Grand Designs
Billingshurst, Sussex Revisit
Season 23 Episode 8
Kevin McCloud returns to West Sussex to meet with Olaf and Fritha who, in 2019, set out to build their own oasis on a piece of land that is boxed in by a railway line and an A-road. Due to an underground mains sewer, they were unable to build on half their plot and were left with a small triangle on which to build a three-bedroom house. They began with only £190,000 and were immediately surprised at the price of the sturdy retaining walls and foundations they needed to combat traffic vibrations and the sharp, pointed angles of the hand-built timber frame stretched Olaf to his limits. Kevin returns to see how life has gone for the pair and their new young daughter Lagertha in their triangular house
Grand Designs airs on Channel 4 at 9:00 PM, Wednesday 13 November. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Property
Kevin McCloud
Presenter
Edward Sunderland
Director
John Lonsdale
Executive Producer
John Comerford
Executive Producer