TikTok home renovator moves historic Concord home in pieces to save it

CONCORD, N.C. — A well-known historic home renovator is working to save a Concord home.

The home is on Union Street South, just outside downtown Concord, and sits on land that a developer bought. But instead of just tearing it down, a man and his father have plans to save it.

″I remember just thinking how sad it was that it was going to be torn down,” Adam Miller said. “I’ve probably gotten 100 and something emails and messages of other people saying we wanted to save it.”

Adam Miller, better known by his nearly 2 million TikTok followers as “Old House Adam,” stepped in to save the home and restore it to its former glory. It’s what he and his wife are known for.

“It’s a great home with great character; it’s worth saving,” Miller said. “And that’s always our goal, because they’re never going to build this house again.”

One of the most unique aspects about this renovation is that the house, instead of staying on the property, is being cut into pieces. It’ll get moved about 5 miles away to its new permanent home.

“I mean -- you’ve got to be out of your mind to do this. But we’re out of our mind,” said Dr. Joe Lockavitch.

Joe Lockavitch and his wife, Angela, are Miller’s in-laws and will live in the home on their property.

“The vast majority of the people in this community did not want that house torn down,” Joe said. “So the fact now that it is saved -- now won’t be on this land, but it will be beautiful. And it is still in Cabarrus County. And it will be given the new life that it should have.”

The project is getting the attention of many community members. All day, they stopped to ask Miller what was going on because this isn’t the first time he has split a house apart to save it.

“We’ve got it to almost to a science,” Miller said.

The last house they saved was split in two and will move to its new location in just a few weeks. The same thing will happen to their current project; the top of the home will be cut off and all three parts will be transported.

It is Miller’s mission to keep the charm and history of the area alive any way he can.

“Anytime they see our sign, it means the house is safe. And even if it’s not safe -- where it’s at -- we’re going to keep saving these homes, and we’ve got really big projects, really big plans,” Miller said.

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