The TV hit show "Extreme Home Makeover" is in town filming the construction of a new home this week at 23 E. Robinson. I've been trying to witness the construction progress over the last couple days to no avail. The police and security have roadblocks and are letting in only a limited number of public looky-loos. The entire neighborhood is a zoo, with lots of people and traffic. Finally today, I was able to walk down the street to the construction site. The owner's story is great, because the owner is very deserving of the new house for their family. I took some pictures below and have some interesting info I dug up in the MLS and public records. The original house was 1213 SF, 3 BR 1.5 Baths and it was bought at the height of the market for $235,000 in Sept. 2006. It was in good overall conditon. They Extreme Home Makeover show demolished the entire house down, and are rebuilding a totally new 3200 SF home that is specifically designed for the handicapped owner. The entire construction of the house is done in about 4 days while the owner is sent on a vacation. When they return, they will film the owner seeing the home for the first time after the construction as the show's star shouts out "Move that Bus" The show will air sometime in March 2009
This is a picture from 2006 when she first bought the home for $235,000
These below are taken on day 2 of construction 1/12/2009
