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Grand Designs - Season 27 Episode 2 -
West Sussex 2025
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00:00In Wales, for hundreds of years, right into the 19th century, there was a piece of folklore
00:13called tianos, meaning a house in one night. Essentially, if you could build a house between
00:21dusk and dawn on common land, then it would be yours. It's brilliant, isn't it?
00:30And this is one of the last examples. It's completely lovely. Of course, the modern
00:36construction industry is trying to do this kind of thing, to build houses off-site, put them on a
00:41lorry, bring them overnight and construct them quickly. It doesn't come without its risks, of
00:47course. I mean, you'd be handing all your money to one company. You wouldn't see the house evolve
00:51on-site. You might not know what it would turn out like. And then you've got to get the thing,
00:56like damlines, like these. Goodness me, you'd be...
01:01I'll begin trying on tenterhooks.
01:06BUYING A FACTORY BUILT HOME PROVED IRRESISTIBLE TO PETE, WHO WORKS IN
01:13MANUFACTURING IN LONDON.
01:18BUYING A FACTORY BUILT HOME PROVED IRRESISTIBLE TO PETE, WHO WORKS IN MANUFACTURING IN LONDON.
01:36BUYING A FACTORY BUILT HOME PROVED IRRESISTIBLE TO PETE, WHO WORKS IN MANUFACTURING IN LONDON.
01:43HOW RISKY DO YOU WANT TO GO SIGN UP TO 20 MILLION?
01:45AS A VICE PRESIDENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY, HE VALUES PRODUCTION RUNS WITH PREDICTABLE UPCOMES.
01:51A GOOD SUPPLY TO ME IS ONE THAT INVOLVES THE LEAST SURPRISES.
01:55SO THEY AGREE ON A TIMELINE AND THEY DELIVER ON IT.
01:58THEY TELL YOU WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND IT DOES.
02:01AND THE QUALITY OF PRODUCT YOU GET IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
02:06NATURALLY, HE WANTS HIS NEW HOUSE TO BE SIMILARLY SUPPLIED.
02:13IT'S SET TO REPLACE THIS JADED BUNGALOW IN WEST SUSSEX, BOUGHT FOR THE PURPOSE,
02:19WHERE PETE LIVES WITH A, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR CHILDREN, ALICE AND JOSEPH.
02:24A USES THE GARAGE FOR HER CERAMICS BUSINESS, HER PASSION.
02:28I JUST LOVE EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT COLORS, PUTTING COLORS TOGETHER.
02:32SO FOR THE NEW HOUSE, I WILL MAKE A COLLECTION.
02:35FOR A, THE AESTHETICS AND EXPERIENCE OF HER NEW HOME MATTER.
02:39FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE HOUSE IS GOING TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
02:44I DON'T WANT TO FILL THE HOUSE WITH LOTS OF THINGS.
02:46IT'S GOING TO BE PLAN AND SIMPLE IN A QUITE DESIGN LED.
02:49THE EMPHASIS ON DESIGN EXTENDS TO THE LANDSCAPING OF THEIR NEW HOME,
02:53FOR WHICH THEY'RE INSPIRED BY A LOCAL, REWILDED GARDEN.
02:57I LOVE IT. I REALLY LOVE IT.
03:01WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT,
03:06AS WELL AS THE HOUSE BEING, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE.
03:10IT SUPPORTS THE WILDLIFE AROUND.
03:12SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE HERE.
03:16I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE THAT'S BUILT A HOUSE BY THIS METHOD,
03:19AND ACTUALLY THERE'S NOT VERY MANY MANUFACTURERS THAT DO IT.
03:22IN MY HEAD IT'S GOING TO BE EASY.
03:25HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED TO STAND THERE AND GO, AH!
03:29THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE PRETTY DEMANDING,
03:32AND YET THEIR HOUSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DELIVERED TO THEIR RURAL PLOT,
03:36AS IF BY A MIRACLE.
03:38WHEN THEY BUILT, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF DELIVERY VEHICLES
03:46NEEDED TO PUT A HOUSE TOGETHER,
03:48BECAUSE OF COURSE THE HOUSE ARRIVES IN COMPONENT FORM.
03:51TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPONENTS.
03:54OF COURSE, IF YOU ELECT TO HAVE YOUR HOUSE PRE-FABRICATED
03:57AND DELIVERED AS ONE SINGLE VOLUME,
04:00WELL, THAT'S ONE REALLY NASTY INTERVENTION,
04:03BECAUSE THE LOAD IS SO HUGE.
04:06I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS TINY LANE HERE.
04:09WE'VE HANGED BRANCHES, WE'VE HAD CABLES.
04:12OH, AND THERE'S AN IRATE NEIGHBOUR!
04:14HELLO!
04:15THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
04:23HELLO!
04:24HI!
04:25HI, PHEET, HI. HOW ARE YOU?
04:26GOOD, THANK YOU.
04:27MAGNIFICANT HOUSE.
04:28MORE LIKE AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION THAN A HOUSE.
04:31SO WHAT'S THE PLAN THEN?
04:32SO THE PLAN IS THAT WE DEMOLISH ALL OF THIS,
04:35AND THEN PUT A NEW HOUSE ON THE TOP.
04:38THERE'LL BE FIVE MODULES BUILT IN A FACTORY IN WALES
04:41AND THEN DELIVERED AS ALMOST FINISHED UNITS.
04:44THERE'S GOING TO BE A WOODEN-FRAMED ECO HOME.
04:47ALL BLACK CLADDING, VERY SLEEK.
04:49EVERYTHING WILL BE FITTED.
04:50KITCHEN, BATHROOM, TILE.
04:52TILE?
04:53YEAH.
04:54WOW, OKAY.
04:55HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE THING HERE?
04:56IT'S CRISS-CROSSED WITH OVERHEAD CABLE.
04:58IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WAKE UP AND GO,
05:00WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT COULDN'T GET DOWN THAT ROW?
05:03STRESSFUL.
05:04YES.
05:05DOING THIS ALL OFF-SITE, IT'S LIKE SORT OF ORDERING A SPECIALLY-MADE SUIT,
05:09BUT NEVER TRYING IT ON UNTIL IT ARRIVES IN THE POST FINISHED.
