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Contractor Offers Window Into Emmy Nominated “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”

by Matt Plaskoff on May 9, 2011

VIP Tent Offers Media The Chance To Watch Miracle-Home Transformation Up Close.

Los Angeles, CA (September 7, 2004) – Plaskoff Construction of Tarzana will be operating a special VIP media tent for the September filming of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

The exact location of the San Fernando Valley remodel is kept secret pending the family’s surprise notification on Wednesday, September 8th.

The Plaskoff VIP Media tent will be open starting September 10th through to the home reveal on September 15th. Media can gain access to the VIP tent by contacting Diana Tran of Plaskoff Construction at (818) 674-6746.

“This will be an awesome way to get close to the action … and I’m not just talking about Ty Pennington,” said Matt Plaskoff, the show’s General Contractor and lead Construction Consultant. “This show has become an absolute phenomenon. It’s not just the crew and designers, the whole neighborhood gets involved – it’s an amazing sight to see first hand.”

While he can not disclose any information about the specifics of the remodel, Matt Plaskoff promises that there will be many surprises – including something never before done by any makeover program.

The show, recently nominated for an Emmy Award, is a race against time on a project that would ordinarily take four to five months to complete. A team of five designers and over 100 workers have just seven days to completely renovate an entire house for a deserving family. The result is exactly what happens when habitat and humanity collide.

“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” airs Sundays at 8/7 central on ABC.

PRESS CONTACTS:
Diana Tran
(818) 674-6746

Matt Plaskoff
(818) 674-1575

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Matt Plaskoff On The Cover Of Remodeling Magazine (February 2005)

by Matt Plaskoff on May 9, 2011

Excerpts from the article “Reality Checks”…

Matt Plaskoff on the cover of Remodeling MagazineWhile only two of the four major networks currently broadcast remodeling-related shows, any homeowner armed with cable television and a remote control has access to a full menu of home-related programming. There’s even an entire station, HGTV, dedicated to shows about remodeling, interior design, and other around-the-house hobbies.

Several remodelers have gotten into the act. Matt Plaskoff, president of Plaskoff Construction, in Tarzana, Calif., serves as the “construction consultant” for perhaps the most high-profile of these shows, ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. Each week, the program features the complete renovation of one home. The catch? The whole project has to be finished in seven days.

Plaskoff, whose company has done five remodels for the show, says that his involvement has given him a sales and marketing boost.

“When I tell clients I’ve done the show, they immediately connect me with speed and credibility,” he says.

Along with the extra credibility, though, come extra – and often unreasonable – expectations. Plaskoff says he occasionally comes across homeowners who want their project done in the same fashion as the ones they have seen on television. When that happens, Plaskoff tells them “ABC can afford to do what it takes to get it done quickly. Can you?”

The good news is that some of them can. While completing projects on this kind of accelerated schedule isn’t for everybody, a company that is set up to do it can find it quite lucrative. One of Plaskoff’s recent clients is paying him 50% more in exchange for a speedy completion.

PRESS CONTACTS:
Teddi Best
(818) 888-4130

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