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Building a house in Mexico, Candice and Fidel’s viral dream

19 October 2026 at 18:06

A strong wind sweeping across the cornfields reveals a house still under construction beside a small enclosure of sheep and donkeys. The two-story home, which is still unpainted, has a gable roof, a porch and a garage. It is the home that Candice and Fidel García Sánchez, a Mexican American couple, have spent the past five years building after he was deported from the United States and she chose to move with him to a rural area of the Mexican state of Puebla. Their building project has unfolded in full view of the public: half a million YouTube subscribers and more than 1.5 million people on TikTok are following the house’s progress.

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Candice Marie García Sánchez and Fidel García Sánchez tour their house.Candice and Fidel feed a horse on their farm.

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Fidel feeds the animals on his farm.

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Aerial view of the house built by the couple.

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Candice Marie García Sánchez walks through the cornfields that surround her house.

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Workers doing construction work on Fidel and Candice's house.

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Candice and Fidel during a tour inside their home.

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Candice Marie García Sánchez and Fidel García Sánchez at their home in Puebla, October 9.
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