An elderly Virginia couple living in a condemned home is getting a new one thanks to the kindness of a local contractor, WVEC reported.
Ywain Young was building a house in Suffolk when he met Lonnie and Cora Scott, a couple who lived next door.
“The first time I met Mr. Scott, right off the snap, you just knew that this guy is one of those individuals,” Young told WVEC. “There’s something that resonates out of him that you feel.”
The Scotts have lived at the same house in Suffolk for 30 of their 65 years of marriage. Those years took a toll on the house.
“It’s been here so many years and it’s deteriorating,” Cora Scott told WVEC.
The city of Suffolk officially condemned the house, but the couple still lived inside. That’s when Young stepped in.
“It wasn’t about the money, it wasn’t about what you give or what you take, it’s about just increasing your spirit of love and making it right,” he told WVEC.
So Young built the Scotts a new home right behind their current one free of charge.
“We got new cabinets, we got Frigidaire, we got what do you call it? A dishwasher. Yeah, he gave all that to us,” Lonnie Scott said.
“He’s a miracle. He’s a blessing,” Cora Scott said. “God sent him to us and we appreciate him. Thank God for him.”
The Scotts will move into their new home in two weeks, WVEC reported.
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