The Martinez Family
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - S5 - E23
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 to the troubled and homeless, he and his family have helped reduce the local crime rate by 50% since they arrived.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season 5 - 26 Episode s
5x1 - The Akana Family
September 30, 2007
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 foundation she runs.
5x2 - The Byers Family
October 7, 2007
Ty and the design team arrive in Corvallis, Oregon to renovate the dilapidated home of a 8-year-old cancer patient and her family.
5x3 - The Brown Family
October 14, 2007
Ty and the design team give a Connecticut family a new home after their house is flooded, ravaged by fire and robbed multiple times.
5x4 - The Carter Family
October 21, 2007
The team build a new home for the Carter family, who've been living in a refurbished chicken coop.
5x5 - The Yazzie Family
October 28, 2007
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 his family's mobile home had no heat, at 13 years of age, son Garrett tapped his scientific intuition to create a solar heater and a water heater. To create these, he used recycled materials, including an old car transmission and 69 aluminum cans, combining them with power generated from the sun. Garrett's makeshift heating system followed the Navajo principles of living off the land, not wasting anything and recycling everything that the earth has to offer. For his invention, he became the first Navajo to win 9 out of the 10 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Awards
5x6 - The Miller Family
November 4, 2007
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.
5x7 - The Marrero Family
November 11, 2007
A single father and his sons are given a new home by Ty and the crew. The family visits Spain during the construction.
5x8 - The Swenson-Lee Family
November 25, 2007
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 sent to Disneyland for a vacation during construction.
5x9 - The Stockdale Family
December 2, 2007
Middleton, ID - A new home is built for the Stockdale family, whose children suffer from a debilitating blood disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy.
5x10 - The Vitale Family
December 9, 2007
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-accessible.
5x11 - Chapin Family
December 16, 2007
Kirkland, WA — The team renovate the Chapin family's home, which was poorly constructed.
5x12 - The Ray-Smith Family
January 6, 2008
Milbridge, ME The team renovate Brittany Ray and Ron Smith's home, which they claim is haunted.
5x13 - The Woodhouse Family
January 13, 2008
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 sensitivity to pain and temperature.
5x14 - The Luther Family
January 20, 2008
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.
5x15 - The Voisine Family
January 27, 2008
Manchester, NH The Voisine family's home was destroyed by a flood in 2006. The crew build the family a new home.
5x16 - The Gilyeat Family
February 10, 2008
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.
5x17 - The Hughes Family
February 17, 2008
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.
5x18 - The Lucas Family
March 2, 2008
Cullen, VA -- The team build the Lucas family a new home.
5x19 - The Turner Family
March 9, 2008
Fairmont, WV -- The Turner family's home is remodeled.
5x20 - The Boettcher Family
March 16, 2008
Silver Springs, NV -- The Boettcher family's house is rebuilt.
5x21 - The Gaudet Family
March 23, 2008
Mobile, AL -- The Gaudet family's home is rebuilt.
5x22 - The Latif Family
March 30, 2008
The team rebuild the home of a single mother and they also transform a home in Delaware.
5x23 - The Martinez Family
April 27, 2008
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 to the troubled and homeless, he and his family have helped reduce the local crime rate by 50% since they arrived.
5x24 - The Silva Family
May 4, 2008
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.
5x25 - The Giunta Family
May 11, 2008
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 faithful team, Ty will hopefully reunite the family.
5x26 - The Usea Family
May 18, 2008
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 glory.