Grand Designs (1999)

Documentary · Reality-TV

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (3,824 votes)
Seasons: 23
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Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

6.74 avg 8 episodes 6.5 → 6.5 49 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven	6.5	39
2	The English Barn, Oxfordshire	6.7	30
3	The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton	7.4	35
4	The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham	7.1	35
5	The Eco-house, Suffolk	7.1	25
6	The Chapel, Cornwall	6.6	24
7	The House of Straw, Islington	6.0	23
8	The Glass House, Doncaster	6.5	24

Season 2 (2001)

6.76 avg 17 episodes 6.8 → 6.8 48 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Regency Villa, Farnham, Surrey	6.8	25
2	The New England Gable House, Sussex	6.2	17
3	The Wool Mill, Netherton, Yorkshire	6.9	17
4	The Isolated Cottage, Wales	7.9	21
5	The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire	7.0	18
6	The Self-Build, Birmingham	6.7	15
7	The Jewel Box, London	7.2	20
8	The Derelict Barns, Devon	6.7	19
9	The Glass-House: Revisited	6.3	13
10	The Eco-House: Revisited	6.1	12
11	The House of Straw: Revisited	6.7	11
12	The Self-Build: Revisited	5.8	12
13	The Co-Op: Revisited	7.3	16
14	The Isolated Cottage: Revisited	6.8	14
15	The Dilapidated Georgian House: Revisited	6.8	10
16	The Water Tower: Revisited	7.0	15
17	The Derelict Barns: Revisited	6.8	15

Season 6 (2006)

6.85 avg 8 episodes 6.7 → 7.0 48 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Loch House, Killearn, Scotland	6.7	19
2	The Contemporary Barn Conversion, Ross-on-Wye	6.3	18
3	The Contemporary Cedar Clad Home, Stirling, Scotland	6.6	19
4	Water Tower Conversion, Ashford, Kent	7.4	22
5	19th Century Manor House: Revisited	7.0	16
6	300 Year Old Chalet: Revisited	6.6	11
7	Garden House aka Mies van der Rohe Inspired House, Exeter	7.2	17
8	The Curved House: Revisited	7.0	11

Season 7 (2007)

7.26 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 7.3 73 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The 14th Century Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire	8.3	23
2	The Thatched Cottage, Hampshire	6.9	19
3	The Eco-Barge, Medway	6.4	18
4	The Bournemouth Penthouse, Bournemouth	6.9	19
5	The Eco-House: Revisited	7.1	16
6	The Birmingham Church, Tipton, Birmingham	7.0	19
7	The Art Deco House, Guildford	7.5	19
8	The Sliding Glass Roof House: Revisited	7.2	19
9	The Oak-Framed House: Revisited	7.1	14
10	The Cambridgeshire Eco Home, Cambridgeshire Fens	8.0	19
11	The Tuscan Castle: Revisited	7.4	13
12	The Glass & Timber House, Dulwich, London	7.3	16

Season 8 (2008)

7.04 avg 12 episodes 7.2 → 6.3

Bad finale
Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Underground House, Cheltenham	7.2	19
2	The Decagon House, Oxford	7.1	16
3	The Modernist Sugar Cube, Sneyd Park, Bristol	7.0	18
4	The Gothic House, Herefordshire	7.2	24
5	The Lime Kiln House, Midlothian, Scotland	6.8	19
6	The Bath Kit House, Bathwick Hill, Bath, Somerset	7.1	18
7	Masseria Impisi: An Artists' Retreat Revisited	7.4	15
8	The Wooden Box: Revisited	6.5	12
9	Customised German Kit House: Revisited	7.2	16
10	The Victorian Threshing Barn: Revisited	7.7	13
11	The Underground House: Revisited	7.0	14
12	The Hi Tech Bungalow, Maidstone, Kent	6.3	15

Season 9 (2009)

7.17 avg 13 episodes 7.1 → 7.8

Big finale
Rebound

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Apprentice Store, Somerset	7.1	20
2	The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire	7.1	17
3	The Newport Folly, Newport, Wales	6.5	19
4	The Eco Arch, Kent	7.0	21
5	The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany, France	7.2	19
6	The Marlborough Farm House, Wiltshire	7.0	16
7	The Headcorn Minimalist House, Kent	7.4	20
8	The 14th Century Castle: Revisited	7.7	19
9	The Cambridgeshire Eco Home: Revisited	7.7	17
10	The Brighton Modern Mansion, Brighton	6.8	19
11	The Thatched Cottage: Revisited	7.0	16
12	The Loch House: Revisited	6.9	15
13	The Woodsmans Cottage: 2nd Revisited	7.8	15

