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Una pareja de Newhaven se enfrenta a una carrera contra el tiempo mientras construyen la casa de sus sueños en lo alto de un acantilado azotado por el viento, a tiempo para el nacimiento de su bebé.
Grand Designs, es reconocida como la serie más destacada sobre arquitectura y diseño modernos en Gran Bretaña. Originalmente fue concebida como una serie documental presentada por el diseñador, escritor Kevin McCloud que nos lleva al corazón de las grandes historias humanas que se desarrollan en la vida, donde familias comunes y corrientes lo arriesgan todo para experimentar con la arquitectura, la tecnología y su propio estilo de vida.
A Newhaven couple faces a race against time as they build their dream home atop a windswept cliff in time for the birth of their baby.
Grand Designs, is recognized as the leading series on modern architecture and design in Britain. It was originally conceived as a documentary series presented by designer, writer Kevin McCloud that takes us to the heart of the great human stories that unfold in life, where ordinary families risk everything to experiment with architecture, technology and their own lifestyle.
#architecture #art #desing
Grand Designs, es reconocida como la serie más destacada sobre arquitectura y diseño modernos en Gran Bretaña. Originalmente fue concebida como una serie documental presentada por el diseñador, escritor Kevin McCloud que nos lleva al corazón de las grandes historias humanas que se desarrollan en la vida, donde familias comunes y corrientes lo arriesgan todo para experimentar con la arquitectura, la tecnología y su propio estilo de vida.
A Newhaven couple faces a race against time as they build their dream home atop a windswept cliff in time for the birth of their baby.
Grand Designs, is recognized as the leading series on modern architecture and design in Britain. It was originally conceived as a documentary series presented by designer, writer Kevin McCloud that takes us to the heart of the great human stories that unfold in life, where ordinary families risk everything to experiment with architecture, technology and their own lifestyle.
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00:00Hello and welcome to Grand Designs and this week we're in New Haven in East Sussex, above the sea, on the cliffs, looking out, it's the most wonderful location and we're here to meet a couple who've got to build a house in double quick time.
00:16Tim Cox owns a hang gliding and paragliding school. While he gives lessons, his partner Julia Brock runs the office.
00:24You need to be over 16 for hang gliding.
00:26They've had their hearts set on building their own home since they found this site on the cliffs above New Haven about a year ago.
00:34They both have families from previous relationships.
00:38Tim has two daughters, Georgia and Jessica, and Jules has two daughters, Ella and Kate, so their new house will represent something of a new beginning for them.
00:48Tim's old family home was this beautiful timber-framed cottage, the sale of which left him with £30,000 equity to help finance the new build.
00:59Jules owns a three-bedroom terraced house in the heart of New Haven, where the family is going to be crammed for the duration of the build, which has to complete within three months.
01:09So what's the deadline?
01:11It's the bump line.
01:12Yeah, it's the bump line. It's about here.
01:15Where's it due?
01:16June. Early June.
01:18So, I mean, surely though, I mean, you know, if you have the baby, it doesn't really matter where you're coming back home to, does it, afterwards?
01:24Ah, it's being born at home. Home birth.
01:26It's going to be born here.
01:29This is home. This will be home.
01:30We could mark the spot for you, if you like.
01:32It's going to be born in the dumper, probably.
01:35So what's this down here?
01:36Oh, this is where the arger's going to be.
01:38You've got it all mapped out.
01:40Well, we hope so. It's going to go in here with a big chimney stack.
01:45Right.
01:45And all this is where the foundations are going to be dug out.
01:48And you're going to get how many kids have you got?
01:49Well, we've got four daughters and one more coming, obviously.
01:53And so they've all got to be accommodated here.
01:55Oh, wow.
01:56So given this amazing site, what provision are you making in terms of the view?
02:00You know, what are you building into the design?
02:02Well, there's some big open aspect windows, and then there's going to be decking.
02:06Amazing.
02:07Or New Zealand-type decking, where you've got some on the bottom and then maybe some on the first floor.
02:11I think that's wonderful.
02:12Wander out there.
02:13Yeah, really take advantage of it.
02:14Yeah, it'll be brilliant.
02:17Tim and Jules' plans are inspired by their site's location,
02:21but they've also seen a coastal house that's been designed especially to suit its situation.
02:25Of course, they don't have the budget for something like this,
02:29but they've adopted the same basic concept of a layout that helps to maximise the views,
02:35with large panoramic windows and decking areas outside.
02:39They also plan to copy the use of timber cladding, which is used a lot locally,
02:44as well as being a material typical of seaside houses the world over.
02:48Basically, it was just this idea of a core house with a big deck going right around the outside,
02:56running all the way around it, yeah.
02:56And coming out with a sort of pyramid shape going right up to this bedroom in the top.
03:02And...
03:03And then we woke up sober and had to think again.
