Grand Designs

- Season 2

(2001)

Farnham, 2001 First Broadcast 1am Tue 17 Jul 2001 Kevin McCloud meets a woman determined to build the house of her dreams, an enormous Georgian-style mansion in Farnham, against all the odds.

New England style-kit house, Sussex Duration 48:54 First Broadcast 1am Tue 24 Jul 2001 Kevin McCloud follows the construction of a New England style-kit house built on the Sussex Downs that was bought and designed entirely on the internet.

Chris and Jill Heleine gives a deserted textile mill a light, modern interior through military operation like organization.

Kevin McCloud follows the construction of a New England style kit house built on the Sussex Downs that was bought and designed entirely on the internet. Mild language

Rupert and Julie Upton builds an experimental idea of a cross-shaped house made of oak and glass.

A group of 11 men and women will build their own, and each other's, homes. Dispite no previous knowledge of the trade.

Sarah Jordan and Coneyl Jay wants to build their own hi-tech modern house in northern London. However, the plans must be approved by the council to allow building in the predominately Edwardian street.

Martin and Sue are using old English building techniques including a traditional thatched roof to rebuild two South Devon linked barns from the 1600s and 1850 respectively into a liveable home.

Kevin travels back to Doncaster to catch up with self-builders Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood and their futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.

Kevin McCloud travels to Suffolk to revisit a couple who dreamed of building a 100% environmentally friendly house.

This show takes place in the Lot region of France. A British couple, Mark and Debbie, with a young daughter Tilly, build a house that is insulated by straw bales. Mark is a writer and he has designed an office with beautiful views where he hope he will obtain lots of inspiration to write. Their budget is tight and for the first year they live in a caravan (trailer) on site, but the next winter proves to be too unkind, so they have the stress of finding somewhere else nearby to live while the building continues. Neither of the couple have any experience in building but...

A group of people learnt on the job while building their own subsidised housing in Brighton, UK in S02e06. Kevin revisits the street to see the finished, furnished houses.

Kevin McCloud revisits a group of people in a Brighton co-operative who are building their own homes and the homes of their neighbours

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Kevin McCloud revisits Tony and Sharon who fell in love with a completely dilapidated Georgian home in London and undertook the challenging task of restoring it to its former glory.

Kevin McCloud catches up with Deborah and architect Andrew who designed an 'invisible' house which blended in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs

Kevin McCloud travels to South Devon to revisit Sue and Martin whose dream was to create a family home using old English building techniques.