13 Year Old Boy-Builder, Luke Thill, Builds His Own House for Under 1,500 Dollars!

Published on 12/16/2018
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Ground Rules

“We said, ‘If you’re that serious we have to set some ground rules,’” Greg Thill told ABC News in October 2017. “We told him he had to have the financial responsibility of it, raise the money and choose the materials and stay in the budget.”

Ground Rules

Ground Rules

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A Crash-Course in Housing

Greg Thill wasn’t intending on abandoning his son and leave him struggling in this mammoth task that he set himself, but he wanted Luke to learn most of it on his own so that he could really gain some skills and important life lessons. Greg was always there to guide him and work alongside him, but Luke learned alone how to frame a structure, wire the house, deal with adults, and how to make important financial decisions and not waver off budget.

Housing 101

A Crash-Course in Housing

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