Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season 5
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The series is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship. The fifth season of the series features a list of episodes showcasing these home improvement e
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools.
- The series is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington.
- Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship.
- The show originally aired on ABC from February 15, 2004, to January 13, 2012, and later in 2020 on HGTV.
Season overview
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The series is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship. The fifth season of the series features a list of episodes showcasing these home improvement efforts. The show originally aired on ABC and later on HGTV, capturing emotional moments and community-focused transformations as deserving individuals receive brand new living spaces tailored to their difficult circumstances and needs.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Akana Family
Sep 30, 2007 · 60 min
In the two-part season premiere, Ty and the design team rebuild the home of a Hawaiian woman after a flood destroyed it. They then build a community center for the family-services
The Byers Family
Oct 7, 2007 · 60 min
Ty and the design team arrive in Corvallis, Oregon to renovate the dilapidated home of a 8-year-old cancer patient and her family.
The Brown Family
Oct 14, 2007 · 60 min
Ty and the design team give a Connecticut family a new home after their house is flooded, ravaged by fire and robbed multiple times.
The Carter Family
Oct 21, 2007 · 60 min
The team build a new home for the Carter family, who've been living in a refurbished chicken coop.
The Yazzie Family
Oct 28, 2007 · 60 min
For the past five years the Yazzie family have been living in a mobile home that has no running water or heat, and only half the trailer with functioning electricity. Seeing that h
The Miller Family
Nov 4, 2007 · 60 min
The crew renovate the Miller family's home due to Radon poisoning. The family meet David Beckham while in New York, away from their dangerous home.
The Marrero Family
Nov 11, 2007 · 60 min
A single father and his sons are given a new home by Ty and the crew. The family visits Spain during the construction.
The Swenson-Lee Family
Nov 25, 2007 · 60 min
Minnetonka, MN - Ty and his team build the Swenson-Lee family a new home in seven days. The family's 12 year old daughter witnessed both her parents die in tragedy. The family are
The Stockdale Family
Dec 2, 2007 · 60 min
Middleton, ID - A new home is built for the Stockdale family, whose children suffer from a debilitating blood disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy.
The Vitale Family
Dec 9, 2007 · 60 min
Athens, VT The Vitale family have two sons. Their youngest son, Louie Angelo Jr., was diagnosed with multiple birth defects. The team transforms their home to make it handicap-acc
The Chapin Family
Dec 16, 2007 · 60 min
Kirkland, WA — The team renovate the Chapin family's home, which was poorly constructed.
The Ray-Smith Family
Jan 6, 2008 · 60 min
Milbridge, ME The team renovate Brittany Ray and Ron Smith's home, which they claim is haunted.
The Woodhouse Family
Jan 13, 2008 · 60 min
Calahan, CO — In just seven days the team builds the Woodhouse family a new home. Kayla Woodhouse, the family's daughter, has a rare neurological condition that lowers her sensitiv
The Luther Family
Jan 20, 2008 · 60 min
Port Deposit, MD The Luther family's home is rebuilt by Ty and the team. Renee Sherrard-Luther operates a non-profit therapeutic riding program that helps the physically disabled.
The Voisine Family
Jan 27, 2008 · 60 min
Manchester, NH The Voisine family's home was destroyed by a flood in 2006. The crew build the family a new home.
The Gilyeat Family
Feb 10, 2008 · 60 min
Kansas City, KS - Daniel Gilyeat lost his leg during his second tour of Iraq. The team rebuild the family's home to make it handicap accessible.
The Hughes Family
Feb 17, 2008 · 60 min
Louisville, KY — The Hughes family's eldest son, Patrick, was born blind. The team renovate the family's home to make the house safer and more accessible.
The Lucas Family
Mar 2, 2008 · 60 min
Cullen, VA -- The team build the Lucas family a new home.
The Turner Family
Mar 9, 2008 · 60 min
Fairmont, WV -- The Turner family's home is remodeled.
The Boettcher Family
Mar 16, 2008 · 60 min
Silver Springs, NV -- The Boettcher family's house is rebuilt.
The Gaudet Family
Mar 23, 2008 · 60 min
Mobile, AL -- The Gaudet family's home is rebuilt.
The Latif Family
Mar 30, 2008 · 60 min
The team rebuild the home of a single mother and they also transform a home in Delaware.
The Martinez Family
Apr 27, 2008 · 60 min
Albuquerque - Today's home belongs to a pastor whose family moved six years ago from the Colorado mountains to a high-crime neighborhood in New Mexico. By offering food and shelter
The Silva Family
May 4, 2008 · 60 min
Ty and team transform a home that is unsafe due to overly high lead levels, for two parents who have helped look after many kids over the years through foster care.
The Giunta Family
May 11, 2008 · 60 min
After an injury that leaves him without the use of his legs, a man has to live away from his family as his home is not set up to accommodate his disability. With the help of his fa
The Usea Family
May 18, 2008 · 60 min
After the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, today's homes are yet to be restored to their former glory. So along with a church, Ty and the team rebuild them to their former