UPDATE 2:30 PM Friday: The Oregon man who won a remodeled Knoxville home featured on HGTV has decided to take a cash reward instead of the Fourth and Gill home.
KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon., reported that Magne Jensen had decided to take the cash option instead in the sweepstakes.
HGTV officials couldn't be reached Friday on what happens to the home now. A representative of Tillman Construction, of Knoxville, which worked on the project, referred questions about the home to HGTV.
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HGTV announced Magne Jensen of Beaverton, Oregon, has won the renovated one-story Craftsman bungalow in North Knoxville that was given away in the HGTV Urban Oasis 2017 sweepstakes.
For the past five years, the Home and Garden network has highlighted contemporary residences in luxury, high-rise buildings in major U.S. cities. In 2017, they changed gears, featuring a historic neighborhood near an "up and coming urban downtown" in its corporate hometown of Knoxville.
The transformation of the three bedroom two bathroom house in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood began in March 2017. It features an outdoor space with a screened porch, outdoor patio, and a fire pit. One addition is an asymmetrical freestanding garage.
This year's grand prize is valued at more that $600,000 and includes the furnished residence and $50,000 .
The online sweepstakes started October 2 and ended November 22. HGTV's Urban Oasis special premiered on October 4.