03:05Well, then we scanned out what was more realistic and what we were likely to get past,
03:10and then we got an architect to draw up Julia's plan.
03:14So you designed the layout.
03:15It's all my fault.
03:16It's your layout.
03:17Yeah.
03:17Yeah.
03:17We have always spent a lot of time out of doors.
03:20We've always very much liked the idea of having a house that's light and bright,
03:24and largely looks after itself, not being a great fan of housework.
03:32The heart of the house is the large open-plan kitchen and living area,
03:36dominated by two fireplaces.
03:41Upstairs, there are two bedrooms for the girls, who only live there part of the time,
03:45and a big bedroom for Tim, Jules and the new baby.
03:48On the outside, Tim wants the chimneys and the plinth wall to be of reclaimed brick,
03:55but most of the structure would be clad in cedar, like a New England house,
04:00but with Tim's New Zealand decking surrounding it.
04:03This is a somewhat international design.
04:10How much does this husband cost to build?
04:12Well, the plot cost 86, and the house is going to cost around about 60, 70, I think, 7,000.
04:21Right.
04:22And that includes decoration?
04:24No.
04:24Furniture?
04:25No.
04:26Garden?
04:26No, quite.
04:28Decking?
04:29Decking, not quite.
04:31Roof?
04:32Yes, roof.
04:33Roof.
04:33It'll include the roof, electrics and plumbing, but basically, that's just going to be the shell.
04:39What happens if this is not ready?
04:41I mean, the baby comes, you know, that, that, we know that's going to happen.
04:44What happens if the house is not ready?
04:45Is that going to matter to you?
04:47Oh, it does to me.
04:49But to you?
04:50If it's finished in time, it would be wonderful.
04:54And if it isn't, then it's not as if we don't have anywhere to live.
04:58It would be quite possible for the baby to be born here.
05:03But, but I, Tim has his heart set on, on having the house finished,
05:07and there isn't any reason at this stage why that shouldn't be so.
05:11The first law of building your own house is don't be optimistic.
05:17It's the first day of work on site, and there's already a problem.
05:22Building inspectors making this guy down another half a metre into the clay.
05:27And so you've got foundations deep enough to put a skyscraper now.
05:34And there's maybe signs of roots in there as well.
05:38And so, they may have to put some sort of boarding to stop any root invasion in the foundation.
05:46Which could cost about another 8,000 quid, they tell me.
05:52But, I'm hoping that's not going to be the case.
05:57However, all the work they've done this morning, in the middle there, will be redone.
06:02So, a bit of a blow.
06:04The next thing we have to decide is what to do with this huge mountain of clay that's appearing.
06:15And, maybe it has a resale value.
06:17There are some amazing big lumps of clay.
06:21But I'm just a bit stumped as to exactly what we can do with it.
06:25How best to incorporate it into our garden landscape.
06:28Oh, hell.
06:33Digging deeper foundations means that a total of 200 tonnes of soil will have to be removed.
06:40And all Tim and Jules can do is brace themselves for the extra cost this will involve.
06:45A frightening prospect when your job is running a hang gliding school that's totally dependent on the great British weather.
06:53Tim needs all the flying days he can get.
06:56Now, flying means no money.
07:01Rain.
07:03And this is a Q-NIM, big cumulonimbus cloud, thunderhead.
07:07Very dangerous, dodgy conditions to fly in.
07:10I'm going to leave my glider in the car.
07:12You can see the students down here.
07:14They've walked up bravely, but now they're going to have to walk back out again.
07:18It's always better to pack the equipment away and fly another day than to take any risks with anyone hurting themselves because of the gusty conditions.
07:28But that's flying for you.
07:30Obtaining planning permission for a prime coastal site is pretty well impossible.
07:38But Tim and Jules discovered a trick that gets them the perfect location and avoids a battle with the planners.
07:44Now, what Tim and Jules are doing is called bungalow gobbling.
07:49They've been lucky enough to find a site which had a derelict house on which they could demolish and build on.
07:54But the council did say that they had to build a new structure within the dimensions of the old one.
07:58So they're rather limited in that respect.
08:00Now, bungalow gobbling is something that you can do to newer buildings that aren't derelict as well.
08:05And not only is it relatively easy, it's also quite desirable because around the country there are thousands of bungalows situated on the coast with the most amazing views.
08:15Many people wouldn't like to live in them, but you can apply for planning permission and then make that alteration,
08:21completely enveloping the bungalow in the process, placing a wonderful piece of architecture in the most amazing location.
08:30Of course, Tim and Jules' house isn't wonderful architecture.
08:35It's a modest design, but it should go up quickly because they bought a package deal from a Bristol firm, Unique Homes.
08:43John Hardy is the architect and owner of the company.
08:46He drew up the plans and he's also going to organise construction of the house, all for a fixed price.
08:53It's a bit like buying a fitted kitchen.
