This Old House - Season 25 Episode 1
Turning a Garden Shed into a Home - The Concord Cottage

Norm welcomes new host Kevin OConnor abord with a visit to one of the most ambitious TOH jobs to date, the Manchester-by-the-Sea project. Wanting to tackle a big job like this one his first time out, Kevin instead ends up in historic Concord, Massachusetts, with a small (but sweet) 20- by 26-foot garden shed that homeowners Jeff and Janet Bernard want to convert into an in-law cottage for Janets retired parents. Protected by local zoning laws, the shed cant be torn down and rebuilt, so Tom will reframe the c. 1894 building from the inside out, and Richard will face the challenges of bringing water, sewer, and gas lines into the building for the first time ever. The cottage is the smallest project in This Old House history, but everyone agrees that, although theres not a lot to work with, theres still a lot to do. Janet takes Kevin to see the inspiration for her project, a small garage apartment thats part of an estate currently on the market in Concord for $7.2 million.