Bountiful blessings continue to come Kathryn Bernardo‘s way as the year unfolds.

What makes 2024 even more special for the 28-year-old actress is the highly anticipated completion of her dream home.

As congratulatory messages flood in, fans can’t help but look back on the inspiring path that brought Kathryn to her latest milestone.

It all began in 2016 when Kathryn bought the property. That was eight years ago and she had been been working diligently to save up for the construction of her family’s dream home.

During her Magandang Buhay interview on July 30, 2019, Kathryn opened up about the property for the first time.

She revealed: “‘Yung ‘soon’ alam ko gusto rin ni Mama na mapatayo na yung dream house na yun, so sana this year masimulan.

“Gusto ko kasi kapag nagpatayo ng dream house, yung gusto na namin, yung nae-envision ni Mama kung ano ang gusto ko, lahat, sa buong family.

“So, hopefully mag-start na yung construction soon. Kayod pa.”

Once again in September 2019, Kathryn briefly spoke about their future family home, talking about the challenges that come with constructing it: “Hindi joke magpagawa ng bahay.

“Siyempre, kung may gusto akong ibigay kay Mama na dream house, iyong dream house na niya.

“So, magtatrabaho pa ako and, hopefully, maka-start iyon soon kasi tatlong taon nang nandun iyong lupa. Sabi na lang namin, someday, uunti-untiin natin iyan.”

GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

2020

On March 9, 2020, Kathryn’s hard work finally came to fruition as she announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the house.

Together with her loved ones—and former reel-and-real boyfriend Daniel Padilla— they held out their ceremonial shovels and dug out soil from the property to commemorate the early stages of their future residence.