Grand Designs

The Regency Villa, Farnham, Surrey

Helen and Mark had always dreamed of owning a Georgian house but knew they couldn't afford the genuine article. So they

The New England Gable House, Sussex

With a plot of land in Sussex overlooking the South Downs, newly-weds Jane and Willem wanted a house that would be atmos

The Wool Mill, Netherton, Yorkshire

A derelict woollen mill in a Yorkshire village may not say 'modernist' to everyone. But Chris and Gill - who, fortunatel

The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales

An isolated hilltop in the Brecon Beacons might seem an inhospitable place for a couple's first home. But Adrian and Cor

The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire

When Rupert and Julie bought a hilltop site in the Berkshire Downs, they were determined to build a house that would mak

The Self-Build, Birmingham

Kevin checks out an innovative housing scheme set up by a Birmingham Housing Association, which allows a group of people

The Jewel Box, London

Kevin McCloud visits a couple who are looking to build their hi-tech modern house in a quiet north London street.

The Derelict Barns, Devon

Kevin McCloud visits a couple in Devon who are hoping to convert a traditional barn complete with thatched roof.

Revisited: The Glass-House, Doncaster

Revisited Season 1 (2001) episode 1 Kevin travels back to Doncaster to catch up with self-builders Michael Hird and Lin

Revisited: The Eco-House, Suffolk

Revisited Season 1 (2001) episode 2 Kevin McCloud travels to Suffolk to revisit a couple who dreamed of building a 100%

Revisited: The House of Straw, Islington, North London

Revisited Season 1 (2001) episode 3 Kevin McCloud revisits Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth in Islington, London. Wil

Revisited: The Self-Build, Birmingham

Revisited Season 1 (2001) episode 4 Kevin McCloud revisits an innovative housing scheme in Birmingham. Just over two ye

Revisited: The Co-Op, Brighton

Revisited Season 1 (2001) episode 5 Kevin McCloud revisits a group of people in a Brighton co-operative who are buildin

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The Wooden Box, Peterborough

'Is it a bold contemporary design or a garden shed?' John and Terri found themselves asking, halfway into their build. T

The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire

The 1930s derelict water-works Chris and Leanne fell in love with was huge and its design had clearly been inspired by G

The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex

For 10 years, Ben lived in tents and caravans in a wood in West Sussex. As a woodsman, he needed and wanted to live amon

The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey

For Philip and Angela, the build was part of a life change that had begun two years earlier. Just after their second dau

Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire

Tom and Judy wanted more than just a home for themselves and their two children. On a site of outstanding natural beauty

The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London

After 10 years of living in a small house in east London, John and Eleni hankered after modern, open-plan living. They d

The Underground House, Cumbria

The old quarry stood on a slope of the Eden valley and commanded beautiful views. Local architect John Bodger designed a

The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire

Merry's family have been Herefordshire builders for generations, so she knew that the county was rich in traditional bui

Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 1 Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Corrina, who decided their first home was to be a

Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 2 Kevin revisits Tony and Sharon, who fell in love with a completely dilapidated Geor

Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 3 Kevin is in Amersham to update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andre

Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 4 Kevin travels to the beautiful setting of south Devon to revisit Sue and Martin, wh

Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 1 Kevin McCloud returns to the Lambourn Valley to meet a couple who took three years

Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 2 Kevin McCloud revisits the improbable Islington home of two architects who built th

Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 3 Kevin McCloud catches up with a couple he met some years when they set about the ta

Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 4 Kevin McCloud revisits retired couple Denys and Marjorie Randolph from Berkshire, w

Waterloo: The Violin Factory

Louise and Milko wanted to build the home of a lifetime. Milko's job as a well-paid City banker meant they could think b

Surrey: Customised German Kit House

David and Greta loved their home, a modernist structure in Surrey that they had built themselves almost 40 years ago. It

Revisited - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House

In November 2001, Tom and Judy demolished a bungalow and started building an infinitely more ambitious house. Designed o

Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House

When Reuben and April came across a ruined 19th-century house amid the tower blocks of Leith, Edinburgh, they saw it as

Clapham: The Curved House

David and Anjana's tiny coach house was proving too small for them and their two children. So they decided to build a ne

