Who helped rehab older houses in Akron?
When LeBron James and his LeBron James Family Foundation asked Curtis to help rehab older houses in Akron, she jumped at the chance. "I have a 16-year-old son and as soon as I said 'LeBron James' on the phone, because he was in the car since we were on our way to school, that was the end of it," she told Fox 8. "This is a dream come true for me, but as a mom, it's been nice to be kind of the coolest mom right now ever."
What is Curtis' passion for rehab?
"The most important thing is that these homes are one of a kind," she told the Boston Globe. "We're never going to be able to rebuild them. We don't have the tradespeople anymore to do it, we don't have the materials that these houses were built out of, and you know, like anything else, once it's gone it's gone."
Did Curtis ever rehab her grandparents' home?
Fortunately the story of her grandparents' home doesn't end there. Curtis was eventually able to purchase the home and rehab it herself! She even dedicated the entire seventh season of Rehab Addict to this home. It was the biggest kitchen rehab she had ever completed.
Did Nicole Curtis clean houses?
She worked her way through college as a waitress at a few different restaurants including IHOP and Hooters. Not only that, but she cleaned houses before her shifts at the restaurant just to make ends meet. Once her son Ethan was born, Curtis continued cleaning houses to support the two of them. She actually owned her own cleaning business so she could set her own hours and always be there for her son. "I never regretted giving up a corporate job to clean houses so that I could make Ethan's second grade Halloween party happen," she told People.
Does rehab addict follow her real life?
Curtis is very open about the fact that Rehab Addict just happens to follow her real life. Rehabilitating old homes is what she was doing before the show, and it's what she'll continue to do if and when the show ends. "With my first house, I bought an old house and it needed work.
