All of the efforts to rebuild the Greene County Chapter throughout 2007 and 2008 finally culminated in the beginning of construction or its third house. Matt and Jessica Jenkins along with many churches, businesses and volunteers across Greene County continue to show their support every weekend as a home slowly takes shape. (Photos by Keri Hensley, Jerry Besanson and others)
Frankie Lane
The original homesite with the Jenkin's trailer
The project banner
Basement walls are in place
Morning meeting on the big day
In just 7 hours, these will be part of the roof
Better Living volunteers prep supplies
Floor joists being carried to the site
Checking the plans and checking them twice
Work begins in earnest
Ready to start building a floor
Hey, you two, stop having all that fun!
Floor Joists almost all in place
Capping the ends to complete the floor
Standing tall
The view from the basement
Bringing in plywood for the floor
Nailing down the plywood
Teamwork
Here come the walls
Getting organized for stage two
And up go the walls
It's starting to look like a house
More teamwork
This is the way you build a house
The main living area takes shape
Rob Fleming of Better Living pitches in to help
The exterior's almost done, so the crew moves inside
Interior walls going into place
And here comes the roof
Roof trusses going in quickly
Is it a house yet?
The inside is almost done
Roof panels now going on
This happy crew just framed a house in 7 hours
Volunteers start putting on the siding
Cutting a piece of "HardiPlank"
Measuring for the next row
A front porch begins to take shape
More siding and soffit going up
The front porch gets closer to being done
Matt's dad goofing off while shingling the roof
A new house grows in the shadow of the old
Installing the railings on the porch
A PRA volunteer cuts slats for the porch railing
More work on the front porch
A happy crew from PRA International
Matt sets the posts for the porch stairs
Greene Habitat's Joan, Jerry and Jonathan
Joan, moving at light speed as usual
A home nears completion
Kitchen Floor underlayment going in
A view of the old house from within the new
Matt and Jessica horsing around
The Jenkins Family with one on the way
The living room
The kitchen
A view through the house from the master bedroom
The trailer is gone now for good.
Matt & Jessica, with Joan Richardson at closing
Jessica signs the mortgage paperwork
Matt happily signs for his new home
Creating simple, decent, affordable, housing in partnership with low-income families, volunteers and the communities of Greene County.
