Charlie Luxton and Aidan Keane meet ambitious families who are building innovative bespoke homes in some of the UK's most remote and challenging locations
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British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Simon O'Brien travels the United Kingdom meeting people building their own homes.
Hosted by Suzanne Whang, the show takes viewers behind the scenes as individuals, couples and families learn what to look for and decide whether or not a home is meant for them. Focusing on the emotional experience of finding and purchasing a new home, each episode follows a prospective buyer and real estate agent through the home-buying process, from start to finish.
New Zealand families, couples and adventurous individuals, transporting their dream homes to their ideal locations.
Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.
Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
Host Jodi Daley travels the country exploring dream homes and the stories behind them. A wide variety of homes and homeowners are featured as well as architects, designers and others who have helped to make these dream homes a reality.
Alan Titchmarsh and a host of familiar faces have a privileged insider’s view into some of Britain’s most intriguing historical homes and gardens. Alan visits a number of fascinating buildings including Hardwick Hall, Kingston Lacy and he even sets foot inside a notorious Workhouse. Throughout the series, Alan will be joined by the likes of Dan Jones, Angellica Bell, Suzannah Lipscomb and more famous faces.
Richard Turcotte meets people who, like him, had to live through the nightmare of a renovation project gone wrong. Water leaks, fungi, vermin infestations, undrinkable water, shaky structures: these unlucky owners have seen it all! Richard explains the consequences that a problem house can have on the mental, physical, financial and familial health on its owners.
Under the leadership of architect Samppa Lappalainen, we follow the passion projects of house builders from the beginning, from the design table through construction stages and challenges to the finished dream home. Where did the old dreams start and what kind of work must be done to fulfill the dreams? And was all the hard work worth it?
Having spent the best part of 10 years talking about buildings, getting excited about new technologies and materials, plus critiquing the emotional journey of more than 50 Grand Designers – finally, it's time to turn the tables on Kevin McCloud's traditional role and watch him build his own house. But, clearly it won't be that straightforward...
With the help of a team of experts and friends, two families compete to design, construct and decorate brand new homes over the course of just ten weeks.
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Judy and Peter Shepherd are two kids that found a board game called "Jumanji". With each turn, the two of them are given a "game clue" and then sucked into a dangerous jungle until they solve their clue. There they meet Alan Parrish, who was trapped in the Jumanji jungle because he had never seen his clue.
The world's most beloved animated characters as precocious preschoolers, discovering the world one baby step at a time.
Daryl Hall certainly has a passion for music, having produced hit after hit as the co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop-rock group Hall & Oates. His creative side doesn't end there; however, for years Hall has stoked his love of vintage architecture by buying historic homes and restoring them to their original style. Rocker turned-renovator Daryl Hall is putting down his guitar and picking up a hammer on his mission to restore a quaint 18th century home in Sherman, CT. According to local legend, the house was owned by a widowed sea captain and hasn't been touched in decades. Combining Daryl's love of history and vintage architecture, he and his team of craftsman will have this one-bedroom cottage singing with 1780s charm by the time they’re finished.
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