Meet the family that turned an abandoned school into their dream home - but ... trends now

A family in Tennessee bought an old abandoned school and are turning it into their dream mansion — but skeptics are creeped out by the renovation project. 

High school senior Sarah Collis uploaded a video on TikTok captioned, 'POV: your dad randomly bought an abandoned school/is fixing it up and now you live here.'

The video showcases the transformation of Ducktown School from a creepy old-fashioned and run-down school to a slightly more homey and livable building. 

Ducktown School was previously called Kimsey Junior College and was built in 1933 with the original purpose being to further the education of miners in the town.

In 2021, Jason Collis and his wife purchased the historic building and are still working to restore it - all the while living in the ginormous abandoned school. 

The school became abandoned in 2006 and was vandalized and neglected for years, Collis told ABC.

Collis attended Kimsey Junior College from kindergarten through seventh grade and he, along with other community members, were not ready to see the school fade away. 

He said he wasn't prepared for how much work the transformation would be - but that his family is determined to turn the old building into their unique dream home. 

In Sarah's most recent video, posted on Wednesday, many of the school's rooms remain untouched — including the gymnasium, the auditorium, the hallways and lockers, the staircases and some of the classrooms. 

The paint is very chipped and the floors and walls are worn down and damaged, while much of the old-fashioned school furniture

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