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Extremely Grateful

Reality TV Show Builds New Home for a Kirkland Family

by Jenny Lynn Zappala, photos NorthWest Property Imagin

To find out more about Extreme Home Makeover, visit abc.com

To see more images of the project, visit nwpimaging.com

The mission: Tear down and build a family home in seven days. Riddled with lead paint, asbestos and rotting floor joists, the nearly 100-year-old Kirkland house would have to be taken down safe and slow in one day and a new home would be built – and fully decorated and furnished – a week later. The eight-day ordeal will be broadcast on the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition TV show on ABC.

Daimon Doyle, president of the Building Industry Association of Washington, knew it wasn't going to be easy. To succeed, the association had to draft plans, recruit companies and gather supplies in four weeks, meaning people were often making commitments before seeing detailed plans.

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"Our previous record (for building one house) was 87 days. The world will never be the same when we finish this project," said Doyle, president of Doyle Custom Homes, on Day 1. Doyle, at least 700 builders and about as many volunteers tackled the mammoth project to help a family in need. The homeowner, Connie Chapin of Kirkland, a hard working mother of four children and former aerospace industry project manager, faced the real possibility of losing her home and her business

 


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