Grand Designs Australia

Over the years, Nick and Anna McKimm have almost made a hobby of renovating, selling and moving on. But with three young children, they're ready to lay down permanent roots and build their dream home. A sleek, modernist, 60's inspired family residence on a large, half acre block in Melbourne's bayside suburb, Brighton.

Bernie's a tinkerer. Needing a new house and unwilling to pay a builder, Bernie takes on the construction himself, armed with an eccentric industrial design, a minimal budget and a cowboy attitude.

Anne and Michael are building a modern version of a retro home, with curved steel and walls of glass with a hint of Mondrian inspired colour - a contrast to the well-kept more conservative homes that surround them. 

Peter Maddison meets Rod Moore and Di Foggo, who plan to build an ultra-modern, fixed-price, flat-pack house high on a rocky outcrop overlooking the town of Kyneton in Victoria.

Peter Maddison meets Daniel Leipnik and Andrew Preston, who plan to build a slick, pavilion-style home, huddled around a pool and propped up by poles on a coastal hillside outside Cairns.

Michael and Sandy are leaving the city for a permanent tree change and building a new family home on their lush 20-acre property in Gladysdale. But first they have to agree on a design.

Mike and Lowen are passionate about conserving water and, like many, decide to put a couple of water tanks in their new house. But these are massive, custom-designed steel anchors that support the house above the ground. 

Art teacher and sculptor Laurie and his wife Renee, a trained artist-turned-web designer, are art lovers. They want to create a sort of domestic gallery - a modernist, cube-shaped construction of steel, stone, and glass.

Greg and Trish plan to subdivide, sell the heritage cottage at the front of their block and build a new house at the back. After setbacks and a rethink, they find themselves embarking on an epic upsizing adventure.

Edd and Amanda lost everything when bushfires swept through Steels Creek. Determined to stay with the land they love, they're building a concrete bunker embedded in the landscape with one side facing the outside world.