08:54The parts are all prefabricated, you choose the model you like, and they bought it together to fit your needs.
09:01It's an American idea, now over here.
09:03At the time, when they first came to see us, because they had the sketches, they felt they could actually manage the job themselves.
09:09And we were only commissioned to do the planning and the building regulation approval.
09:12And then it came on that during the process of planning, that eight-week period,
09:16they suddenly realised that perhaps really we should take it on and look after more of the work for them.
09:20So now you're project managing the whole build.
09:22And now we're actually doing a design and build service for them.
09:24Start to finish.
09:24Absolutely.
09:25Well, all but the plumbing and the electrics, we do all the external cladding, the foundations, the timber frame,
09:31and we leave them with a watertight package.
09:33Now, what about timing?
09:35Because Tim and Jules are having a baby, and they want to be in before the baby comes, so is that going to happen?
09:40Well, there's no better deadline than a baby arriving, is there?
09:43Let's face it at the end of the day.
09:44I'm providing everything that turns up, and all the specifications that they've chosen,
09:48all the materials are in stock, and that's suitable for what they want.
09:51I don't see a problem at all at this stage.
09:53After three weeks, and at an extra cost of £4,000,
09:58the foundations have finally been filled with concrete and a base formed on which the house can be built.
10:05Incredibly, the whole house arrives on the back of one lorry, ready to assemble.
10:10Remember, this is building the American way.
10:12First, a wooden frame called the ring beam is laid on top of the concrete for the wall panels to be nailed onto.
10:19These panels have been made in the factory, with windows and doorways already built in.
10:26It's the ultimate in flat pack assembly, and all looks rather flimsy, but each wall will support the next.
10:34And once it's braced with joists and roof trusses, the structure will be as strong as any brick-built house.
10:40Having said that, once built, you can't go knocking through walls later.
10:45They're all part of the structure.
10:47Oh, no, no, no, look at this.
10:50Oh, and the house in reality.
10:52Amazing.
10:53This is a house, honey.
10:54Fantastic.
10:54Look at this.
10:56It is, that is so fast.
10:58You could give birth tomorrow.
10:59This is, this is plans no longer.
11:01This is a front door and windows, and, ah, it's really, really exciting.
11:07It's like, well, one of the most dramatic days of my life, apart from the birth of children, I suppose.
11:12It's the birth of a house.
11:13It's the birth of a house.
11:15What time did all this stuff arrive this morning?
11:17Uh, 9.30.
11:189.30.
11:19It's now 12 o'clock.
11:21It's two and a half hours, you've got a house.
11:23Yeah, it's going up quick now, isn't it?
11:24These guys seem to really know their stuff.
11:26Yeah, I want to be inside now.
11:28Yeah, I would like to get inside as well.
11:29I want to see how big the kitchen is.
11:30Washing machine, tumble dryer, and then, yeah, this, this will be just Wellington boots.
11:39Toilet here, and the toilet will have a nice view, actually.
11:44Here you can sit on the loo and look at it.
11:46A loo with a view.
11:48And then when you, when you come through here, into the lounge, and, and there's, there's the
11:56ingle nook, and then the big picture windows.
11:59Actually, this is a big room, isn't it?
12:02This is as big as you could want.
12:03I quite like these large open areas.
12:06Well, should we just do away with the chimneys?
12:08Forget the chimneys.
12:10Well, it just happened like that.
12:12Yeah.
12:12Well, it's not too late, you just have to say anything you want, darling.
12:16Just three days after the house arrived on the back of a lorry, it's up.
12:38It's insulated and weather-proofed inside and out.
12:46How did it make?
12:47I put it in the wrong way.
12:52This team of builders is moving on.
12:54A crew like this will put up between 70 and 90 basic shells a year, leaving local builders
13:01to finish off.
13:02With nine weeks to go until the baby's born, Tim and Jules are overbudget by 4,000 pounds.
13:09However, they're on schedule.
13:12But building is never that simple.
13:15There's still a long way to go before any baby will be born here.
13:20Kit houses like Tim and Jules' are the most popular choice for self-builders, because they're
13:25so quick and straightforward, but is there a price to pay for their convenience?
13:32This is a self-build show, and for many people, this is the first stop when planning the build
13:38of their own home.
13:40You'll find everything here, people who sell raw materials and people who find plots.
13:46But you'll also find a ridiculous number of companies selling luxuries and knick-knacks.
13:51But most people come here to find out about the all-in-build packages.
13:56The self-built industry is huge.
13:59It's doubled in size in the last two years, and one-third of all self-built properties
14:03are kit houses.
14:05They come in many shapes and sizes, but they have one common feature.
14:09They're all made using a timber frame.
14:11Essentially, they're prefabs with a respectable outer skin.
14:16The great thing about these kit homes is choice.
14:20You can design the layout of the rooms in exactly the way you want, and you can also design
14:25the outside of the building in the same way, choosing all these different elevations and
14:28colours and materials, from mock Tudor to modern red brick.
