Jonathan Knight, host of “Farmhouse Fixer,” knows a thing or two about renovating old houses.

Itseems as though he was destined to be an HGTV star.

His interest in renovations makes sense because Knight’s first home was far from a newly built mansion.

Jonathan Knight onstage for NKOTB

The residence in North Shore, Massachusetts probably wasn’t a fixer-upper, but it still needed furnishings.

“I came home and was, like, ‘What is going on?'”

the HGTV star recalled of his mother’s tastes.

Jonathan Knight with the band in the 1990s

“It was ridiculous.

Best day was when I sold that house.”

“I kind of had to reinvent myself,” he admitted toHGTV.

Jonathan Knight on his Essex farm

So he joined forces with a friend in the Boston, Massachusetts area and began flipping neighborhood homes.

“Not only was it a passion, it was doing something for the community,” he explained.

However, he and his partner deviated from flipping for a while in search of something more lucrative.

While these projects were profitable, they didn’t align with the HGTV star’s vision.

Reportedly, the singer was getting ready to study architecture in college when the boyband found international fame.