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EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION COMING TO NEW MEXICO
LOCAL HOMEBUILDER ATREUS HOMES & COMMUNITIES SELECTED

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Ty Pennington and his team of designers will be making their first stop in New Mexico sometime within the next 90 days to build a home for a deserving family, producers of the Emmy-winning TV show announced today. more...

"GOOD MORNING, MARTINEZ FAMILY!"
ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY CHOSEN FOR UPCOMING EPISODE OF EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION

Ty Pennington and the design team for ABC's hit TV show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition made their first official visit to the Martinez family of Albuquerque, NM bright and early this morning. more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

DAY ONE SUMMARY: GETTING STARTED

Ty Pennington and his team of designers from the hit reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" met the Martinez family yesterday and bid them farewell so they could get to work planning their new house! Hearing Ty's wakeup call indicating they had been chosen to be a part of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's” Albuquerque, NM episode was just the beginning for the Martinez family as they were immediately whisked away for a family vacation to Disney World for the duration of the construction period. more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Day Two has become known as Demolition Day, when the construction crew takes down the house and the Albuquerque area residents got into the spirit by participating in the symbolic charge towards the Martinez family house. The construction charge was followed by the traditional Builder speech given by Kyle Fisher, division president for Atreus Homes & Communities. more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO DAY THREE SUMMARY: AND THEN THERE WERE WALLS!
RUSTY WALLACE COMING ON DAY FIVE!

On Day Three Ty, the design team, and the Atreus team of builders had their work cut out for them with the absolute necessity of covering the recently completed framing with drywall. Walls were definitely the name of the game for Day Three, but by the end of the day…there were walls! more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
DAY FOUR SUMMARY: THERE'S THE HOUSE!

Ty Pennington and his team of designers are taking full advantage of the many corporate and community volunteers that have decided to aid them in their attempt to provide the Martinez family with the home of their dreams. The history of the show indicates that they won't be disappointed and the progress on site guarantees that while the Atreus Homes & Communities' resources will be stretched to the limit to accommodate the "extreme" deadlines, the home will be completed on schedule and according to plan. more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
DAY FIVE SUMMARY: GETTING DETAILED

Ty Pennington and his team of designers know exactly what they wanted for the Martinez family and they spent Day Five ensuring that no detail is going to be overlooked. The crew spent the day installing floors, replacement appliances, and much more. Atreus felt the pressure as they were expected to finish all building aspects of the house so it can be turned over completely to the design team in preparation for the family's arrival back home! more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
DAY SIX SUMMARY: PREPARING FOR THE MARTINEZ FAMILY

In preparation for the family's return, Ty and the design crew from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pulled out all the stops to install finishing touches and special extras that will meet the special needs of this particular family. The week has become a blur of frenzied activity to gather all the resources, workers, and time necessary to complete the Martinez family's new home. But Day Six marked the end of the frenzy and left the crew anticipating the family's return. more...

"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
WELCOMING THE MARTINEZ FAMILY HOME!

"Move that bus!" The Martinez family held their breath as the bus pulled out from in front of their new home. Back from their weeklong hiatus from their day to day life, the family was more than excited to catch their first glimpse of what "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" had done while they were gone. more...

PRESS CONFERENCE
FOR "EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO PROJECT
MEET THE FAMILY AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT!

The media is invited to attend a press conference at 10 am on Wed. Jan. 23rd, 2008. The press conference will be held on site at 404 Grove Street SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 to meet and interview the Martinez family, and check out the finished project! "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" really pushed themselves to the limit for the project benefitting the Martinez family that ran from Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, 2008. The Martinez family arrived back from their vacation to Disney World safe and sound and more than a little excited to see what had happened while they were gone. more...