Building the Dream

Architectural designer Charlie Luxton returns for a new series in which he helps people build affordable dream homes. This time he's helping Sam and Eryka in Brockley in south-east London. Sam and Eryka plan to build a contemporary warehouse-style home in a derelict industrial unit, including studio space for artist Eryka. Getting planning permission isn't easy. The couple throw their life savings and all their energy into the project. Can Charlie help them strike the right balance between work and living space?

Charlie Luxton heads to Hertfordshire to help Roz and Mick Abrahams downsize and build a new compact, contemporary home on a new plot at the bottom of their garden.

Charlie Luxton is in West Sussex helping Cathryn and Adam Raybould to build their dream home on her family farm, but the project has a bumpy start.

Charlie Luxton helps Alan and Lucy Brown to build an upside-down house in Fife with stunning views of the Forth Bridge, but the budget struggles to keep pace with the build.

Charlie Luxton is in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, helping teachers Nick and Fiona build a large warehouse-inspired home on the side of a canal.

Charlie Luxton is in Cambridgeshire, where Mark and Helen have unearthed Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts that could stop them from building their new home.

Charlie Luxton meets Tamasin and Andy Jarrett, who hope to build a modern family home in the middle of a Kent conservation area, but they prove reluctant to take on any new ideas.

Charlie Luxton is in Devon with Graham and Nicky Daniel, who are building an ambitious contemporary home on a woodland site, and are planning to tackle much of the work themselves.

Charlie Luxton heads to north Devon to help seafaring retirees Brian and Fiona build a home befitting its stunning coastal plot in a mere six months.