Amid 55 acres of organic farmland in the New Forest, Lizzie and Mike set out to build an idiosyncratic home. They wanted a house that would reflect their love of travel and eastern cultures, yet blend into the very English countryside around them. Their first proposal, for a wooden Japanese house, was refused planning permission, but after three years of adapting their ideas with architect David Underhill, they were finally ready to build. Their ingenious design was in three sections: a living wing, a bedroom wing and a romantic tower.

Grand Designs Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
• s04e02 - Customised German Kit House, Surrey
• s04e03 - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
• s04e04 - 19th-Century Sandstone House, Edinburgh
• s04e05 - Sussex: The Modernist Sugar Cube
• s04e06 - Modernist Sugar Cube, Sussex
• s04e07 - Dorset: An Idiosyncratic Home
• s04e08 - Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
• s04e09 - Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
• s04e10 - Revisited - Clapham: The Curved House
• s04e11 - Revisited - Walton: The German Huf Haus
• s04e12 - Revisited - Argyll: The Oak-Framed House

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.