05:12DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE, LOOK LIKE?
05:14YOU'RE MUCH BETTER THAN ME AT BEING ABLE TO VISUALIZE.
05:17THERE'S SOME SPACES THAT ARE REALLY CLEAR AND OTHERS KIND OF BEYOND HOW MY MIND WORKS.
05:23PETE'S INABILITY TO VISUALIZE HIS PREFAB HOME IN FULL
05:26DEMONSTRATES SOME JAW-DROPPING FACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT 650 GRAND ON THE PLOT
05:32AND TWO YEARS WORKING WITH THEIR ARCHITECTS, KUTO, WHO'LL RUN THIS SUPER-ECO PROJECT.
05:38IT'LL START AT A WELCH FACTORY, WHERE 68 TIMBER PANELS WOULD BE BUILT
05:43FROM LOCALLY SOURCED DOUGLAS FUR IN THE FIRST OF TWO WORKSHOPS.
05:47THERE'LL BE NO ROBOTS, ONLY SKILLED CARPENTERS AND JOINERS
05:50TO PRECISELY CONSTRUCT EACH BESPOKE PANEL
05:53SO THAT THEY SEAMLESSLY SLOT TOGETHER IN THE MAIN ASSEMBLY HALL NEXT DOOR.
05:58FLOOR AND ROOF PANELS WILL BE FRAMED OUT FIRST
06:01AND SKINNED WITH A BREATHABLE BOARD FOR THE OUTSIDE
06:04AND A GREEN VAPOR CONTROL BOARD INSIDE
06:06FOR THE AIR-TIGHT SKIN OF THIS LOWER ENERGY HOME WITH MANAGED VENTILATION.
06:11A SUPERSTRONG TIMBER BOX BEAM DESIGNED BY WELSH ENGINEERS
06:15WILL ADD PHENOMENAL RIGIDITY TO THE STRUCTURES.
06:18THE WALLS GO UP, THE ROOFS ARE CRANED ON
06:21AND RECYCLED NEWSPAPER CELLULOSE INSULATION WILL BE PUMPED INTO THE VOIDS.
06:26EVERY JOINT GETS TAPED FOR AIR-KITNESS.
06:29NEXT, THE TRADES CAN COME INTO PLUM, WIRE AND PLASTER.
06:33WINDOWS ARE INSERTED AND THE VENTILATION FITTED.
06:37THE MODULES GET A MIST COAT, BATHROOMS ARE TILED AND A KITCHEN MADE IN-HOUSE IS FITTED.
06:43THE FIVE MODULES ARE THEN WRAPPED, READY FOR THE LORRY.
06:47BACK ON SITE, THE BUNGALOW HAS TO BE DISMANTLED.
06:5055 SCREW-PILES, SUITABLY GREEN FOOTINGS, WILL PROVIDE THE NEW FOUNDATIONS.
06:55THESE THREATED STEEL POSTS DRILLED INTO THE EARTH WILL SUPPORT THE ZIG-ZAG-SHAPED HOUSE WHEN IT LANDS.
07:03SERVICES ARE LINKED, FINAL DECKING AND CLADDING APPLIED AND A&P CAN BED THE BUILDING INTO THEIR REWILDED GARDEN.
07:10ONLY THEN CAN THEY TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR DESIGN DECISIONS.
07:14THEIR BUDGET OF 750 GRAND PAID WITH A MORTGAGE AND ASSETS IS LARGELY FIXED, AS IS THE DELIVERY DATE.
07:21MASSIVE POSITIVES.
07:23MEANTIME, THERE'S A WHOLE LOAD OF WORK TO GET DONE ON SITE.
07:26DEMOLITION, FOUNDATIONS, PERMISSIONS, AND THE HOUSE ARRIVES IN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
07:31WHAT COULD DELAY THAT?
07:34IT'S A BIT BAT DEPENDENT, BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO THE BAT SURVEY SAID THERE WAS A BAT LIVING UNDER THE TILES.
07:41WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT'S WARM ENOUGH FOR BATS TO BE MOVING AROUND BEFORE WE CAN APPLY FOR A LICENSE,
07:46AND THE UNITS ARRIVE QUITE BRISKLY AFTERWARDS.
07:50SO ACTUALLY GETTING ALL THE PIECES TO FIT IS AS TRICKY AS ON ANY PROJECT.
07:54YEAH.
07:56THE STORY OF PETE AND A'S HOME START IN THE CONIFOROUS PLANTATIONS OF WALES,
08:01IN MANAGED WOODLAND, WHERE THE TIMBER OF THEIR WOODEN HOUSE IS HARVESTED.
08:06THE HOUSE'S MANUFACTURER, KENTON, LIKES TO HANDPICK THE DOUGLAS FURS HE USES.
08:14WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THAT TREE?
08:16SO WE WANT THE FIRST SECTION OUT OF THE GROUND.
08:18OKAY.
08:19YEAH.
08:20WHAT SORT OF LIKE, SIX METRES?
08:21IT DEPENDS WHAT SECTION WE'RE CUTTING AND WHAT LENTH IT IS.
08:23OKAY.
08:24SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THE MEASUREMENT OF A COMPONENT OF A BUILDING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TREE.
08:27YOU THINK, ACTUALLY, WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
08:29THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE PICKING IT, YEAH.
08:30AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF THE TREE?
08:31WHAT'S THAT USEFUL?
08:32IT WILL JUST GO INTO LOWER GRADE PRODUCT.
08:34SO HE'S JUST ABOUT TO DO IT, YEAH?
08:35YEAH.
08:36YEAH.
08:37HE'S READY TO GO.
08:38RATHER HIM THAN ME, THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
08:43OH, LOOK.
08:44THAT'S QUICK.
08:46TEXTBOOK.
08:50THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
08:51AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE GROWS HERE.
08:53IT'S REGENERATIVE.
08:54THE FELLING SUPPORTS MORE MANAGED PLANTING OF MIXED SPECIES.
08:58THE FELT TIMBER LOCKS IN CARBON.
