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Speedy renovation: 106 hours

Like those home shows on TV? Then you might have noticed that ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition last week featured a Cecil County family.

Andrea Siegel has a story in today's real estate section about how the show, or more specifically local builder Clark Turner Signature Homes, "compacted what would have been a five-month job into about one week -- actually 106 working hours."

So now you know what you have to do if you're facing a big renovation and can't stand the thought of five-or-more months of upheaval: Find a way to get on TV.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins on January 27, 2008 1:10 PM |
                    

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Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
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