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We're in the home stretch of the Extreme Makeover Home Edition build in Horry County.
In one work week, a home has been demolished, and another is almost finished.
MONDAY
Monday, the Extreme Makeover Home Edition bus rolled into Horry County carrying Ty Pennington, Paige Hemmis, Ed Sanders, John Littlefield, and celebrity builder Jeff Gordon.
They surprised the Suggs family.
Amanda and Derrick have two children of their own and over the past five years, at one time or another, have taken care of her six siblings. They adopted three of them to keep them from going into foster care.
Their home, built in 1953, had many problems including a leaking roof, rotting foundation, and faulty wiring.
After finding out they'd been chosen for the show, Amanda told us tearfully, "It's amazing what is being done for us. There are so many people right now going through rough times, and so many people doing this for us, and we just appreciate so much words cannot express."
TUESDAY
Tuesday morning the foundation for the new home was poured. By that afternoon, the framing was going up.
Tuesday night, was the demolition of the family's old home with the help of WWE stars The Big Show, R-Truth, and the Bella Twins.
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, the house really took shape with framing finishing up and the roof going on.
By noon, plumbing, septic and h-vac had been inspected.
"It's a 106 hour build, and that's something that a lot of people don't comprehend and don't get and something that really surprised me when I first got out here, that it's a 106 hour build, that this was a grass field less than two days ago," said builder Harry Dill. He and business partner Clinch Heyward of Sterling Homes are building the house for the family.
THURSDAY
Thursday, the siding went on. The interior walls were painted. Cabinets were brought in to go up overnight. Tile went into the bathrooms, and the interior trim went up.
FRIDAY
Cabinets were finished, appliances went in, and by evening, the lights inside the house came on.
Work really got underway outside the house as well. In the morning, they started on the driveway. It was finished by the evening.
They also started a BMX track behind the house, and landscaping started, with Palmetto trees going in.
It's all work done by volunteers, who are building a house in 106 hours for a family most of them don't even know.
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