# Extreme Home Makeover: Buffalo Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 24, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297 "2009-10-24T13:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/61 "2009-11-09T20:14:34Z")
Wear the NYSpeed shirt!! ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/62 "2009-11-09T20:22:52Z")
How long is this going for? I had friends working on the house on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![pdubya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pdubya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pdubya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/63 "2009-11-09T20:43:35Z")
its goin til this saturday from what i heard./ anyone got pics to post? ---
**Author:** ![jbuck2kcivic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jbuck2kcivic/32/5424_2.png) [@jbuck2kcivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jbuck2kcivic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/64 "2009-11-10T06:48:58Z")
> [@greenbull](#): > > What does it matter, don’t you have a wear a blue extreme make over shirt anyway? Yes they give you the shirts and your required to wear them while working ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/65 "2009-11-10T07:10:58Z")
My head hurts when I try to understand the concept of a single event both accepting donations and turning a huge profit for the organizer. Hmm, I think I have it though: ABC figured out a socially acceptable way to capitalize on people’s hardships. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/66 "2009-11-10T07:14:43Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > My head hurts when I try to understand the concept of a single event both accepting donations and turning a huge profit for the organizer. > > Hmm, I think I have it though: ABC figured out a socially acceptable way to capitalize on people’s hardships. Wow. yea, i really cant get behind this. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/67 "2009-11-10T07:16:58Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I haven’t been following this very close, so excuse me if I don’t have my fact straight, but she had 4 kids she couldn’t afford and volunteers some time instead of using that time to make money and somehow this qualifies her for a free house? > > There wasn’t some family dealing with some awful disease, or a war vet, or someone in a bad car accident anywhere in WNY? The buffalo news article earlier in the thread didn’t say anything about her volunteering instead of making money. Rather, that she often works double shifts as a nurse’s aid. It did mention that she has 4 kids that she can barely afford to keep from freezing in the winter and wanted to buy the house next door to the one she can barely heat now too. Not sure what that’s all about. ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/68 "2009-11-10T07:27:39Z")
2 words for the outcome of this … " HOME INVASION " ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/69 "2009-11-10T07:30:02Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > The buffalo news article earlier in the thread didn’t say anything about her volunteering instead of making money. Rather, that she often works double shifts as a nurse’s aid. > > It did mention that she has 4 kids that she can barely afford to keep from freezing in the winter and wanted to buy the house next door to the one she can barely heat now too. Not sure what that’s all about. > Making just $100 a week as a home health aide, Delores tried hard to keep the home in livable condition for her four kids. The Extreme Home Makeover producers were impressed with her story and her dedication to volunteerism. “This woman has come to this country as an immigrant from Jamaica to give her family a better life. She works nights and then takes time during the day to give back to her community,” said David Stapleton, owner of David Homes, the builder tapped by the TV show to lead the building project. > An activist with the community group PUSH Buffalo, Delores works on revitalization projects on the city’s Westside. “Don’t give up, keep fighting, be strong, be positive,” she said. [http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/69494272.html](http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/69494272.html) Volunteering is great but you have to put your family first. If you’re struggling that bad to get by maybe that time spent volunteering would be better spent at a 2nd job. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/70 "2009-11-10T07:35:01Z")
Eesh. I hope the second story is spun to make her seem like more of a hero to the less objective among us. But yeah, if her kids are huddled around a space heater in the winter and she’s making $100 per week, spending time volunteering is just irresponsible. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/71 "2009-11-10T07:37:52Z")
How the fuck can you only make 100 dollars a week? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/72 "2009-11-10T07:40:29Z")
How do you only make 100 dollars a week? I made more when I was 12 and mowing lawns you’re telling me that’s the only source of income she has? ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/73 "2009-11-10T07:41:05Z")
take home? work 3 days a week at 7 bucks an hour… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/74 "2009-11-10T07:42:54Z")
> [@newman](#): > > How the fuck can you only make 100 dollars a week? Yeah, the more you read into this the more you realize how much they’re spinning her self inflicted hardships. Working just 40 hours a week at minimum wage she’d be making almost 3 times that. And making that little, single with 4 kids there won’t be much if anything lost to taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/75 "2009-11-10T07:54:21Z")
maybe shes just a dirty hooker that charges extremely low rates. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/76 "2009-11-10T07:55:42Z")
I wonder how much she gets from NYS to supplement that 100 bucks a week. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/77 "2009-11-10T07:59:29Z")
She probably is a good person and wants the best for the area and her kids, but not all people are blessed with common sense. Her scraping by is probably still a step up from where she was raised? Also, she probably only earns $100/week so that she has spending money on top of some sort of govt. assistance. Some groups bend over backward to help provide govt handouts. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/78 "2009-11-10T08:00:12Z")
Someone needs to document this. Long term, in a blog or something. “A Real Extreme Home Makover Story.” Drive by once a month and take pics. See if the house is lost to back taxes and/or graffitied to shit by scum within a year, or robbed, or burned by haters, or… I really hope for the best for the family, but I am worried. Is the city going to reassess her $10k house at $150k and bankrupt her with taxes? If they build her a 2500 sq ft place will she be able to afford to heat it on $100 bucks per month? Will some poor welfare trash that feels cheated by not getting handed a nice house throw a molotov cocktail at it? ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/79 "2009-11-10T08:03:43Z")
We could take up a collection and buy the house across the street stricly to run live a live web feed? $1 from each registered member would probably be enough 😃 ---
**Author:** ![paulysplitx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulysplitx/32/7320_2.png) [@paulysplitx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paulysplitx)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297/80 "2009-11-10T09:24:49Z")
Taken from WGRZ "Right now, the Massachusetts Street home is assessed at $20,000 dollars. And with a STAR exemption the owners pay no city taxes. That will almost certainly change. But, even if the home’s assessment only doubled, to $40,000 dollars, between city and county taxes and sewer rates (we did the math) it’s about $600 dollars. And there’s no way to know what is in the family’s budget." She will defiantly need to make more money to pay for all the bills. It would really be a shame to see this all go down the hole once it is complete. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/extreme-home-makeover-buffalo-edition/75297.md?page=5)