About this season
For many the dream of having a bolt hole or a place to escape from their hectic lives can seem unobtainable. Architect George Clarke shows how such big dreams can be achieved in small and affordable places. George delves into the extraordinary world of small builds to meet the highly creative people who are taking tiny, unpromising spaces and creating the most incredible places to live and work and play. There are homes made out of shipping containers, horseboxes, and old buses. Others are building tiny huts or incredible treehouses in the middle of the woods.
Episodes (9)
1. Old Railway Carriage and Private Jet
Aired 23 October 2014 • 45 min
George plans a woodland retreat for less than the price of a family holiday and visits a breathtaking property in Italy
2. UFO House and Floating Pool
Aired 30 October 2014 • 45 min
George meets a man trying to build a UFO-styled house; a woman making a garden room using material including earth, straw and human hair; and visits a floating swimming pool in Italy
3. Italian Fire Station and Amphibious Crash Pad
Aired 6 November 2014 • 45 min
The Italian road trip takes in possibly the world's coolest fire station. DIY enthusiasts Ben and Michelle want to build a summer house using disused shipping pallets.
4. Luxury 50s Yacht and Upscale Bothy
Aired 13 November 2014 • 45 min
George meets newly-weds investing their life savings in a dilapidated yacht. His Italian road trip takes in a stunning tree house, and his wilderness lodge starts to take shape.
5. Signal Box, Glass House and Campervan
Aired 20 November 2014 • 45 min
George visits a derelict Victorian railway signal box being turned into a garden summer house in Cumbria, a lakeside glass house in Italy, and a VW campervan conversion in Derby
6. Pond, Portable Cabin and Floating Pool
Aired 27 November 2014 • 45 min
George visits a floating pool in a converted barn in Italy. He meets a couple making a home from portable office cabins and a schoolteacher who found a pond under her garden decking.
7. Glass Lodge, Treehouse and Doctor Who Shed
Aired 4 December 2014 • 45 min
George visits a spectacular tree house in Scotland, a Doctor Who-inspired shed in Macclesfield and a glass lodge in Italy's Dolomite mountains
8. Fire Engine and Pony Trailer
Aired 11 December 2014 • 45 min
A 70s fire engine is transformed into a mobile shop. Can a dilapidated pony trailer be made into a holiday retreat? And George and Will reveal their wilderness cabin in all its glory.
9. Christmas Spaces
Aired 18 December 2014 • 45 min
George visits a flat-pack tin church. There's also a luxury converted chapel, ice carving in a Liverpool wonderland and a catch-up with some of George's best builds of the year.