Sussex: The Modernist Sugar Cube

Tom and Darron wanted to build a house that would be home to them, their art collection and their two large dogs. Darron

Argyll: The Oak-Framed House

Tony and Jo, musicians with Scottish Opera, had long dreamed of a home in the countryside. They found a perfect site on

Dorset: An Idiosyncratic Home

Amid 55 acres of organic farmland in the New Forest, Lizzie and Mike set out to build an idiosyncratic home. They wanted

Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House

Kevin returns to see whether the couple's solo attempts to transform a wreck of an old stone building in Leith, with no

Peckham: The Sliding Glass Roof House

When Monty Ravenscroft and Clare Loewe began looking for a house to buy in London they soon realised that the only affor

Gloucester: The 16th Century Farmhouse

Kevin McCloud follows Jeremy and Louise Brown as they try to bring their Grade II Listed 16th-century Gloucestershire fa

Kent: Finnish Log Cabin

John Cadney and Marnie Moon have never had a permanent home. For 16 years they've camped on land owned by Marnie's paren

Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion

Kevin takes a trip back to the home of John and Eleni Flood, who completely gutted their Victorian terraced house to cre

Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory

Louise and Milko wanted to build the home of a lifetime. Milko's job as a well-paid City banker meant they could think b

Devon: Shaped Like a Curvy Seashell

Kevin McCloud meets Pat Becker, who lives in a large Georgian house in Devon. But now that her family have flown the nes

Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage

Kevin returns to see how Ben Law's woodsman's cottage has changed. The house has bedded down into its landscaped kitchen

Belfast: A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa

This is Belfast, one of the great cities of the industrial revolution, and home to Thomas and Dervla O?Hare. They?ve liv

Devon: Miami Style Beach House

Kevin McCloud meets Julie and Mark Veysey, whose Grand Design is a stunning Miami-style beach house on a beachfront plot

Carmarthen: The Eco-House

Andrew and Lowri Davies embark on a project to build an environmentally friendly farmhouse in rural Wales. Encouraged by

The Loch House, Killearn

Jim Fairfull considers himself a very lucky guy. He was out fishing with a friend when he came across a beautiful, seclu

The Contemporary Barn Conversion, Ross-on-Wye

Hillcott Barn looked more like a Tuscan monastery than an English barn. When the farmer put it up for sale, most people

Stirling: The Contemporary Cedar Clad Home

Theo and Elaine Leijser hoped to bring a bit of Dutch style to Scotland in the building of their first family home – a

Water Tower Conversion, Ashford

For six years Bruno and Denise Del Tufo stared at the large concrete water tower at the bottom of their garden trying to

Revisited: 19th Century Manor House, Creuse

Christine Benjamin and her husband Peter currently live in an Edwardian manor house called Medland Manor. Both in their

Revisited: 300 Year Old Chalet

Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree. Nicky was raised in France, James in Beirut – both have fond memories o

Garden House aka Mies van der Rohe Inspired House

Christine Benjamin and her husband Peter currently live in an Edwardian manor house called Medland Manor. Approaching th

Revisited: The Curved House

Anjana and David Devoy started building a contemporary home that curved around a protected chestnut tree in their garden

Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle

Every Englishman’s home is his castle but for Francis Shaw this is quite literally true. He and his wife, Karen, and t

Thatched Cottage, Hampshire

Eight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest. They bought a run down medieval thatc

Eco-barge, Medway

Chris Miller and his wife Sze Liu Lai lived in a tiny flat in East London with their two children Alexion and Tayszea. I

The Bournemouth Penthouse

James and Katrin Gray live in Bournemouth on the south coast. James runs his own book distribution business and Katrin w

The Eco-House: Revisited

Kevin revisits Andrew and Lowri Davies who embarked on a project to build an environmentally friendly farmhouse in rural

Birmingham: The Birmingham Church

Dean Marks has dreamt of living in a church for as long as he can remember. After searching for the right building for y

Guildford: The Art Deco House

When Pilots Andrew Berry and his wife Helen bought their cottage near Guildford in Surrey 7 years ago they always planne

Revisited: The Sliding Glass Roof House, Peckham

Monty Ravenscroft and Clare Loewe bought a plot of land in Peckham to build their own home - only to be told it was too

