Comments on: Kirkland Extreme Makeover – Tonight at 8 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:20:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Extreme Makeover TV show and the Chapin Family Give Back to Kirkland WA’s Hopelink « Kirkland Highlands Real Estate Buzz http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-230935 Extreme Makeover TV show and the Chapin Family Give Back to Kirkland WA’s Hopelink « Kirkland Highlands Real Estate Buzz Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:23:35 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-230935 [...]  The Kirkland Performance Center sold over 300 tickets, netting about $422 in cash donations and a total of 6 crates of food for Hopelink.  Over on Rain City Guide, Ardell wrote a piece about Sunday’s performance. [...] [...]  The Kirkland Performance Center sold over 300 tickets, netting about $422 in cash donations and a total of 6 crates of food for Hopelink.  Over on Rain City Guide, Ardell wrote a piece about Sunday’s performance. [...]

]]> By: anna http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-230161 anna Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:04:40 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-230161 How much would her family's lot be worth? Kirkland highland is an expensive area. If her lot is worth anything above 250k, she could have easily sold it and rent a big apartment. Then she'd be irresponsible to let her kids sleep in a structurally unsound house. How much would her family’s lot be worth? Kirkland highland is an expensive area. If her lot is worth anything above 250k, she could have easily sold it and rent a big apartment. Then she’d be irresponsible to let her kids sleep in a structurally unsound house.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229800 ARDELL Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:42:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229800 I'll be watching for it Geno. I’ll be watching for it Geno.

]]> By: Geno Petro http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229768 Geno Petro Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:09:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229768 Ardell...FYI. I'm referencing you in the last line of my BloodhoundBlog post tomorrow. It's meant as a compliment to you (just n case it comes across as muddled) Ardell…FYI. I’m referencing you in the last line of my BloodhoundBlog post tomorrow. It’s meant as a compliment to you (just n case it comes across as muddled)

]]> By: Debra http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229207 Debra Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:11:54 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229207 Thanks, Ardell. It was fun and a great experience. Thanks, Ardell. It was fun and a great experience.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229147 ARDELL Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:56:30 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229147 <a title="ext-makeoversv10.jpg" href="http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/ext-makeoversv10.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img alt="ext-makeoversv10.jpg" src="http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/ext-makeoversv10.jpg" /></a> Debra, Fabulous coverage!  Some really great shots there.  I encourage everyone to follow the link in Debra's comment and see the action in progress. <img id="snap_com_shot_pointer4" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; z-index: 99999; right: auto; left: 5px; float: none; background-image: url('http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.7/t.gif'); visibility: inherit; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 56px; bottom: auto; line-height: normal; padding-top: 0px; font-style: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; position: absolute; top: 369px; height: 8px; background-color: transparent; cssfloat: none; border-width: 0px" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.7/t.gif" /> <img id="snap_com_shot_pointer4" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; z-index: 99999; right: auto; left: 5px; float: none; background-image: url('http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.7/t.gif'); visibility: inherit; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 56px; bottom: auto; line-height: normal; padding-top: 0px; font-style: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; position: absolute; top: 369px; height: 8px; background-color: transparent; cssfloat: none; border-width: 0px" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.7/t.gif" /><a title="ext-makeoversv3.jpg" href="http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/ext-makeoversv3.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img alt="ext-makeoversv3.jpg" src="http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/ext-makeoversv3.jpg" /></a> ext-makeoversv10.jpg

Debra,

Fabulous coverage!  Some really great shots there.  I encourage everyone to follow the link in Debra’s comment and see the action in progress.

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]]> By: Mike Price http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229014 Mike Price Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:04:27 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-229014 My wife and I had the opportunity to work with a home builder that did the show for a family in the Houston area. We did a complete photo shoot and virtual tour of the property after it was completed. I had a chance to meet with the family and talked at length with them while my wife did the photo shoot. The process is quite amazing. An advance team comes in and works with the community to rally together donations from companies in the general area, contractor supply companies, furniture companies and dozens more are involved. It truly is a community event. So much takes place behind the scenes that you do not see. In addition, funds are raised to help with things like taxes and issues that will be there long after the cameras are gone. The family told me that everyone involved with the show, including Ty and the celebrity designers are very genuine. We went into it the effort as a sponsor, we left it with a sense of pride in what communities can do to help neighbors in need. http://www.extremeroycebuilders.com/thehome-virtualtour.asp#content Mike & Laurie My wife and I had the opportunity to work with a home builder that did the show for a family in the Houston area. We did a complete photo shoot and virtual tour of the property after it was completed. I had a chance to meet with the family and talked at length with them while my wife did the photo shoot. The process is quite amazing. An advance team comes in and works with the community to rally together donations from companies in the general area, contractor supply companies, furniture companies and dozens more are involved. It truly is a community event. So much takes place behind the scenes that you do not see. In addition, funds are raised to help with things like taxes and issues that will be there long after the cameras are gone. The family told me that everyone involved with the show, including Ty and the celebrity designers are very genuine. We went into it the effort as a sponsor, we left it with a sense of pride in what communities can do to help neighbors in need.

http://www.extremeroycebuilders.com/thehome-virtualtour.asp#content

Mike & Laurie

]]> By: LHR http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228971 LHR Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:16:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228971 I've always wondered if the families that get these huge houses can afford the heating/cooling and property tax bills. It would be a shame to get all that volunteer work done to help, then get foreclosed on because of it. I’ve always wondered if the families that get these huge houses can afford the heating/cooling and property tax bills. It would be a shame to get all that volunteer work done to help, then get foreclosed on because of it.

