Grand Designs Season 17 Episode 4 | Essex: Black House
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Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Parsons, an artist and teacher who decided to seize the day and build her own private hideaway in a woodland environment in Essex after she recovered from a serious illness. Together with her architect husband David, Michelle planned to construct a sleek, black-clad, three bedroom house complete with an art studio. However, torrential rain and a potentially disastrous gas leak stalled progress on the build, and as construction gets under way, Kevin wonders whether the couple's decision to eliminate windows on two sides of the property may leave them living in a gloomy bunker.
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Grand Designs is a British television series produced by Boundless Productions (originally part of Talkback Thames) and broadcast which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Grand Designs has been presented by Kevin McCloud since it first aired in April 1999, and 141 episodes have been broadcast in thirteen series. Kevin McCloud follows people as they build their dream house, often focusing on modern design, energy efficiency, maximizing space and views.