Revisited: The Oak-Framed House, Argyll

Musicians Tony and Jo Moffat began building a spectacular modern home on a plot with a view to die for on the west coast

Cambridge: The Cambridgeshire Eco Home

Kelly and Masoko Neville set about building not just a spectacular oak frame and straw bale house, but a whole new way o

Revisited: The Tuscany Castle, Tuscany, Italy

Janne and Howard planned to convert a ruin in the Tuscan hills into a luxurious home. Kevin returns a few years later to

London: The Glass and Timber House

In this episode Kevin meets master carpenter Bill Bradley and his wife Sarah, whose plan is to build two identical timbe

Cheltenham: The Underground House

A couple who live in a Regency house in Cheltenham that is expensive to run decide to sell up and build a modern low mai

Oxford: The Decagon House

Henry Chopping finds his plans to build a new home in Oxford hampered by a listed wall and planning restrictions. With a

Bristol: The Modernist Sugar Cube

An architect plans to build a new house for his family using only white materials. He ends up using stuff more commonly

The Gothic House

Jo and Shaun Bennett want to build an Addams Family style Gothic house with a £400,000 budget. With the challenge growi

Midlothian: The Lime Kiln House

Pru and Richard make plans to build a bespoke family home on an industrial site in the middle of the Midlothian countrys

The Bath Kit House

Kevin attempts to help Tiffany and Jonny with their dream of creating an ultra-modern, eco-friendly home in Bath in the

Revisited - Masseria Impisi: An Artists' Retreat

Kevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive farm in the Puglia

Revisited - Peterborough- The Wooden Box

Kevin McCloud drops in at John and Terri Westlake's self-built, contemporary wooden home, which has a wall made entirely

Revisited - German Kit House

Kevin revisits David and Greta Iredale, who replaced their original house which they designed and built themselves with

Revisited - Surrey- The Victorian Threshing Barn

Kevin McCloud revisits Philip Trail and his wife Angela who moved to stress-free Surrey and renovated a 150-year-old thr

Cumbria Underground House Revisited

Five years on, Kevin McCloud goes back to the wilds of Cumbria to see how the Reddy family have adapted to their ecologi

Maidstone: The Hi Tech Bungalow

In Maidstone, Jean and Bill Letley, a septuagenarian couple plan a highly contemporary bungalow complete with underfloor

The Apprentice Store, Somerset

Ian and Sophie Cooper met at university and have since spent their time together enjoying life in London. Ian works as a

The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire

Inspired by an illustration on a yoghurt pot, Chris Ostwald decides to build a New England-style water mill in the Chilt

The Newport Folly, Newport

Sarah and Dean Berry grew up on a council estate in Newport. Having moved away to London and made good, they have now re

The Eco Arch, Kent

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of architect Richard Hawkes and wife Sophie, who are moving from London to the Kent c

The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany

Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje are keen to build an earth-sheltered home from recycled materials in Brittany. The house is

The Marlborough Farm house, Wiltshire

Dairy farmer Andrew Ainslie and his artist wife Meryl, who run a gallery on their farm, build a modern barn-style farmh

The Prefabricated house, Kent

Mimi De Costa and her husband Andre, a doctor, had spent years looking for a plot of land when they came across a bungal

Revisited- Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle

Every Englishman’s home is his castle but for Francis Shaw this is quite literally true. He and his wife, Karen, and t

Revisited: The Hexagonal Straw Baled House, Cambridgeshire

Kevin returns to see how Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje's project has fared four years after they decided to build an eart

Brighton- The Modern Mansion

A Building Contractor and his wife who is a Nurse, build a large modern 6 bedroom house on a hill in Brighton. It has an

Revisted: The Thatched Cottage, Hampshire

Eight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest.

