GRAND Designs fans have been blown away by a Bolton couple who have spent seven years creating their perfect home. Paul and Carol Rimmer invested all of their money into creating a fortified eco-home in the Pennine Moors, building a state-of-the-art property on a £350,000 budget.
The bricklayer has been working on the home for almost a decade with the help of his wife and Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud first visited the site in 2015.
Now, seven years later, the pair have struggled financially as their efforts to keep the project running have racked up a £550,000 bill, way over their budget.
However, it seems like it was worth it and in the latest revisiting episode on Channel 4, the house was finally finished. Paul and Carol are now looking forward to retirement in their lavish home surrounded by acres of land, free from complicated planning permission fights and building issues.
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