14:33And if what you want isn't here, well, that's OK too, because you can work with the companies
14:37to design the house that you do want.
14:42The big drawback with kit houses is that most of them look like something from a suburban housing
14:47estate. They're dull.
14:50If that's what you want, fine.
14:52But don't expect architecture that will take your breath away.
14:56I can really begin to see the appeal of some of these kit houses, but I'm not converted.
15:04They're not cutting-edge architecture.
15:06I mean, if you're going to go to all the trouble of building your own home, surely you would
15:12want something in which you could really express yourself.
15:17But for some people, of course, they're a practical solution.
15:20And for Tim and Jules, it does mean that they can get the house that they want quickly and
15:25cheaply.
15:26And as if to prove the point, the build in New Haven is progressing very well.
15:36The roof's on, and there's still two months to go before the birth.
15:40Well, it's an extremely exciting time, because what, we're a month into the project, and already
15:45we've got a house.
15:46We've got walls, we've got a roof, it's even waterproof.
15:49But it's also an exciting time, because now we've got a building that we can look at, and
15:52we can start asking the more serious questions.
15:55And I think, particularly, what Tim and Jules are going to ask is, does the design work?
15:59Is it really what they hoped and planned for?
16:03It's not what I'd planned.
16:05What had you planned?
16:06What's different?
16:07I have these very definite ideas, and I'm having to be flexible.
16:11It's hard for me to be flexible.
16:13What I want to know is, what were the ideas that you cherished so much that you're not seeing?
16:18It's one of my main priorities still, the windows.
16:21And until they're in, and you can see through them, as opposed to this blue plastic that
16:26we have at the moment, I'm still not sure whether they're going to work or not.
16:30They're very modern.
16:31They're very big.
16:32I know that you've considered all kinds of materials for the doors and windows, but ultimately
16:36you've fallen back on the idea of using UPVC, which is not what I suppose everybody would
16:41use, perhaps, in their wireless romantic dreams.
16:44Well, no, given a longer time to plan it, we would have got oak frames in and paid the
16:51extra.
16:52But we're running to a schedule now, and we can't get them made in time.
16:56And also, we can't have run out of money.
17:01Again, the tiles are not as I'd imagined them to be.
17:05I was under the impression they were much smaller and much more clay tiles than flat.
17:10I mean, these are black.
17:11And these are, you know...
17:12Black concrete.
17:12Industrial monoliths.
17:15So did you not see a sample?
17:17Weren't you given a sample before they put up?
17:19We didn't ask.
17:20I go through life doing this kind of thing, you know, and every time I do, I always put
17:26together samples of the materials I'm going to be using, because I don't know what it's
17:30going to look like.
17:30I can hear you guys saying, oh, yeah, we think it's going to be great.
17:33It's in our heads.
17:34It's all going to look, you know, that's going to be perfect.
17:36But in fact, I mean, I'm not at all as sure that it is.
17:40I'm quite happy with the way things are turning out.
17:43Now, I'm intrinsically optimistic.
17:47Pathologically, I think.
17:48Pathologically optimistic.
17:49But you have to do a job like mine.
17:51You know, you have to hope people are going to survive after leaping off the cliff.
17:56And you have to hope that this house is going to look all right when it's finished.
18:02I don't share Tim's optimism.
18:05So far, his bill has been compromised by a tight schedule, by money, and by a rather
18:09woolly approach to detail and planning.
18:12Planning that could have avoided the next problem.
18:15Yeah.
18:17See this?
18:18Yeah.
18:22In here is a septic tank.
18:25It is, isn't it?
18:26It's very rusty and dirty.
18:29It's defunct, I'm afraid.
18:30And in here is all the decking.
18:32What?
18:33I can't afford to do both.
18:35I've got to revamp this or make a new one.
18:37And the cost of the decking is going to pay for a new sewage system, I'm afraid to say.
18:42That's really sad.
18:43It is sad.
18:44But there you are.
18:45This just goes to show that when building your own house, you cannot plan enough.
18:52Tim just didn't realise that his septic tank was unusable.
18:56A new tank is going to cost £4,000.
19:00Along with the extra foundations, this is going to take them £8,000 over budget.
19:04They can claw £4,000 back by doing without the decking they've planned, but it's going
19:10to leave them with no margin for any overspend.
19:13So with money problems getting worse, a house half built, Jules less than a month away from
19:19giving birth, Tim leaves it all behind and goes hang gliding.
19:25I think it's obviously a good opportunity to get away from it all for a bit, to get about
19:30plumbers and electricians and underfloor heating and to do what I really enjoy, which was flying.
19:40I'm feeling very pregnant and very fat and quite useless.
19:46The baby is due to be born in three weeks' time.
19:49There's an awful lot to do in the house.
