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In Wye Valley Rosa and Craig convert an inherited, decommissioned steam railway reservoir into a home. Faced with a pandemic, numerous money crises, pregnancy and a schedule that balloons from 12 months to over three years - will it all be worth it?
Danny from Lincolnshire builds his three children a stylish but affordable stilted house in the trees of the garden of his current bungalow. He has ambition but no experience as a self-builder and a budget mismatched to the challenges of his project.
In 2013 Jon and Noreen planned to build a tree house on a half-acre of woodland in Jon’s hometown in Gloucestershire. By 2016 the house was barely ready to move into. 7 years later Kevin returns to find out what life up in the trees has been like.
Graeme and Melanie want their new home in Hackney to celebrate their blended family. But squeezing the bright red-clad house architect Graeme has designed, complete with a 4 metre deep basement, onto their tiny garage plot proves a huge challenge.
Furniture maker Lucinda, son Dan and daughter Rosie build a wooden armadillo house in the woodland above their old family home. All for just £150k, without heavy machinery and by inventing ways to transport materials without damaging tree roots.
Duncan and Liz build a revolutionary eco home in the picturesque Cotswolds – the UK’s first certified Passivhaus Premium. It will not only use very little energy, it’ll also produce four times the energy it needs – effectively a mini-power station!
In 2017 Leigh and Richard bought a derelict 17th century Cornish flour mill to restore and turn into a home. By January 2021 rooms and landscaping were still unfinished and they were still living in a caravan. Now, three years later Kevin returns.
In 2019 master carpenter Olaf and his partner Fritha built a triangular house on a tricky plot in West Sussex, boxed in by a train line and an A road. Now presenter Kevin returns to see how life has been for Olaf, Fritha and new daughter Lagertha.
