Impossible Builds

A family of five build their affordable dream home on a challenging tree-flanked plot in Buckinghamshire, from a kit of parts fabricated over 1.000 miles away in Poland.

A determined family attempt to break with convention and build their dream log home from a kit of parts in the Scottish Highlands. Scott, Lisa and their 12-year-old son Archie sold their home two years ago and have been living in a rented house in the suburbs of Inverness. It doesn't have the space and individuality they want, so they're determined to move into a new place.

This episode follows a couple attempting to build a high-tech kit eco-home in a spectacular corner of the Scottish Borders. Bill and Sukie Barber are lifelong nature lovers and live on a six-acre smallholding in the picturesque Scottish Borders. The couple have regular visitors from around the globe, along with their eight, grown-up children and four grandchildren. With their croft bursting at the seams, they have decided to build a new house in one of their fields, using primarily locally sourced materials to fit with their sustainable lifestyle: an ambitious remit in such a secluded corner of the Borders. To attempt to achieve their goal, the couple have plumped for a kit home, built using timber from nearby forests. But turning their low-carbon-footprint plans into a reality proves harder than expected, while weather delays and mismatching foundations threaten to wreak havoc with the build schedule.

In Surrey, a man wants to construct a building to house his classic car collection, with the flexibility of converting it into a large, sustainable family home in the future