• How many houses has the show built
through the end of November 2008?
• What was the smallest house
and what was the biggest?
• What are the number of serious
construction injuries reported?
• The estimated number of volunteers do date?
What is "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"?
Each episode is self-contained and features a race against time on a project that would
ordinarily take at least four months, involving a team of designers, contractors and
several hundred workers who have just seven days (106 hours for the actual
construction) to rebuild an entire house – every room, the exterior and landscaping.
The lives of the lucky families are forever changed when they learn that they have been
selected to have their home walls moved, their floors replaced and their facades radically
changed … or even have their home demolished and rebuilt from scratch.
The show earned an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2006.
How many houses has the show built through the end of November 2008?
• 120 Houses
• 1 Dance Studio
• 2 Little League Fields
• 2 Free Clinics
• Guest House
• 1 Firehouse
• 2 Church
• 3 Community Centers
• 1 Duplex for 2 Homeless Families
• 1 Volunteer Camp Cabin
• 1 Media Center
What was the smallest house and what was the biggest?
• Smallest: 2,200 square feet
• Largest: 7,000 square feet
What are the number of serious construction injuries reported?
• BUILDERS: Zero. Nothing that iodine and a Band-Aid couldn’t heal. The worst accident was a subcontractor climbed a tree at night to pick an apple and fell, spraining his ankle.
• DESIGN TEAM: One. Ed Sanders’ was the first accident on set. He took the safety off or a chainsaw, a mistake he will never make again. This incident is a lesson that will help millions of Americans understand how important safety is whenever you do a project.
The estimated number of volunteers to date?
• The average is 500 per show, 60,000 volunteers.