Grand Designs - Season 16 - Eps 2: East Sussex: The Boat House
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, 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 pounds 87,000 of the pounds 300,000 budget, and when James decides to make a few tweaks to the design, alarm-bells begin to ring for the young architect.
About Grand Designs
Title: Grand Designs
First Air Date: 1999-04-29
Last Air Date: 2025-04-23
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 51 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 27
Total Episodes: 245
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Talkback
Synopsis
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Cast
Kevin McCloud
Host
