Grand Designs Australia

A couple plans to build a '60s-inspired home, with finishes of polished concrete and shifting glass walls, in Brighton.

An engineer takes on the construction of his family's home in Victoria's popular Gippsland Lakes region.

Anne Potter loves all things retro - the fashion, the cars... even the hairstyles. So ten years ago, it was no surprise that she and husband Michael snapped up a modest 60’s bungalow overlooking the harbour in Sydney’s Five Dock. Since then their family has expanded and with three very active boys, they are really feeling the squeeze so they’re tearing down the old house to build their own modern version of a retro home, with curved steel and walls of glass with a hint of Mondrian inspired colour - a complete contrast to the well-kept, more conservative homes that surround them. This is Anne’s dream opportunity. As an interior designer by trade, she’s keen to be actively involved in creating their special home. But she’s been a stay-at-home mum, out of the industry for ten years, and overseeing a house construction is a whole new challenge. Can she keep across the intricacies of the job in between school drop offs, supermarket runs and cooking the dinner?

A couple plans to swap their traditional Victorian home for a brand-new, modern flat-pack home overlooking Kyneton in the Macedon Ranges.

Daniel and Andrew plan to build a resort-inspired, pavilion-style pole home on a hillside overlooking the Coral Sea.

For nine years, Michael and Sandy Rutledge have been making the weekend pilgrimage to their lush 20 acre property in Gladysdale, an hour east of Melbourne. Now they’re leaving the city for a permanent tree change and building a new family home on their acreage. But first they have to agree on a design. Sandy has a passion for Old World European, inspired by her travels overseas, whereas Michael’s a techno whiz who likes sleek, contemporary homes. Can their architect marry their differing tastes with definite ideas of his own? One thing everyone agrees is that this should be a house with a sense of permanence, a house that will stand the test of time thanks to thick walls encased in dry stone. But seems it can’t even manage a first season as continual wet weather causes delays and flooding. Before work is even finished, they have to face the unthinkable – the house isn’t waterproof! Despite their best efforts it’s an ongoing battle against the elements. Can they curb the leaks and deliver Sandy the stone fortress she’s been dreaming of?

Fierce environmentalists Mike and Lowen decide to put a couple of special water tanks in their new house, which will support an entire house hanging off them.

Art lovers Laurie and Renee attempt to create a gallery inside their modernist cube-shaped home in Yellingbo.

Greg and Trish plan to subdivide their land and sell their hertiage cottage on Hobart's exclusive Battery Point waterfront.

After losing their home in the Black Saturday bushfires, Edd and Amanda Williams attempt to build a concrete bunker under their formal home.