Greg In The Desert

An Extreme Makeover house in Pinon Arizona didn’t turn out too well. The house is too big and it takes too much energy to heat despite having technology like solar panels. The house has some surprising quality issues like only having two-thirds of the insulation it should have. The owner of the house has moved in with in-laws.

Extreme Makeover Home’s has some problems with lawsuits and foreclosures. Although they appear to be building houses for the needy they are ultimately producing the show for ratings. That’s not an entirely bad thing but it influences how the houses are constructed.

Since McMansions are out of style and house sizes are shrinking, I wonder if Extreme Makeover House edition will make homes smaller too.

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