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Grand Designs Season 8

January. 16,2008

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Grand Designs

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Kevin McCloud

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Grand Designs Season 8 Full Episode Guide

Episode 12 - Maidstone: The Hi Tech Bungalow

First Aired: April. 02,2008

In Maidstone, Jean and Bill Letley, a septuagenarian couple plan a highly contemporary bungalow complete with underfloor heating and prototype steel foundations. The project would test even the most accomplished workmen, but is left to their daughter and son-in-law, who have little building experience and have to make personal sacrifices.

Episode 11 - Cumbria Underground House Revisited

First Aired: March. 26,2008

Five years on, Kevin McCloud goes back to the wilds of Cumbria to see how the Reddy family have adapted to their ecologically sound earth-sheltered home.

Episode 10 - Revisited - Surrey- The Victorian Threshing Barn

First Aired: March. 19,2008

Kevin McCloud revisits Philip Trail and his wife Angela who moved to stress-free Surrey and renovated a 150-year-old threshing barn after Philip was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Episode 9 - Revisited - German Kit House

First Aired: March. 12,2008

Kevin revisits David and Greta Iredale, who replaced their original house which they designed and built themselves with a German built, precision engineered Huf Haus.

Episode 8 - Revisited - Peterborough- The Wooden Box

First Aired: March. 05,2008

Kevin McCloud drops in at John and Terri Westlake's self-built, contemporary wooden home, which has a wall made entirely of glass and great views across open countryside near Peterborough.

Episode 7 - Revisited - Masseria Impisi: An Artists' Retreat

First Aired: February. 27,2008

Kevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive farm in the Puglia region of Italy and planned to convert it into a home on a budget of £25,000.

Episode 6 - The Bath Kit House

First Aired: February. 20,2008

Kevin attempts to help Tiffany and Jonny with their dream of creating an ultra-modern, eco-friendly home in Bath in the west country. Rather than go down the traditional building route, Tiffany and Jonny opted for a German pre-fabricated kit house with great green credentials.

Episode 5 - Midlothian: The Lime Kiln House

First Aired: February. 13,2008

Pru and Richard make plans to build a bespoke family home on an industrial site in the middle of the Midlothian countryside. However, the plot of land, an old industrial site complete with lime kilns, comes with a condition. They can build on it only if they become custodians of the kilns, and more importantly, that the house they build blends in with the landscape.

Episode 4 - The Gothic House

First Aired: February. 06,2008

Jo and Shaun Bennett want to build an Addams Family style Gothic house with a £400,000 budget. With the challenge growing bigger than they ever imagined they face financial problems and struggle to stay within their budget.

Episode 3 - Bristol: The Modernist Sugar Cube

First Aired: January. 30,2008

An architect plans to build a new house for his family using only white materials. He ends up using stuff more commonly used in commercial buildings.

Episode 2 - Oxford: The Decagon House

First Aired: January. 23,2008

Henry Chopping finds his plans to build a new home in Oxford hampered by a listed wall and planning restrictions. With a budget of over three quarters of a million Henry is determined to make his dream home a reality.

Episode 1 - Cheltenham: The Underground House

First Aired: January. 16,2008

A couple who live in a Regency house in Cheltenham that is expensive to run decide to sell up and build a modern low maintenance house in their back garden. However, height restrictions mean they have to build 60 per cent of their new home underground and neighbours make 90 complaints about their planning application. Undeterred, the pair continue as planned, but the project encounters further problems including the departure of the builders.

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