Revisted: The Loch House, Killearn

Kevin McCloud revisits a Scottish loch-side pavilion to see if it delivered its promise for Jim Fairfull: a cure for his

Revisited: The Woodman's Cottage, Sussex

It took ten years to get permission for Ben Law's self-sufficient woodland cottage. Now that he's built it, using 1,000

Isle of Wight: The Tree House

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of architectural designer Lincoln Miles and his wife, artist Lisa Traxler, who want t

Cotswold: The Stealth House

Helen and Chris Seymour Smith are architects who are planning to build a subterranean, eco-friendly house underneath a r

Woodbridge: The Modest Home

Kevin McCloud follows the efforts of Lucie Fairweather to build an eco-friendly house in Woodbridge, Suffolk. After the

Stowmarket: The Tudor Guildhall

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Simon Bennett and his wife Jill as they try to restore two timber-framed barns in

Ipswich: The Radian House

Jonathan and Lindsay want to build a house that's exciting to look at, cheap to run, and ecologically sound. But the bui

Lizard Peninsular: The Scandinavian House

Kevin meets interior designer Kathryn Tyler, who has decided the best way onto the property ladder is to design and buil

West Cumbria: The Adaptahaus

Alan Dawson has invented his own way of making a house, with every piece put together on site in days. But it must all f

Lake District: The Dome House

When Robert and Milla Gaukroger find a plot overlooking Lake Windermere in the Lake District National Park, they reckon

The Brittany Groundhouse: Revisited

In 2006, Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje moved from Brighton to Brittany to take on a huge life experiment. Their plan was

The Glass & Timber House: Revisited

Master carpenter Bill Bradley and his wife Sarah built not one but two timber houses in south London on the site of Bill

A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa: Revisited

Six years ago Thomas and Dervla O'Hare set out to build a spectacular split-level home cascading down a practically vert

House from Straw: Revisited

In 2003, aspiring writer Mark Sampson, his wife Debbie and their daughter Tilly moved to the Lot region of France to bui

The Water Tower: 2nd Revisiting

As one of `Grand Design's' first projects, Andrew Tate and Deborah Mills found a site with a monstrous, dilapidated, 100

The Lime Kiln House: Revisited

When Pru and Richard Irvine came across a plot of land in the middle of the breathtakingly beautiful Midlothian countrys

Morpeth: The Derelict Mill Cottage

Kevin McCloud looks at the transformation of a derelict mill cottage in Northumberland into a contemporary family home,

London: The Contemporary Mansion

Paul and Penny are tearing down their million pound home in south London to build a contemporary mansion. But the challe

Tenby: The Lifeboat Station

Kevin follows the progress being made as Tim and Philomena O'Donovan, convert a lifeboat station in Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Essex: The Large Timber-framed Barn

Kevin McCloud follows the conversion of a large, Grade II-listed timber-framed barn in Essex into a family home and work

Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-framed House

Kevin McCloud meets estate manager Ed Waghorn and his wife Rowena, a couple living an almost self-sufficient life with t

Cornwall: The Dilapidated Engine House

Ever since he was a child, stonemason Adam Purchase has loved the old silver mine engine houses that characterise Cornwa

London: The Disco Home

Claire and Ian try to build a home big enough for a disco on a small plot at the end of a London mews. But as angry loca

The Dome House: Revisited

Running out of money is always a grim prospect for anyone attempting their own Grand Design. Perhaps no one has come clo

The Eco Arch: Revisited

Kevin returns to the Weald of Kent and one of the most innovative houses ever featured on `Grand Designs', a highly expe

The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited

Kevin revisits Denise and Bruno Del Tufo who six years ago set about transforming a concrete water tower in their back g

The Adaptahaus: Revisited

Kevin McCloud revisits Alan and Judith Dawson in west Cumbria, where they began constructing a prefabricated home in 200

The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited

Kevin McCloud revisits a couple who took on the task of constructing a sustainable house in the Kent countryside. Mimi d

Cloontykilla Castle, Ireland

The new series kicks off with a Grand Design on an epic scale, with the story of one man's heroic attempt to fulfil his

The Computer Cut House, Herefordshire

Kevin meets a pair of civil-partnered university professors, Celia Brackenridge and Diana Woodward.  They have enliste

The Glass Cubes House

In Brixton in south London design-mad couple Mary Martin and Carl Turner want to build a home that resembles a giant sta

The Thames Boathouse

Kevin McCloud follows Lysette and Nigel Offley, who are knocking down an old Thames boathouse and constructing a cutting

The Derelict Water Tower

Kevin McCloud marks the 100th episode with one of the programme's most ambitious projects to date. Leigh Osborne and Gra