19:51It's just beginning to be a little bit disappointing, quite how slowly it's going.
20:00Tim's been waiting for this day for months.
20:03He's going to be competing in the British Open hang gliding competition.
20:07As a hang glider pilot, it's a fairly individual thing.
20:11It's you who decides whether you take off or land, and it's always you up against the elements.
20:17You're making the decision making, so I guess to that extent, building your own house is
20:23kind of similar in that you're in charge of the project from its beginning to the end.
20:27And that's pretty satisfying.
20:30Unfortunately for Tim, things didn't go too well.
20:34He came 73rd out of 75 pilots.
20:37But at least he got a break from the build.
20:41On his return, the new septic tank is going in.
20:45A solution there.
20:46But he's returned to more problems.
20:49The windows have been delivered, but they don't all fit.
20:53Just what you expect, really.
20:54Malcolm had said that he'd hoped to be done.
20:58He'd hoped to be gone today.
21:00Having put all the windows in, but constantly having to shave bits off the frame and finding
21:06that two or three don't fit at all, means that it's taken him longer.
21:11And that's put the glazing guy back a bit, because there's a separate guy who comes to
21:15put the glazing in the windows.
21:17And it goes on.
21:19The reclaimed bricks arrive for the plinth walls and the chimneys.
21:25But even this doesn't go smoothly.
21:28One pallet load collapses, smashing 300 bricks, costing 70 pence each.
21:33And there aren't any brickies to lay the good ones either.
21:36Roger.
21:37Brick layer.
21:37When's he starting?
21:38Is it the same man, Phil?
21:39By now, the relationship with unique homes is under strain.
21:45The real problem is that they're based in Bristol and are finding it hard to source and manage
21:50a local workforce.
21:51OK.
21:51Bye.
21:53Ugh.
21:55God.
21:56It seems to me, and I've found all that bloody people to build this house.
22:02Ah!
22:04At this point, Tim and Jules have enough to think about without worrying about the setting
22:10of the house.
22:11They have no plans for a garden, and not enough money for the decking they wanted, so the house
22:16is going to take years to settle into its surroundings.
22:20This is going to have to be my job on the build.
22:22To help, a New England design makes sense on the Sussex coast, without adding to Tim and
22:28Jules' growing financial problems, problems that go on growing as a whole week goes by
22:34without a single workman showing up.
22:37Just one week before the birth, there's yet another unexpected worry.
22:43The unborn baby has turned the wrong way round and is in breach position.
22:48Well, we meet again.
22:49I didn't really want to meet you again, but here we are.
22:54First of all, let's find out if it's breach.
22:56I keep feeling this, thinking, oh, yes, that's definitely a bottom.
22:59It's a very round bottom.
23:00It's probably a hit.
23:03The doctor will try to turn its head, but if he can't, a home birth will be out of the
23:08question.
23:09The baby will have to be born in hospital.
23:11The day after it looks as if Jules won't be able to have her home birth, the builders turn
23:21up.
23:22They've got a lot of catching up to do, and it starts with the brick wall.
23:27Tim's taken advantage of the delay and has decided to put a doorway where the second chimney
23:32was meant to go.
23:33The brick flint is built up around the timber frame.
23:39It's not a structural wall, and I personally think it doesn't add much to the building.
23:46Inside, the UPVC windows are being finished off, meaning that the rooms can be plasterboarded.
23:52At last, the cedar cladding is going on.
24:02It'll complete the exterior, but will the house be ready in time?
24:08So, Jules, since the breach, how are you and the baby?
24:11We're very well, thank you.
24:13And the baby isn't breached any more.
24:15It's head down.
24:15Really?
24:16Yeah.
24:17And it's due tomorrow.
24:19Ah, ready to go.
24:20Tomorrow, tomorrow.
24:21So, it's not going to be born here?
24:24There's still hope.
24:25There's still hope.
24:26There's tonight, and there may be tomorrow.
24:28I seem to remember, Tim, there was a commitment that the baby will be born in this house.
24:34You know, there is no doubt at all.
24:36That is plan A.
24:38Yeah.
24:39I don't remember hearing about plan B.
24:41And plan B is now in action at this very moment to move in four weeks late.
24:48Can you blame any particular party?
24:50I think it's been a catalogue of circumstances, really.
24:54Never got to pin the blame.
24:56I think we've learned a good deal.
24:58For me, there was a time when seeing nothing happening with the house was a great source of frustration because you go, time's ticking by and nothing's moving forwards and yet the baby was inevitably moving towards arrival day.
25:11But now, well, it's so imminently due and the house is so completely not ready.
25:21But the baby coming is important now.
25:25As long as that all goes well, then we'll move in later on and it'll be fine.
25:33Jules does finally have her baby at home.
25:37Unfortunately, it's the wrong home.
25:39She gave birth to a healthy baby boy, surrounded by her extended family.
25:56Tim and Jules didn't have the home birth that they wanted.
