Grand Designs AU

Hunter Valley. Rita and James have just 230 thousand dollars to self-build a sustainable, off-grid family home for themselves and their two kids. They plan to use recycled plastic bags, milk cartons, home-made bricks, and an earthen floor.

Interlaken Lodge. Richard and Erin Sims start out building a farm-style lodge, however it balloons into a building of epic proportions, complete with three 'wings', seven-metre-high chimneys, and thousands of hand-picked dolerite stones.

Yass Earth Berm. Psychologist Paul North has employed his son Josh to take on the unique task of building a bullet proof earth berm house, deep in New South Wales' Yass Valley.

Sherwood River. Richard Rowles plans to live with climate change, by building a flood proof house on the banks of the volatile Brisbane River.

Blue Mountains Tardis. Builder Nick is hoping to build his wife Rachel the ultimate house in the idyllic Blue Mountains; a place that for the first time in her life, she can finally call home.

Dover Heights. Acclaimed Australian architect Ed Lippmann discovers transforming his childhood home into a signature steel and glass showpiece may be the most daunting assignment of his storied career.

Rye Cave. At Rye on the Mornington Peninsula, Ryan plans to build a unique home, with boulders in the living room, and his bedroom in a cave.

Horse Shoe Hill. Following a cancer diagnosis, Gary and Lorilie set out to build a multi-million dollar multigenerational family home.

Cygnet Earthship. Locked out of Melbourne's soaring housing market, Matt and Kate move to Tasmania to build two Earthships with no building experience.

Newtown Impossible. A homeowner takes a rundown heritage-listed workers cottage in the middle of the Sydney suburb of Newtown and transforms it into a beautiful, fully sustainable off-grid home. (Final)