Grand Designs

7:55 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday 19 March
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East Sussex 2015

Season 15 Episode 2 of 9

Boat enthusiast James Strangeways invites Kevin McCloud to survey progress on the construction of his new home, which his architect nephew Ben Hebblethwaite has designed to be as 'un-houselike' as possible. James has spent the past 35 years travelling the canals and waterways of Britain, and despite never liking houses, has decided now is the time to put down roots on dry land. Ben hoped a home standing on stilts above a marsh in East Sussex, and incorporating ship-like qualities such as a keel-shaped roof, will be enough to satisfy his boat-mad uncle. However, Ben's contractor goes into liquidation a few months into the project, taking £87,000 of the £300,000 budget, and when James decides to make a few tweaks to the design, alarm-bells begin to ring for the young architect

Grand Designs airs on More4 at 7:55 PM, Tuesday 19 March. (Subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Property
Kevin McCloud
Presenter
Fiona Caldwell
Executive Producer
John Lonsdale
Series Producer