List of Grand Designs Australia episodes
This is a list of episodes from the television series Grand Designs Australia.
Grand Designs Australia (2010–present)
The episode guide below shows the episodes as they aired or will air.
Series 1 (2010)
| Ep no | Title | Location | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bushfire House" | Callignee, Victoria | 21 October 2010 |
| After spending 2 years building his dream home in Callignee, Victoria, the worst bushfires in Victoria's history (Black Saturday) burnt the home of Chris Clarke to the ground. After recovering from the shock, Chris decides to rebuild his home on the same site, and the idea of Callignee 2 is born. Follow Chris on his journey to build his spectacular new home in the Australian bush. | |||
| 2 | "Very Small House" | Bellevue Ln, Surry Hills, Sydney | 28 October 2010 |
| Architect Domenic Alvaro and his partner Sue Bassett purchase a tiny corner car park (7m x 6m) and turn it into 220 square metres of fantastic living space. Despite a rapid pace of construction using prefabricated concrete components, their vertical build faces many interesting challenges. The design won a 2011 World Architecture Festival award | |||
| 3 | "Southport Heritage House" | Meron St, Southport, Queensland | 4 November 2010 |
| Jan and Ed Gillman painstakingly restore a tumbled-down weatherboard (one of the oldest homes in the region) in Southport, to its former glory. | |||
| 4 | "Clovelly House" | 53 Knox St, Clovelly, Sydney | 11 November 2010 |
| Julie and Patrick Eltridge purchase an asbestos-riddled house in Sydney’s beachside Clovelly and in its place build a modern architecturally designed home using a Melbourne firm of 'pre-fab' builders, who custom build them a modular home that is trucked to Sydney and assembled on site. | |||
| 5 | "Lake Bennett House" | Lake Bennett, Northern Territory | 18 November 2010 |
| Trevor and Francoise Sullivan (and their friends) build a cyclone proof tropical tree house that is windowless and based on the shape of a 50 cent piece. | |||
| 6 | "Hamptons House" | Gold Coast Hinterlands, Queensland | 25 November 2010 |
| On their 4,000 square metre block, Steve and Lisa Morley live the American dream and build a Hampton's style home in the Gold Coast hinterlands. | |||
| 7 | "Fish Creek Church House" | Fish Creek, Victoria | 2 December 2010 |
| Engineer Peter Riedel and his wife Mary purchase an 1870’s church for $20,000 and re-build it into a beautiful home. | |||
| 8 | "Cottage Point House" | Cottage Point, New South Wales | 9 December 2010 |
| Drew Muirhead builds a spectacular Balinese resort style mansion in leafy Cottage Point. The end result has a private beach with boatshed and speedboat, but the journey to the finish line isn't easy with the slope of the block and access to it posing a number of building challenges.[1] | |||
| 9 | "Indented Head House" | Indented Head, Victoria | 16 December 2010 |
| Ian McDonald and Rob Wilhelm build a spectacular $1.8 million dollar home overlooking Port Phillip Bay on the Bellarine Peninsula. | |||
Series 2 (2012)
| Ep no | Title | Location | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Brighton Sixties" | Brighton, Victoria | 5 April 2012 |
| Over the years, Nick and Anna McKimm have almost made a hobby of renovating, selling and moving on. But with three young children, they’re ready to lay down permanent roots and build their dream home. A sleek, modernist, 60’s inspired family residence on a large, half acre block in Melbourne’s bayside suburb, Brighton. | |||
| 2 | "Paynesville Industrial" | Paynesville, Victoria | 12 April 2012 |
| Ten years ago retired Civil Engineer Bernie Ryan and his wife Ruth, packed up their three kids and moved to Paynesville, a charming seaside town in Victoria's popular Gippsland Lakes region. Bernie’s a tinkerer with a huge shed filled with crazy projects started in a flurry, but left unfinished. | |||
| 3 | "Five Dock Retro" | 56 Preston Ave, Five Dock, NSW | 19 April 2012 |
| Anne Potter loves all things retro - the fashion, the cars... even the hairstyles. So ten years ago, it was no surprise that she and husband Michael snapped up a modest 60’s bungalow overlooking the harbour in Sydney’s Five Dock. | |||
