A Broadway star buys a 200-year-old haunted-by-history house and turns trauma into triumph.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestOn a mission to finish his house, Robert works around the clock to make sure a suite for his mother is fit for a queen. Family, history, loss and perseverance brought Robert on this journey to build a home, and the culmination of love and joy is revealed.
Follow Broadway performer, entrepreneur, and educator Robert Hartwell as he takes on the challenge of transforming a 200-year-old house with a complicated history into a home filled with love. It's a renovation story that celebrates the resilience of Robert's journey as well as those who came before him.
Direction
Reality TV that actually trusts silence and lets moments breathe.
Production
The house itself: a character with 200 years of stories to tell.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hartwell's purchase directly confronts the racial wealth gap in historic homeownership—Black Americans own homes at 44% vs. 74% for white Americans.
The series was filmed during Hartwell's actual transition from Broadway performer to full-time entrepreneur, making his on-camera vulnerability unscripted and raw.
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