Ian McDonald and Rob Wilhelm are not building an understated new home. Theirs is a Grand Design in its most literal sense. A glass box with a roof like floating wings overlooking Port Phillip Bay on the Bellarine Peninsula - seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, cinema, games room, glass lift, glass panelled pool, rooftop garden - all the bells and whistles, all the boy's toys. With a construction budget of $1.8 million, the question is will they burst the budget banks and by how much?

Grand Designs Australia Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Bushfire House
• s01e02 - Very Small House
• s01e03 - Southport Heritage House
• s01e04 - Clovelly House
• s01e05 - Lake Bennett House
• s01e06 - Hamptons House
• s01e07 - Fish Creek Church House
• s01e08 - Cottage Point House
• s01e09 - Indented Head House

Grand Designs Australia Show Summary

A truly unique brand and a massive undertaking with a shooting period of over 12 months, Grand Designs Australia tells the stories of new homes and perhaps more importantly the Aussies who are building them. Based on the award-winning UK series, Grand Designs Australia is the first international format of the critically acclaimed show. The series charts the in-depth process of elaborate design projects undertaken by self-builders - from the initial details of blueprints, to the long and often arduous task of turning the designs into a practical living space. No design is too ambitious when it comes to creating your dream home. But discovering the hard realities that complicate your plans can often be too much to bear. From rebuilding a labour of love in the Victorian bush after it was burnt to the ground in the Black Saturday bush fires; to transforming a tiny corner car park into five l