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2011PGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(36 ratings)• TMDB

Architecture Technology Innovation Urban Gentrification

Restoration Home

2011PGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(36 ratings)• TMDB

Historic homes get modern makeovers as owners battle decay.

Architecture Technology Innovation Urban Gentrification

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Historic homes get modern makeovers as owners battle decay.

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Following owners of crumbling historic buildings as they save them from ruin by restoring them into 21st-century dream houses.

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