S08 Episode 1

Cheltenham: The Underground House

A couple who live in a Regency house in Cheltenham that is expensive to run decide to sell up and build a modern low maintenance house in their back garden. However, height restrictions mean they have to build 60 per cent of their new home underground and neighbours make 90 complaints about their planning application. Undeterred, the pair continue as planned, but the project encounters further problems including the departure of the builders.

45 mins · Wed, 16 Jan 2008

S08 Episode 2

Oxford: The Decagon House

Henry Chopping finds his plans to build a new home in Oxford hampered by a listed wall and planning restrictions. With a budget of over three quarters of a million Henry is determined to make his dream home a reality.

45 mins · Wed, 23 Jan 2008

S08 Episode 3

Bristol: The Modernist Sugar Cube

An architect plans to build a new house for his family using only white materials. He ends up using stuff more commonly used in commercial buildings.

45 mins · Wed, 30 Jan 2008

S08 Episode 4

The Gothic House

Jo and Shaun Bennett want to build an Addams Family style Gothic house with a £400,000 budget. With the challenge growing bigger than they ever imagined they face financial problems and struggle to stay within their budget.

45 mins · Wed, 6 Feb 2008

S08 Episode 5

Midlothian: The Lime Kiln House

Pru and Richard make plans to build a bespoke family home on an industrial site in the middle of the Midlothian countryside. However, the plot of land, an old industrial site complete with lime kilns, comes with a condition. They can build on it only if they become custodians of the kilns, and more importantly, that the house they build blends in with the landscape.

45 mins · Wed, 13 Feb 2008

S08 Episode 6

The Bath Kit House

Kevin attempts to help Tiffany and Jonny with their dream of creating an ultra-modern, eco-friendly home in Bath in the west country. Rather than go down the traditional building route, Tiffany and Jonny opted for a German pre-fabricated kit house with great green credentials.

45 mins · Wed, 20 Feb 2008

S08 Episode 7

Maidstone: The Hi Tech Bungalow

In Maidstone, Jean and Bill Letley, a septuagenarian couple plan a highly contemporary bungalow complete with underfloor heating and prototype steel foundations. The project would test even the most accomplished workmen, but is left to their daughter and son-in-law, who have little building experience and have to make personal sacrifices.

45 mins · Wed, 27 Feb 2008

S08 Episode 8

Revisited - Midlothian: The Lime Kiln House

Kevin returns to see how Pru and Richard Irvine fared one-and-a-half years after they began building their bespoke home in the Midlothian countryside.

45 mins · Wed, 5 Mar 2008

S08 Episode 9

Pre Fab House Revisited

45 mins · Wed, 12 Mar 2008

S08 Episode 10

Victorian Barn Revisited

Kevin McCloud revisits Philip Trail and his wife Angela who moved to stress-free Surrey and renovated a 150-year-old threshing barn after Philip was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

45 mins · Wed, 19 Mar 2008

S08 Episode 11

Cumbria Underground House Revisited

Five years on, Kevin McCloud goes back to the wilds of Cumbria to see how the Reddy family have adapted to their ecologically sound earth-sheltered home.

45 mins · Wed, 26 Mar 2008

S08 Episode 12

Maidstone: The Hi Tech Bungalow

In Maidstone, Jean and Bill Letley, a septuagenarian couple plan a highly contemporary bungalow complete with underfloor heating and prototype steel foundations. The project would test even the most accomplished workmen, but is left to their daughter and son-in-law, who have little building experience and have to make personal sacrifices.

45 mins · Wed, 2 Apr 2008

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