Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty recently participated in the 11th Annual Habitat for Humanity build with the Atlanta Board of Realtors®. Team leader Katharine Spratlin assembled a crew of 20 Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty agents who dedicated their Saturday to painting the interior and exterior of the house, caulking and shingling the roof during week four of the seven-week building process. 
“Working with Habitat for Humanity was such a rewarding experience!” Katharine said, “It was hard manual labor, but well worth it and a great chance to get together outside of the office. We worked side-by-side with the ‘homeowner-to-be,’ Ms. Sateria Hutchinson. Her positive spirit and willingness to work were contagious. She is building and purchasing the home for herself and her three children, daughter Jakiah (8), son Jalen (6), and son Jamarion (5).”
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that assists in building and providing homes to low-income families in the United States and around the world. Homeowners and volunteers work together, with supervision, to construct a home in approximately two months. Habitat for Humanity provides a comprehensive education process for new homeowners and imposes requirements on each homeowner, including investing 250 hours in building the home, making a down payment, leasing the home for the first year, making lease payments on time and attending a minimum of 12 homeowner education courses. Once the requirements are satisfied, the mortgage is turned over to the homeowner and he or she will continue to pay an affordable, interest-free mortgage.
“Overall I’d say the weekend was a raging success, and I now have the utmost respect for home builders!” Spratlin said, “Not only can I say I know how to caulk and nail shingles to a roof, but I also had a great time with co-workers and learned more about the incredible organization Habitat for Humanity has grown to be.”
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