Bay with his former business partner John Luhn to pursue their dream of establishing a homebuilding company. The two started their company called LifeStyle Home Builders Inc. in 1984.
The company was chosen to be on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition. This episode, which aired Sunday, Feb. 13, involved the Hurston family, whose home was destroyed from a busted pipe that flooding the place while they were away. The family travels to disasters such as Haiti and delivers water purifiers and medical supplies, Hufford said.
The family was living in a motor home on their property before coming on the show. The episode can be viewed online at
abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition.
Hufford believes the producers chose to invite his company to build the Hurston’s home because of their long, great history and their recent homes built on zero energy.
Hufford said being on the show was a wonderful, but a difficult experience at the same time.
“It was fun, but I don’t think we could handle doing it again any time soon,” Hufford said. “It was very stressful taking down the old house and building a new one when we got the prints two weeks before and had to finish it all in 106 hours. It usually takes us four months to do something like that.”
The Hurston’s home was the first photovoltaic powered Net-Zero energy home ever featured on Extreme Makeover.
Building a zero energy home actually costs more than what someone might save because these homes can’t produce energy as cheap as power plants. But Hufford hopes to see the idea of zero energy homes start to increase nationwide.
“Once more people start to do it, the photovoltaic won’t be as expensive anymore and it will actually save people money,” Hufford said.
To learn more about LifeStyle Home Builders Inc. visit buildingalifestyle.com.
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