decision. Conversely, Drew made his way to the suburbs of Los Angeles to find the perfect reno-ready home. There, he found a 1,250-square-foot house with three bedrooms, one and a half baths and a freestanding garage — but that's not all. The home also featured a separate two-bedroom, one-bathroom guest suite and a three-tiered backyard. In total, the property cost $850,000 — "which actually feels like a steal compared to what others are going for in the neighborhood," Drew shared in the first episode.

“There were two things I really wanted when I was looking for my house," Drew revealed. " I wanted a fixer-upper that I could treat as a complete blank slate, and I also wanted a well-established suburban neighborhood, which I found in El Sereno, just outside of South Pasadena. It’s an area with a lot of multi-generation families looking for a newly renovated house — something I plan on giving them.”

From the start, Drew admitted his house was in worse shape than Jonathan's. "Sure, Jonathan’s house is in better condition than mine, but I can make the more impressive transformation, which means more profit in the end and another win for me," he said. To do so, Drew planned to spend $600,000 in renovation costs, with $75,000 dedicated to the living room and entryway. In the end, he hoped to sell the remodeled home for $1.7 million.

Drew's main goal was to create function and flow. In the entryway, he added a coat closet, repositioned the front door, replaced the outdated, thin-planked wood floors, updated the fireplace and added color and print — all in an effort to set the tone from the moment guests entered the house.

Drew's efforts hit the nail on the head. When HGTV guest judges David Bromstad ( My Lottery Dream Home ) and Kendra Wilkinson ( Kendra Sells Hollywood ) entered his home, their jaws literally dropped.

In the entryway, Jonathan added a half-moon table, a blue-and-rattan chair and cane-accented doors to create a warm and inviting place for guests to hang their coats and bags.

“I want this room to be eye-catching so I’ll do that with beautiful wallpaper pattern accents, with bold colors all around the room,” Drew said at the beginning of the living area competition. While striped wallpaper, mixed prints and loads of color certainly helped achieve his desired aesthetic, the trayed ceiling is what stood out the most.

Originally, Drew's home had a popcorn ceiling, which contractor Chris Lumpkin warned could be a sign of asbestos. Once a team came out to inspect the ceiling (and cleared it for asbestos), Drew and Chris decided to maximize the height of the room by tapping into the beam space. “All that space in the ceiling gives me a ton of possibilities to add some real zing to this living room, so now Chris and I have an opportunity to create something really special,” Drew said.

While the judges admitted that Drew's style was a bit wild from a real estate and resell stance, in the end, it was the tray ceiling that really drew David and Kendra in and secured his win. “I love the shape ... it’s so cool,” Kendra marveled. David agreed. “People are so afraid to put color on the ceiling, especially when there’s a unique one like this.”