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Justin and Mary

The House That Β£100k Built Series 1
Episode 6 of 6

Following people trying to build a house on less than Β£100k. Newly engaged couple Mary and Justin look to build a house in rural Devon on a very small budget.

Architectural journalist and senior curator at the V&A Kieran Long and award-winning architect Piers Taylor follow self-builders taking on the biggest gamble of their lives. All have less than Β£100k to spend, little or no experience and life savings on the line.

Newly engaged couple Mary and Justin are desperate to build a life together in rural Devon where they and generations of both of their families are from. But with house prices soaring, the market for first-time buyers is desperately grim. They are left with one option - if they want to stay where they know and love, they need to build their own house.

They embark on building a Β£95,0000 house but, as Kieran discovers on his first visit to their plot of land, they only have Β£60,000 to their names. He is desperately worried that this young pair have taken on far too much.

In their efforts to keep the build low-cost, they have ended up with low aspirations. Kieran explores some of the UK's greatest examples of low-cost housing to prove it is possible to have a beautiful home on a budget. Meanwhile, Piers encourages them to be more adventurous with their vision and incorporate architectural features that are unique.

But as the couple juggles the pressures of organising their wedding and full-time jobs, the schedule for building the house falls behind and severe rain threatens to ruin their exposed timber frame. While the schedule slips, money is fast running out and Justin's job on the farm ends at the worst possible time. Will this young couple have risked too much to get the first home that they dreamed of?

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Fri 30 Nov 2018 13:45
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:03

    Katy Perry

    Roar

  • 00:07

    White Noise Research

    An Afternoon On Condale Lake

  • 00:09

    London Grammar

    Sights

  • 00:10

    Hot Chip

    Motion Sickness

  • 00:13

    Bonobo

    Kiara

  • 00:14

    The Cinematic Orchestra

    ²Ρ²Ή²Τ³σ²Ή³Ω³Ω²ΉΜύ

  • 00:17

    Alex Clare

    Too Close

  • 00:22

    Ben Folds

    Landed (New Version)

  • 00:23

    Supergrass

    Tales of Endurance

  • 00:28

    The Cinematic Orchestra

    That ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

  • 00:29

    Unshine

    For The Huntress and The Moon

  • 00:30

    Bastille

    Oblivion

  • 00:32

    Florence + The Machine

    Only If For A Night

  • 00:34

    Take That

    Said It All

  • 00:39

    Hurts

    Stay

  • 00:40

    B1a2, Anna Friel

    Sell Your Soul

  • 00:48

    Coldplay

    Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

  • 00:49

    Snow Patrol

    Set the Fire to the Third Bar (feat. Martha Wainwright)

  • 00:51

    Doves

    The Storm

  • 00:55

    Feist

    1234

Credits

Presenter Kieran Long
Presenter Piers Taylor
Executive Producer Annette Clarke
Series Editor Joff Wilson

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