If you’ve ever watched the show ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ then you know the premise of the show. Ty Pennington leads a crew of ambicious home renovators in the seemingly insurmountable task of completely replacing decrepit, delapidated home in less than 7 days. They often pick families that are involved in worthy causes and activities outside of their own interests, but have living conditions in desperate need of help.
Well, even though we all hope the lives of these people getting help are better off after Ty and his crews leave, that’s not always the case. And a perfect example is a home remodel that was completed in an Atlanta, GA suburb in 2005.
The home was used as collateral for a $450,000 loan, but the home is set to go to auction on August 5th at the Clayton County Courthouse. It’s sad to see that after getting such a huge helping hand, this family wasn’t able to hold onto the gift that was given them.
In addition to the home, the family also received $250,000 in donations from Beezer Homes, the home builder, and other generous donors that was to be used for college for the couple’s three kids and a home maintenance fund.
I certainly don’t want to jump to any conclusiongs, but let’s just hope the family did a better job of managing these additional donations! It would make this story a huge tragedy if just a few short years later the family ended up with absolutely nothing to show for the generosity of so many good people!
