grand designs season 1 episode 3

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Constrained by stringent planning conditions, will Chris and Kayo even like their radical home when it’s finished?Designers Beth Dadswell and Andrew Wilbourne rescue a crumbling old Victorian dairy in South East London and convert it into a family house – retaining as much decay as they can. Explore the design detail, and chart the changes and compromises that happened along the way. The schedule slips and costs snowball, leaving Jon struggling to cope. They're desperate to live on the river Thames, so their architect has come up with an experimental design that will see the whole house magically rise up with the flood waters up to a full 3 meters. I love the host! But the neighbours grumble when the ultra-modern wooden box goes up in their traditional suburb.This site requires cookies to function and help us understand how users interact with this site. "Grand Designs," presented by Kevin McCloud, tells the stories of ambitious new homes and the people who build them. Follow the progress of houses with unforeseen complications and no stretch in the budget. Harry and Briony Anscombe have made a radical move from London to Cornwall with their three young children. You get to see some really interesting, high-spec builds, and they take the time to keep coming back over the course of months or even years. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Explore the design detail, and chart the changes and compromises that happened along the way.Rob Hodgson and Kay Ralph plan to build an architectural monument high on a cliff top, a sleek glass-fronted house inspired by the villas of California.Product Designer Rebecca Sturrock has returned to her family home in Cornwall, with her partner Gregory Kewish and a highly ambitious plan. Many Brits have moved to France to buy crumbling French chateaus to renovate into stunning homes. They’re hammered by extreme weather, then funding dries up and the entire project is put at risk.Simon and Jasmine Dale have only £500 to start building their unique family house on a hill in Pembrokeshire. Kevin McCloud follows people as they build their dream house, often focusing on modern design, energy efficiency, maximizing space and views. But can he balance high architecture, wife Libby’s need for a comfortable family home and his ongoing health concernsEdward and Hazel Short build a shining white art deco lighthouse, with additional bedroom wing and infinity pool, all on a rugged but beautiful clifftop spot in North Devon.

Just because people have lived in shipping containers from time to time doesn't mean they're architecturally desirable. At 83 square metres their clever space saving £160k budgeted home may be the smallest two bedroom house that you’re allowed to build in the capital, but it’ll be theirs, not a landlords.In 2007 Ed and Rowena Waghorn started building a handcrafted five bedroom house on their smallholding in Herefordshire. To get planning permission on her beautiful Norfolk countryside plot however, she has to ensure not only that the materials used are sustainable, but also measure the amount of transportation diesel used to deliver them.Software executive Andy and garden designer Nicki Bruce want to build the UK's first amphibious or "floating" house of its kind. Designer Genevieve Gorder and real estate expert Peter Lorimer show property owners how to turn their short-term rentals into moneymaking showstoppers. It proves an emotional rollercoaster ride. Property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer show house hunters some properties for sale that fit their requirements. LOVE!! Kevin McCloud follows people as they build their dream house, often focusing on modern design… I love the host! Kevin McCloud returns to Lambourn Valley in the Berkshire Downs to see how Rupert and Julie Upton have fared since the building of their dream home was completed. But soon business commitments and family life start to overwhelm them.After recovering from illness, artist and teacher Michelle Parsons and her architect husband David, found a beautiful plot in an Essex woodland, where David devised a sleek, black clad, three bedroom house with a separate artist studio for Michelle.Bricklayer Paul Rimmer ropes in wife Carol, daughter Abby and his mates to build an ultra-modern five-bed house in Bolton – made out of wood not bricks. Together they will transform a small, damp, single-story bungalow into a cutting edge home for them and their twin 3-year-old daughters - all for just £80,000.GP Peter Berkin and his wife Chard, an alternative medicine practitioner, have decided to build a new home at the bottom of their garden. I've watched most everything, and this is beyond brilliant. Each episode is a separate stand-alone story.