09:00THE LUMBER TRAVELS ONLY 32 MILES VIA A SAWMILL TO KENTON'S FACTORY.
09:04IT'S ALL SUSTAINABLE, LOCAL, AND LOW CARBON.
09:07ONE OF THE JOINERS IN THE FACTORY, DANNY, IS A FAN.
09:11DOUGLAS FIRE IS BRILLIANT TO WORK WITH.
09:13IT CUTS WELL.
09:14IT'S VERY STRONG.
09:16IT'S A PIECE OF ART, REALLY.
09:18IT REALLY IS NICE.
09:19NICE TIMBER.
09:20IT'S THIS GENTLE WAY OF MAKING A PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE THAT ATTRACTED PETE AND A'S MODULAR DESIGNERS,
09:27KOTO, TO FORM AN EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH KENTON.
09:30UNUSUALLY, THEY'RE BOTH ARCHITECTS AND PROJECT MANAGERS.
09:34YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR HANDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS HERE, AREN'T YOU?
09:37I MEAN, YOU'RE HERE TO THE BITTERSWEET END.
09:39YEAH.
09:40YEAH.
09:41LOOKING FORWARD, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT?
09:44JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE SITE'S COMPLETELY READY FOR THE BUILDING TO LAND.
09:47BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE TWO CONTRACTORS.
09:49WE'VE GOT KENTON MANUFACTURE AND THE GROUNDWORKS CONTRACTOR.
09:52JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE JOINED UP.
09:55ANYTHING ELSE?
09:56THAT'S...
09:57YEAH.
09:58IF YOU TIME THIS BADLY, IT CAN BE NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR, CAN'T IT, BEFORE YOU CAN GET IN AGAIN?
10:01YEAH.
10:02THERE AGAIN, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING.
10:04SO THAT MEANS BEING ECOLOGICAL, DOESN'T IT?
10:06ABSOLUTELY.
10:07EXACTLY.
10:08GOTTA LOVE THE BATS.
10:09GOTTA LOVE THE BATS.
10:11ECOLOGY AND THE MATING HABITS OF CREATURES DETERMINE WHAT GETS BUILT WHEN THESE DAYS.
10:16WHAT CAN HELP IS OFF-SITE FABRICATION.
10:19SIX WEEKS IN, 68 PANELS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO SLOT TOGETHER TO MAKE FIVE FLOOR AND ROOF SECTIONS.
10:25IT TAKES JUST TWO WEEKS TO DO THIS.
10:28AND YET, IN WEST SUSSEX, THEY'RE NOT EVEN OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS.
10:33STILL WAITING ON THE BAT LICENSE.
10:35THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NATURAL ENGLAND AND THE COUNCIL AGREEING WHO IS THE ONE THAT APPROVES IT.
10:43AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS.
10:46OBVIOUSLY, UNTIL WE'VE KNOCKED THE HOUSE DOWN, WE CAN'T DO THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE FACTORY'S STILL CARRYING ON BUILDING THE HOUSE.
10:52SO IT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
10:54GOES TO SHOW, DOESN'T IT?
10:56I MEAN, YOU CAN TRY AND DE-RISK EVERY ASPECT OF A PROJECT AND THEN SOMETHING COPS UP.
11:01AS IN THIS CASE, OUR FLAPPY LITTLE BATTY FRIENDS.
11:04AND THEY DO NOW, IT SEEMS, THREATEN TO DERAIL THE SCHEDULE OF THIS PROJECT.
11:10BUT YOU SEE, I WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR THE BATS.
11:22PEETE AND A'S 750 GRAND MODULAR ECO HOME IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN JUST THREE MONTHS.
11:37BUT FOR THEM, IT REMAINS A REMOTE PROCESS OF ONLINE MEETINGS WITH THEIR ARCHITECTS, BECAUSE SITE WORK CAN'T START UNTIL THEY GET THEIR BATTY PERMISSION.
11:46THERE'S A BAT LICENSE AS WELL.
11:48YEAH.
11:49WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS SOON.
11:52BUT IN WALES, THEIR HOUSE IS CAREERING AHEAD.
11:54THE PANELS ARE NOW BEING SKINNED ON BOTH SIDES FOR PROTECTION, AIR TIGHTNESS AND RIGIDITY.
11:59THE MODULES CAN NOW RISE UP INTO THREE DIMENSIONS.
12:02AT LAST, A WEEK LATER, AFTER TWO YEARS OF IMAGINING THEIR HOME, PETE AND A TRAVEL UP FOR THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE.
12:12LET ME SEE.
12:13OH, WOW.
12:14SORRY.
12:15OH, MY GOODNESS.
12:17OH, MY GOD.
12:18THAT'S A BIT MORE OF A HOUSE THAN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE.
12:24WOW, IT'S SO BIG.
12:26WOW.
12:27HELLO.
12:29OH, HEY, GUYS.
12:31ALL RIGHT?
12:33YEAH, YEAH.
12:34LOOK, THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE AIR TIGHT TAPE.
12:36YEAH.
12:41AMAZING.
12:44YOU ALL RIGHT?
12:45OH.
12:46WOW.
12:47AND THERE'S YOUR BIG GLASSWALL-FACING SUN.
12:49SUNSET.
12:50LIKE, JUST LIKE THAT.
12:52THEY'VE EVEN GOT THE SUN IN THE REPOSITION FOR YOU.
12:55ALL RIGHT.
12:56IT'S OKAY.
12:58YEAH.
12:59IT'S FINE.
13:01IT'S FINE.
13:02YOU ALL RIGHT?
13:03YEAH.
13:04BREATHE.
13:05YEAH.
13:06IT IS ASTONISHING PROGRESS.
13:08THIS IS THE KITCHEN DINER.
13:13NEXT UP IS PETE AND A'S BEDROOM.
13:15ASSEMBLY THESE PERFECT PANELS SEEMS SO EASY IN A FACTORY.
13:23WOW.
13:24A HUGE PIECE OF DOUGLAS FUR FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
13:27IT'S CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FUR KIND.
13:30THIS TOOK UNDER AN HOUR.
13:38IT'S LIKE WATCHING A SPACE SHUTTLE DOOR CLOSE.
