It started as an epic dream home build on the clifftop in Devon with sweeping sea views and the subject of one of Channel 4's Grand Designs episodes but it ended up being described as the 'saddest episode ever' by viewers when it aired in 2019.
Almost 10 years after embarking on the property renovation journey, owner Edward Short was £4m in debt, his personal life had been affected, and the lighthouse-style new build was nowhere near complete, standing on the clifftop at Down End, near Croyde, as just an empty concrete shell.
Plans to create a landmark home at this coastline location to replace the existing property on the site were approved in 2010, and the ambitious project was underway but what unfolded was a story so stressful it ended in disaster for Edward.
