I bought an abandoned 120-year-old house that had been empty since the 80s – and immediately encountered an issue
FOR one TikToker couple, an abandoned home renovation project turned into more than they bargained for.
Sometimes, home sweet home can turn into a headache – especially when that home is over a century old – and has been abandoned for decades.
The home restoration project in Majorica, Spain, proved to need a bit more renovation than the owners originally planned for – but they were up for the teardown-looking task.
“A year ago, we bought an abandoned house,” explained the TikTok couple behind (@picornell_house) in a dubbed man’s voice.
She might have been standing in front of the home’s old door wearing Converse sneakers, but the lady of the soon-to-be remodeled residence came prepared with an extra pair of footwear.
That same graffiti-ladden door led to the interior of the crumbling and overgrown home.
“The house was built in 1900 and abandoned since around the 80s,” the TikTokers explained as her backpack-carrying partner looked around the piles of fragmented rocks, and discarded debris.
They showed more of the fixer-upper which was indeed not for the faint of heart – doorless entryways and a partially missing roof included.
One of the rotting rooms had leftover blue and white mosaic tiles on the walls, while dilapidated wooden doors could also be spotted throughout the space.
“After a year of waiting, we could finally start our home project two weeks ago,” they remarked, as overgrown weeds, and poison ivy, could be seen overtaking the long-abandoned property.
They also showed what was left of the fading, tan-stained exterior, structural beams, and a once-tiled roof.
After 12 months, the undeterred couple explained what was involved in their renovation process: “First steps, empty the plot.”
With cleaning supplies and buckets around, the space started to take shape as leaves and tree branches could be seen neatly piled into place as part of the wooden ceiling structure remained exposed.
This emptying was completed throughout the abandoned home until a big reveal: “Now everything looks clean, we could see we have floors.”
A further tour of the home indeed showed shiny, tiled floors throughout each room, with some even showcasing mosaic-tiled baseboards.
Many of the pair’s followers were in awe of their brave efforts.
“Abandoned was an understatement,” wrote one such viewer.
“Spooky, right? It’s in a beautiful area, and it will be a beautiful new house for us,” replied the renovator extraordinaire couple.
Still, others were skeptical of the repairs.
“I would be afraid that everything is so rotten and mold-infested that it might be safer to tear it down. Hope I am wrong. Fingers crossed,” remarked another viewer.
It seemed that their concerns hit the nail on the head as the TikTok creators responded: “We are tearing it down.”
Still, the long-abandoned home wasn’t all going to waste.
“Thank you for stopping by! This project will be a new construction but we will try to recover as many materials as we can – such as stones and tiles,” the homeowners explained.