Mom Transforms Basement Into ‘Dream’ Apartment for Daughters in Viral Clip [Video]

A video about a mom building her daughters a new apartment to live in rent-free has gone viral on TikTok.

The clip was posted by @lxxndaa_ and has garnered 16.6 million views since it was posted on December 14. A note overlaid on the video reads: “See how I turned my basement into a little apartment for my daughters.”

The footage shows a vast empty basement slowly being transformed into a living space, equipped with a kitchen, refrigerators, a bathroom and other rooms.

In a later comment, the mother said one of her daughters is in college, while the other is in high school. “They’re still babies. Charging rent never crossed my mind. They will pay rent one day, but it won’t be with me,” she said.

“I won’t charge them, but my daughter works and I help manage her Roth IRA [a retirement account]. She’s in nursing school, so I would feel horrible to stress …