In the second round of this heat, the three remaining designers take on one of the most demanding rooms to redesign on a tight budget – the kitchen. They're each working in a Victorian Half-House, in Walthamstow, North East London, where architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff looks at the story behind these early apartments, and the family who built them. Despite the bigger challenge of transforming a kitchen, our designers still have just £1000 and a small team across just three days. One designer faces disaster when their kitchen units fall apart – putting them behind schedule and giving them and their team a huge amount of work to do. The second designer struggles after what should have been a simple job of fitting a new floor suffers a massive hold up… they must keep focussed in order to complete their scheme in time. Meanwhile the final designer is almost overwhelmed with spatial planning issues, after being asked to incorporate a lounge area to one end of the kitchen. With such a difficult task comes a difficult decision for the judges, who must decide which two designers have the talent to go through to the next round, and which one will leave the competition.
In the last round of this heat, just two designers are left competing for one coveted spot in the quarter final. They must transform an awkward attic bedroom each, in two desirable 1960s riverside homes in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. They'll have to be more creative than ever in these high end prope...
It's the start of the fourth and final heat. Our last group of wannabe designers will compete across three challenges to win one place in the quarter final. This time they'll be transforming a bedroom each in an unusual self-build estate in South London. Hoping to fill the last spot in the quarte...
In the second round of this heat, the three remaining designers take on the challenge of a reception room in the historic model village of Bournville, in Birmingham. Architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff explores the story behind the buildings; a Victorian reimagining of a traditional village. For...