Season 10 (2010)

6.96 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 6.8 48 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Tree House, Isle of Wight	7.3	35
2	The Stealth House, Cotswolds	6.7	30
3	The Modest Home, Woodbridge	7.0	26
4	The Barn & Guildhall, Stowmarket	6.6	29
5	The Radian House, Ipswich	6.3	23
6	The Scandinavian House, Lizard Peninsula	7.2	28
7	Adaptahaus, Cumbria	6.7	26
8	The Dome House, Lake District National Park	7.2	30
9	The Brittany Groundhouse: Revisited	7.3	22
10	The Glass & Timber House: Revisited	7.4	23
11	A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa: Revisited	7.2	25
12	House from Straw: Revisited	6.8	23
13	The Water Tower: 2nd Revisiting	6.9	23
14	The Lime Kiln House: Revisited	6.8	21

Season 11 (2011)

6.83 avg 12 episodes 6.7 → 7.4

Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Derelict Mill Cottage, Morpeth, Northumberland	6.7	26
2	The Contemporary Mansion, London	6.0	22
3	The Lifeboat Station, Tenby	7.2	29
4	The Large Timber-framed Barn, Essex	6.4	24
5	The Recycled Timber-framed House, Herefordshire	7.3	24
6	The Dilapidated Engine House, Cornwall	7.4	30
7	The Disco Home, London	6.5	26
8	The Dome House: Revisited	6.8	23
9	The Eco Arch: Revisited	7.2	22
10	The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited	6.8	19
11	The Adaptahaus: Revisited	6.2	17
12	The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited	7.4	16

Season 12 (2012)

7.05 avg 12 episodes 6.8 → 7.0 46 min avg

Rebound
Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cloontykilla Castle, Roscommon, Ireland	6.8	46
2	The Computer-cut House, Hertfordshire	7.8	40
3	The Glass Cubes House, Brixton, London	6.3	36
4	The Thames Boathouse, Oxfordshire	7.2	40
5	The Derelict Water Tower, London	7.9	42
6	The Edwardian Artist's Studio, London	7.0	38
7	The Larch-Clad House, Isle of Skye	7.4	38
8	South East London	6.8	25
9	The Tree House: Revisited	7.2	18
10	The Disco Home: Revisited	6.8	17
11	The Large Timber-Framed Barn: Revisited	6.4	17
12	The Co-Op: 2nd Revisiting	7.0	18

Season 13 (2013)

7.08 avg 11 episodes 7.0 → 7.1 46 min avg

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The 1920s Cinema, Thorne, South Yorkshire	7.0	59
2	The Miniature Hollywood Mansion, North London	7.3	45
3	The Giant Farm Shed, York	6.6	44
4	The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage, Devon	6.9	40
5	The Metal Sculptural Home, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire	6.8	41
6	The Japanese House, Monmouthshire	7.0	50
7	The Modernist Masterpiece, Brockwell Park	7.1	40
8	The Cob Castle, Devon	7.5	44
9	The Christmas Farm, Newbury	7.2	46
10	The Modernist Villa: Revisited	7.4	24
11	The Modest Home: Revisited	7.1	20

Season 14 (2014)

7.29 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 46 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Clifftop House, Gwynedd	7.3	45
2	The Cross-Laminated Timber House, Cornwall	7.2	43
3	The Round House, Milton Keynes	7.4	46
4	The Shipping Containers House, County Derry	8.3	56
5	The Urban Shed, London	6.8	39
6	Norwich	7.6	42
7	Buckinghamshire	7.5	44
8	19th Century Manor House: Revisited	7.4	26
9	The Japanese House: Revisited	6.5	23
10	The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage: Revisited	6.9	19

Season 15 (2015)

6.45 avg 4 episodes 6.2 → 6.5

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Living in the City	6.2	16
2	Living in the Wild	6.9	19
3	Living in Suburbia	6.2	17
4	Living in the Country	6.5	17

Season 16 (2015)

7.01 avg 9 episodes 7.2 → 6.4

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 16 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Perfectionist's Bungalow	7.2	42
2	The Boat House	6.9	34
3	The Seaside House	6.1	34
4	The Cave House	8.1	45
5	The Blacksmith's House	7.0	32
6	The Concrete Cow-Shed	6.9	33
7	The Rusty Metal House	7.2	33
8	The Floating House: Revisited	7.3	30
9	The Cross-Laminated Timber House: Revisited	6.4	26

