Watch on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 9 p.m. ET as brothers Bill Brady, Ed Brady and Bob Brady of Brady 
Homes build a house in a week for a deserving Illinois family on ABC's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition."
Bill Brady, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Choice in Champaign and Bloomington, IL co-owns two RE/MAX offices with his brothers. They led a massive effort in rebuilding a deserving family's Philo, IL home for the show that was taped in August.
ABC chose the Montgomery family from among five finalists in Central Illinois. Nathan Montgomery gave up a lucrative engineering career to start Salt and Light Ministries, a food bank that feeds hundreds of hungry families in the community. Montgomery and his wife, Jenny, a middle school aide who works with special-needs children, have four children and earn modest salaries. As a result, they were unable to afford much-needed repairs to the family's crumbling 100-year-old home.
With the help of ABC and the show's design team led by Ty Pennington, Brady Homes and its employees came to the family's aid. The company galvanized more than 2,500 volunteers - including about 70 from RE/MAX offices - to do the seemingly impossible: raze the old, dilapidated house and build a new one from scratch in under one week. But they made it happen.
"It's an emotional experience to help a family who has given so much of themselves to others," said Bill Brady during a rare break from the build in August. "What we're doing for the family will help them continue to serve the people who need help at the food pantry. As Realtors and builders, we earn our livelihood by finding or selling homes for people who pay us to provide them a quality service. There's nothing more rewarding than doing it for free for a truly deserving family."
The family's new 2,800-square-foot home, which was unveiled on Aug. 25, was practically designed to accommodate the large family, Bill Brady says. While it's not as extreme as other projects the show has created, the prairie-style structure is a place where the Montgomerys won't have to worry about a collapsing roof or an unstable foundation. As a bonus, the Bradys' wives spearheaded major improvements to the Salt and Light building, with the community pitching in to stock the pantry's shelves.
To read more about the project, view photos and more, visit www.extremebradyhomes.com.
Photo of the team effort: Brady Homes is co-owned and operated by (from left) Bill Brady, Bob Brady and Ed Brady. The brothers also co-own two RE/MAX Choice offices in Central Illinois. They are pictured with their mother, Nancy Brady, a Realtor at one of their offices.
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