Did the Palins PAY for the help their contractor friends gave on their house?

[pnwmom]

Or do they just have really generous contractor friends? Like, for example, Ted Stevens?

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/543094.html

SNIP

The Palins' four-bedroom, four-bath house, nearly 3,500 square feet, sits on just over two acres behind a tall wood-plank privacy fence that runs along one side of the property. It's one of the newest homes in the Snider subdivision lining Lake Lucille and is assessed at $552,000 - more than twice the value of a neighboring two-acre lot with a much smaller, older wood-frame home.

Todd Palin built the house with friends who were contractors, he said in a recent television interview.

SNIP

[pnwmom]

1. Isn't anyone else curious about this? n/t

[beac]

2. Kicking for curiousity!

Seems every politician in Alaska has generous contractor 'friends'!

And how did a retired mayor/humble housewife and her part-time 'fish-picker' husband end up with assets over one million before she even became gov?

[pnwmom]

3. Your question makes me wonder even more about that house. n/t