To Build or Not To Build

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2017
We follow Becky and Steve Warboys as they battle against the planners, the weather and the views of the villagers to build their dream family home in York.
Retired couple Dick and Irene Atkin are selling their spacious family home in Edwalton, Nottingham and building a modern German kit-home just around the corner.
Will Michael Howlett succeed in building two eco-houses out of straw, or will this project be the final straw?
Peter and Anne Chalke love everything Danish and sold their current home so they can build a Scandinavian-inspired house.
Fishing lake owners Lance and Michelle Bramley realise a life-long ambition to build a gorgeous lakeside lodge near Hull.
Episodes 2016
We follow Wendy and Ray Black from Suffolk who are building a modern home in the style of a traditional country cottage.
Airline pilot Chris McHale's got clearance to build a fabulous family home in Surrey and it's anything but a smooth flight.
Karl and Lesley Greaves' face a battle with the planners and their neighbours when attempting to build their dream family home near Leeds.
We follow Raymond and Helen Humphrys as they build an eco-friendly country cottage in Cambridgeshire.
Professional builder Scott Nichols is taking a busman's holiday to build an eco-cottage for himself and his partner Emma Robinson in the picturesque Bedfordshire village of Felmersham.
Landscape gardener John Barraclough has swapped top soil for cement as he single-handedly builds his own home in Northamptonshire.
Can long distance lorry driver Andy Scott and his wife Carol navigate a difficult road while self-building a new home made from polystyrene blocks in North Yorkshire?
Barry and Gill Deeks create a Georgian-style home on a former beer garden in Barnet, Greater London, and a mother in Cambridgeshire juggles her country cottage project with raising a family.
Episodes 2015
It's the final stage of the build and despite being tens of thousands over budget and months behind schedule, Kristian's confident he'll be moving into his dream home.
Things begin to go to plan for Kristian. The exterior of his new home is finished off and the builders have cracked on with the interior too.
Things don't go to plan when one of the expensive roof lights goes awol in East London. And Kristian visits the perfect self-built rural retreat in Hertfordshire.
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