13:42BUILT OUT OF TREE.
13:44IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
13:47SWIFTLY OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS, ALL FIVE MODULES COME INTO EXISTENCE.
13:51AND A NEW PHASE GETS UNDERWAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SUBCONTRACTORS LIKE DECLAND ON ELECTRICS AND BRING FOR THE PLUMBING.
13:58THEY'LL ALL BE OVERSEEN BY THE PRODUCTION MANAGER TERRAN.
14:01WE'VE JUST GONE INTO THE STAGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING.
14:04SO THE FIRST BIG STAGE AND THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TRADES IS THE HIGHTER PART.
14:08ALL THE SERVICES AND THE DETAIL OF EVERYTHING.
14:11THE IDEA IS THAT THE WORKFORCE ROTATES THROUGH THE UNITS.
14:15SO ONCE THE ELECTRICS AND PIPES ARE IN, THE FACTORY'S TEAM BLASTER BOARDS BEHIND THEM.
14:20ME AND DECK, THE SPARKY, WE WERE SAYING BEFORE, THEY'RE SNAPPING AT OUR HEELS A BIT.
14:24THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HAS INDEED CHANGED.
14:27IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH DEPTH TO GET THAT IN?
14:30AND I'M TURNING.
14:31NOTABLY, THERE'S A LOT OF HEAD SCRATCHING.
14:33THERE'S LOADS OF THIS TIMBER IN THE WAY AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OUT THE STRENGTH.
14:38TRICKY.
14:41WE DON'T ARRIVE AND THEN THERE'S A SET OF DRAWINGS INTO LIGHT THERE.
14:46WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THE PIPE RUNS AND WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS.
14:49OURSELVES, YOU KNOW?
14:54TRYING TO GET THIS TIMBER OUT OF HERE.
14:57NOT THE EASIEST.
15:00JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS GLUED AND SCREWED.
15:08NEXT DOOR ISN'T ON TRACK EITHER.
15:10DECLIN, THE SPARK, DOESN'T THINK THE DESIGNED POSITION OF THE MOTION LIGHT SENSOR WORKS.
15:15IF THAT GOES THERE, IT'S GOING TO PICK EVERYBODY OF FREE TRAFFIC COMING UP FROM THERE.
15:19EVERY TIME YOU SIT DOWN AT THE DINNER TABLE, IT'S GOING TO KEEP GOING ON AND OFF.
15:23TARON CALLS THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE REDESIGN.
15:26BUT THIS COMPANY CAN'T AFFORD DELAYS.
15:29I FEEL QUITE A LOT OF PRESSURE AT THIS STAGE.
15:31THIS IS, LIKE, REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS ON TARGET,
15:33BECAUSE AS SOON AS THIS JOB GETS TO A CERTAIN STAGE,
15:35WE HAVE TO START PRODUCTION ON THE NEXT PROJECT.
15:36WE BASICALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE DOWN TIME,
15:38BECAUSE ANY DOWN TIME IS COST.
15:40I THOUGHT I'D BE OUT OF HERE TODAY.
15:42HOLD-UPS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.
15:45GETTING ONE HOUSE OUT WHILE ANOTHER COMES IN
15:47IS THE ESSENTIAL BLOOD FLOW OF THEIR WORK.
15:50ANY PAUSE IN THIS CONVEYER BELT CAN SPELL FINANCIAL DOOM.
15:54THREE YEARS AGO, I VISITED THE MODULAR FACTORY OF TOP HACKS.
15:58IT'S SINCE CEASED TRADING.
16:00AND OTHER BIG PLAYERS LIKE LNG MODULAR HOMES AND MODULUS LIMITED
16:04ALL SUFFERED FROM INCONSISTENT WORKFLOW.
16:07AND YET THE SKY COULD BE THE LIMIT.
16:10THIS IS ONE OF THE TALLEST MODULAR BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.
16:16THIS 50-STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN CROIDEN,
16:20DESIGNED BY HTA ARCHITECTS,
16:23IS REALLY PROPER, GROWN-UP, POISED ARCHITECTURE.
16:27IT HAS 14,000 BEAUTIFUL PORCELINE TILES AROUND IT.
16:32IT HAS A TERRACOTTA FACADE,
16:34WHICH GLEAMS IN THE SUNSHINE.
16:36BUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS PREMADE IN CHUNKS,
16:40IN A FACTORY, IN BETFORD.
16:43OVER 900 HOMES WERE BUILT HERE IN JUST 28 MONTHS.
16:54THAT'S FAR QUICKER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL EQUIVALENT,
16:57WITH A LOT LESS WASTE.
16:59TIDE AND VISION BUILT IT.
17:03THE CHAIRMAN, JOHN FLEMING, BELIEVES THAT THEIR DUAL IDENTITY
17:06AS DEVELOPERS AND MANUFACTURERS HAS SO FAR SAVED THEIR BACON.
17:11SO YOU GOT THESE GUYS IN BETFORD, WORKING IN THE FACTORY.
17:15HOW MANY HAVE YOU GOT THERE?
17:17ABOUT 280.
17:18THAT'S A LOT OF FAMILIES.
17:19YES.
17:20SO YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE WORK FLOW THROUGH THE FACTORY.
17:23YEAH.
17:24CONTINUOUS PIPELINE IS CRITICAL TO KEEP FACTORIES GOING.
17:27IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT THAT GOING FORWARD.
17:31WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TURNED ROUND
17:33AND SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANT X NUMBER OF SOCIAL HOUSING
17:36AND WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO CONTRACTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
17:38IF THEY GAVE SOME COMMITMENT IN THAT AREA,
17:40THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR INDUSTRY.
17:43I HOPE THEY CAN GET THAT REASSURANCE.
17:46GIVEN OUR HOUSING CRISIS,
17:48MODULAR CONSTRUCTION COULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
17:51SO THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF THE FEW SUCCESS STORIES
17:55IN VOLUMENTIC CONSTRUCTION.
17:57WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THAT WHAT PETE AND APE ARE DOING IS QUITE RISKY.
