A PREVIOUS Grand Designs project has now met an entirely unexpected fate - as it's occupied by squatters. Back in 2007, a couple from Kent appeared on the Channel 4 show, and guided host Kevin McCloud through their unusual home build.
Chris Miller and partner Sze Liu Lai had decided to build their own two-storey houseboat. It came after they'd tried - and failed - to find a home more spacious and affordable than their small East London flat.
However, things were not plain sailing whatsoever for the couple. From arguments and huge fallouts with the builders, to tiffs with Kevin McCloud and even multiple evictions, Chris and Sze had one hell of a journey.
Social worker Chris was insistent that his project would not have any particular designs, and would also have to be made from second-hand materials only.
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