Episodes
Grand Designs: The Streets – John and Julia (ABC TV Thursday 16 March 2023)
On this episode of ABC’s Grand Designs: The Streets, Kevin meets John and Julia, who have spent the last 30 years trying to build their own home but have had nothing but terrible luck.
John, an architect, and Julia, an office administrator, have been preparing to build their dream home together for thirty years. In spite of their best efforts, bad fortune has repeatedly thwarted them, preventing them from fulfilling their goal of self-building. They’ve settled on Graven Hill in Oxfordshire as the location for their future home, and are more motivated than ever to make it a reality.
John, the architect, has constructed a stunning modernist wedge house for them to retire in, providing a stylish refuge from the stresses of daily life. Their bad luck seems to follow them everywhere they go. Their dream of a comfortable retirement is in jeopardy as the coronavirus lockdown halts construction and they are forced to continue spending their limited funds on an expensive rental home.
John’s health concerns have added to the load. But, due to financial constraints, he must take on the role of project manager for this intricate construction on his own.
Airdate: 16 March 2023 at 8.30pm on ABC TV.
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