| 4 | "Kyneton Flat Pack" | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria | 26 April 2012 |
| Kyneton, a country town in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges, is known for historic architecture and bustling farmers markets. It’s the perfect place for foodies Rod Moore and Di Foggo – who are embarking on a huge life change. They’re farewelling a classic Victorian home with traditional furnishings and building a brand new, cutting edge flat pack house on a rugged escarpment overlooking the racecourse. | |||
| 5 | "Trinity Beach Pole House" | Trinity Beach, Queensland | 3 May 2012 |
| Daniel Leipnik and Andrew Preston have long cherished the dream of a laid-back, barefoot life in the tropics. And they have found the ideal location at Trinity Beach near Cairns in Far North Queensland. Their ambitious new home will grace a hillside block bordering a World Heritage rainforest and overlooking the Coral Sea. | |||
| 6 | "Gladysdale Dry Stone House" | Gladysdale, Victoria | 10 May 2012 |
| For nine years, Michael and Sandy Rutledge have been making the weekend pilgrimage to their lush 20 acre property in Gladysdale, an hour east of Melbourne. Now they’re leaving the city for a permanent tree change and building a new family home on their acreage. | |||
| 7 | "Stonyfell Watertank" | Stoneyfell, South Australia | 17 May 2012 |
| Life in Adelaide, the driest capital city in Australia, has made Mike Dare and wife Lowen Partridge passionate about conserving water. Like many people, they decided to put a couple of water tanks in their new house. But these are tanks with a difference. | |||
| 8 | "Yellingbo Artist's House" | Yellingbo, Victoria | 24 May 2012 |
| Art teacher and sculptor Laurie Smith and his wife Renee Hoareau, a trained artist turned web designer, are both zealous art lovers; so joy of joys when, after years of searching they found the ideal block to create their ‘sculpture in space’. | |||
| 9 | "Battery Point Glass House" | Hobart, Tasmania | 31 May 2012 |
| Adventurous, outdoorsy types, Greg Kay and Trish Knight, live in the ideal spot to enjoy nature - right on the waterfront in Hobart’s exclusive Battery Point. The plan is to subdivide, sell the heritage cottage at the front of the block and build a new house at the back, facing the water. But councils have a way of altering even the best laid plans – and after several set backs and a re-think, Greg and Trish find themselves embarking on an epic upsizing adventure. | |||
| 10 | "Steels Creek Earth House" | Steels Creek, Victoria | 7 June 2012 |
| Edd & Amanda lost everything when bushfires swept through Steels Creek. Determined to stay with the land they love, they're building a concrete bunker embedded in the landscape with one side facing the outside world. | |||
Series 3 (2012)
| Ep no | Title | Location | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mansfield Indoor/Outdoor" | Mansfield, Victoria | 18 October 2012 |
| Victoria's high country is the idyllic location of Pamela & Stuart's quaint little weekender but with a permanent move here looming, it's time to upsize. Will their new outward focussing house, have the same charm? | |||
| 2 | "Hampton Timber" | Hampton, Victoria | 25 October 2012 |
| Jenny & Brett are replacing their loved Californian Bungalow with a sculptural, Japanese style all timber house with wrap-around pool. Pure dedication ensures this uniquely challenging build triumphs despite the challenges. | |||
| 3 | "Balnarring Rammed Earth" | Balnarring, Victoria | 1 November 2012 |
| Eco conscious entertainers Claire and Lisa adore their hobby farming lifestyle on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, but the cute 1930's beach shack they've long shared with two pugs has lost its once savoured charm. They're upgrading and building a sustainable, modernist, entertainers' home that blends sophisticated design elements with rammed earth, recycled materials and raw finishes. It all sounds glamorous and straightforward but with a zero contingency budget what happens when a wet winter meets an insidious clay soil? | |||
