Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex 1999-04-29 · 45 min
A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.
S1 · E2The English Barn, Oxfordshire 1999-05-06 · 45 min
Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!
S1 · E3The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton 1999-05-13 · 45 min
This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.
S1 · E4The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham 1999-05-20 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
S1 · E5The Eco-House, Suffolk 1999-06-03 · 45 min
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
S1 · E6The Chapel, Cornwall 1999-06-10 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.
S1 · E7The House of Straw, Islington, North London 1999-06-17 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
S1 · E8The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster 1999-06-24 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.