Jimmy Jacobs Builds Home for a Woman in Need

After surviving a devastating tornado that tore through eastern Williamson county last month and destroyed her mobile home 63 year old Alice Holcomb was shocked to learn that local Home builder Jimmy Jacobs along with several other local vendors have volunteered to rebuild her a brand new custom home.

Alice, a widow and 44 year resident of Georgetown, was in her mobile home when the violent tornado hit the Jonah area. Ms. Holcomb was up in the wee hours of the morning on April 28th unplugging her appliances, fearing that the lightning may damage them, when she suddenly heard what sounded like a train tearing through her home. Fearing for her life Ms. Holcomb dove behind her couch clutching a picture of Christ and praying. Although the storm only lasted a mere 30 seconds, the severe damage to her home will last a lifetime. Today Ms. Holcomb is renting a small apartment in Georgetown after discovering that her electricity cannot be turned on due to permanent water damage causing the ceiling to leak and sag. Her shed and carport were also ripped away and deposited several houses down. The storm damaged more than 20 buildings in Jonah and knocked out power for thousands in the area. The National Weather Service, declared the storm an F1 tornado with winds of 85 to 95 mph.

When Jimmy Jacobs Custom Homes VP of Sales and Marketing, Rob Jensen, heard Alice Holcomb’s story he immediately wanted to help. “I knew that we had the capability to help repair Ms. Holcomb’s mobile home. When I approached Jimmy about making repairs to her roof and electrical damage, he wanted to do more. I will never forget his response,” Jensen says. He looked up from and his desk and said, “We are going to do more than fix her roof; we are going to build her a brand new home.” Jensen goes on to say that Jimmy always adheres to the philosophy that, everyone deserves a place to call home. Jimmy is fully dedicated to serving fellow community members would like to challenge other Homebuilders in the Austin area to “Step out into the community and aid others who are in need.”

Jimmy is no stranger to serving the community. He is passionate about helping others, and continually dedicates his time and effort to helping others in the Austin area. Thus far, Jimmy has built four homes for Habitat for Humanity, donated build/design service to the Williamson County Children’s Advocacy center and was chosen by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2006 to build a home for a family in need.

Alice Holcomb’s custom home will be built in Jimmy’s first active adult community, Texas Traditions, located off of Booty’s Road in Georgetown. Construction on the 1427 sq ft home is set to begin in early June and is set to be complete by the end of October. Alice says that “the new home is an absolute blessing” and calls Jimmy and his team of volunteers “her angels.” In an effort to help with the project, she plans to give a portion of the insurance settlement from her mobile home to be used towards the construction of her new home.

This project is made possible by the many generous vendors who have donated everything from building materials to manual labor. Jimmy Jacobs Custom Homes would like to thank the following list of companies for their generosity; Austin Marble, Brightway Cleaning, Cabinets Deluxe, CB Hardware, Callaway Roofing, Casa Mechanical, Caskey Drywall, City Mechanical Services, Cobra Stone, D&T Trim and Cab, Factory Builder stores, FT Woods, Gulf Eagle Supply, Georgetown Utility Systems, Keystone Concrete, Lighting Inc., LMJ Stucco, Loredo Truss Co., Martinez Painting LLC, Minute Men Press, Moore Supply Co., Professional Design Group, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Synergy Framing, Sable Electric, Sherwin Williams Paint Company, Probuild, The Door Company, The Glass and Door Company, Town Square Floors, Windrose Land Services Austin , 31-W Insulation Co. Inc., and 2000 Construction.

All are invited to come out and join our Ground Breaking event on Friday June 19th at 10 am. The event will take place at 511 Sabine in the Texas Traditions community in Georgetown. To visit take I 35 north; Exit 261A; Left on Williams Dr.; Left on Booty Rd.; Right on Texas Traditions; Left on Sabine. For more information about the construction of the Holcomb home visit the Jimmy Jacobs website at jacobshomes.com or follow the building progress from start to finish on KASE.com.

Check out the Ground Breaking Event at the Link Below:

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/061909_Home_Builder_Helps_Tornado_Victim

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