| 4 | "Warburton Arch House" | Warburton, Victoria | 8 November 2012 |
| Tyrone & Hailey follow the advice of a feng shui expert or 'energy ecologist' throughout construction of their new house. An owner-built labour of love, their passive solar building has a curved living roof planted with native grasses. | |||
| 5 | "Byron Bay Beach House" | Brownell Dr, Byron Bay, New South Wales | 15 November 2012 |
| Max and Mariella have been planning to relocate to Bryon Bay since the birth of their daughter Ruby. As successful property developers, an ambitious build shouldn't be a problem - but handing over control to a local building team is harder than they thought. From the outset they make fundamental changes to the design making it a headache for the builder and for Max. Something has to give - especially when the bank learns the house they're loaning money on isn't quite the house being built. | |||
| 6 | "Annandale Urban House" | Johnston Ln, Annandale, New South Wales | 22 November 2012 |
| Brett and Rees are the proud parents of three young boys and desperately need more space. They love their inner west community in Sydney's Annandale, so the plan is to build on the small empty allotment behind their apartment. The first sod has barely been turned when one of the heritage buildings on their boundary is in danger of collapsing. Exhausted by ongoing battles and a build that's months behind schedule - will Brett & Rees have enough grit and determination to see their project through to completion? | |||
| 7 | "Barossa Valley Glass House" | Barossa Valley, South Australia | 29 November 2012 |
| James & Helen plan to capture breathtaking Barossa views in their elegant new home. 60 metres long, 1 room wide and virtually all glass, it looks straightforward on paper. The complicated part is building it. | |||
| 8 | "Ocean View House" | Ocean View, Queensland | 6 December 2012 |
| There's nothing flimsy about Brunella & Carlo's contemporary home in QLD's Ocean View. It's 'semi brutalist' architecture designed to last and driven by Brunella's passion for concrete. | |||
Series 4 (2013)
| Ep no | Title | Location | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Inverloch Sand Dune House" | Inverloch, Victoria | 10 October 2013 |
| After eight years of planning, Melbourne couple Glenn and Kate Morris are finally making a start on their striking, sustainable ‘sand dune’ house near Inverloch on Victoria’s Gippsland coastline. | |||
| 2 | "South Melbourne Brick House" | South Melbourne, Victoria | 17 October 2013 |
| Greg and his partner knock down their old brick home to create a new one, with each brick being individually coloured. | |||
| 3 | "Torrens Park Modern Mansion" | Torrens Park, South Australia | 24 October 2013 |
| A multi-million dollar mansion built on a difficult hillside block of land. | |||
| 4 | "Hornsby Heights Adobe" | Hornsby Heights, NSW | 31 October 2013 |
| Kerri and Judi want to construct a Adobe style building with clay rendered walls and exposed timber in Hornsby Heights, NSW. | |||
| 5 | "Richmond Inner City" | Richmond, Victoria | 7 November 2013 |
| An inner city house on a hidden block of land with no street frontage, built behind terrace houses. | |||
| 6 | "Forest Lodge Eco House" | 43A Foss St, Forest Lodge, NSW | 14 November 2013 |
| Chris and his family bought a 4.9m wide spot of land next to their existing house on which to expand onto to create a sustainable inner city home. | |||
| 7 | "Ilford Sheep Station" | Ilford, NSW | 21 November 2013 |
| The Bayfields build a house for their family of 6 on the highest point on their 1000-acre property. | |||
| 8 | "Hunters Hill Textural" | Hunters Hill, NSW | 28 November 2013 |
| A family of 3 knock down their house in the prestegous Sydney suburb of Hunters hill to, at the surprise of their neighbours, build a smaller house. The house will feature a large floating concrete slab with hanging gardens. | |||
| 9 | "King Island Whale Tail" | King Island, TAS | 05 December 2013 |
| A couple move from their home in Northern Australia to build their new home in the harsh environment of King Island in Bass Strait. | |||
