Season 27

Grand DesignsSeason 27

2025
7 Episodes

Episodes

Durham Dales 2025
S27E01

Durham Dales 2025

A new run of ambitious self-building projects. Artist Sarah returns to her roots in the Durham Dales to create a radical, cannabis-based house. But as costs go through the roof, can she get her hempcrete hub of a home over the line?

01 Oct 202547m
Southwater 2025
S27E02

Southwater 2025

Ordering a factory-built house was a no-brainer for manufacturing maestro Pete. But, in true self-building style, even a near-finished project brings challenges like a bat out of hell.

08 Oct 202547m
Pembrokeshire 2025
S27E03

Pembrokeshire 2025

Armed with £100k and nothing but determination and forest timber, Marcus and Abi defy convention by building an off-grid home with no detailed plans in 20 acres of Pembrokeshire woodland.

15 Oct 202547m
Surrey Hills 2025
S27E04

Surrey Hills 2025

Pep and Malene are building a modern Viking Hall in the Surrey Hills. Following Pep's cancer diagnosis, it's a race to create a house that cherishes their memories and life together.

22 Oct 202547m
Stratford-upon-Avon 2025
S27E05

Stratford-upon-Avon 2025

Piers and Emma build the first new listed castle in the UK for 100 years, complete with a moat and futuristic tech. It's the biggest ever Grand Design, so is even their £2m budget enough?

29 Oct 202547m
Revisited – The Wirral
S27E06

Revisited – The Wirral

Kevin revisits Stuart and Rosie on the Wirral, who turned their 60s bungalow into an ultra-modern wooden family home for £175k in series 17 in 2016. Is it finished yet? And have the neighbours grown to like it?

05 Nov 202547m
Revisited – Kent: Converted Barn
S27E07

Revisited – Kent: Converted Barn

In 2019, Greg and Georgie set out to transform an old barn in Georgie's parents' garden in Sevenoaks for series 21 in 2021. But unexpected underpinning and the COVID pandemic had other ideas. Is it now complete?

12 Nov 202547m