]]> By: Debra http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228944 Debra Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:54:29 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228944 Hi Ardell, Thanks for the update about the show. I was not able to go to the performance center last night to see the show "live". I live in the same neighborhood, The Kirkland Highlands, and it was wonderful to see how the neighborhood supported the Chapin family and the project. The whole block had to participate as the block was set up as a work site for the project and the neighbors were just terrific about it. The neighbor across the street got creative and set up a barbecue and sold hot dogs to the onlookers! The energy at the site was just amazing. It truly was a "feel good" project and people were excited to participate. It gave me a new perspective on the show (I do not usually watch it either), and, most importantly, on the neighborhood. I was truly impressed as people bonded over the whole experience. I intended to go by, maybe once or twice, to blog about the project and, instead, I got hooked! I went by the site a couple of times a day and took lots of photos and wrote a number of posts about the progress of the project on my Kirkland blog, http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.com/category/kirkland-highlands-extreme-makeover-home-project/. Everyone I spoke with was pleased to see the Chapin family receiving this wonderful new home. I thought the show did everything it could to accommodate people, given the inconveniences. The TV show sent people to to the neighborhood association meeting and met with the immediate neighbors numerous times. One day I stopped on of the show's co-ordinators and mentioned I lived in the neighborhood. His first concern was about whether I had been inconvenienced! Hopelink, http://www.hope-link.org/is a great organization that serves the Eastside neighborhoods of Seattle with various food banks and resources for people in need. It is not too late to support it! Hi Ardell,

Thanks for the update about the show. I was not able to go to the performance center last night to see the show “live”. I live in the same neighborhood, The Kirkland Highlands, and it was wonderful to see how the neighborhood supported the Chapin family and the project. The whole block had to participate as the block was set up as a work site for the project and the neighbors were just terrific about it. The neighbor across the street got creative and set up a barbecue and sold hot dogs to the onlookers! The energy at the site was just amazing. It truly was a “feel good” project and people were excited to participate. It gave me a new perspective on the show (I do not usually watch it either), and, most importantly, on the neighborhood. I was truly impressed as people bonded over the whole experience.

I intended to go by, maybe once or twice, to blog about the project and, instead, I got hooked! I went by the site a couple of times a day and took lots of photos and wrote a number of posts about the progress of the project on my Kirkland blog, http://kirklandhighlandsrealestatebuzz.com/category/kirkland-highlands-extreme-makeover-home-project/.
Everyone I spoke with was pleased to see the Chapin family receiving this wonderful new home.

I thought the show did everything it could to accommodate people, given the inconveniences. The TV show sent people to to the neighborhood association meeting and met with the immediate neighbors numerous times. One day I stopped on of the show’s co-ordinators and mentioned I lived in the neighborhood. His first concern was about whether I had been inconvenienced!

Hopelink, http://www.hope-link.org/is a great organization that serves the Eastside neighborhoods of Seattle with various food banks and resources for people in need. It is not too late to support it!

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228636 ARDELL Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:44:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/12/16/kirkland-extreme-makeover-tonight-at-8/#comment-228636 Just got back from the show. It was truly amazing! Reminds you that it's about HOME and not "a house" or "an investment". Two of the children were sitting in the row in front of me and the family was so awesome. Lots of tears. You just couldn't help weeping again and again, especially when the show was over and people asked Connie lots of questions about their favorite parts of the new house. Kim looked a little perplexed about why I was dragging him to see a TV show in a theater. But even he was glad we went to see this wonderful woman and her children in person. Many of the people in the audience were volunteers on the project, and the film about Hopelink and all of the people they have helped was fabulous. Just got back from the show. It was truly amazing! Reminds you that it’s about HOME and not “a house” or “an investment”.

Two of the children were sitting in the row in front of me and the family was so awesome. Lots of tears. You just couldn’t help weeping again and again, especially when the show was over and people asked Connie lots of questions about their favorite parts of the new house.

Kim looked a little perplexed about why I was dragging him to see a TV show in a theater. But even he was glad we went to see this wonderful woman and her children in person. Many of the people in the audience were volunteers on the project, and the film about Hopelink and all of the people they have helped was fabulous.

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