Wow!!! Today I helped give back a little and I would like to show you some pictures (I’m not good at the pictures part!). The women of RE/MAX Signature Properties started a home for Habitat Cabarrus. Let’s start by putting a stop to some of the myths of Habitat builds.
1) Those people don’t have to pay for their homes. NOT TRUE! The folks who purchase Habitat homes are bettering themselves and have worked for the opportunity to own a home. The new owners pay an interest-free mortgage. They put in sweat-equity hours for one to two years before their home even starts. In my book, if someone is taking responsibility for trying to better their circumstances then we should ALL step up . And we are talking about home ownership. Something that every REALTOR here believes in (I hope!).
2) All of the materials are donated. NOT TRUE, though we wish it were. Everyone here knows Leigh Brown. She is the Chairman of the Women’s Build 2007. She wrote a post a couple of weeks ago regarding this very matter. You need money to build a home. Everyone went out looking for “in-kind” donations of materials and we all made a lot of head way. But the long and the short of it is that you need money to build a home! It takes roughly $60,000 to build a home with Habitat.
Anyway, Here some pictures I think. This first one is what we started with. A slab foundation.
Here I am looking lovely on a hot sunny day.
Look at how much we got done in one day. Please note that I had to leave about a hour before the end of the day’s work!
Give back!!! We owe it to our communities!
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