Kevin's Grand Design

As part of The Great British Property Scandal season Kevin McCloud embarks on an epic battle to build his very own Grand Design. Britain needs more homes, but fed up with the poor quality of the country's identikit new houses, Kevin aims to prove that it wouldn't cost any more to build homes that are a lot nicer to live in. This first episode of the two-part series follows Kevin over five years as he sets out to prove that we can all have beautiful, affordable eco homes for the same price as low-cost social housing. Despite spending a decade watching other people build their own homes, Kevin has never built anything before.

As part Channel 4's season the Great British Property Scandal Kevin McCloud continues in his epic battle to build his very own Grand Design, as he aims to prove that it shouldn't cost any more to build homes that are a lot nicer to live in. Kevin nears the end of the his five year project to build beautiful, affordable, eco homes for the same price as low cost social housing. Kevin passionately believes that good design can help us live happier, more sociable lives. In an extraordinary social experiment, he wants to create a new kind of development, where neighbours share vegetable gardens, grow fruit trees and look after their own central village green. So Kevin and his partners start team-building exercises to get private and council tenants working together. As the builders fall behind and the residents begin to grumble, has Kevin done enough to sow the seeds of a strong community?