The Edwardian Artist's Studio

Kevin McCloud meets Audrey and Jeff, who dream of living in one of west London's most exclusive areas. However, the way

Isle of Skye: The Larch-Clad House

Kevin McCloud meets artists Indi and Rebecca, who are planning to build a modern, larch-clad home on the Isle of Skye, w

London: The Joinery Workshop

Henning Stummel and his partner Alice Dawson attempt to convert an awkward,covered space, trapped between buildings in t

The Tree House: Revisited

Architectural designer Lincoln Miles and his wife found an uninspiring 70s bungalow on the Isle of Wight on a prime piec

The Disco Home: Revisited

In 2010 Claire Farrow and Ian Hogarth embarked on a wild journey to build the ultimate fun family home, right in the hea

The Large Timber-Framed Barn: Revisited

Freddie Robins and Ben Coode-Adams left their cramped two bedroom London flat and took on the conversion of a huge Grade

The Co-Op: 2nd Revisiting

On the first series of `Grand Designs', a younger Kevin McCloud witnessed as a co-operative of ten families built their

South Yorkshire: The 1920s Cinema

Kevin McCloud follows a project to renovate and extend a classic 1920s cinema in Thorne, South Yorkshire. With little kn

North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion

Jonathan Broom and his wife Deborah have put everything on hold while he pursues his dream of building a mini Hollywood

York: The Giant Farm Shed

Kevin meets Martin and Kae Walker, who want to build the ultimate family home inspired by a giant farm shed.

Tiverton: The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage

When he lost three limbs in Afghanistan, Jon's life changed forever. Now he wants to build a house that allows him to li

South Lanarkshire: The Metal Sculptural Home

Kevin meets flying instructor Colin Mackinnon and trapeze artist Marta Briongos and the incredible metal home they're bu

Monmouthshire: Japanese House

Tamayo Hussey's missed Japan ever since she moved to the UK with her husband Nigel. To stave off the homesickness they'v

South London: Modernist Masterpiece

A young couple want take on an average 1950s house and turn it into an architectural masterpiece. After a year of searc

East Devon: Cob Castle

Kevin meets a master craftsman whose dream is to build a castle made entirely of mud. Kevin McCabe is the leading livin

Newbury: Christmas Farm

Confirmed city dwellers Michael and Phil have moved to the country to run a farm, start a micro brewery and create in a

Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa

Kevin catches up with the story of a daring modernist home in the Andalucian hills in southern Spain.. Ten years ago Gi

Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home

Six years ago Lucie Fairweather and Nat McBride began to build an affordable eco home in Woodbridge for themselves and t

North Wales: The Clifftop House

Rob Hodgson and Kay Ralph plan to build an architectural monument high on a cliff top. They want to build a sleek glass-

North Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber House

Rebecca Sturrock has returned to her family home in Cornwall with her partner Gregory Kewish and a highly ambitious plan

Milton Keynes: Round House

Peter Berkin and his wife Chard have decided to build a new home at the bottom of their garden. Problem is, right from t

County Derry: Shipping Container House

A young farmer and architect in Northern Ireland hopes to make a home out of four large shipping containers welded toget

South East London: Urban Shed

Tracy Fox and husband Steve want to build an 'urban shed' out of industrial materials in an old milk yard in south east

Norfolk: Periscope House

Natasha Cargill wants to build a home shaped like two enormous periscopes in rural Norfolk. But a limited budget and tig

River Thames: Floating House

Andy and Nicki Bruce try to build an experimental flood-proof floating house on an island in the River Thames. But build

Revisited – Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House

Kevin McCloud returns to a remote part of France and a restoration project of a dilapidated manor house started back in

Revisited – Monmouthshire: Japanese House

Kevin McCloud returns to a unique Japanese-Welsh fusion home in the Wye Valley to see how the improvised building weathe

Revisited – Tiverton: Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage

Kevin McCloud returns to Devon for an update on one of the most inspirational builds he has ever witnessed. Marine Capta

Living in the City

Kevin McCloud presents the first of four special programmes inspired by 15 years of Grand Designs. He begins with a look

Living in the Wild

In the second of four special programmes, Kevin McCloud looks at the challenges of self-building in the UK's most remote

Living in Suburbia

Kevin McCloud reveals how self-builders in the suburbs are transforming this most maligned of residential environments.

