
Building The Dream
Many people think building their dream home is out of their budget. But it doesn't have to be. As far as architectural designer Charlie Luxton is concerned, it doesn't have to break the bank, and he wants to prove it. As presenter of `Building the Dr...
Building The Dream
Many people think building their dream home is out of their budget. But it doesn't have to be. As far as architectural designer Charlie Luxton is concerned, it doesn't have to break the bank, and he wants to prove it. As presenter of `Building the Dream', Luxton works with potential homeowners looking to turn a plot of land into their dream home that suits their lifestyles but doesn't cost too much to build. He helps them get the best out of their designs and introduces them to others who have created their own dream homes. The first-time builders then must choose whether to take the advice under consideration in their designs or ignore it and stick to their original plans.
Building The Dream
Many people think building their dream home is out of their budget. But it doesn't have to be. As far as architectural designer Charlie Luxton is concerned, it doesn't have to break the bank, and he wants to prove it. As presenter of `Building the Dr...

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Episode 1: Hertfordshire
Architectural designer Charlie Luxton helps people build their dream homes. In Hertfordshire, Adam a...
Episode 2: Surrey
Charlie goes messing about on the river with Bill and Angie Jenkins, who plan to knock down their co...
Episode 3: Somerset
Charlie Luxton meets Andrew and Vicki Dodden in Somerset, who have big plans to build their own eco-...
Episode 4: West Sussex
Charlie Luxton meets Ian and Steph Shaw who are self-building an oak-framed cottage in West Sussex....
Episode 5: Wales
Charlie Luxton heads to Wales to meet Josh and Rhian Cooper, who plan to replace a 1960s detached ho...
Episode 6: Perthshire
Charlie meets Pete and Jen Chumley, who are building a five bedroom family home in rural Perthshire...
Episode 7: Cambridgeshire
Charlie heads for Over in Cambridgeshire, where he meets Sally and John Lane, who are planning to sa...
Episode 8: Hastings
Charlie meets Liz and Robin Leonard, who plan to build a three bedroom home with views over the Suss...
Episode 9: North Somerset
Charlie goes to the West Country to meet Kevin and Liz Davies, who want to build a new family home....
Episode 10: Warwickshire
Mark and Abigail Smyth want to build a barn style home and by choosing to self-build hope to save ar...
Episode 11: Yarm
Charlie visits Andy and Mandy Boylett in Yarm, in the north east of England, where the couple are bu...
Episode 1: Shropshire
Charlie helps Richard Southgate and his wife Kate as they build a five-bedroom family home in the be...
Episode 2: Buckinghamshire
Charlie assists with an eco-build on the banks of the Severn. Ele and Steve George could save themse...
Episode 3: Gloucestershire
Charlie assists with an eco-build on the banks of the Severn. Ele and Steve George could save themse...
Episode 4: Cheshire
Charlie Luxton looks to help retired couple Steve and Chris Elliot realise their dream of a modern e...
Episode 5: Hertfordshire
Mark and Gillian Webb plan to build a large, modern home in the style of a Georgian rectory in Hertf...
Episode 6: Hampshire
Royal Navy helicopter pilot Chris Bennett and wife Sonya plan on demolishing a rundown bungalow and...
Episode 7: Devon
Charlie Luxton heads to Devon to help glass-blower Siddy Langley self-build a combined home and stud...
Episode 8: Norfolk
Gavin Panella and Chantal Schaul are self-building a little bit of continental Europe in the heart o...
Episode 9: Herefordshire
Tim and Fliss hope to get on the property ladder by self-building their first home together on a tin...
Episode 10: Hull
Charlie helps fellow architect Jamie Ashton and his fiancée Joanne Scurr to self-build the perfect f...
Episode 11: East Sussex
Charlie Luxton heads to East Sussex, where paramedic Steve and his partner Hannah are self-building...
Episode 1: Yorkshire
Rob and Claire Hartley are building a farmhouse on a spectacular site on their Yorkshire farm. Charl...
Episode 2: Kent
Tracie and Craig want to knock down Tracie's childhood bungalow in Kent and replace it with a bold,...
Episode 3: Cumbria
Charlie Luxton heads to Cumbria, where Andy and Amy have set their hearts on self-building a huge fo...
Episode 4: Cotswolds
Charlie Luxton's own plans are on the line as he's commissioned to build a house for Tara and Dimitr...
Episode 5: Humberside
Charlie Luxton helps Mick and Sally Wood build an enormous family home from the barns of a Grade II...