18:00I MEAN, THEY ARE GIVING ALL OF THEIR MONEY TO ONE COMPANY
18:05IN ADVANCE FOR A HOME WHICH IS NOT EVEN ON THEIR LAND.
18:11I MEAN, IT'S IN WALES.
18:13SO IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL COMPLICATION,
18:16WELL THEN, I DON'T KNOW, THE FACTORY MIGHT AS WELL BE IN TIMBUKTU.
18:23IN WALES, THOUGH, REASSURINGLY, THEY HAVE THE NEXT JOB INCOMING,
18:27SO THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO DELIVER ON THE NAIL.
18:32BUT ALL THEY HAVE DONE IN SOUTHWATER IS MOVE TO A NEARBY RENTAL.
18:36I'M JUST GOING TO SET UP THE TIME LAPE OF ME PACKING UP THE STUDIO.
18:42I CAN POST THIS ON MY SOCIAL.
18:45THE FACTORY HOME IS HALF DONE.
18:48THE UNDERFLOOR HEATING IS GOING IN.
18:50EMMA, THE PROJECT MANAGER AND ARCHITECT,
18:52IS NOW WORRYING ABOUT DELAYS TO THE GROUNDWORKS.
18:55PRETTY NERVOUS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET THE BATTLE LICENSE COME THROUGH,
18:59WE'VE HAD PROJECTS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN DELAID BY UP TO NINE MONTHS.
19:02WE CAN COMPLETELY THROW OUT OUR TIMELINES.
19:05THE WHOLE PROJECT HINGES ON GETTING THIS TICK BOX FROM NATURAL ENGLAND.
19:10IT'S THE END OF MARCH.
19:13THE HOUSE IS DUE IN JUST SIX WEEKS.
19:16AT LAST, THOUGH, THE BUNGALOW IS BEING DISMANTLED.
19:21BECAUSE THE CRUCIAL BATT LICENSE THAT THE ECOLOGIST JOSEPH APPLIED FOR IS IN HAND.
19:28I'M OBVIOUSLY REALLY PLEASED.
19:30I DON'T WANT TO BE TURNING UP TODAY WITH NO LICENSE.
19:33I FEEL GOOD, YEAH.
19:34WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO DO THIS.
19:38OH, WOW.
19:40WHAT'S HAPPENING?
19:42THEY'RE TAKING THE ROOFTELS OFF BY HAND AND LOOKING THROUGH THE HOLES AND SEEING ANY ROOSTING UNDERNEATH THE ROOF.
19:48JOSEPH WILL GENTLY RE-HOME ANY RESIDENTS TO A BAT BOX, WORKING AHEAD OF THE BUILDERS TO FIND ANY.
19:55THERE'S A SMALL GAP HERE.
19:58SO WE USE AN ENDOSCOPE TO INSPECT IT.
20:01IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY BATS IN HERE AT THE MOMENT.
20:05HE DOESN'T MISS A THING.
20:08DO YOU MIND IF I JUST HAVE A LOOK AT THE BACK OF THAT REALLY QUICK?
20:11THERE'S SOME BAT DROPPINGS ON THE BACK OF THIS HERE.
20:14BUT AS MIDDAY APPROACHES, ONE THING IS APPARENT.
20:18THE LITTLE CRITTERS JUMPED SHIP LONG AGO.
20:21THAT'S GOOD. GOOD NEWS.
20:25NO BATS!
20:27IT'S A BITTERSWEET OUTCOME FOR PEAT.
20:29IT'S TAKEN ALMOST 2 YEARS, TWO SURVEYS, AND 6,000 POUNDS TO GET TO THIS POINT.
20:34We plan to have ten weeks for the groundwork and we've been left with six,
20:39but in the end there wasn't a bat here, so it's mildly irritating.
20:46There is a multitude of differences between a normal timber house and this modular one.
20:51For starters, this one has to fly on a crane.
20:54These are onion houses because you've got so many layers and layers.
20:58I don't know how many sheets go onto it.
21:00Red onion. Don't like wire. It's got to be a red one.
21:04A typical bathroom floor might be made up of two or three layers.
21:08Here, there are seven. The plywood looks like a bed of nails.
21:12There are 288 screws.
21:15This is overkill for a domestic bathroom.
21:18You'd only ever do this if a module's been lifted by a limited number of points.
21:23Two layers of this go into A and Pete's en suite, so it doesn't twist during transit,
21:29which is now looming in a month.
21:32The site manager, Afrin, has spent a fortnight clawing back time.
21:37The engineer, Marius, has already set out the house's footprint using drawings from the architects,
21:55but they've asked to check its distance from next door's fence.
21:58It looks like half of the kitchen is going to be on the neighbour's side.
22:03What do you mean?
22:05Because we've done the setting out.
22:08It's over there somewhere.
22:10Yes, and it looks like the kitchen is going to be behind the fence.
22:13But jokes aside, the measurement is off.
22:18It's too close to the fence to pass building rigs.
22:21I don't think we have the right drawing.
22:23Oh, jeez.
22:24It looks like there are two different drawings, a drainage one and a structural engineering drawing.
22:31So I was able to overlay the two drawings that are different by a metre 125.
22:40Accuracy is important because everything ties in.
22:43The drainage is going to be in the right room.
22:45Work stops on site, as Afrin calls the architects.
22:50Yeah.
22:51I'm going to email the structural engineer and go ahead and tell me who's drawing.
22:55Please, because we're just waiting to receive the drawing, please.
22:59Yeah, yeah.
23:00Getting new engineering drawings can, however, take weeks.
23:03We don't have time sitting here and waiting because wasting the time is not good, even for us.
23:09So maybe we don't complete the work.
23:12Three and a half hours pass until new drawings drop.
23:21Yes, good.
23:22Yes.
23:23What I want to do now, I want to set up everything again.
23:26Okay.
23:27This could have been unpleasant.
23:30They have a toilet pipe in the middle of the living room.
23:33This is just the crazy normal of everyday site work versus the pristine factory accuracy of off-site fabrication.
23:41After a first white mist coat, the kitchen is being assembled.
23:47And where the soil pipe should be in a bathroom, tiling has started.
23:51It looks so close to being habitable.