Living in the Country

Kevin McCloud looks at the challenges of self-building in the countryside, where design must embrace and enhance traditi

West Sussex: The Perfectionist's Bungalow

Kevin McCloud meets Clinton Dall from Sussex, a self-made businessman and father of four aiming to build one of the larg

East Sussex: The Boat House

Boat enthusiast James Strangeways invites Kevin McCloud to survey progress on the construction of his new home, which hi

Isle of Wight: The Seaside House

After recovering from a life-threatening brain haemorrhage, Bram Vis, his wife Lisa and their two children want to build

Worcestershire: The Cave House

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of 37-year-old Angelo Mastropietro, as he transforms a damp, dark and abandoned cave

County Antrim: The Blacksmith's House

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of teacher Michele Long and architect Michael Howe, who want to restore and transform

Somerset: The Concrete Cow-Shed

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of private chef Ed Versluys and pilates instructor Vicky Anderson, who want to conver

Lewes: The Rusty Metal House

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Stephen Yeoman and Anita Findlay, who want to build a cutting-edge, post-industria

Revisited – Marlow: The Floating House

Kevin returns to one of the most ambitious Grand Designs ever, a million-pound amphibious house on the Thames. Now it's

Revisited – Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber House

Kevin McCloud catches up with one of his favourite ever Grand Designs: Rebecca and Gregory's radical, experimental timbe

Dursley: Gloucestershire Treehouse

Kevin McCloud follows plumber Jon Martin and ceramicist Noreen Jaafar as they transform a neglected half-acre site in Gl

Horsham: Fun House

Kevin McCloud follows Matt and Sophie White from Sussex as they build a giant family house of fun for themselves and the

South Cornwall: Steam Bending House

Kevin McCloud meets Tom and Danielle Raffield, whose lifelong passion has been steam-bending wood. They've used the tech

Essex: Black House

Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Parsons, an artist and teacher who decided to seize the day and build her own private hidea

Bolton: Ultra-Modern House

Bolton-based bricklayer Paul Rimmer, who has spent his career restoring and renovating Victorian terrace houses, sets hi

Pembrokeshire: Low-Impact House

Simon and Jasmine Dale want to build a three bed home on a hill with only £500 in the bank. And be self-sufficient in f

Devon: Plough-Shaped House

Mark and Candida Diacono are building a house in the shape of a plough in Devon using a non-conventional team of builder

The Wirral: Floating Timber House

A couple turn their 1960s bungalow into a slick piece of 21st-century architecture. But what will the neighbours make of

Revisited – Somerset: Cowshed

Kevin returns to Somerset to see Ed and Vicky and their off-grid cowshed conversion, which they turned into a home and a

Malvern: Hill House

After a four year stint living in New Zealand, ex-RAF pilot Jon and GP Gill Flewers want to build a Kiwi-style hill hous

Harringey, London: Victorian Gatehouse

Kevin McCloud meets neurologists Penny Talelli and Mark Edwards, who plan to combine their love of old and contemporary

County Down: Agricultural House

Kevin McCloud meets young architect and shed fanatic Micah Jones, who plans to transform an old agricultural building in

South Hertfordshire: Roman House

Kevin McCloud meets Chris and Kayo, who plan to build a unique, Roman-inspired home on the protected land surrounding on

South East London: Victorian Dairy House

Beth and Andrew rescue a crumbling Victorian dairy, hoping to make it into a 'shabby chic' family home fit for modern li

Blackdown Hills, Devon: Snake House

Kevin McCloud visits a house belonging to an engineer that resembles a giant snake. The building was inspired by an ammo

Peak District: Post-Industrial House

After 15 years of saving and planning, ecologist Fred and communications manager Saffron Baker start building work on th

London: Miniscule House

Design engineer Joe Stuart and service designer Lina Nilsson take on the London property market, as they build their own

Revisited – Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-Framed House

Following the work of Ed and Rowena Waghorn as they continue to build a handcrafted, five-bedroom house on an eight acre

Aylesbury Vale

Kevin meets a couple converting a listed mini-castle in Buckinghamshire into a family home. The Saxon burial ground the

