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Kevin McCloud’s clever tips for adding value to your home

The Grand Designs guru on why creative problem-solving can benefit homeowners in a tough economic climate. By Imy Brighty-Potts.

The Independent UK

Grand Designs saddest house ever might finally get happy ending as mystery buyer surfaces

Grand Designs fans have been following the journey of the show's 'saddest house ever', which saw couple Edward and Hazel Short split

Daily Mirror

Lotto heiress finally builds dream mansion after row with neighbours to tear house down

Lisa and Craig Charters wanted the transformation of their £200,000 bungalow into a £5million mansion to be featured on Kevin McCloud's tv show Grand Designs

Daily Mirror

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Grand Designs home branded 'worst ever' as worried couple go £160k over budget

A couple, appearing on the popular Channel 4 programme, managed to go £160,000 over budget and saw their property branded an 'ostentatious big lump'.

Edinburgh Live

Grand Designs home branded 'worst ever' and 'big lump' as couple go £160k over budget

Grand Designs viewers did not take to a property aired in an episode last night, with the modern style home described as ugly and ostentatious, as the couple went way over budget

Daily Mirror

'We took a punt and bought a derelict farmhouse... now it's our dream home'

Emily and Stacy fell in love with an 1800s lakeside property in Cheshire, but they had a whole lot of work on their hands

Manchester Evening News

Grand Designs-style makeover more than triples value of three-bed home

An architect helped transform the 1920's home

Wales Online

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Couple give their £162,000 three-bed house a Grand Designs-style makeover - now it's worth £500,000

Ailsa and Paul Delaney enlisted the help of an architect to completely transform their 1920s home in Trafford

Manchester Evening News

The Grand Designs award-winning straw house with one of the UK's top Airbnb hosts

This Airbnb home is completely off-grid and its owner has just scooped one of the travel site's inaugural awards for best hosts

Wales Online

Channel 4 Grand Designs shows home with 'naked man' peering through window

Fans couldn't believe what they were seeing as Kevin McCloud was oblivious

Liverpool Echo

Grand Designs viewers unimpressed by 'hideous' home with unusual roof installation

Grand Designs: House of the Year viewers weren't impressed by a property that featured on the Channel 4 show this week, which featured a metal mountainscape on the roof of its extension

Daily Mirror

Sweet moment King Charles shows late Queen his restoration skills in Royal Grand Designs

After restoring Dumfries House, King Charles - formerly Prince Charles - shows his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II and his son, The Duke of Cambridge, around the sprawling property

Daily Mirror

Inside £1.5m Grand Designs-style remote countryside dream home with incredible views

Fabulous views inside as well as outside

Wales Online

‘Breathtaking’ Roman-inspired Grand Designs commuter house for sale for £5.95m

Abbey Orchard House, half a mile from the centre of St Albans, appeared on Grand Designs in 2017. It took 10 years to build — and now, it’s for sale.

Evening Standard

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Grand Designs revisits famous Devon lighthouse from ‘saddest episode ever’ - and it's finally finished

Presenter Kevin McCloud revisited Chesil Cliff House, which is now on the market for £10million, in the latest episode of the Channel 4 series

Wales Online

Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud admits he's embarrassed by his comments to man behind 'saddest episode ever'

Kevin did not believe, but now he's happy to eat humble pie

Daily Record

Inside Grand Design's 'saddest ever' home as lighthouse revisited after 11-year nightmare

Grand Designs viewers got a look inside the infamous lighthouse which is now on the market for £10million.

Daily Mirror

Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud wowed as house from 'saddest episode' gets 'superb' makeover

A recent episode of Grand Designs showed Kevin McCloud revisiting an infamous lighthouse-inspired property in Devon, which has finally been completed after being under construction for years

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Daily Mirror

Star of Grand Designs 'saddest ever episode' found love again after wife split

Channel 4 show Grand Designs will return to its 'saddest ever' property this evening (Oct 19)

Daily Mirror

Inside saddest ever Grand Designs home that saw couple split during filming

Channel 4 show Grand Designs will return to its 'saddest ever' property this evening (Oct 19)

Daily Mirror

Kevin McCloud gives cautionary tale as saddest Grand Designs house ever makes return

Channel 4 presenter Kevin McCloud visited the Lighthouse home in 2019, with viewers dubbing it the 'saddest episode ever'

The Independent UK

10 ways households can reduce energy bills this winter

As he gears up for this year’s Grand Designs Live, Kevin McCloud tells Lisa Salmon how we can make our homes more energy-efficient.

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: retired couple create a gigantic floating pavilion in a wildlife haven after tragedy strikes

Tragedy has required John and Helen to rethink their historic home — but it has done little to temper their ambition

Daily Record

Grand Designs viewers brutally compare £1.4m dream home to prison

The couple, who set aside nearly one million pounds on the ambitious project, went well over budget.

Wales Online

Grand Designs viewers think £1.4m home looks like an 'ugly German supermarket'

Many viewers of the Channel 4 property show were left unimpressed

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