AUSTIN (Austin American-Statesman) – The 70-member crew of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is building a house in 106 hours for the O'Donnells, an Austin family of eight, including five childen with autism. It normally takes six months to tear down a house and build a new one.
The new home in the O'Donnells' Milwood neighborhood in northwest Austin will be ready, with paint and furnishings, by Sunday. Diane Korman, the show's lead producer, called the effort "the Super Bowl of home building."
More than 300 companies and countless volunteers are donating everything from food to furniture to labor. The O'Donnells will come back to a new house filled with RoomStore furniture and Dell Inc. technology.
Jimmy Jacobs Custom Homes of Georgetown has been selected to build the home. The company will build the home for free.
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