Kevin McCloud revisits Andy and Nicky Bruce who were building an experimental amphibious house on a small island on the Thames in Buckinghamshire. They spent £1.2 million on one of the most ambitious Grand Designs ever, but the logistical headache of building on an island only accessible by a narrow footbridge soon became clear. Heavy machinery was swept away by the river, contractors were changed, and the site was hit by severe storms, causing delays and resulting in an unfinished and untested building. Kevin returns to find out what living on a regularly flooded piece of land is like, and whether the floating home performed when the river burst its banks in January 2015.

Grand Designs Season 16 Episodes...

• s16e01 - Largest ever home, West Sussex
• s16e02 - The un-houselike boat house, East Sussex
• s16e03 - Seaside Plot, Isle of Wight
• s16e04 - Abandoned Cave, Worcestershire
• s16e05 - Blacksmith, County Antrim
• s16e06 - Concrete Cowshed, Somerset
• s16e07 - Post-Industrial house, South Downs
• s16e08 - Revisited - River Thames: Floating House
• s16e09 - Revisited - North Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber 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.