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Idaho ‘Extreme Makeover’ house faces foreclosure

Crowds gather in November 2005 to check out the progress of the Sandpoint home rebuilt by the "Extreme Makeover" crew. The Hebert family that lived there is now facing foreclosure. (The Spokesman-Review)
Coeur d’Alene Press
SANDPOINT — A North Idaho man whose family received a house from the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television program three years ago is facing foreclosure. Eric Hebert put the house up for sale last year and said the maintenance had become too expensive and time-consuming as he raised his late sister’s 11-year-old twins, Keely and Tyler. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports Hebert used the house as collateral for a loan from Wells Fargo & Co., and he can no longer make payments. As of Feb. 11, Hebert still owed the bank nearly $400,000. The construction worker moved from Montana to Sandpoint to care for the twins after his sister, Francine Hebert, died of a heart attack in 2004 and it appeared her children would otherwise end up in the foster-care system.