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The second house I visited was Suncheon, Jeollanam-do. As I walked along the cozy Okridan-gil, I came across a house blocked by an unusual sign that said, “No Entry.” It was a large piece of land that spanned over 250 pyeong, including the main building, the annex, the warehouse, and the yard. It’s been four years since a young couple renovated the hanok, but the problem is that they haven’t even moved in yet. It was a place where a powerful person in this neighborhood lived 100 years ago. The husband first came across this hanok through a public auction. The wall had collapsed and it was overgrown with weeds, so the husband couldn’t even think of going in, but the wife fell in love with the hanok at first sight and wanted to fix it up and live in it. That’s how the hanok remodeling began. Hardships came from the beginning. They found an elderly person who had experience remodeling hanoks and signed a contract, but the construction process was strange. The couple, who thought that they had started without knowing anything and had failed, stopped all the work and gathered books related to hanok and architecture to study from the beginning. The wife drew the blueprints and the husband started to directly repair the hanok while leading the site! However, it is said that the husband, Jong-guk, secretly shed a lot of tears during this process. The wife wanted to fill the deck waterway with gravel, but it would take a year to buy 1 ton, and the husband climbed up to the high roof to save the gable that even experts had given up on, and he did the insulation and waterproofing himself with only one thought for his family in case there was a problem. The repairs were done to a high degree that even the owner was impressed, but the husband's blood and tears were hidden inside. If it weren't for the couple, the hanok would have remained an eyesore in the middle of the neighborhood. The neighborhood and even their juniors at work are visiting to help out with the couple's valuable efforts. The couple is working hard to restore the things in the house because they know they are grateful for the attention. Let's explore the hanok of the couple that will live for another 100 years. #ArchitectureExplorationHouse #250PyeongHanok #HanokMajorRepair #HouseRepair #HanokRemodeling #HouseRepair #Architecture #Architect