Grand Designs: The Street houses by episode
All the houses featured on Grand Designs: The Street, featured on Channel 4
An epic 5 years in the making, the 6 part series Grand Designs: The Street follows 10 pioneering households who are building a brand new street at Bicester’s Graven Hill from scratch, on what is one of the biggest UK self build projects.
Photo: Channel 4
Episode 1
Plot 1: The Blue House, Terry & Olwen
The oldest couple on the street, Terry and Olwen plan to build a future proof house which Terry will project manage and build himself. Read more about Terry and Olwen’s house.
- Plot 1: The Blue House
- Names: Terry, 61, and Olwen, 73
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: April 2017
- Finished: September 2018
- Build estimate: £280K
- Final build cost: £335K
Photo: Fremantle
Plot 2: The Pangolin House, Lynn
Lynn, a retired Design technology teacher, isn’t ready to put her feet up just yet and planned to build a house with a spacious open plan ground floor and two roomy bedrooms. Read more about Lynn’s project.
- Plot 2: The Pangolin House
- Name: Lynn, 63
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: April 2017
- Finished: November 2018
- Build estimate: £275K-£300K
- Final build cost: £400K
Photo: Fremantle
Episode 2
Plot 4: The Block House, Jack & Hannah
Having been priced out of buying in their area, self-build is the only way that Jack and Hannah can afford to get on the housing ladder. Jack is extremely resourceful with his chosen materials and building their home himself saves them a fortune in labour costs. Read more about their self build.
- Plot 4: The Block House
- Names: Jack and Hannah, 24
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 3
- Started: July 2016
- Finished: December 2017
- Build estimate: £275K
- Final build cost: £281K
Photo: Fremantle
Plot 5: The Barn House, James & Shannon
James, a quantity surveyor, and Shannon, an administrator, hope to build a house that will reflect their personalities, where they can grow their own vegetable garden and have a family. Read more about ‘the good life project’.
- Plot 5: The Barn House
- Names: James, 27, and Shannon, 24
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: October 2016
- Finished: tbc
- Build estimate: £200K-£250K
- Final estimated build cost: £330K
Photo: Fremantle
Episode 3
Plot 6: The Hempcrete House, Paul & Blanka
Paul and Blanka are building the cheapest, most sustainable house on the street for an impressive budget by using relatively low-tech, but time-consuming, techniques, with Paul planning to do a lot of the work himself. Read more about their eco-friendly build.
- Plot 6: The Hempcrete House
- Names: Paul, 42, and Blanka, 35
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3
- Started: June 2016
- Finished: August 2018
- Build estimate: £160K
- Final build cost: £300K
Photo: Fremantle
Episode 4
Plot 3: The Box House, Chris & Roxie
Chris and Roxie are one of the youngest couples to design and build their own home on this development. Like many of their generation, they’ve been priced out of the housing market where they live, so they have decided to spend their savings on an innovative and experimental ‘flatpack’ U-Build home. Read more on their savvy project.
- Plot 3: The Box House
- NAMES: Chris and Roxie, 24
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: June 2017
- Finished: December 2017
- Build estimate: £230K
- Final build cost: £300K
Photo: Fremantle
Plot 8: The Family Home, Peter & Anita
Local couple Peter and Anita have outgrown their modest family home and are unable to afford to upsize locally, so they’ve seized on the opportunity to become pioneers on what will ultimately be the UK’s largest self-build project. Read more on their amazing build.
- Plot 8: The Family Home
- Names: Peter and Anita, 43
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3
- Started: June 2017
- Finished: tbc
- Build estimate: £280K
- Final build cost: £300K
Photo: Fremantle
Episode 5
Plot 10: The Glass House, Garrie & Sue
- Plot 10: The Glass House
- Names: Garrie and Sue, 57
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3
- Started: September 2017
- Finished: tbc
- Build estimate: £435K
- Final build cost: £535K
Garrie is a chartered accountant, and Sue, until recently, was a foster carer. Sue suffers from severe osteoporosis, and their current home, with all its stairs, is now unsuitable for her.
They hope that building a home designed around her needs will improve Sue’s quality of life, and also allow Garrie to fulfil a lifelong dream to build his own home.
Photo: Glenn Dearing / Channel-4
Plot 7: The Upside Down House, Sean & Dianna
- Plot 7: The Upside-down House
- Names: Sean, 34, and Dianna, 31
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: November 2018
- Finished: tbc
- Build estimate: £300K
- Final build cost: tbc
Sean and Dianna live in Warwickshire and are both engineers. They plan to build a minimalist, open-plan, upside-down house, with most elements being built off-site and bought together to be assembled, but things take an unexpected turn when Dianna accepts a job in Russia and the couple are forced to plan the build over 2000-miles apart.
Photo: Fremantle
Episode 6
Plot 9: The Modular House, Pauline & Godfrey
- Plot 9: The Modular House
- Names: Pauline, 55, and Godfrey, 62
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2
- Started: August 2017
- Finished: September 2018
- Build estimate: £220K
- Final build cost: £280K
Pauline and Godfrey are hoping to downsize from their three-floored suburban house in Southampton, to a bespoke single-storey modular dwelling. They settle on a particular construction system that allows their home to be built in a factory and delivered to site. But first they must tackle an unsympathetic mortgage market.
Photo: Fremantle
