HGTV personality Nicole Curtis is taking on a 1928 structure in Detroit for the ninth season of her show, "Rehab Addict," set to premiere on Tuesday, June 24.

The 1928 house, in an undisclosed location she has never worked in before, is smaller than her typical rehab, she said.

“The purpose of showcasing this house in Detroit is that I really want to put an end to the developers that are taking the little, tiny houses and just completely gutting them,” she said.

Curtis made it clear she is not a flipper. She said her houses are different from most redevelopment because she keeps the original detail.

“The easiest path to get them (houses) done, flipped and on the market is that they go in with dumpsters and sledgehammers, and they take everything original out and throw it in a dumpster,” Curtis said. “They white wall it, they throw in some big tile and some new cabinets and ugly-looking bathrooms, and they sell it. And then we don't have any more original details.”

HGTV's Nicole Curtis will remodel a 1928 Detroit home in the latest season of "Rehab Addict."

Preserving the small details is worth the years it can take to make a house a home, she said.

“We don't just throw up drywall, we abate the asbestos,” she said. “We do lead and mold remediation. It’s a different kind of beast … We don’t speed through the process, and it shows.”

She doesn’t film every house she rehabs, but said she felt this one was important to spotlight to set an example for redevelopment in Detroit.

“It’s important to showcase it and its historic significance. There are so many trendy sections of Detroit, and if you’re ever trying to find me, don’t look for me there,” Curtis said. “I want to shine the light on places that need people to care about the history and save the houses.”

She said Detroit developers tend to focus renovations on larger homes and flips on smaller ones, even though the little houses have unique details, too.

“Quit doing it. Quit flipping our historic homes,” Curtis said. “I'd rather them sit vacant. I'm that person. I will say, let that house sit vacant for 20 years before having somebody come in and flip it and tear out the original bathroom tile or the original old-growth wood floors, the original windows. You have to have the original stuff in a house. That's what makes it old.”

Sometimes rehabilitation means waiting for 25 antique chandeliers to be shipped or spending a week putting old door hinges back together, like in the case of her latest Detroit house, she said.

Historic houses should not be torn down or flipped, as there is room for modern builds on vacant lots, Curtis said.

“I fight developers every single day,” Curtis said. “I’m very outspoken about it. People are like, ‘It’s not your property.’ It doesn’t matter. It’s collectively our history, and if somebody doesn’t speak out about it, these guys and girls that flip houses can sneak in a zoning change and the next thing you know there’s a crane in front of your neighbor’s house, and they are tearing it down.”

She said she has many houses in line at a time, and she doesn't film every house she works on. She chose to work on this one at this time because people were living in the house without permission.

“Our (Curtis) houses look old, and our houses tell a story. And this little ... house with squatters in it that anyone else would have torn down, we rebuilt, and it's beautiful."

She said she is not a fan of Brush Park, despite the time she spent developing the historic Ransom Gillis House there.

“They built disposable architecture next to it, and it’s an eyesore,” she said. “I would have rather seen that sector of town true to its historic nature … I don't want to be known for the Ransom Gillis house, but that's in Detroit. That's what people know me for. But I think there's other houses that are a better testament to true restoration.”

Curtis, a Lake Orion native, said her work in Detroit is sacred to her.

“I grew up going to Eastern Market with my grandparents. I grew up going through these old neighborhoods. I grew up in Greenfield Village. I grew up at the DIA and on Belle Isle. My grandmother grew up in an orphanage off Jefferson. I am a Detroiter, and it’s very important to me to showcase it in a positive light.”

In season nine of "Rehab Addict," Curtis also works on a house in Wyoming. She said she brings her metro Detroit-based carpenter crew with her on the road, and sometimes this means interesting interactions with TSA, trying to fly with luggage full of equipment, like saws.

“I am known for carrying the most crazy, crazy thing you’ve ever seen onto a plane,” she said. “Everybody at TSA in Detroit knows me. They’re like, ‘Oh Lord, what does she have today?’”

Curtis said she flew out 32 cases of taxidermy and antiques to Wyoming.

“I took Detroit to Wyoming,” Curtis said. “When we’re on the road, we’re on the road.”

After the show is out, Curtis plans to open the new house and the Ransom Gillis House for walk-through tours. The last time the Ransom Gillis was open to the public, people waited up to seven hours in line to see it, she said.

The first episode of the show's ninth season will premiere on Tuesday, June 24, at 9 p.m. on HGTV. Each new episode will be available to stream the next day on HBO Max and Discovery+, where fans can stream previous seasons.

For updates on new episodes, fans can go to HGTV.com or follow @HGTV and Curtis' account @detroitdesign on social media.