'My Grand Designs home was dubbed the 'saddest ever' - it was a nightmare'

In numbers it required: 100 tons of steel, 25 pillars drilled into blue bedrock slate, and left its owner a whopping £7m in debt.

Emotionally, it also took a lot - with Edward Short suffering a decade of sleepless nights, debt, and the collapse of his 20-year marriage to wife Hazel.

Now - his glorious dream home Chesil Cliff House is on the market for £10 million.