Grand Designs Season 11

(2011) September - November | # of Episodes : 12

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8.5

Series Details

Seasons: 24

Total Episodes: 230

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Networks: Channel 4

Status: Returning Series

First Air Date: Apr 29, 1999

Recent Air Date: Dec 6, 2023

Run Time: m

In Production: Yes

Original Language: English

Age Rating: TV-PG

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Production Companies: Talkback

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Main Cast

Kevin McCloud

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Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

14 September 2011 - Morpeth: The Derelict Mill Cottage

Kevin McCloud looks at the transformation of a derelict mill cottage in Northumberland into a contemporary family home, the longest-running project ever featured on the programme. Stefan Lepkowski and Annia Shabowska began work in 2006, and their ambitious plans involved restoring the Georgian building, reconstructing a watermill and adding a steel-and-glass atrium, but their budget of £250,000 was completely inadequate.

Episode 2

21 September 2011 - London: The Contemporary Mansion

Paul and Penny are tearing down their million pound home in south London to build a contemporary mansion. But the challenge of building a complex home soon starts to bite.

Episode 3

28 September 2011 - Tenby: The Lifeboat Station

Kevin follows the progress being made as Tim and Philomena O'Donovan, convert a lifeboat station in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, into a contemporary home.

Episode 4

05 October 2011 - Essex: The Large Timber-framed Barn

Kevin McCloud follows the conversion of a large, Grade II-listed timber-framed barn in Essex into a family home and work-space by artists Freddie Robbins and Ben Coode-Adams. Their plans involve few interior walls to display their collection of toys, but at seven times the size of an average three-bedroom house, the transformation of the 500-year-old building proves extremely challenging.

Episode 5

12 October 2011 - Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-framed House

Kevin McCloud meets estate manager Ed Waghorn and his wife Rowena, a couple living an almost self-sufficient life with their four children on a smallholding in Herefordshire. They have been constructing a timber-framed house using recycled materials, wood from nearby forests and stone from around the site, but as construction becomes a way of life for Ed they seem to have lost sight of their goal.

Episode 6

19 October 2011 - Cornwall: The Dilapidated Engine House

Ever since he was a child, stonemason Adam Purchase has loved the old silver mine engine houses that characterise Cornwall's landscape. When he and his partner Nicola Brennan chanced upon a dilapidated Grade II listed engine house with planning permission to turn into a home, it was a dream come true. But converting this important historic ruin into a place to live was never going to be easy. The building itself was little more than a shell, with crumbling plant-infested walls and no roof, windows or floors: a challenge for even the most experienced builders like Adam. Meanwhile the banks refuse to lend them more than £100k, which Adam and Nicola both know is barely enough to get them through. Still, driven by their passion for old buildings, Nicola agrees to support Adam while he takes a year off work to complete the project.

Episode 7

26 October 2011 - London: The Disco Home

Claire and Ian try to build a home big enough for a disco on a small plot at the end of a London mews. But as angry locals begin to object to their plans, things start to go awry.

Episode 8

02 November 2011 - The Dome House: Revisited

Running out of money is always a grim prospect for anyone attempting their own Grand Design. Perhaps no one has come closer than Robert and Milla Gaukroger. When Kevin last saw them a year ago, they were camping out in the incomplete shell of their ambitious Lake District home with their two children. With hundreds of thousands of pounds of work still to do, the bank was threatening to foreclose on the mortgage.

Episode 9

28 November 2012 - The Eco Arch: Revisited

Kevin returns to the Weald of Kent and one of the most innovative houses ever featured on `Grand Designs', a highly experimental arch-shaped home built from clay tiles.

Episode 10

16 November 2011 - The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited

Kevin revisits Denise and Bruno Del Tufo who six years ago set about transforming a concrete water tower in their back garden into an avant-garde contemporary home.

Episode 11

23 November 2011 - The Adaptahaus: Revisited

Kevin McCloud revisits Alan and Judith Dawson in west Cumbria, where they began constructing a prefabricated home in 2009. They employed a method of building that should have allowed them to assemble the home in just 15 days on a budget of £300,000, and the presenter returns to find out whether they were successful.

Episode 12

30 November 2011 - The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited

Kevin McCloud revisits a couple who took on the task of constructing a sustainable house in the Kent countryside. Mimi da Costa managed the project despite a lack of experience, while her husband worked, and intended to have it completed in 16 weeks. But as the build threatened to drag on for months it became unclear whether their home would succeed in blending in and providing them with a greener lifestyle.

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