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Marcus and Sholto

The House That Β£100k Built Series 2
Episode 2 of 14

Following people trying to build a house on less than Β£100k. Piers and Kieran help Sholto and Marcus turn a budget kit home into something extraordinary.

Building a home had always been a dream of Sholto's, but when his partner Marcus had to have a double organ transplant, the couple reassessed what's important in life. Their cramped house in the south of England became a thing of the past and they bought a rural patch of land in Scotland, forty miles east of Inverness, with the dream of building their own home.

To keep costs low they opted for an off-the-peg design, but finding a kit home which suited their needs was a struggle: "Larger houses are built for traditional families. There's just the two of us, and Bramble the dog".

Converting a budget kit home into one which looks anything but is an enormous design challenge for Piers Taylor and Kieran Long.

It's already an ambitious build, but Kieran attempts to push their design horizons further. He takes them to a breathtaking home in the Scottish Highlands where a simple set of ideas has led to an inspirational space - but will Marcus and Sholto decide to recreate them in their Β£100k home?

It's then over to architect Piers Taylor to look for innovative low-cost solutions that will raise their home beyond the ordinary. As the money runs low, Sholto has less than Β£150 left to build a kitchen island which will be the focus of their main living area. Taking inspiration from some of Britain's most renowned 20th-century buildings, will his self-poured concrete island become a triumph of design, or a puddle on the floor?

59 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Oct 2018 13:45
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:04

    Georgia Mason

    Running Blind

  • 00:09

    Florence + The Machine

    Heartlines

  • 00:11

    Emeli SandΓ©

    Heaven

  • 00:16

    Of Monsters and Men

    Empire

  • 00:18

    SOAK

    Blud

  • 00:19

    Of Monsters and Men

    Backyard

  • 00:19

    Hozier

    Someone New

  • 00:23

    Vaults

    One Last Night

  • 00:33

    Vaults

    Lifespan

  • 00:35

    Imagine Dragons

    Amsterdam

  • 00:47

    Mallory Knox

    Heart & Desire

  • 00:50

    Sia

    Big Girls Cry

Credits

Presenter Kieran Long
Presenter Piers Taylor
Executive Producer Joff Wilson
Series Editor Harriet Scott
Series Producer Oliver Clark
Director Colette Foster

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