Grand Designs

Series featuring some of the most ambitious custom self-build projects, as individuals design, construct and oversee the home of their dreams., Some of the most ambitious custom self-build projects as individuals design, construct and oversee the home of their dreams., Series about people who design and build their dream homes, presented by author and interior designer Kevin McCloud., Michael Butcher and Phil Palmer were confirmed Londoners, loft-livers in the heart of Soho, until they fell in love with Christmas Farm, near Newbury, and took the life-changing decision to quit their urban media jobs and move to the country. They faced two big problems however: first there was an agricultural tie on the land, so Phil and Michael would have to become farmers; the second problem was the uninspiring faux-alpine timber chalet serving as a farmhouse. It had to go. But Phil and Michael don’t want to build a regular brick farmhouse as a replacement. As the builders go to work on the extraordinary hand-crafted flint exteriorcomplete with the largest sliding trapezoid window in Britain, Phil and Michael must juggle construction with farming the land. And in order to make it all work financially they decide to set up a new micro-brewery in the barn., Presented by designer and writer Kevin McCloud, each programme follows a different set of people who set out to pursue their vision and build their own dream house., Custom homes are built and restored in the United Kingdom., Kevin McCloud follows six households on an extraordinary mission – to completely re-design and redecorate their homes from top to bottom. He follows them through the blood, sweat and tears of living with builders, running out of money, agreeing a style and all the unpleasant and wonderful suprises that a house can throw at you., Presenter Kevin McCloud follows some of Britain’s most ambitious self-building projects, as intrepid individuals attempt to design and construct the home of their dreams.