Edmonton home builders rebuild basement for charity [Video]

Over a hundred volunteers and contractors are putting in hours of hard work to transform a house for a good cause this week.

For the past 10 years, Bild Edmonton Metro, a home building company in Edmonton, chooses a job for their annual Renovation Project.

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This year, the company chose to rebuild a basement suite for Amy’s House, a non-profit organization that helps accommodate out-of-town cancer patients and their families with temporary housing throughout their treatment.

“We have everything from … unskilled labour helpers all the way up to really skilled trades people in electrical and framing and all kinds of different things,” said Lindsey Butterfield, the vice-president government relations for Bild Edmonton Metro on Tuesday morning.

“They’re going to be rebuilding it to make it fresh, modern and really comfortable for the people who …