Episode 6: Cornwall
Charlie's in Cornwall helping Shelton and Jayne build a large, four-bed home in the back garden of t...
Episode 7: Wiltshire
Charlie helps first-time self-builders Vince and Jackie Macey to create a super-sustainable, three-b...
Episode 8: Devon
Charlie helps some turkey farmers who are desperate to finally put a proper roof over their kids' he...
Episode 9: Gloucestershire
Charlie Luxton meets Karen and Colin, who want to self-build a family home with an ultra-modern meta...
Episode 1: Newcastle
Charlie meets Duncan and Susan Marshall, who hope to build a large Georgian-inspired home. But ancie...
Episode 2: Peak District
Charlie comes to the aid of architect Matthew Lewis, who wants to build the perfect family home in a...
Episode 3: Lancashire
Charlie Luxton meets a Lancashire couple trying to make a home on one of the most challenging sites...
Episode 4: Sterlingshire
Charlie meets Morag and Heiko Buxel at their continental pre-fabricated home. The self-build should...
Episode 5: South Lanarkshire Barn
Charlie meets Jayne and Alistair Lewis, who are trying to self-build an innovative, barn-style home...
Episode 6: North Somerset
In north Somerset, Charlie Luxton visits Antony and Hayley Wild's striking self-build contemporary h...
Episode 7: Hastings Revisit
Charlie Luxton returns to Hastings to find out if Robin and Liz's dream New England-style home is li...
Episode 8: Pembrokeshire
Charlie helps Graham and Dorothy with their upside-down eco-house by the sea. Can they get the job d...
Episode 9: Loughborough
Charlie Luxton comes to the aid of Liz and Craig in Loughborough, who can't agree on what the dream...
Episode 1: Cotswolds
Charlie heads for the Cotswolds and Mandy and Tony Slater's ambitious self-build on a steep slope on...
Episode 2: Scottish Borders
Charlie Luxton visits a unique project in Peebles in Scotland, where the owner wants to build a home...
Episode 3: Birmingham
Paul and Ruby Singh want to build a large home in Birmingham after years spent living miles apart. A...
Episode 4: Isle Of Wight
Charlie Luxton meets a mother and daughter who want to build a stylish contemporary house. But their...
Episode 5: Cornwall
Charlie helps Peter and Mollie Goodman build a continental kit home with coastal views. But his sugg...
Episode 6: Buckinghamshire
Charlie helps Kat Dancer build a contemporary farmhouse on the idyllic farm where she grew up
Episode 7: Cornwall
Charlie meets serial renovators Neil and Suzie, whose huge contemporary build in Cornwall is going t...
Episode 8: South Wales
Jodie and Rhodri Howells must decide to either renovate the 50s bungalow on their countryside plot,...
Episode 9: Lincolnshire
Juana and Trevor plan to knock down some decrepit barns and create their dream home. But is Trevor p...
Episode 1: South East London
Charlie visits Sam and Eryka and their warehouse project in south east London
Episode 2: Hertfordshire
Charlie heads to Hertfordshire to help Roz and Mick Abrahams downsize and build a new compact, conte...
Episode 3: West Sussex
Charlie visits Cathryn and Adam Raybould, who plan to build their dream period home on Cathryn's fam...
Episode 4: Fife
Alan and Lucy are building an upside-down house in Fife with stunning views of the Forth Bridge. Ala...
Episode 5: North Yorkshire
Nick and Fiona plan a large warehouse-inspired home by the side of a canal. But is building on a flo...
Episode 6: Cambridgeshire
Charlie meets Mark and Helen, who have unearthed Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts that could stop the...
Episode 7: Kent
Charlie meets a couple building a modern family home in a conservation area in Kent who prove reluct...
Episode 8: Devon
Graham and Nicky Daniel plan an ambitious contemporary home on a secluded woodland site, doing much...
Episode 9: North Devon
Charlie Luxton meets Brian and Fiona, who want to build a home on a stunning coastal plot. Can Charl...
Episode 1: South London
A self-building couple plan an urban marvel on a tight plot and an even tighter budget
Episode 2: East Yorkshire
Nick and Jane hope to turn an old bungalow into a contemporary home - on a budget so small that it a...
Episode 3: Woking, Surrey
Charlie heads to Woking to meet Jason and Philippa, who think they have discovered the perfect refur...
Episode 4: East Sussex Revisit
Charlie catches up with Steve and an eco-efficient, straw-baled, self-built home set in a woodland g...
