Mina Starsiak Hawk Reveals New Lake House She Calls a 'Healing' Place After Loss of 3 Family Members (Exclusive)

Mina Starsiak Hawk and her husband Steve Hawk are turning an Indiana lake house into a family retreat in her new Good bones spinoff — and home has a special meaning for the couple.

The property will be a getaway for the couple and their two children, 5-year-old Jack and 3-year-old Charlie. Their primary residence is in Indianapolis, where Mina has been renovating homes with her mom, Karen E. Laine, for eight seasons. Good bones‘ original run until the end of 2023.

In an exclusive preview clip shared with PEOPLE, Mina reflects on why the new home is especially important to her husband.

“The lake house will be very healing for Steve because he’s lost so much,” she says.

In 2018, Steve’s mother died of stomach cancer. Six months later, his father died unexpectedly after falling down the stairs. And in 2020, his younger sister Stefanie died of ethanol poisoning.

“She’s going through life in the best possible way after just a really, really epic loss in a very, very short time,” Mina explains. “And because his time with his family was cut short, that’s why we wanted this lake house for Jack and Charlie — really, long-term, for memories, for experiences. I think that’s why it’s really important to both of us.”

Mina Starsiak Hawk and Steve Hawk with their two children on the new spinoff ‘Good Bones’.

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Mina Starsiak Hawk and mom Karen E. Laine are returning to HGTV for a spinoff filmed in different states after their split

While Mina and Steve create memories of a special limited season good bones, her mom is about to embark on a separate home renovation trip several states away.

Laine will “embark on a new adventure in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she will risk her retirement” by transforming a 120-year-old bungalow into a dream beach house, according to a HGTV press release shared with PEOPLE.

Mina Starsiak Hawk in her new lake house in ‘Good Bones’ Season 9.

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The new series will focus on “new beginnings” as the couple’s lives “evolve behind a time of home renovations in Indianapolis.”

Mina previously revealed on her podcast, Mina AF, that there was tension between her and her family behind the scenes of the original series, saying she wasn’t “in a good place” with either Laine or brother Tad Starsiak during the final season good bones, which aired last fall.

In October 2023, she said about her relationship with her mom: “We don’t talk. We haven’t for a long time.”

Karen E. Laine on her new porch in ‘Good Bones’ Season 9.

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The spinoff will include a 90-minute premiere, focusing on Mina going through the “difficult” process of buying a house, renovating a lakeside retreat and facing a “difficult decision about her future.”

The next two episodes, each an hour long, will show Laine facing “challenges at every turn” as she buys her beach house, which is being renovated.

Mina previously discussed filming a spinoff about the family’s new lake house on her podcast, but did not mention Laine’s involvement in the show.

In October, she said the lake house was in a “great community” about 35 minutes from her home in Indianapolis.

“It’s a place that I can see in my mind and it’s going to be for my family, but also for my extended family to make these new, amazing memories,” she added. “I have so many friends that I hear tell great stories about growing up in their grandparents’ lake house and running around in the woods and building forts and just having a simple childhood, and I want that for my kids.”

Good bones‘ The Season 9 premiere, “Mina Takes the Lake,” will air Wednesday, August 14, at 9:00 PM ET/PT on HGTV.

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