26:00With all the delays, they're now running £6,000 over budget and their problems still aren't over.
26:06Here we are.
26:09Much the same, nothing's changed.
26:11This is home.
26:13Not quite yet.
26:15We've missed the deadline.
26:16We're supposed to be born in here.
26:18The name of the babe is Tiger.
26:20Tiger Jules.
26:22And unfortunately, not everybody likes Tiger Jules.
26:28But I think it's a great name.
26:32We can't move in until we've solved the mud problem, basically.
26:35We just need something.
26:36At the moment, the ground has dried up quite a lot.
26:39But when it rains, it's unbearable.
26:41And the idea of us all trying to tramp in and out of the house and through the garden and...
26:47No, no, we can't do it.
26:50It's cloying mud.
26:51It's the sake of my sanity.
26:52I think Tim and Jules are coming round to the idea that the exterior and the setting of this house are as important as the interior.
27:01Tim has borrowed £3,000 from his dad.
27:03This was less than he originally planned to spend on the decking.
27:07But I'm sure that we can engineer a cheaper substitute using local materials.
27:12With surroundings as beautiful as these, who wouldn't take advantage of them and use them to give that house a real sense of place?
27:20Help it flourish with local colour and local materials.
27:23A house built out of local materials will already sit well in the landscape.
27:30But for Tim and Jules' house, the garden and landscaping are the means to root it in its setting by bringing the beach up to the house.
27:38Gardens need plants, and I found some wonderful inspiration nearby in Philip Hooper's Seaside Garden.
27:47It makes the most of its environment, mixing local coastal plants with exotic varieties hardy enough to withstand the Sussex climate.
27:55Now, we have this garden at New Haven, which is much higher than this.
28:00I mean, it's on the cliffs, very exposed, very windy.
28:03Are there plants here that you could say are sort of guaranteed to succeed?
28:06The main problem with coastal gardening is windburn from the wind.
28:09It's not necessarily the sort.
28:11And so you need things which are either quite low-growing or have got very, very leathery leaves,
28:15like agaves and like the spiky things, like the dasselerians.
28:18But there's a very wide variety.
28:20A very wide variety.
28:21It's amazing what will actually grow.
28:26I think what Tim and Jules need is a mixture of what we saw in Philip's Garden and what's on the beach here.
28:32In Philip's Garden, it's all very exotic and spiky and architectural.
28:35This is altogether more wild.
28:38And I think it's that wilderness which typifies the setting of the new house.
28:46I gave my plants to Tim and Jules.
28:49The idea is to use reclaimed railway sleepers.
28:53These will form a jetty reaching out towards the beach below.
28:57I know they're used in every TV gardening program, but they're cheap.
29:02And here they'll echo those wooden uprights on the beach.
29:05The whole structure will sit on shingle.
29:08And the finishing touch will be a selection of hardy, wild-looking plants.
29:12Unlike traditional hard paving, this kind of garden is easy to create.
29:16Gradually, the shingle covers the mud around the house,
29:21and the great clay mounds are turfed over to resemble green sand dunes.
29:26This gives an instant transformation, though it's more expensive than sowing grass seed.
29:30It's time to see what Tim and Jules think of it so far.
29:40The decking.
29:41It's made such a huge difference.
29:43In fact, it's made far more difference than I thought it would.
29:46Well, I'm interested you say that, because when I did that drawing,
29:49I did the ground plan of the house, put the decking on.
29:51And in fact, when you look at the size that it occupies, it's not double,
29:55but it's a significant large area, and it makes your living area,
29:59your outside living area, as it were, much, much bigger.
30:02Well, I thought that once we had the house built, that was it.
30:06The most important thing was the house.
30:07And actually, with retrospect, it just stood in a space.
30:11And now we've paid, yes, a very muddy field.
30:15But now we've paid attention to the outside, it's really brought it together more.
30:19It really kind of, it flows.
30:21Gives it a context.
30:22And it also relates it to what's going on out there.
30:25I mean, with the shingle and the sleepers, it's all seaside materials, really.
30:29Yes, and these are great, because when it's pouring with rain,
30:31well, they're wet, but they're not muddy.
30:33There's no clay on them, which is great.
30:35In the end, the decking cost 3,000 pounds,
30:39two-thirds of the price Tim was originally expecting to pay.
30:44Neither of them are gardeners,
30:46so I've brought them a selection of plants to experiment with.
30:49There's nothing like good planting to help a house settle into its location.
30:54And this aloe vera lives here.
30:58It's amazing what just a few bits of greenery make.
31:07I really think it's going to be really something different and a pleasing place to live.
31:12It's the last stage of the build, and Tim has sacked unique homes.
31:18He felt that as he had to find the bricklayers,
31:21he might as well organise the rest of the project himself.
31:24John Hardy, the architect, admits that lessons have been learnt.
