A Grand Designs episode set in Medway, Kent, is a contender for the show's least successful ever. Chris and Sze wanted more freedom than their east London flat was granting them and their kids, so decided to make the move to houseboat - converting an old barge for a life on the river.
But during the disaster-riddled 2007 episode, the couple saw two evictions, disagreements with Kevin McCloud , and clashes with builders.
But Chris didn't want to be restrained by a design, and wanted their new home to be built purely from second hand materials.
They bought a barge on the River Medway, but fell out with the first builder they hired. "It looks s***," the builder fumed, "If he wants to live in it then fine, but I don't really want to put my
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