Bolton-based bricklayer Paul Rimmer, who has spent his career restoring and renovating Victorian terrace houses, sets his sights on constructing a state-of-the-art home on a budget of £350,000. However, instead of using the construction materials he has spent the past 40 years mastering, he has opted to build his new home from wood.

Roping in his wife Carol, daughter Abby and a selection of favoured workmates, Paul and his team begin work on the ultra-modern, five-bedroom build, and Kevin McCloud reveals how extreme weather, exhaustion, and rapidly dwindling funds place the entire project in jeopardy.

Grand Designs Season 17 Episodes...

• s17e01 - Gloucestershire: Treehouse
• s17e02 - Horsham: Fun House
• s17e03 - South Cornwall: Wavy Wooden House
• s17e04 - Essex: Black House
• s17e05 - Bolton: Ultra-Modern House
• s17e06 - Pembrokeshire: Low-Impact House
• s17e07 - Devon: Plough-Shaped House
• s17e08 - The Wirral: Floating 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.