As with just about everything else in life, the perfect home is really in the eye of the beholder.
Although it’s hardly unusual to come across a neighborhood where each house looks more or less the same, we can often find that their owners can have different and ambitious visions for what comfort looks like to them.
RELATED STORIES
And given how popular renovation shows and viral DIY projects have become over the years, it’s clear that there’s a lot of fascination to be had from watching people realize those visions.
But even if you tend to flip past HGTV, there’s enough going on at the heart of one recent home transformation to make us personally invested.
While she was growing up, 32-year-old Jessica Miller from the United Kingdom lived in a house that was first built in 1907.
And as The Mirror reported her husband Adam found himself in a position to buy this house for the equivalent of $529,000 after achieving some success as an entrepreneur.
However, it seemed that the house had fallen into a state of disrepair since Jessica first moved out of it.
But Adam was dedicated to giving it the “character it deserves” and spent the next nine months working tirelessly to restore the place to its former glory.
As he said, “I was able to put extra focus on the house because of being slow at our different businesses. It was a great way to not think about the outside world.”
And if the process of tearing up floorboards, knocking down walls and updating the building to the 21st century didn’t sound daunting enough on its own, Adam would have some unexpected challenges in store for him.
According to The Mirror , he would find himself working through some heavy storms that ended up destroying parts of the roof, thus adding even more jobs to the pile.
However, after persevering for nine months and burning through an additional $302,000, he was able to make the house as beautiful as ever.
In Jessica’s words, “I feel like we have listened to the house and given it life again and the character it deserves. It’s not just our story to preserve but the story of generations of families before us.”
Although much of Adam’s work involved updating the house, this wasn’t done at the cost of its classic aesthetic.
It has the attractive white veranda that fit someone’s stately vision over a century ago as well as cozy fireplaces and exposed wood floorboards.
The difference is that these things now look shiny and new, as if we traveled back in time to when it was first built.
And while it’s clear that Adam’s hard work made a supreme difference for Jessica, she wasn’t the only one that this big job left a major impact on.
That’s because the entire journey was shared through Adam’s TikTok account , which he described as inviting the world into his family’s home.
As he put it, “We have people say they are inspired to do something now, and that’s an incredible reward for us!”
h/t: The Mirror
