One Chattanooga area homeowner will get a visit from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington on Feb. 13 when the reality show star and his bullhorn tell the family they’ve been selected as the television show’s project house.
The homebuilders spearheading the Extreme Home Makeover build in Chattanooga say they will cram six to nine months of construction into seven days when the reality show shoots in February.
"That's the norm, but this isn't the norm — it's extreme," said Jason Willard, owner and chief manager at Vision Homes.
At a news conference this morning, Willard and co-owner Craig Smith made a plea for volunteers, saying it would take a community-wide effort to build the house.
Neither Smith nor Willard would say where the project house would be, citing an agreement with the ABC television network.
According to the sponsorship packet network representatives are leaving with Chattanooga area businesses, the completed house will be revealed on Feb. 19. The show will also feature a “pep rally” at the Chattanoogan Hotel on Feb. 3, a kickoff on Feb. 14, and a fundraiser Feb. 17.
Follow a REPLAY of our live coverage from the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" news conference in Chattanooga.
Andy began working at the Times Free Press in July 2008 as a general assignment reporter before focusing on Northwest Georgia and Georgia politics in May of 2009. Before coming to the Times Free Press, Andy worked for the Anniston Star, the Rome News Tribune and the Campus Carrier at Berry College, where he graduated with a communications degree in 2006. He is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Tennessee ...
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I am so excited about this!!
god bless whichever family gets this new dream house. it is a gift from jesus. never forget the freedoms he gives us in this great country.
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