Thursday, 05 June
6.05pm

Presented and written by Kevin McCloud, this new six-part series follows the indoor transformations of six very different homes.
Few people would have the passion and energy to convert a disused electricity substation in Sunderland, UK, into a home. But Anne and Richard Curtis have found a space which will translate into a large four bedroom family home for just £30,000. They will have a remaining budget of £50,000 for building work, which has to include building a whole new upper floor onto the existing structure. That leaves a mere £5,000 for decoration and finishes. Not much to convert the finished shell into the home of their dreams.

They have never been to Morocco, but have been inspired by the book Moroccan Interiors and hope to include elements of Moroccan style in the finished look.

Due to the tight budget, Richard is going to do most of the work himself. He comes home from working as a policeman to work on the interior most nights whilst the family shack up in the caravan. Anne is turning her artistic flair to making cushions and choosing colour schemes and they commission local artists to make larger bespoke pieces such as a spiral staircase.

Relations become fraught as the family tires of being cooped up in the caravan for ten months. The budget becomes stretched and some of the designs from the Moroccan Interiors book prove harder to emulate than was first thought. Despite the struggles they eventually pull off a spacious and original home on a relatively small budget.