The wildly popular TV show, ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ paid a visit to the Charlotte area this past week as Ty Pennington and his crew descended on 4214 Sudbury Road in the Windsor Park neighborhood. The 1,900 ft2 home was replaced with a 5,100 ft2 abode all within106 hours of hard, sweaty labor.
Temperatures ranged in the mid-90’s and given the humidity here in the Carolinas, we know it was a muggy affair.
The King family pulled up at about 3:17pm yesterday, fresh off a gifted vacation to Puerto Rico, and the crowd began chanting the customary phrase that’s become part of the show, “Move that bus!” And sure enough, off went the bus revealing the freshly completed gem of a house.
The King’s run a daycare and according to Curtis King, the husband, the size of the business doubled from being able ot have 12 tots under care to 24.
In terms of an estimated value of the property it’s difficult to determine because there really aren’t any comparable properties against which to get a clear picture of the home’s value in it’s location. Howerver, many Charlotte real estate experts projected that if the home were located in Myers Park or Dilworth, 2 older but upscale areas of Charlotte, the value of the home would be somewhere between $800K to $1MM.
Now, my husband and I do watch the show and one of the biggest questions we’ve always had was ‘how does the family pay for the added taxes, electricity, water, gas, etc.?’ Well, according to the article in the Charlotte Observer:
“Most family mortgages are paid off,†says Didiayer Snyder, one of the designers on the Charlotte build. Also, money is put in escrow for things such as taxes, power bills and other expenses. What’s given to the King family won’t be known until the show airs.
Well, I’m happy for the King family and as always, am glad to see ABC do such a great job of reaching out to the community and helping worthwhile families that need a hand. It’s too bad there aren’t more big name companies doing more of the same.