23:53There are three weeks left.
23:55And so, thank goodness, the steel screw piles are at last going in.
23:59Each should marry to a position under the modules.
24:03Let's pray they're all on the same page now.
24:05Marius, when I drill, it will be based on your setting out, yeah?
24:09Yeah, yeah.
24:09Okay.
24:09So you have to just double-check it.
24:11So the 55 screw piles are drilled into position and the countdown to delivery begins.
24:17It's the penultimate day before the house is due at Pete and A's, and five waterproof wrapped modules are ready for haulage.
24:30Tom will leave the hazardous journey.
24:33We've never actually done anything this big before.
24:35I got a copy on you.
24:36I mean, they're almost 16 foot high.
24:38It'll be a new challenge for us.
24:40The plan is to travel 233 miles to an overnight spot near site.
24:46Just worried about things going wrong.
24:48The worst thing to happen would be damaging the load or knocking the truck.
24:51I'm sure Kenton would not be very impressed if we did.
24:55This is a monster convoy.
24:58Tom's load is over four metres wide and 12 metres long.
25:02Worth £100,000, this is Pete and A's living room.
25:06The exit is narrow and has an awkward dog leg.
25:10I think you just watch my back end on the wall there as I turn, please.
25:16But it's not the rear that's in danger.
25:27And Tom's not even left the car park.
25:29In Wales, the convoy of five trucks and three escort vehicles delivering Pete and A's house is yet to set off.
25:47Are we all right?
25:47The first juggernaut stopped short after a loud bang.
25:53It seems a sidestrap got caught on the right flank.
25:59Thankfully, their precious load looks OK.
26:02But there's still a gut-wrenching 233 miles to go across two countries, through tiny lanes and along motorways.
26:15The first leg is, unfortunately, eye-wateringly tight.
26:22They're forced to crawl along.
26:33I'm worried about the trees here at my pocket.
26:35You're all good there, you're all good there.
26:37Then there's the wrangling of traffic.
26:40One car here.
26:42There's a lot getting out of the way.
26:44It takes an hour and a quarter to travel just 15 miles.
26:49How will these giants get onto Pete and A's site?
26:52Afrim is absolutely preoccupied with how they'll land.
26:57The important thing is the house coming down and sits on top of the screw pile.
27:00It's only, you know, like 10, 20 millimetre tolerance.
27:05You know, the tolerance is very small.
27:08So I'm coming tomorrow.
27:09If everything's OK, then I'm going to stay here.
27:11If not, I'm going to run away.
27:14Afrim and his running shoes will have to be ready super early.
27:17The plan is for a 4am start to avoid any traffic from this overnight spot five miles away.
27:27It's taken seven long hours to get here, and yet the worst is to come tomorrow.
27:40So our house is coming tomorrow.
27:41I just want to watch it go kind of like a Lego, you know, when it's like just seeing it going up, put it in place.
27:59It's 4.20am.
28:05The first module is inching its way down Pete and A's lane.
28:10Wow, it's coming through.
28:12Oh.
28:14Oh my God.
28:16Oh my God.
28:21It's only a truck, love.
28:22I know.
28:26The lifting plan is to get one unit in every 30 minutes to beat the school run up the lane.
28:32Cranking each lorry as close to the drive as possible, away from the overhead wires.
28:37It's just this, the telephone, that's what we're trying to avoid.
28:40Yeah.
28:40OK.
28:41Just straight back, mate, yeah.
28:43It's some task, given their size and this space.
28:47Whoa, a stop in there.
28:48He's on the barriers.
28:49Hold it there.
28:50It's giving us a metre, isn't it?
28:52You happy with this PT now?
28:53Yeah, yeah.
28:54It's not just the module that has to be precisely positioned.
28:57Try and get the beam underneath them trees.
28:59To get this unit safely airborne, the crane's cradle must be negotiated to exact pick-up points.
29:07All good to connect?
29:08And then Kenton has to carefully calibrate it all.
29:12Do you want to take a bit of tension there, Glenn, and we'll adjust this side, maybe?
29:15Those are the long chains, because obviously this is the real heavy end, isn't it?
29:18Because the unit's had different elements in, it's heavier at one end.
29:23We have chain blocks on the fourth corner, so we can adjust it individually.
29:27But it could lift at an angle or to the side.
29:30It's just all the stuff we're trying to prevent.
29:32This is a trial and error.
29:3445 minutes in.
29:37Yeah, going out.
29:38A and Pete's living room is ready to take off.
29:41It's like they're about to lift it.
29:43Woo!
29:43Slowly, gently, the valuable 20-tonne cargo is winched up.
29:52We just want it to start floating, and then we might have to alter.
29:55Keep going.
29:56We've got a bit of movement.
29:58Hold it.
29:58Hold it.
29:59Hold it there.
30:00It looks ever so slightly off-kilter.
30:04All right, and them cables?
30:06Pinching up, right?
30:07And then suddenly...
30:10Oh!
30:12It's an interesting noise.
30:14The front right corner has hit the lorry bed.
30:18Might be...
30:19Might have been a shackle.
30:23Pinching up.
30:25Hold it there.
30:26Real good.
30:28It's testament to the build quality of these structures that it's not damaged.
30:32Drive!
30:34One day I'll design nice square boxes that just pick up perfectly in the middle.
30:40OK, it's lift-off.
30:41It's going.
30:41OK.
30:43Drive's gone.
30:45Oh!
30:46They're not out of the woods yet, though.
30:49Colossus must be twisted in.
30:51Right, pull it round.
30:53Right on that branch, Nigel.
30:56Keep it.
30:56Keep it out.
30:57Heads.
30:58Hold it there.
30:59Hold it there.
30:59Can Nigel keep hold of that right?
31:00Can you pull it that way?
31:01Away from the crane, please?
31:02Right, we're above the scaffold now.
31:06Hold it there.
31:06Hold it there.
31:07Oh, wow.
31:09Keep coming.
31:11Slough him right.
31:13Right, hold your slew there.
31:14Hold your slew there.
31:17Just jib down, mate.
31:18All the way down, we'll get hands on.
31:19It's taken an hour, but the flying house is landing beautifully.
