For Philip and Angela, the build was part of a life change that had begun two years earlier. Just after their second daughter was born, Philip fell seriously ill, prompting the family to leave London and move back to his parents' village. Acquiring the site was easy, as Philip's parents owned it. Getting planning permission took longer, and a crucial factor in their success was that they would be restoring the outside of the barn and keeping the innovation hidden.

Grand Designs Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Peterborough: The Wooden Box
• s03e02 - Chesterfield: The Water-Works
• s03e03 - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
• s03e04 - Surrey: The Victorian Threshing Barn
• s03e05 - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House
• s03e06 - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
• s03e07 - Cumbria: The Underground House
• s03e08 - The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire
• s03e09 - Revisited - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House
• s03e10 - Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
• s03e11 - The Former Electricity Sub-Station: Revisited
• s03e12 - Revisited - Peterborough: The Wooden Box
• s03e13 - Revisited - Surrey: The Victorian Threshing Barn
• s03e14 - Revisited - Cumbria: The Underground House
• s03e15 - Revisited (2) - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage

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.