31:27I do believe that the client feel that they weren't gaining the best of services
31:33because I wasn't available, and I can only be in so many places at once.
31:38One of the things we've learnt during Tim and Julia's project
31:41is that unique homes will only be of a certain size.
31:45My original plans were to build unique homes up to a size
31:48whereby we'd be constructing 50 houses a year.
31:51But in reality, having developed it to a certain stage,
31:54we're now downsizing to ensure that we build no more than 15 houses,
31:58but there'll be 15 houses of quality,
32:00and I will be involved in every one of those projects
32:03and ensure that I'm satisfied with the way that it's worked.
32:07So, if you're thinking of building a kit house,
32:10make sure it's a local firm.
32:12In this case, Tim got a £3,500 rebate,
32:19and he's now on the final stretch of the build.
32:22This includes the decorating,
32:24once the girls have decided what colour they want.
32:27That's the same red as the other ones, isn't it?
32:30I like the glossic colours, but I mean, could you sparkly?
32:33Maybe you could just spark this.
32:35I'm going on that and then spark the yellow ceiling.
32:38No glitters.
32:39I don't want glitters.
32:40Don't you want glitters?
32:41Oh, I like that green.
32:46Yeah, I'm going to have that green.
32:48That green's nice.
32:49That green's nice.
32:51Jules hasn't taken long to get back to work.
32:54I've remembered that having a baby means that it just takes possibly 10,
33:00possibly 20 times longer to do everything.
33:03But he's not very much of a help at the moment.
33:09There's not much I can do about it, really.
33:11Grin and bear it, and stick one tile on the bathroom wall about every two days.
33:18The pièce de résistance will hopefully be the kitchen, which I really want gold on the walls.
33:27Not very many more units, in fact, maybe none at all, but gold.
33:32Not yellow, a real kind of metallic colour, but I'm not quite sure how to get it.
33:37It's proving rather problematical.
33:39Ella chose this colour.
33:40It's supposed to be a genius red, but then if she doesn't like it, then she can rinse it out.
33:48I'm very run down, and I can't even draw a straight line anymore.
34:07I've got no money.
34:10I've bashed myself in the face of the mantelpiece.
34:12And, um, my Landromer's head gasket has blown up.
34:22I've had about four hours sleep in as many weeks.
34:29I'm just delirious now.
34:33Ow!
34:35Ow!
34:35Oh!
34:36Oh!
34:38Oh, God!
34:42Shit.
34:52Tim's back on the baby shift, so I showed Jules how to get her golden kitchen without breaking the bank.
34:58Oh!
34:59Show me how it's done.
35:00Easy, easy. All right, no, tell you what, pass me that, is it that one?
35:02There's one with some glue in.
35:04Stuff milking?
35:05This is, yeah, it looks like milk.
35:06It's just, it's just gold-sized, which is a water-based thing, and you just brush it on.
35:10Oh!
35:11I'm not going to do the whole wall.
35:13Oh.
35:14Yeah.
35:15Not this evening.
35:16Oh, dear.
35:17All right, then.
35:18Well, I'll show you, and then you have a go.
35:20So this is the brass leaf?
35:21Yep.
35:22Yeah, this is the, this is fake gold, yeah.
35:24Oh, it's so thin.
35:26Well, I'll just press it down as well as I can through the wax paper, and then just...
35:31Ah!
35:32It's great.
35:33It's so gold.
35:34Number two.
35:35Good heavens.
35:36OK.
35:37Transfer brass leaf, or Dutch metal, is cheap and easy to use.
35:43By laying it on a yellow background, the gaps and joins are disguised.
35:48Absolutely.
35:49Yeah.
35:50Oh, that's fairly foolproof.
35:51It's not difficult.
35:52Ah!
35:53Beautiful finish.
35:56And the rest is down to you, in between feeds.
35:58I hope it'll be different when you see me next.
36:01I think it's going to be wonderful.
36:02I'll have to invite you back into the gold kitchen.
36:05Sunglasses to be provided at the...
36:06Money corner.
36:07Yep.
36:08Yeah.
36:09Thank you, Kevin.
36:10Good luck.
36:11The day for moving out of the terrace and into the new house has finally arrived.
36:32At last, Tim has a place to put the mountains of his stuff that have been in storage since
36:41the build started.
36:42That is it.
36:43I've nearly covered the entire floor.
36:44I'm done.
36:45Because I will never move house again.
36:46Time for tea.
36:47I can understand that.
36:48It's taken six months to build.
36:49It's gone way over the original budget.
36:53But at last, Tim and Jules have got to the stage where they can say the house is finished.
36:58The builder's seen the birth of Tiger, their fifth child, and has already been in storage.
36:59It's taken six months to build.
37:00It's gone way over the original budget.
37:01But at last, Tim and Jules have got to the stage where they can say the house is finished.
