Your Home Made Perfect

Angela Scanlon presents the only home makeover series that allows people to try before they buy. Rival architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison use photo-real, virtual-reality technology and visual effects to pitch their bold ideas to families who have fallen out of love with their homes. With sleep pods, garden temples, secret doors and indoor climbing walls in their back catalogue, what will Laura and Robert come up with next? In each episode, the homeowners must choose just one of the architect’s groundbreaking visions to build in real life. Silvia and Julian bought their bungalow near Brighton four years ago after falling in love with the garden. They were less enamoured of the poky property – but promised themselves they would transform it into their dream home in no time. Fast-forward four years and that dream has become a nightmare. Although they have managed to convert the loft, creating two new bedrooms, that has come at the cost of a new staircase, which has gobbled up valuable living space. The rest of the ground floor remains a jumble of disconnected, cramped rooms, with the tiny kitchen a particular source of frustration for keen cook Silvia. A planning restriction severely constraining their options to extend is just one of the reasons they haven’t managed to solve the poor layout - the couple’s wildly differing approaches to design are not helping either. Silvia describes her style as far-out and believes ‘you’ve got to dream big’, while Julian is determinedly practical. Competing to solve this seemingly impossible puzzle are architects Robert Jamison and Laura Jane Clark. With his unconventional blue-sky approach, Robert might seem more likely to win over Silvia, while Laura’s trademark blend of beauty and practicality, tailored to the owners’ needs, could be right up Julian’s street. But both are dead set on earning the trust of both partners. Using virtual reality, both architects pitch their radically different interpretations of

When Punam and Anuj bought their 1930s home in Surrey, they thought it would be the perfect place to build a life together. But they now fear they have made a big mistake. Thanks to a 1980s extension, there should be more than enough square footage in their five-bed property. But most of the space is wasted. The couple hope to start a family and be able to have their parents move in with them in the future. But two of the five so-called bedrooms aren’t even big enough to comfortably fit a bed, and the stingy family bathroom makes Anuj’s morning shower a miserable start to his working day. Downstairs, the dark, isolated kitchen leaves Punam, who does the bulk of the cooking, feeling cut off from the rest of the house. The couple agree that before they can move forward, they need to transform their house into a home they can feel proud of. But every conversation about how to fix it has so far run into the ground, because they can’t agree about how to begin. Architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison must rise to the challenge. For 1930s architecture enthusiast Laura, it is a chance to undo the problems caused by the later extension and give Punam and Anuj a home that is not just beautiful but deeply practical too. Meanwhile for Robert, all that space to play with is an opportunity to think radically about how to future-proof a family home. Using virtual reality, both architects showcase their dramatically different takes on the brief. Robert’s characteristically bold solution turns conventional wisdom quite literally on its head with a visually striking, flexible design. Laura pitches a fresh layout intended to welcome and invite from the moment Punam and Anuj arrive at the threshold, drawing them into a sensational light-filled, welcoming series of interconnected spaces. Both architects give the couple a vision of their home beyond their wildest dreams, but only one can be translated into real-world bricks and mortar. Having explored both designs i

Two rival architects use virtual reality to pitch for the commission to renovate a home in Halifax. Will the winning design give the owners their forever home?

Two rival architects use virtual reality to pitch their vision for remodelling a family home in Wiltshire. Will the winning design succeed in making sense of the baffling layout?

Two rival architects use virtual reality to pitch for the chance to transform a couple’s sprawling Margate property.

Gemini and James had it all planned out when they bought their three-bed home in Surrey. Expecting a new baby, they would move in and do the place up with plenty of time to spare before the birth. But the baby herself had other ideas. When little Matilda arrived very prematurely, all thoughts of renovation flew out the window. Four years later and Matilda is thriving - but the house is not. Gemini and James have managed to make some improvements to the back of the property, where they have spent time and money creating a modern, open-plan kitchen-diner. But at the front, it is a different story. The entrance and hallway are making both their lives a misery. The awkwardly situated front door leads onto a hall that has become a dumping ground. And the space doubles up as a utility room, making it all the more cramped. Gemini wants to fit yet more into the modest space as she is adamant the growing family needs a downstairs loo – but she doesn’t want an extension. James, meanwhile, is convinced that an extension is the only practical solution. With only a small budget to play with, they have reached deadlock - time for some expert help. Coming to their rescue are architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison, who each apply their very different philosophies to the problem. Always mindful of the competing demands of practicality and style, Laura takes a characteristically pragmatic approach with a simple but striking contemporary design. But experimental architect Robert decides a far more radical approach is the only answer. Both architects pitch their designs in virtual reality. Then, having experienced two very different versions of what their home could be, Gemini and James choose one to build in real life. Finally, the winning architect and Angela return to Surrey to see the result for themselves. The couple have taken the concept and made it their own. But has the chosen design succeeded in solving the problems that have made the family miserable for