Building The Dream

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Season 1
Charlie's in Cornwall helping Shelton and Jayne build a large, four-bed home in the back garden of their old one.
Charlie Luxton helps Mick and Sally Wood build an enormous family home from the barns of a Grade II listed manor house.
Charlie Luxton heads to Cumbria, where Andy and Amy have set their hearts on self-building a huge four-bedroom home with a farmhouse feel. But is the job too big for them?
Charlie Luxton's own plans are on the line as he's commissioned to build a house for Tara and Dimitri on a tight budget and a tricky hillside plot in the Cotswolds.
Tracie and Craig want to knock down Tracie's childhood bungalow in Kent and replace it with a bold, contemporary house.
Rob and Claire Hartley are building a farmhouse on a spectacular site on their Yorkshire farm. Charlie Luxton has to step in as their budget - and roof - feel the strain.
Charlie helps fellow architect Jamie Ashton and his fiancée Joanne Scurr to self-build the perfect family home in Hull without compromising on design.
Charlie heads to Devon to help glass-blower, Siddy Langley save her business by self-building a combined home and studio.
Charlie's in Cheshire to help a retired couple realise their dream of a modern eco-home.
Charlie travels to Buckinghamshire to meet Mark and Amanda Hepden who are self-building a traditional cottage in the heart of historic Stony Stratford.
Charlie's in the North East of England with Andy and Mandy Boylett. They're building a huge dormer bungalow complete with basement and sunken garden in the back garden of their current home.
Charlie helps some turkey farmers who are desperate to finally put a proper roof over their kids' heads. Does their budget match their architectural ambition?
Charlie helps first-time self-builders Vince and Jackie Macey to create a super-sustainable, three-bedroom house.
Charlie Luxton heads to East Sussex, where paramedic Steve and his partner Hannah are self-building a straw-bale house in a beautiful woodland glade.
Charlie's in Herefordshire to meet a young couple who are desperate to build their first home together before they get married, in just twelve month's time.
Charlie heads East, where Gavin Panella and Chantal Schaul are self-building a little bit of continental Europe in the heart of Norfolk.
Charlie helps Richard Southgate and his wife Kate as they build a five-bedroom family-home in the beautiful, Shropshire countryside.
Charlie's in Hampshire helping Royal Navy helicopter pilot, Chris Bennett and wife Sonya with their new family home.
Charlie heads to Hertfordshire to help a couple prove that a new house doesn't need to look new.
Charlie meets Mark and Abigail Smyth, who are planning to build a barn-style home in a quiet village in Warwickshire for them and their two young daughters, Pippa and Madeleine.
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