Grand Designs Season 9 Episodes

Episode 1

The Apprentice Store, Somerset

Ian and Sophie Cooper convert an industrial wreck in Somerset.

Episode 2

The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire

Chris bought a hillside plot 20 years ago, not knowing what to build . After seeing a West Virginia old mill pictured on a yogurt package he decides to built it . He purchased a timber frame kit from New Hampshire USA which has sat idle in a barn for nine months. Fitting the seasoned timbers together proves to be a challenge. Finances and planning commission problems will be a hurdle.

Episode 3

The Newport Folly, Newport, Wales

After 17 years living away from home, banker Dean Berry and his wife Sarah returned to Newport in South Wales to convert a Victorian Folly.

Episode 4

The Eco Arch, Kent

Richard and Sophie plan to build an Eco house on a concrete slab, it will contain 4 bedrooms. The home will have a parabolic arch roof. They bought a lot in Kent for £350,000 which included a house which they will knock down. They will live in a caravan while they build.

Episode 5

The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany, France

Darren Howarth and his partner live in Brighton. They are selling their house to live in Brittany France. They are using as many recyclable products as possible mainly used car tires.

Episode 6

The Marlborough Farm House, Wiltshire

Farmer Andrew Ainslie and his artist wife Meryl attempt to build a glass and engineered timber farmhouse that blends agricultural functionality with a modern flair in the middle of their 700 acre dairy farm located in the rolling caulk hills of Wiltshire.

Episode 7

The Headcorn Minimalist House, Kent

A couple wish to build a modern minimalist large family home in Kent from components from several suppliers that built the parts off site.

Episode 8

The 14th Century Castle: Revisited

A large home is being built in the Lake District. There is a courtyard in the centre with 3 bedrooms surrounding it. They run into huge debt, so end up deciding to open a B& B to help pay the debts back.

Episode 9

The Cambridgeshire Eco Home: Revisited

Episode 10

The Brighton Modern Mansion, Brighton

A Building Contractor and his wife who is a Nurse, build a large modern 6 bedroom house on a hill in Brighton. It has an amazing view and the owner has many ambitious design ideas including huge curved glass expansive windows. He lives next door and needs to renovate and sell the house on the other side of the plot. Everything starts out wonderfully, even though he has just had a double hip replacement. But other health problems loom, along with the housing market to deflate.

Episode 11

The Thatched Cottage: Revisited

Eight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest.

Episode 12

The Loch House: Revisited

Jim Fairfull was out fishing with a friend when he came across a beautiful, secluded loch.

Episode 13

The Woodsmans Cottage: 2nd Revisited

Kevin returns again to see how Ben Law's woodsman's cottage has changed.