Grand Designs Season 1 Episode 3 Synopsis

This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week.
Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes.
A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.

Grand Designs Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Newhaven: The Timber Frame Kit House
• s01e02 - The English Barn, Berkshire
• s01e03 - The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
• s01e04 - The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
• s01e05 - Suffolk: The Eco-House
• s01e06 - Cornwall: The Chapel
• s01e07 - Islington: The House of Straw
• s01e08 - Doncaster: The Glass House
• s01e09 - Revisited - Doncaster: The Glass House
• s01e10 - Revisited - Suffolk: The Eco-House
• s01e11 - Revisited - Islington: The House of Straw
• s01e12 - Revisited - Brighton: The Co-Operative Build
• s01e13 - Revisited - Amersham: The Water Tower
• s01e14 - Revisited (2) - Islington: The House of Straw
• s01e15 - Revisited - Berkshire: English Barn
• s01e16 - Revisited (2) - Amersham: The Water Tower
• s01e17 - Revisited (2) - Brighton: The Co-Operative Build

Grand Designs Show Summary

Grand Designs is a Channel 4 TV series covering unusual architectural house-building projects, presented by Kevin McCloud.

The properties featured in the series vary wildly from homes underground to converted water towers, with the only common factor being that they're all rather unusual or extravagant in some way.