Seasons & episodes

S4 · E20The Jones Family 2007-04-08 · 60 min＋

Longs, SC. A family who lost their house and their son within the span of three months will get a new dream home that they can fill with memories and love.

S4 · E21The Westbrook Family 2007-04-22 · 60 min＋

Brandon, MS. The Jones family are given an extreme makeover. Sabrena Jones is a single mother raising three children -- 18-year-old Marjon, 17-year-old Mardaireus and 9-year-old Marjiya. As a practicing nurse at a local hospital, Sabrena has never had time to focus on herself. Using her background in nursing, she opened up a medical apparel shop which, after financial setbacks, she now runs out of her living room. In addition to this, she runs her own clothing donation center, which led to Sabrena's being selected to serve on a Hurricane Katrina relief committee at her church. To date, her organization has supplied hundreds of thousands of dollars to families and organizations hurt by the devastating natural disaster. The Jones family put serving their community first; they involve themselves with such charitable organizations as Toys for Tots, Mission Mississippi and many more

S4 · E22The Collins Family 2007-04-29 · 60 min＋

Lawton, OK. The Westbrook family are given an extreme makeover. Gene Westbrook, the father of three children -- Elizabeth, Katie and James -- volunteered to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was left paralyzed and received a purple heart. After being medically discharged from the military, he devoted his time to speaking about his experiences and helping others in his town. Along with his wife, Peggy, they are respected members of a close knit community, but Gene had to jump through many hoops just to be able to afford a handicapped-accessible van that allowed him to drive.

S4 · E23The Kilgallon Family 2007-05-06 · 60 min＋

Murfreesboro, AR. The Colins family are given an extreme makeover. Kim and Dennis Collins believe that there's nothing more important than family. When tragedy stuck in the form of a car accident that killed Kim's favorite cousin and her husband, Kim and Dennis took hold of the situation. They fought hard for two years to take custody over the cousin's five children, not wanting them to become separated by the foster care system.

S4 · E24The Jacobo Family 2007-05-13 · 60 min＋

Levittown, PA. The Kilgallon family are given an extreme makeover. After her divorce, Marynoel Kilgallon decided to create a better environment for her four children by purchasing a house that was a "fixer upper." As a woman working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet, that was all that she could afford. She thought that a new coat of paint and a woman's touch could make the place a lovely home. But despite her measures to ensure that she'd bought a safe house, it began to fail on her

S4 · E25The Oatman-Gaitan Family 2007-05-20 · 60 min＋

Schenectady, NY. The Oatman-Gaitan family, and Camp Heartland, an organization that helps HIV positive children, are given extreme makeovers. A single mother who adopted three children, two of whom are HIV positive, has her home rebuilt. Mandy Moore performs her new song, "Extraordinary," around a campfire.

S5 · E1The Akana Family 2007-09-30 · 60 min＋

In the two-part season premiere, Ty and the design team rebuild the home of a Hawaiian woman after a flood destroyed it. They then build a community center for the family-services foundation she runs.

Ty and the design team arrive in Corvallis, Oregon to renovate the dilapidated home of a 8-year-old cancer patient and her family.

S5 · E3The Brown Family 2007-10-14 · 60 min＋

Ty and the design team give a Connecticut family a new home after their house is flooded, ravaged by fire and robbed multiple times.

S5 · E4The Carter Family 2007-10-21 · 60 min＋

The team build a new home for the Carter family, who've been living in a refurbished chicken coop.

S5 · E5The Yazzie Family 2007-10-28 · 60 min＋

For the past five years the Yazzie family have been living in a mobile home that has no running water or heat, and only half the trailer with functioning electricity. Seeing that his family's mobile home had no heat, at 13 years of age, son Garrett tapped his scientific intuition to create a solar heater and a water heater. To create these, he used recycled materials, including an old car transmission and 69 aluminum cans, combining them with power generated from the sun. Garrett's makeshift heating system followed the Navajo principles of living off the land, not wasting anything and recycling everything that the earth has to offer. For his invention, he became the first Navajo to win 9 out of the 10 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Awards

S5 · E6The Miller Family 2007-11-04 · 60 min＋

The crew renovate the Miller family's home due to Radon poisoning. The family meet David Beckham while in New York, away from their dangerous home.

S5 · E7The Marrero Family 2007-11-11 · 60 min＋

A single father and his sons are given a new home by Ty and the crew. The family visits Spain during the construction.

S5 · E8The Swenson-Lee Family 2007-11-25 · 60 min＋

Minnetonka, MN - Ty and his team build the Swenson-Lee family a new home in seven days. The family's 12 year old daughter witnessed both her parents die in tragedy. The family are sent to Disneyland for a vacation during construction.

S5 · E9The Stockdale Family 2007-12-02 · 60 min＋

Middleton, ID - A new home is built for the Stockdale family, whose children suffer from a debilitating blood disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy.

S5 · E10The Vitale Family 2007-12-09 · 60 min＋

Athens, VT The Vitale family have two sons. Their youngest son, Louie Angelo Jr., was diagnosed with multiple birth defects. The team transforms their home to make it handicap-accessible.

Kirkland, WA — The team renovate the Chapin family's home, which was poorly constructed.

S5 · E12The Ray-Smith Family 2008-01-06 · 60 min＋

Milbridge, ME The team renovate Brittany Ray and Ron Smith's home, which they claim is haunted.

S5 · E13The Woodhouse Family 2008-01-13 · 60 min＋

Calahan, CO — In just seven days the team builds the Woodhouse family a new home. Kayla Woodhouse, the family's daughter, has a rare neurological condition that lowers her sensitivity to pain and temperature.

S5 · E14The Luther Family 2008-01-20 · 60 min＋

Port Deposit, MD The Luther family's home is rebuilt by Ty and the team. Renee Sherrard-Luther operates a non-profit therapeutic riding program that helps the physically disabled.

S5 · E15The Voisine Family 2008-01-27 · 60 min＋

Manchester, NH The Voisine family's home was destroyed by a flood in 2006. The crew build the family a new home.

Kansas City, KS - Daniel Gilyeat lost his leg during his second tour of Iraq. The team rebuild the family's home to make it handicap accessible.

S5 · E17The Hughes Family 2008-02-17 · 60 min＋

Louisville, KY — The Hughes family's eldest son, Patrick, was born blind. The team renovate the family's home to make the house safer and more accessible.

S5 · E18The Lucas Family 2008-03-02 · 60 min＋

Cullen, VA -- The team build the Lucas family a new home.