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Dear KSL Home Makeover Team,

Thank you for offering this makeover! I have a brother in Provo who
is SO deserving of this! In 2002 he and his wife bought a lemon of
a house--I mean a real lemon! I will not list the nightmares. Over
the years my brother David has toiled and worked the skin off his
fingers to turn this house into a home. Well why am I writing in,
when it seems he has this taken care of? Because he doesn't.

Let me tell you about my brother. He is a father of four gorgeous
children and married to a lovely wife who has rolled with the punches
on this house (She deserves a medal!). I have been SO impressed as
the years have gone by at how he has taken the gifts and strengths he
has and blossomed into this AMAZING DAD AND HUSBAND! I must
capitalize the words, as if I am screaming it from a very very high
place.

Now, getting back to the subject at hand, this past year he decided
to upgrade the kitchen.
This was not a want, but a need to do so. His budget was $5000.
Their three sons also share a room that was freezing cold. So he
decided to renovate that room as well--as it sat adjacent to the
kitchen. When he uncovered the walls he found cracks everywhere in
them! And this is where my sweet nephews try to sleep--- and the
kitchen was even worse! Suddenly a $5000 dollar job ballooned into a
40-50K job. He has had four different contractors come out and give
him their advice. All four have told him the whole thing (kitchen &
room) need to be completely knocked down (as these were additions that
were built in the 1950's, ten years after the house was built).

Why would he deserve this makeover? His neighbors love him. Anytime
they've needed him he was there. He mows their lawns, even if they
don't know its him doing it. He is a community man! He has worked
with troubled teens, he works with the Boy Scouts and loves it. He
teaches his own children how to serve as he takes them along with him
to help others. He is as frugal as they come. No cable tv, buys
used cars. He is a very wise person and he's just hit a wall (with
cracks).

Please, Please, Please choose my brother David and his wife Malia and
finish their kitchen & room! The whole back of his house IS FALLING
OFF ( again, I am screaming from my high place)! And for the first
time, I've seen despair start to marr this happy soul. He is a
loving dad who is stretched to the breaking point.


He has never sat back on his haunches but has rolled up his sleeves,
mustered the courage and sledge hammered through the rough times. I
would LOVE to see him and his good wife rewarded. If its true "what
comes around, goes around", he deserves an "around".

You'll find the six of them squished together in a two room dwelling
in Provo. Please make the call and offer your extension of help!
THANK YOU!

Sincerely,


Jeanette Southon (sister to David Siufanua-owner of the lemon)They also have a website that details all of the house drama:http://bricksnstones.blogspot.com/