Arnold
Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoExtreme Makeover house up for foreclosure
July 30th 2008 11:07
It's the home from ABC's "Extreme Makeover", turning a home that was falling apart into this fancy mansion. The family borrowed money against the volunteer project, never paid it back, then put the house into foreclosure.
A slick story! The family claims that the money was for a business that failed, but they're aren't answering calls, and the pride of ABC's show is now a public spectacle of what happens when you help people.
"The finished product was a four-bedroom house with decorative rock walls and a three-car garage that towered over ranch and split-level homes in their Clayton County neighborhood. The home's door opened into a lobby that featured four fireplaces, a solarium, a music room and a plush new office.
Materials and labor were donated for the home, which would have cost about $450,000 to build. Beazer Homes' employees and company partners also raised $250,000 in contributions for the family, including scholarships for the couple's three children and a home maintenance fund."
Materials and labor were donated for the home, which would have cost about $450,000 to build. Beazer Homes' employees and company partners also raised $250,000 in contributions for the family, including scholarships for the couple's three children and a home maintenance fund."
Unfortunately, this story makes people grimace in surly cynicism. Money was donated, time was donated, and the end result is all that kindness was taken advantage of. The volunteers are not too happy with the outcome either. The net result is that many of those volunteers will be reluctant to donate their time and their hammers again. A project like this brings the community together, and a scandal splinters it apart.
Scholarships for three kids? The family got a plush deal, including a maintenance fund. They were sitting pretty but got greedy with the idea of sucking the project dry.
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