This research investigates the impact of migrant labor on European built environments, focusing on post-war Western Europe and post-1989 Eastern Europe. It explores how migrant workers contributed to architectural development and how temporary migration shapes the concept of home especially in Poland, the UK, Germany and The Netherlands. Using historical research, interviews, spatial analysis, and case studies, the study examines labor migration’s effects on housing and domestic spaces. It highlights socio-economic and political dynamics that transform living environments, revealing transnational housing trends and their implications for work, social status, and exploitation within migrant communities.