Padstow

Harry and Briony are relocating and building an American modernist house inspired by 80s teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Da

Richmond

In a leafy spot in south west London, Elinor and Born want to build Britain's first 'healthy' house, to alleviate their

Leominster

Steph Wilson and husband Alex try to build a contemporary farmhouse on her grandfather's old farmland. But lack of money

Sheffield

Identical twins Nik and Jon build near identical houses in Sheffield. Raised on steel stilts, these two extraordinary pr

Lewes

Deep-sea diver Adrian Corrigall and wife Megan want to build a concrete family home that Adrian hopes will prove the ult

East Devon Revisited

Kevin returns to Devon to meet Kevin McCabe, who wanted to build one of the biggest houses ever on Grand Designs, out of

Galloway

Andy and Jeanette plan a precarious cliff-top build on the west coast of Scotland. There are battles with extreme weathe

Lincolnshire

Paul and Amy Wilkinson plan to build a lakeside home in Lincolnshire with five circular timber buildings linked by walkw

Warwickshire

Design engineer Mark Butler is paralysed from the waist down and needs a cutting-edge, wheelchair-friendly family home.

Hull

Richard and Felicia almost singlehandedly turn an underground water reservoir in the Humber Estuary into a family home.

Suffolk

After recovering from leukaemia, Toby is driven to build a complex home around an old oak tree. But can he balance high

North Devon

Edward and Hazel plan a shining white art deco lighthouse on a rugged beautiful clifftop. But almost immediately their w

Strathaven Revisit 2019

Six years on, Kevin returns to Scotland to see Colin and Marta's incredible metal home, inspired by aircraft hangars, no

South West London: Cemetery Keeper's Lodge

Justin plans to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and convert its toilet block into a luxury extension comple

Kent: Converted Barn

Kevin McCloud meets Greg and Georgie who are taking on the highly ambitious task of converting a dilapidated, 35-year-ol

South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House

Nathan and Amye are building a cathedral-like home modelled on local Dutch barn houses with a sleek twist and a 5000-til

Bletchley: Self-Heating House

Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun into i

Liskeard, Cornwall: Flour Mill House

Leigh and Richard plan to transform a derelict 17th-century flour mill, full of rotten timbers and riddled with structur

Lewes Revisit 2021

Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Megan, whose dream home in East Sussex became a nightmare. With the house now fully co

South Devon 2021

Joe and Claire hope to create 'one of the greatest homes on the planet', that looks like a huge piece of art, with 34 en

West Sussex 2021

Master carpenter Olaf faces the biggest challenge of his career: creating an oasis for himself and his partner Fritha on

Kinross 2021

Iain and Jenny plan to build an enormous black, minimalist, rectangular building in the middle of a country estate in th

Ely, Cambridgeshire 2021

Gretta plans to build a Malaysian-inspired pavilion, designed by her nephew, on her sister and brother-in-law's land in

Chichester, West Sussex 2021

Dan and Nina want to build a unique family home, but their plot is dominated by a pond filled with local drainage. Will

South Lakeland, Cumbria 2021

Rob and Ruth plan to transform a 200-year-old former blacking mill of historic importance into a new-build hybrid. But c

East Essex 2021

Geoff's selling up in Spain to build a flood-resistant architectural marvel on a flood plain on the Essex coast. Will he

South Manchester

In south Manchester, can Colin and Adele overcome contractor issues, delays and financial ruin to finish the build of th

Tunbridge Wells

Kate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular cons

Canterbury

Ship’s captain Dorran promised his family he’d build a super-modern underground lair on a hill outside Canterbury. B

Chess Valley

Zimbabwean born Davi and Matt from Australia set out to build a house in the Chess Valley with a radical multicultural d

Derbyshire

In Derbyshire, Mike and Sarah set out to build a multigenerational longhouse. But with a complicated roof, a shortage of

Dunstable

In Dunstable, John and his wife Helen demolish an old, dilapidated house and in its place build a million-pound, high-te

Sydenham Hill London

Corinne plans to build a beautifully crafted, wedge-shaped home on a slither of garden down the side of the house she’

North Devon Revisit

In 2011, Edward and Hazel set out to build a lighthouse on the north Devon coast. By 2019, they were near bankruptcy wit

