Season One · Smith Lake, Alabama
Four Friends. Ten Months. One Sweet Home.
What happens when four friends decide to build a lake house together? On Alabama’s Smith Lake, a big idea becomes a real investment—and a journey full of decisions, surprises and the kind of moments you can’t plan.
For saleA place to make your own on Smith Lake.3,800 sq ft · 4 bedrooms · 3.5 baths · 100 ft of shoreline
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A lot happens between the moments that make it into an episode. Join us on YouTube for more from the build, the people behind it and the time we spent together on Smith Lake.
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For saleRyan Creek, Smith Lake
Lake life, thoughtfully built.
Set on a quiet swimming cove, this 3,800-square-foot home brings together lake views, inviting spaces and details made for life on the water. With 100 feet of shoreline and room to gather inside and out, it’s ready for its next chapter. See the home featured in Season One of Sweet Homes.
- Size
- 3,800 sq ft
- Rooms
- 4 bed · 3.5 bath
- Shoreline
- 100 ft, dock coming soon
- Lot
- 0.43 acres
Listed by Jason Will, Blueprint Realty Company · 251-583-9728
The friends
Four friends, one big idea, and just enough confidence to be dangerous.
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The dreamer
Derek Miller
Every meeting has a moment where the group settles on something reasonable and Derek asks whether reasonable is really what they came here to do. He is responsible for at least three of the best things in this house and at least two of the most expensive. Some overlap.
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The one who said it out loud first
Josh Hemingway
Josh has made a career out of pointing a camera at other people's good ideas. This time the idea was his, which means he couldn't edit around the parts that didn't work. He narrates the series, mostly because nobody else volunteered.
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The builder, and the Cullman local
Shannon Fondren
Shannon knows Cullman, knows the lake, and knew most of the people who ended up working on this house before anyone called them. When the other three flew home, he stayed. He filmed a lot of it on his phone, which is how we have footage of the things nobody planned to film.
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Solves it a different way
James “Marko” Markovits
Marko looks at a problem for a long time without saying anything, then says the thing nobody else considered. It is occasionally infuriating and usually correct. He has strong opinions about doors.
The idea
Like most bad ideas, it started in the water.
It started with a love for the lake and a question: what if four friends took on a build together? What followed was a real project, a real investment and a story that unfolded as the house came to life.
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A story made with good people.
Sweet Homes is a Spry Original, produced in partnership with Goliath Multimedia and made possible with the help of talented people and partners who believed in the project. Together, they helped bring the house – and the story behind it – to life.
- Idea to air
- Under 12 months
- Partners
- 22 on the build
- Next
- Season 2, on the horizon
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