31:25To your left a little bit.
31:27Hold it there.
31:28How's that?
31:29Yeah, we're pretty good.
31:29Let's bang on there, aren't we?
31:31Happy?
31:31Oh, in.
31:33All right.
31:34Yay!
31:38Afriam, it's fixed.
31:41Afriam need not leg it.
31:43Crucially, everything is intact despite the knock.
31:47Check it out.
31:49Oh, wow.
31:50All right, first one was a bit of a struggle.
31:53Getting the angles right to start with is Ricky,
31:55because we don't know the centre of mass
31:56until we pick it up with that crane.
31:58Our factory crane picks it up,
31:59but with a different rigging scenario,
32:00so we don't know how it's going to behave here.
32:02So the first one's always a bit of a challenge,
32:04but now that's done, it'll go a bit smoother.
32:06But Kenton's now really behind.
32:09As dawn breaks, instead of lifting the fourth as planned,
32:12they're only on the second with the third lined up.
32:15The local school run is looming large.
32:19All right, we're ready.
32:19So I'm running the gauntlet with truck four,
32:23leading the way for the biggest brute of them all,
32:2520-tonne truck five.
32:27Jake must clearly be experienced.
32:31It's my first time doing a wide load.
32:33I've been driving two and a half years.
32:34No.
32:35Oh, Lord.
32:37Taxi, please.
32:38But we're off.
32:39Just as at Pete and Eddie's,
32:40the second module is being lowered
32:42within a cat's whisker of the first.
32:45Oh, wow.
32:46Look at that.
32:47It's such a line, isn't it?
32:48We've got a bit of a tight right-hander now.
32:53OK.
32:53I'm also beginning to feel the squeeze.
32:57God, I don't know how you're going to do this.
32:59The road is funneling ever narrower.
33:02Well done, Jake.
33:03You can just see the other lorry behind me now.
33:10This isn't too bad for me.
33:12It'll be more difficult for him.
33:13That was close.
33:18Clear with it, mate.
33:20We're now on a single lane, single carriageway.
33:23Yeah, so any vehicle that can come in towards us now
33:25have got to pull right over.
33:26So now we're creeping.
33:35We're doing, what, eight miles an hour or something?
33:37Yes.
33:37Ten miles an hour.
33:38We've got to hit the trees,
33:39but I want to hit them as slowly as possible.
33:41So as to bend the branches?
33:42Yes.
33:44Smack them.
33:45Oh, yeah.
33:46I'm just trying to stay in the middle as I can.
33:50Oh.
33:51Not a movement there.
33:53Oh, God.
33:55I find it all a bit nerve-wracking.
33:57Just coming around the corner, it's a massive crane.
34:00Yeah, it is a massive crane.
34:09We're here.
34:10Yeah, well done.
34:12Taking my mind off the stress.
34:14That was rather epic.
34:18After all that, I feel quite giddy.
34:21And I wasn't even travelling with this giant cargo.
34:27Good Lord.
34:29Hey.
34:30Hey.
34:30Hello.
34:31It's your last truck, isn't it?
34:32It's the last one.
34:33Yeah, yeah.
34:34Yes.
34:34How's it been?
34:35Hearts in your mouth or has it been cool?
34:37There was one very loud noise about ten past four.
34:41I'm not entirely sure what happened,
34:43but nobody seemed to panic.
34:46Nothing seemed to be broken.
34:47No, I'm quite speechless.
34:50Has the excitement worn off?
34:51No, not yet.
34:52Do you see?
34:52No.
34:52Even the grown-ups?
34:53No.
34:56And this is the bedroom wing?
34:59Your bedroom wing?
35:00The bedroom wing.
35:01Yeah, I think this is the biggest one.
35:02OK.
35:05And in flight, it does look remarkable.
35:08There's something completely mesmerising about this process.
35:13OK.
35:15Keep going.
35:16Incredibly, in less than five hours, Pete and A's Z-shaped home has docked.
35:25It's barely touched down, but Kenton's team are in, connecting it all.
35:31Thousands of screws will bond the units inside and out and to the steelwork underneath.
35:37This building's not going anywhere.
35:39Amazing.
35:40Look at it.
35:43For Pete and A, it's a voyage of discovery.
35:46I didn't know we had wide towns.
35:47I didn't either.
35:49Miraculously, everything survived.
35:53Look at that.
35:55All the tiles are still intact.
35:58It's here, it's here.
36:02Oh.
36:04So good.
36:05They've been promised the keys in just four weeks, but what a day.
36:10What a journey.
36:12Flying through the air here, every module has kissed almost every branch of the surrounding oaks without breaking them.
36:22It's been so delicate and so intimate.
36:26But now, the work sort of has to really begin, because the thing still looks like a blinking port-a-cabin, doesn't it?
36:33Because this building has to not just kiss the landscape, it has to embrace it.
36:39And the landscape and the setting here, of course, has to embrace it.
36:44It's high summer in West Sussex.
36:59Just two months ago, I watched open-mouthed as A and Pete's modular home gracefully docked.
37:07And here I am again, heading there for the last time.
37:11I can't believe that I've only known Pete and A for six months.
37:15There's been no blood spilt on this project, no tears other than those of joy, and no sweat, really.
37:22Although I did lose at least a litre in that truck.
37:25Oh, my goodness.
37:26The only question, I suppose, is, most of it feels alien.
37:31I don't want this thing to feel and look like a sort of caravan, you know?
37:36This house has got to absolutely be proper architecture.
37:41It's got to be part of where it is.
37:44So, has it managed to put roots down?
37:54Oh, ho, ho, ho!
37:56Wow.
38:02My word.
38:05That is sharp.
38:07It is darkly handsome.
38:11The home with attitude.
38:12It's dynamic and skewed to fit the site,
38:16as if it were a massive black machine that's turning.
38:22I mean, that is no ordinary bungalow.
38:25That is a low, brooding, land scraper of a building.
38:31The skin and the angles, the three offset roofs add movement and tension,
38:37although all that is resolved at ground level with planting.
38:40It doesn't look pre-assembled at all.
38:43Beautiful.
38:45It is very good indeed.
