Grand Designs on ABC – For eight years, Kate and Rob have lived in a 1940s prefab built by Rob’s grandfather. Designed to be lived in for just ten years, this factory-built house is well past its sell buy date.
Now Kate and Rob are at last in a position to replace it, with a bespoke, modern, warm home – that will also be built in a factory using volumetric modular construction.
Over six weeks, their new house will be manufactured on a production line, complete with insulation, tiling and kitchen installed. Six giant modules will then be transported to site and craned into position to create an exciting, unique three-bedroom house – almost overnight. Well, that’s the theory.
Despite major access issues meaning their new house might not even be delivered, Rob and Kate forge ahead and demolish their old prefab. Now there’s no turning back, problems must be solved and trust in their modular contractor must be 100%.
On the face of it, Kate and Rob have embraced a reliable, efficient and cheap way of building a house, a method that could revolutionise the way we all build homes in future. But one big question remains, will the end result really feel like the characterful home they’ve dreamt of, or just some kind of glorified static caravan?
Production credit: Written and Presented by Kevin McCloud. Director: Alex Steinitz. Executive Producers: John Lonsdale and John Comerford.
Grand Designs – Sunday 23 April, 2023 at 7:30pm on ABC and ABC iview
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