| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 35 sec.) ; 294261766 bytes |
| Summary |
Grand Designs returns to ABC1 with repeat screenings. Presented by Kevin McCloud, the program tells the stories of eight new homes and the people who built them. Discover how ambitious design concepts worked out in practice. Follow the progress of houses with unforeseen complications and no stretch in the budget. Explore the design detail, and chart the changes and compromises that happened along the way.Tonight's episode, Farnham, follows perfectionist Helen Saunders and c setting out to build their dream Georgian mansion on a plot bought in Farnham, Surrey. The build does not progress to plan - delays occur due to the weather and late delivery, bringing work to a stand still at points. Six months into the build, the architect resigns and Helen decides to continue the project without one. Costs spiral and initial funds run dry and the dream is compromised.By mid February 2001 the house should have been completed. The shell of the huge Georgian house is built but work on the interior has yet to take shape. Helen, with her great eye for detail knows exactly how she will furnish and decorate once ready |
| Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-12-29 at 22:45:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Architecture, Modern.
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Dwellings -- Remodeling.
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Housing -- Designs and plans.
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Interior decoration.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Dare, Amelia, director
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McCloud, Kevin, host
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Saunders, Helen, contributor
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