A Special TV Event Coming Soon to Global and HGTV
In the highly anticipated television event Holmes in New Orleans, Mike Holmes rebuilds a home and restores hope in the New Orleans community hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Sneak Preview: Read Mike's Before the Build blog post»
Mike's Blog
We’ve been here for a few days now. What a trip! First the flights were delayed and then my crew was separated because of overbooked flights and then most of the bags were lost. Kate didn’t get her luggage for two days and had to wear her sandals during the site inspection…
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Mike's Blog
It’s our third week here and the columns that form the main structure of the house are finally in. We’re still getting settled here in New Orleans and finding our way around town. We’re also getting used to the site trailer meetings. We’ve set up a trailer as a site office…
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Mike's Blog
We’ve had a couple of days now without rain and have taken advantage of every second putting up the walls for the first floor of Gloria’s new home. Morale here has been pretty good. The crew seems happy — even though they are melting in the heat…
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Mike's Blog
Last weekend Bruce, the geothermal contractor working with us here in New Orleans, took us out on a deep-sea fishing trip. Ten of us went along with him, and we left early that morning on a two-hour drive to meet the fishing boat. It was a cloudy day…
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Mike's Blog
It has been hard to find time to sit down and write over the last couple of weeks. We have been working 10- to 12-hour days, seven days a week, in the heat. Our deadline is fast approaching — we’ve only got six days left, including “reveal” day…
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Mike's Blog
The amount of tradespeople to go through this house during the final few days was unbelievable. There have been painters, plumbers, flooring crews, tilers, Louie’s crew (who also played a big part in making this almost impossible task a reality), my guys and outside were an army of landscape volunteers…
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