Taylorsville family's home going up in record time

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Amanda Butterfield reporting A new home is going up at record pace in Taylorsville. It was torn down earlier this week because of a problem with black mold, and today the roof is being put on and the brick is being laid.

Black mold spread throughout the old house, making the Grove family of five sick, and the children already had severe health problems they were dealing with. In just five days, the progress on their new home is amazing.

Taylorsville family's home going up in record time

It would usually take a contractor up to four months to build a house like this, but Foote Homes and its team are going to get it done in nine days. "This will be an amazing house, with lots of hard work and effort going into this," said Sean Foote, of Foote Homes.

The Grove family has three boys who each have unique health problems, including severe allergies and seizures. Black mold was discovered in their house growing everywhere, and the family moved out.

They couldn't afford a new home, so Heart 2 Home stepped in, and volunteers have been working 15 hours a day. "I came over Monday and there was just a big hole, and now look at it! The house it all up, plaster's done," said neighbor Melissa Nelson.

"The roofers are here, the framers just left, the brick masons are here, so it's pretty crazy," Foote said.

Foote is the general contractor and says the new house is double the square footage and double the value of the mold-infested one. "There's about six bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, bonus room, fire place; it's going to be a really nice house when we're done with it," he said. "They're going to freak out when they see it!"

Downstairs, there's an exercise room for dad Kevin. He's a trainer and can now work at home.

The Groves have been staying in St. George and don't know anything about their new home. They even promised not to watch TV.

When they do see it completed on Wednesday, Eyewitness News will be there, and it will be amazing. "There will be a lot of tears shed, I'm sure," Foote said.

Most importantly, there will be no more black mold.

Construction crews have taken over the neighborhood while building the home. So, as a thank-you to neighbors for dealing with all of this, Heart 2 Home will be doing service projects all over the neighborhood on Monday.

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