Episode 5: Northamptonshire
New couple Rob and Jan aim to build a vicarage-style home in rural Northamptonshire. If Charlie can...
Episode 6: Firth of Forth
Charlie meets a couple who are building a traditional Scottish cottage between Linlithgow and the be...
Episode 7: Cambridgeshire
Charlie heads to Cambridgeshire to meet two self-builders creating a family home that needs to be bo...
Episode 8: Caterham
In Surrey, Ben and Nicola are transforming a dilapidated bungalow into a contemporary split-level ho...
Episode 9: Cambridgeshire
Charlie is in Cambridgeshire, where Darren and Luisa are on a voyage of discovery, building a pictur...
Episode 1: Todmorden, West Yorks
Emma and Martin are battling wind and snow to build a stone home on an imposing hilltop, in a projec...
Episode 2: Cambridgeshire
A Cambridgeshire couple are determined to build a huge barn-style home, but don't appreciate the she...
Episode 3: West Sussex
In West Sussex, Med and Chandni build a large home on a tiny budget doing the work themselves. But d...
Episode 4: Leicestershire Revisit
Charlie catches up with Liz and Craig in Leicestershire. After much pain and hassle the couple have...
Episode 5: Cambridgeshire
Chris and Philippa plan to self-build a smart four bed detached home for the cost of a tiny terrace....
Episode 6: Suffolk
In stunning rural Suffolk, laid back Steve and Susan's hit-and-hope construction of an oak-framed co...
Episode 7: Shrewsbury
Charlie Luxton is in Shrewsbury with Dave and Elly, who are aiming to stamp their mark on a suburban...
Episode 8: New Forest
Charlie heads to the fringes of the New Forest, where serial renovators Glyn and Sue step up to the...
Episode 9: Essex
Charlie Luxton travels to Essex, where Carla and Elliot are striving to deliver a smart contemporary...
Episode 10: Cambridgeshire
Gung-ho Cambridgeshire couple Steve and Sylvia are convinced enthusiasm and blind ambition is enough...
Episode 1: Yorkshire
Helen and Gary have plans for an affordable, and very big, self-build in York. Charlie's the boss of...
Episode 2: Lowestoft, Suffolk
On the Suffolk coast, Charlie Luxton helps newly-retired Marisa and Andrew set out to build a bespok...
Episode 3: Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Charlie Luxton is in Wymeswold in Leicestershire with Ally and James, who've taken a gamble buying a...
Episode 4: Derbyshire
Rookie builders Sean and Jill are building a traditional home with a contemporary twist on an expose...
Episode 5: Devon
In Devon, Charlie revisits glassblower Siddy, who hoped to transform her studio into a home and work...
Episode 6: Berkshire
Tom and Georgina plan to renovate and supersize a run-down bungalow. But when Charlie offers his opi...
Episode 7: West Yorkshire
Charlie's in West Yorkshire with Phil and Adrienne who plan to build a modern home on a tricky slopi...
Episode 8: Essex
Charlie's in Essex with financial analysts Ronnie and Dana who want to convert an ancient barn into...
Episode 9: Norfolk
Charlie's in Norfolk with Ness and Tony who have ambitious plans for their self-build, including a s...
Episode 10: Hampshire
Charlie's in Hampshire with Nikki and Darren, who've struck gold with their stunning seaside plot bu...
Episode 1: Hertfordshire
Charlie's in Hertfordshire with Bob and Wendy, who are creating the perfect place to play music, pai...
Episode 2: Surrey
Charlie's in leafy Surrey with Chris and Gemma, who are building an Arts and Crafts-inspired home of...
Episode 3: Hampshire
Charlie's in Hampshire with Ryan and Jenny, as they bring a derelict barn back from the brink. But k...
Episode 4: Somerset
Charlie meets Tom and Laura, who are realising Tom's long-held ambition to build a home on his famil...
Episode 5: Devon Revisit
Charlie catches up with Graham and Nicky, who planned to build an ambitious family home in the Devon...
Episode 6: Fife
Charlie Luxton meets Olwen and Ben, who are embarking on a daring self-build in the picturesque town...
Episode 7: Falmouth
Charlie Luxton travels to Cornwall to meet Sam and Esme, who are building a home in an old quarry ov...
Episode 8: Leicestershire
Charlie Luxton meets Lloyd and Caroline, who plan to build a sustainable home in Leicestershire. Cha...
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