A millennial living with his parents decided it was time to leave the nest, so he bought and fixed up a crumbling $192,000 house in Malaysia

• Kenneth Tan bought a three-bedroom house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for 920,000 ringgit, or about $192,000.
• He spent six months transforming the old building into a sleek modern home with Japandi influences.
• "Sometimes if I go out, I kind of feel like I want to come home," Tan said. 

When the pandemic hit Malaysia in 2020, Kenneth Tan realized he needed his own space.

When his father and stepmom started working from home, their house began to feel crowded. "I felt like I had to hide in my room," Tan, who works in the F&B industry, told Business Insider.