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Artist Sarah returns to her roots in the Durham Dales to create a radical home and ‘creative hub’ combined. With her budget of £330,000, Sarah is going to build her walls with a super sustainable yet still relatively unknown material - hempcrete.
Pep and Malene build a modern take on a Viking Hall in the Surrey Hills. Following Pep’s cancer diagnosis, it’s a real race against time to create a house that can represent their shared life together, a house of memories in years to come.
Ordering a factory-built house was a no-brainer for Pete, given his background in manufacturing. His wife Aey, a ceramicist, agreed, if it could be beautiful and spacious. But there are two big hurdles - bats and transporting the 5 giant modules.
Marcus and Abi build an off-grid family home in a 20-acre woodland in Pembrokeshire, via the One Planet Development planning law unique to Wales. They are armed with nothing but determination and timber from the surrounding forest.
Entrepreneur Piers and police officer Emma build a giant landmark 21st century castle. It’ll have a tower, castellations, a moat, arrow-slits, loggia courtyards, and futuristic technology – the first new listed castle in the UK for 100 years.
In 2015 Stuart and Rosie from the Wirral tried to turn their 60s bungalow into a slick 21st-century family home for just £175k. 9 years later Kevin is back to see how well their stripey yellow box has settled in and if the house is finally complete.
In 2019 Greg and Georgie set out to convert a dilapidated 35-year-old barn into a peaceful safe haven, but by 2020 had barely moved in. Five years later Kevin returns to see how life is for Greg and Georgie now their barn is fully complete.