South Somerset Revisit

In 2015, Vicky and Ed set out to transform a derelict cowshed into a 21st-century smallholding in Somerset. Six years on

Bolton Revisit

In 2015, Paul and Carol's plans to build a fortress-like home on the edge of the wild West Pennine Moors were thwarted w

Devon Revisit

In the longest revisit in Grand Designs history, Kevin McCloud returns to Devon to see if Sue and Martin's renovation of

Wye Valley, Herefordshire

In the Wye Valley, Rosa and Craig battle the never-ending elements to convert a family-owned, century-old, decommissione

Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Devoted dad Danny builds a sustainable but affordable stilted house up among the trees in his garden. But with no self-b

Gloucestershire Revisit 2023

In 2013, Jon and Noreen started building a giant treehouse in Gloucestershire. By 2016, the money ran out. Are they fina

Hackney Downs 2023

Graeme and Melanie want their new home in Hackney to celebrate their blended family. But squeezing the bright red-clad h

South Herefordshire 2023

Furniture maker Lucinda wants to construct a beautifully crafted, two-storey, highly insulated timber home in the woodla

North Cotswolds 2023

Duncan and Liz build a revolutionary Passivhaus Premium powerhouse of a home in the Cotswolds. But with a spiralling sch

Liskeard, Cornwall Revisit 2023

In 2017, Leigh and Richard bought a derelict Cornish flour mill to restore and turn into their home. By 2021, the rooms

Billingshurst, Sussex Revisit 2023

In 2019, Olaf and Fritha set out to build on a tricky slice of land in West Sussex, boxed in by an A-road and trainline.

East Yorkshire 2024

Zahid and Ferzana ambitiously set out to transform an old coastguard station set on exposed East Yorkshire headland into

Lincolnshire Wolds 2024

In Lincolnshire, high-flyers Zara and Giuliano set out to build a 400-square-metre malthouse-inspired home, but run into

Keighley 2024

In West Yorkshire's rolling hills, Kara and Jonny build a striking stone and zinc home. The challenges come in thick and

Henley 2024

Tony and Ara want to create a house of healing dedicated to health and wellbeing, on a beautiful woodland clearing near

Northamptonshire 2024

In Northamptonshire, Adam and Tassy convert a 20-metre-high water tower into a fun family home with curved walls, slides

Newhaven Revisit 2024

On a nostalgic revisit to the first ever Grand Design, from back in 1999, Kevin finds out if Tim and Jules are still fly

Worthing 2025

Howard and Sarah build a radical metallic floating home designed to look like a boat, nestled within an idiosyncratic ho

Bedfordshire 2025

Sarah and Pip are smitten with a 150-year-old Bedfordshire barn that's keeling over. Can they retain its charm and spiri

North London 2025

Kathryn, who's lived on the same London street for 60 years, is building a mirror image of her Edwardian home, right nex

Hackney Revisit 2025

Kevin revisits Graeme and Melanie, whose hugely ambitious Hackney haven was hampered by a basement bombshell. Have they

Richmond Revisit 2025

Does good architecture have the power to heal? Kevin revisits Elinor and Born, who built a clean-aired, hypoallergenic h

Durham Dales 2025

A new run of ambitious self-building projects. Artist Sarah returns to her roots in the Durham Dales to create a radical

Southwater 2025

Ordering a factory-built house was a no-brainer for manufacturing maestro Pete. But, in true self-building style, even a

Pembrokeshire 2025

Armed with £100k and nothing but determination and forest timber, Marcus and Abi defy convention by building an off-gri

Surrey Hills 2025

Pep and Malene are building a modern Viking Hall in the Surrey Hills. Following Pep's cancer diagnosis, it's a race to c

Stratford-upon-Avon 2025

Piers and Emma build the first new listed castle in the UK for 100 years, complete with a moat and futuristic tech. It's

Revisited – The Wirral

Kevin revisits Stuart and Rosie on the Wirral, who turned their 60s bungalow into an ultra-modern wooden family home for

Revisited – Kent: Converted Barn

In 2019, Greg and Georgie set out to transform an old barn in Georgie's parents' garden in Sevenoaks for series 21 in 20