I’m moving into an unseen house that didn’t even exist a week ago – 2,000 different people brought us here
A FAMILY has been gifted a brand new home they’ve never seen before thanks to the help of their entire community.
In less than 24 hours, an unknown family in Texas is gifted a brand new home that was built for them in a week.
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In June, ABC’s hit show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” began working with the Austin Justice Coalition (AJC) to find a “worthy family in need of a new home…”
When looking for people for the show, they asked viewers to nominate a family that values resilience, strength and determination.
Producers chose to keep the family’s identity secret, but revealed that they found out they would be getting a house a few days before construction.
“You don’t know what it looks like. They don’t know what’s going on in there,” said Michael Heyerman, the executive producer of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” local ABC affiliate KVUE-TV,
Since construction began, thousands of people have donated their time to help.
“‘There’s probably 300 people here at any given time,’ Heyerman said.
“I think it’s so cool,” said Nicole, a local mom who volunteers for the show after dropping her kids off at school.
“We just lifted some 2x4s – that made me feel strong.”
Around 2,000 people worked around the clock to make this dream home a reality for a local family.
Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, known for their Netflix show Get Organized with The Home Edit, played an important role in the construction of the new house.
“We can do it all in a week,” Shearer said.
The apartment experts had planned the big appearance on Saturday afternoon.
“Everything is going in our favor,” Shearer said.
“’It’s the most incredible experience I’ve ever had. We started construction at 5 p.m. A house is already there [16 hours later]!”
The creators worked with the city of Hutto and developer Taylor Morrison to make everything happen.
“We put together a 94-hour plan,” said April Whitaker, Taylor Morrison’s department manager.
“And these guys do it! We are on time.
The makers of the show invite people in the Hutto area to take part in the grand unveiling.
The town of Hutto is providing transportation to town hall so locals can attend filming.