37:11The builder's seen the birth of Tiger, their fifth child, and has almost caused complete financial
37:16ruin.
37:17It's time to see if it's all been worthwhile.
37:18It's time to see if it's all been worthwhile.
37:33It's time to see if it's all been portrayed.
37:34It's time to see if it's all my life.
37:36It's time to see if it's all my life.
37:37It's all my life.
37:38At last, Tim and Jules dijo.
37:39It is to here that, Tim wasn't going to visualize the size of Tiger.
37:40It's a special life you hadfulness in your mind.
37:41And at last time, Tim was riding the mountain, trying to see as well.
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40:09Me parece uno de los más exitosos aspectos de esto.
40:11Es como un gran jardín de la cocina, como las famosas de la cocina.
40:15Todos los vivimos en la cocina, ¿no?
40:17¿Tú tienes una cocina en esta casa?
40:18Sí, estás en la cocina.
40:21En la cocina.
40:22Lo amo el oro, ¿no?
40:24Tienes un rígido.
40:26Sí, me gusta el oro contra el azul.
40:27Y me gusta todo el color de aquí.
40:30Es muy bien.
40:31¿Algo en la cocina que te regretas?
40:33Que no te crees que no has funcionado como podría haber hecho?
40:36Bueno, yo siempre me he preferido el oro frame de la cocina.
40:42Y en retrospecto, yo me he quedado en la cocina y me he quedado en la cocina y me he quedado en la cocina.
40:48Digo el contexto de donde estamos.
40:50Desde el interior, creo que funciona bien.
40:53En la cocina también.
40:54Uno de los principios de la cocina, cuando estaba en la cocina,
40:57era el tiempo, y nos necesitamos tenerlo todo en la cocina
41:00para poder llegar a la cocina de la cocina de la cocina.
41:03Y nos dejó que no tenía el gusto de explorar otras posibilidades
41:08sobre cómo se puede llegar a ciertos problemas.
41:10Es como, ¿qué es la solución ahora?
41:12Porque cuando llegamos a este problema, podemos avanzar a la próxima.
41:14Si yo era mi propia propia, ¿qué consejías que me hubiera?
41:19Empieza a locales arquitectos.
41:20Alguien que vive justo en la cocina.
41:22Sí, así que se puede llegar a la cocina de problemas.
41:24Oye, ¿qué tal?
41:24Oye, tú puedes ir a visitar ellos.
41:26Y eso fue nuestro gran error.
41:27Es no arquitectural masterpiece,
41:30pero despite the extravagant brickwork and concrete roof,
41:33it does look like a beach house.
41:36Es no solo el cedar cladding.
41:38Even los white windows help by giving the openings a crisp outline.
41:43Tell me about the budgets.
41:44This is a very sensitive area.
41:46Bueno, the budget, no es un total de la success story.
41:49En el evento, we've done it.
41:50So how much was the budget?
41:5260?
41:52So I hope to do it for about 62, I think.
41:55Right, and how much does it cost?
41:56And in the end, it's, you know, 75 going on all finished to about 80.
42:03But it's worth it, you know, this is, this is, this is all worth it.
42:08It's all right, you can come home.
42:10You can't be depressed in a place like this.
42:12It's wonderful.
42:17Tim and Jules bought the site for 86,000 pounds.
42:20With the build and add-ons coming to 80,000.
42:23The total cost is 166,000.
42:26The house has been valued at 190,000.
42:30So it's all been worth it.
42:32And not just financially.
42:42In the end, Tim and Jules have succeeded in their aim
42:49to build a new house for their new family and their new life together.
42:58The journey that you've been on to get here, was it worth it?
43:02Oh yes, an experience.
43:04Stressful, nerve-wracking.
43:06I think it's great to build your own house, to live in something that you designed.
43:10And I think there's something a bit subtle about it.
43:13You don't think about it all the time, but it's very satisfying.
43:17What magazine have you got?
43:19Shut up.
43:23Well, I know it's a lovely place to be because I look for excuses to stay here
43:27rather than going out to town or anywhere else.
43:31You know, this is a final resort that I'll get in the car or walk down to New Haven.
43:35Because I actually just like being here, looking out the window, messing around the garden.
43:38And it's lovely.
43:41Yeah, it's a really nice space to be in.
43:46It's like a big beach sitting on the top of this cliff.
43:51And I think give 15 years, once we've planted all the trees,
43:55it can disappear more into the hillside.
43:58And that's when it'll be at its best.
44:01This is not the end of the journey.
44:02But it's a big resting place for us to now carry on.
44:08A work in progress.
44:13Tim and Jules have had to compromise, and they've spent more money than they expected.
44:18And without their dedication and their unfailing optimism,
44:22I doubt this house would ever have been finished.
44:25In fact, I now believe that when it comes to building your own house,
44:29sticking to the rules may be important.
44:31But in the end, it's commitment and belief that'll build you the house of your dreams.