Barry and Julie Surtees decide to build a four storey modern mansion in their home city of Brighton, complete with pool, gym, artist's studio, fantasy bedroom and Japanese roof garden
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.
Grand Designs - The Brighton Modern Mansion, Brighton Synopsis and Schedule