Grand Designs

1The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

45 minApr 29, 1999

A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.

2The English Barn, Oxfordshire

45 minMay 6, 1999

Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!

3The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

45 minMay 13, 1999

This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.

4The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

45 minMay 20, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

5The Eco-House, Suffolk

45 minJun 3, 1999

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

6The Chapel, Cornwall

45 minJun 10, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.

7The House of Straw, Islington, North London

45 minJun 17, 1999

Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

8The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster

45 minJun 24, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.