Reconstructing Herbert& Sandpoint Man Gets New Home Thanks to Reality Television

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From nearly 15,000 applicants the program receives each week, [Eric Herbert] was selected because he stepped up to take care of the kids after his sister, Francine, died of a heart attack in April last year. To prevent twins Kyler and Keeley from being moved into the state's foster care system, Herbert moved to Idaho to care for them. But the small trailer house the kids lived in with their mother was falling apart, so Herbert saved enough money to buy a berm home in Sandpoint. The house was musky, and often infested with insects, and the show's producers decided Herbert and the children should have a better house.

"They came into town, prepped us and we went to another site the show was doing in Ohio to get an idea of how the whole process worked," said company spokesman Mark Montgomery. He added that Herbert's house is the show's 53rd, and the amount of help is "astounding." According to the Sullivan Homes' Web site, more than 100 sponsors have donated labor and materials.

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Reconstructing Herbert& Sandpoint Man Gets New Home Thanks to Reality Television

When 37-year-old Eric Herbert returns to Sandpoint from vacation this week, he will discover that a force more powerful than Mother Nature has demolished his house....

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