38:49Hey.
38:50Hello.
38:51Hello.
38:52Hello.
38:53Hello.
38:54Hello, Pete.
38:55Well, this is fresh.
38:56Hi.
38:57Good to see you.
38:58Very good to see you.
38:59Very good to see you.
39:00You're looking really well, the pair of you.
39:01You look ten years younger, the pair of you.
39:02How have you been for a start?
39:03Pretty well.
39:04Yeah.
39:05We've been here, what, six weeks?
39:06It's like a holiday home at the moment.
39:07Yeah.
39:08How soon after the delivery was that then?
39:10Five weeks.
39:11It just sounds like sort of building heaven to me.
39:12It pretty much played out how we hoped it would.
39:13Yeah.
39:14I think we were lucky.
39:15Yeah.
39:16We had some really good people.
39:17The one question in my head was, does it look like Gavin's stuck together?
39:20It doesn't feel like that at all.
39:21No.
39:22And there are details I'm beginning to see now that are really, mmm, so good.
39:26That fantastic end profile of the standing seam roof.
39:27Yeah.
39:28Just these little tiny blades sticking up, fins.
39:29It looks sharp, huh?
39:30What's your take on it though?
39:31When you take the dog for a walk and you come back and see it, what's your response?
39:33Instant smile and it's like his home was like, yeah.
39:34Yeah.
39:35Yeah.
39:36Yeah.
39:37Yeah.
39:38Yeah.
39:39Yeah.
39:40Yeah.
39:41Yeah.
39:42Yeah.
39:43Yeah.
39:44Yeah.
39:45Yeah.
39:46Yeah.
39:47Yeah.
39:48Yeah.
39:49Yeah.
39:50Yeah.
39:51Yeah.
39:52Yeah.
39:53Yeah.
39:54Yeah, I love to it.
39:55Yeah.
39:56Yeah, I love you.
39:57Yeah, I love to.
39:58Really would.
39:59Yeah.
40:01Outside this Welsh eco house made from Welsh wood stands its ground.
40:07How homey do you suppose it is inside?
40:12Oh, it's not black.
40:13It's really not.
40:14It's light.
40:15What a welcome reception this is.
40:19It's really elegantly done and thought about.
40:22about where's the join i can't see the join between the buildings no you can't see the join
40:27the point is it's now just one integrated home oh yeah pulling you to its core that is terrific
40:39this space is sort of magnetic isn't it it's so long
40:46makes it super elegant but these views either end just pull you even further
40:52because it's surrounded by trees it feels like you're in a clearing of a forest or something
40:57yes it's pretty mind-blowing kitchen's great lovely absolute command center where you just
41:02look and yeah and forget to cook yeah how much was it all this something like 42 42 000 pounds
41:11for a kitchen yeah that's quite a lot of money for a kitchen yeah but then it is made by people from
41:18oak and it's sort of proper it's pretty nice are these yours yes i made those do they glow a little
41:25a little bit yeah just slightly just springs them alive that's so beautiful it's all simple harmonious
41:33and spacious straightforward elegant qualities one thing that you don't expect from a prefabricated
41:40home is that it's going to give you space room to breathe very nice we're in the middle of the zed
41:51by the pond is the kids wing alice and joe's bedrooms with their own ensuite
41:57at the other end of the adults quarters super civilized
42:01so your little study is in the wing if i need to shout at people in here i can yeah you can find
42:11privacy which is lovely it's all self-contained there's a private bathroom followed by a walk-in
42:20wardrobe tiny luxury i dream of that next door a and pete's bedroom oh this is nice so sweet the sloping
42:31ceiling it's rather good isn't it yeah it's quite cozy nothing bears witness to its factory origins
42:39just its speedy arrival so the kids haven't aged in this process
42:44joe how's it been the past few months disruptive or smooth for you well for me it's been pretty
42:51smooth but you've got your own wing yeah it's kind of neat i think it's really cool we've got a lot
42:57more space than before i think they did really well yeah yeah uh luna what do you think oh okay yeah
43:06yeah that's you've made your views really clear there yeah you have you love it here
43:11so all the clients are content there's been little personal cost less environmental cost
43:20than a similar sized traditional building i like this whole outdoor deck lifestyle thing
43:26but perhaps it's hurt financially so how much is all this cost just north of 800. we started
43:34with 750 most of it is through things that we've chosen to do a posh kitchen a posh kitchen yeah you
43:43know the quality of the decking there are a few glitches on the way through bats it took a while for
43:49for the bat license to come through yeah i mean it just bunched everything up which meant the groundwork
43:55going to work a bit harder but we're quibbling it's been super smooth so they'd landed it on time
44:04yeah it cost what it was going to cost barring the extras yeah yeah and the quality is beautiful
44:13i've never really seen a building where you could get all three
44:22what does it mean to you then it's gonna go no it's just it's happy just you know it's complete
44:30isn't it it's just family together feel like i feel like i'm home yeah yeah
44:37uh it's happy tears
44:49oh what a balanced and tranquil and calm building this is and it had a pretty harmonious delivery
44:58didn't it as well i'm sure you're thinking where were the problems why did nothing go wrong and
45:05that's that's the problem with our society our way of thinking we really do think things are going
45:11to come back and bite us on the bum that results from what a thousand years of western christian
45:17thinking that teaches us that you can't get anything of quality in this world without suffering on the
45:25way through no pain no gain and yet there are more ancient philosophies like that of epicurus the greek
45:34who said no you can go another way there doesn't need to be suffering you can be balanced you can be
45:41harmonious you can be careful and meditative about what you do enjoy the process on the way through
45:47and achieve wonderful results goodness me this building speaks of that philosophy
46:05and what an extraordinary sight to find yourselves in the dream opportunity to build their own house
46:10provided they're prepared to live a low-carbon life we have to acknowledge that these people are
46:15the most extraordinary pioneers i totally thoroughly believe in what we're doing and why we're doing
46:20it definitely you could do it cheaper going down the greener route it's going to cost more but he's
46:24you know committed to that yeah money's a worry a tiny tiny budget but can we just finish this house i'll try
46:30it's going to be fine
46:41so
46:48so
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