Building Dream Homes

Architect Chris Loyn gets to grips with a budget-busting upside-down house near Cardiff. As owners Marianne and David embark on building the house they've spent years planning, the reality of the scale of the project starts to hit home.

Architect Chris Loyn gets to grips with a house near Cardiff, but a disagreement over the kitchen threatens to bring conflict to the build. Laurence Bowen and Paul Robinson are working with a family who bought a house in their dream location.

The upside-down house in Wales reaches a critical stage as £93,000 worth of windows are craned into place, but the project is left reeling when a one of its driving forces is taken ill. In Berkhamstead, a family spots potential in an 80s house.

At the upside down house in Wales, the building is now watertight and owner Marianne is back on site after months of illness. Will she like what she finds when she gets there? In Dunblane, a dilapidated old mill is being restored to its former glory.

In Wales the race is on to complete Marianne and John's amazing upside-down house. The kitchen goes in, the finishing touches are added. Finally the couple and the architects get to see what they've been working towards for almost a year.

Architects Paul Robinson and Laurence Bowen start on a project that's going to push them in a completely new direction, a state-of-the-art factory built house. If all goes to plan then this incredible structure will go up in just five days.

Dorset Architects Laurence Bowen and Paul Robinson push ahead with their pioneering factory built house, but will one of the worst winter storms to hit the south coast of England set back their plans?

Architect Paul Robinson, his client Marcus and Builder Barry Bacon make a visit to the German factory where Marcus's state of the art home is now on the production line.

In Dorset Architects Paul and Laurence are nervously waiting for the delivery of the factory built home from Germany. But with the south coast battered by exceptional high winds and rain, will they be able to erect the house against the elements?

Architects Laurence Bowen and Paul Robinson travel to the Dorset countryside to meet client Marcus and see the final pieces of their factory built home being slotted into place.

In Stirlingshire Architect Bobby Halliday is taking on a huge development of bespoke homes on the site of an old farm steading in the shadow of Stirling castle. In Cardiff, Dan Benham is designing an amazing one-and-half-million-pound family home.

Architect Bobby Halliday's ambitious ten house farm steading development in the shadow of Stirling Castle continues through the depths of winter. He deals with newly weds who plan to make a four bedroom house on the development their first home.

Architect Bobby Halliday's 10 bespoke house farm steading development in Stirlingshire nears completion. Used to designing for what his clients demand, today he is has to design a home that has no buyer, so the pressure is on him.

In Scotland Architect David Blaikie grapples with a modern extension that will double the size of an old railway station, making it a dream home for a young family. However, money is tight so they cut corners at every stage.

In Scotland, Architect David Blaikie forges ahead with the modern extension that will double the size of a young family's historic home, but the pressures of the build push the family to breaking point.