Season 17 (2016)

7.19 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 6.9

Rollercoaster

Season 17 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gloucestershire Treehouse	7.6	44
2	Horsham	7.1	44
3	South Cornwall	7.9	41
4	Essex 2016	6.8	35
5	Bolton 2016	6.7	40
6	Pembrokeshire 2016	7.8	43
7	Devon 2016	6.7	37
8	The Wirral 2016	6.9	34

Season 18 (2017)

7.23 avg 10 episodes 6.7 → 8.0

Big finale

Season 18 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Somerset Cowshed Revisit 2017	6.7	28
1	Malvern 2017	6.8	43
2	Haringey London 2017	6.8	39
3	County Down 2017	7.4	42
4	South Hertfordshire	7.1	42
5	South East London	7.1	40
6	Blackdown Hills, Devon	7.6	44
7	Peak District	7.2	45
8	East London	7.6	46
9	Herefordshire, 2017	8.0	46

Season 19 (2018)

6.90 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 48 min avg

Big finale

Season 19 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aylesbury Vale	7.4	37
2	Padstow, Cornwall, 2018	6.6	35
3	Richmond 2018	7.5	36
4	Leominster	6.6	43
5	Sheffield 2018	6.5	36
6	East Sussex 2018	6.1	33
7	East Devon Revisit 2018	7.6	27

Season 20 (2019)

7.46 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.2 46 min avg

Season 20 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Kevin's Grandest Design	7.5	11
1	Galloway	7.8	34
2	Lincolnshire 2019	7.5	26
3	Warwickshire 2019	7.5	21
4	Hull 2019	7.2	23
5	West Suffolk 2019	7.1	21
6	North Devon 2019	7.9	31
7	Strathaven Revisit 2019	7.2	23

Season 21 (2021)

7.40 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 6.9 47 min avg

Declining

Season 21 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	South West London 2021	7.8	46
2	Sevenoaks, Kent 2021	7.8	45
3	South Lincolnshire 2021	7.4	38
4	Bletchley 2021	7.3	34
5	Liskeard, Cornwall 2021	7.2	32
6	Lewes Revisit 2021	6.9	15

Season 22 (2021)

7.27 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 6.5

Bad finale

Season 22 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	South Devon 2021	7.3	34
2	Billinghurst, Sussex 2021	7.9	31
3	Kinross 2021	7.3	32
4	Ely, Cambridgeshire: Malay House	7.0	26
5	Chichester, West Sussex: Floating House	7.6	34
6	Cumbria: Blacking Mill House	7.3	27
7	East Essex: Cantilevered House	6.5	25

Season 24 (2023)

7.20 avg 8 episodes 7.0 → 8.1

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 24 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wye Valley	7.0	27
2	Scunthorpe	7.2	24
3	Gloucestershire Revisit	7.2	24
4	Hackney Downs	6.3	23
5	South Herefordshire	7.8	24
6	North Cotswolds	6.7	19
7	Liskeard, Cornwall Revisit 2023	7.3	16
8	Billingshurst Revisit 2023	8.1	17

Season 25 (2024)

7.17 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 8.1

Big finale
Rebound

Season 25 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	East Yorkshire 2024	7.0	14
2	Lincolnshire Wolds 2024	7.4	17
3	Keighley 2024	7.4	14
4	Henley 2024	6.4	15
5	Northamptonshire 2024	6.7	15
6	Newhaven Revisited	8.1	12

Season 26 (2025)

7.00 avg 5 episodes 7.2 → 7.4

Big finale
Rebound

Season 26 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Worthing 2025	7.2	18
2	Bedfordshire 2025	6.9	19
3	North London 2025	6.5	17
4	Hackney Revisit	7.0	12
5	Richmond Revisit	7.4	15

Season 27 (2025)

7.21 avg 7 episodes 7.5 → 7.0

Rollercoaster

Season 27 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Durham Dales	7.5	20
2	West Sussex	7.1	18
3	Pembrokeshire	7.5	18
4	Surrey Hills 2025	7.8	16
5	Stratford-upon-Avon 2025	6.4	18
6	The Wirral Revisit 2025	7.2	13
7	Sevenoaks Revisit 2025	7.0	12