The pandemic forced this couple to channel their inner Chip and Joanna Gaines

PHILADELPHIA — The 120-year-old house in Philadelphia had good bones. It just needed some cosmetic fixes — projects that first-time home buyers Amy Wright and her boyfriend, Mitch Mathern, were confident they could handle.Then they discovered mold behind cabinets, a sinking kitchen floor, and the feeling that maybe they were in over their heads.“New projects started popping up left and right,” Mathern said.When Mathern, 25, and Wright, 23, decided to move out of their Manayunk apartment and buy a house to take advantage of low mortgage rates, they knew they wanted a home with history. And they...

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