Staff photo by John Rawlston/Chattanooga Times Free Press – Michael and Cindy Sharrock laugh at a joke told by their their son, Patrick Sharrock, as they participate in a news conference Sunday morning outside their home in Rossville. The family received a new house built in a week on the site of their old house through the ABC television program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”Before the Sharrock family was chosen for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” build last week, they faced an uncertain financial future and had begun cutting services, such as their home phone line and Internet.
Now, thanks to the new house and gifts from the community, their monetary foundation is as solid as the one under their stone-front Irish cottage.
“Everything that I worried about when I woke up every morning is gone,” said Michael Sharrock, speaking to the media Sunday morning for the first time since seeing his new home Saturday. “That’s the most beautiful house I’ve ever seen.”
Michael and Cindy Sharrock talked about the trip to Disney World and the house before receiving a parade of gifts.
But as usual, 9-year-old Patrick stole the show.