| 10 | "Curved House" | Dynnyrne, TAS | 12 December 2013 |
| Self confessed hippies Cole and Jane Bradshaw bought a thin sliver of land on an exceptionally steep site only a landscaper could love, in the hilly suburb of Dynnyrne in Hobart …… a place they chose as much for the tight knit community it sits in, as for the location itself. | |||
Series 5 (2014)
| Ep no | Title | Location | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Graceville Container House" | 8 Jaora St, Graceville, QLD | 9th October 2014 |
| An experimental three storey house made entirely from 31 new shipping containers. | |||
| 2 | "Mt. Eliza Modern" | Mt. Eliza, VIC | 16th October 2014 |
| The single longest build in Grand Designs Australia's history. This 6 year build was all about getting their dream house absolutely perfect. | |||
| 3 | "Claremont Origami" | 3A Queen St, Claremont, WA | 23rd October 2014 |
| An architect, Ariane Prevost, at the peak of her career, puts it aside to design and build a house for herself and her husband Neil. | |||
| 4 | "Foxground Pavilion" | Foxground, NSW | 30th October 2014 |
| After 30 years as a civil engineer, Joe Cato sells his building business to spend more time with his kids and build a new house. This house will be completed entirely by rammed earth construction. | |||
| 5 | "Port Melbourne Urban Green" | 21 Alfred St, Port Melbourne, VIC | 6th November 2014 |
| Some people have the ability to see beyond the function of an object - to see it as a work of art……and it’s that premise that’s driven Melbourne doctors, Ian and Ann Howard, to create a home like no other. Their plan is to build a 3 storey house clad entirely with water tanks – massive 2 metre high ‘H’ shaped black plastic beasts that will form the skin of their new house. | |||
| 6 | "Toowoomba English Farmhouse" | Toowoomba, QLD | 13th November 2014 |
| After years working abroad, Sarah and English born husband Alistair Brodie-Fraser decided to relocate back to Sarah’s home town of Toowoomba in Queensland. This time the move will be permanent – close to Sarah’s extended family. But with Sarah’s father being German, her mother Scottish and Alistair’s connection with the UK, memories of Europe were bound to have some influence in the design of their new house. | |||
| 7 | "Williamstown Bluestone" | Williamstown, VIC | 20th November 2014 |
| When Jason Bretell and Jennifer Pancari first set eyes on a dilapidated old bluestone cottage in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Williamstown, it was love at first sight. The 150 year old derelict structure was left almost frozen in time with decaying tools, utensils, and other remnants amongst the ruins – bits and pieces Jason and Jen hope to salvage as they bring the cottage back to life. | |||
| 8 | "Brookfield Spotted Gum" | Brookfield, QLD | 27th November 2014 |
| The brief to their architect was simple. A home that not only makes the very best of its location, but is truly unique. In short, as different as possible from the traditional ranch style and Queenslander neighbours. | |||
| 9 | "Pipers Creek Strawbale House" | Pipers Creek, VIC | 4th December 2014 |
| Like many people, Dean and Sherril Lamb yearn for a simpler existence, for them and their three children. But unlike most people, they’re actually going to try and make it happen. They’ve sold their successful fruit shop and home in Warragul and bought 40 acres in Pipers Creek in country Victoria; all in the pursuit of total self sufficiency. | |||
| 10 | "Faraday Aussie Bush House" | Faraday, VIC | 11th December 2014 |
| Before Matt McLelland’s wife Anne died six years ago, they’d been looking for a rural property to build on - a place to call home for them and for their four adult children to come to visit. So when Matt stumbled across 40 acres in central Victoria with spectacular views to Mt Alexander’s granite hill side, he knew he’d found the spot. | |||
References
- ↑ Jonathan Chancellor (July 8, 2013). "Notting Lane Cottage Point waterfront with disco sold for $3.35 million by Drew Muirhead". Property Observer. Retrieved December 11, 2014.