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LIVE from the ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ news conference

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One Chattanooga area homeowner will get a visit from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington on Feb. 13 when the reality show star and his bullhorn tell the family they’ve been selected as the television show’s project house.

The homebuilders spearheading the Extreme Home Makeover build in Chattanooga say they will cram six to nine months of construction into seven days when the reality show shoots in February.

“That’s the norm, but this isn’t the norm – it’s extreme,” said Jason Willard, owner and chief manager at Vision Homes.

At a news conference this morning, Willard and co-owner Craig Smith made a plea for volunteers, saying it would take a community-wide effort to build the house.

Neither Smith nor Willard would say where the project house would be, citing an agreement with the ABC television network.