Grand Designs Australia

Lori and Maugan are building a funky modern house on a tight suburban site. This family home will have a lot fun elements including a trapeze net, car parking stacker and a paper plane garden sculpture.

Stephen has spent 15 years at the helm of his own construction company building homes for other people. Now with his first child on the way, he's finally building his own, and the plan is to make it grand.

Tony and Tania want a million-dollar house on a $400,000 budget. Working off handshake deals with the architect and builder, will their dream home be finished?

Alice is a long-term fan of the small house movement. On a sloping site facing the Southern Ocean, she's creating a petite 40-square-metre pod, offering all she needs and nothing more.

Tabitha and Chris always dreamt of living in the forest. They bought 120 acres of rainforest in Toolangi and are building a farmhouse that will be sustainable, economical, fireproof and completely off-grid.

Peter is building an underground eco bunker that's self-sufficient, sleek and completely one of a kind. From the outside it will eventually look like a bush garden, but below ground a man cave.

Mike and Megan, a passionate pair of creatives, are attempting to build a modernist house on a modest footprint. Mike designed the house himself to include only what they need and use.

David and Sarah are in love with Mt Tamborine, the place they were married 22 years ago. They're about to build a long-awaited home away from home there, on lush mountain acreage boasting a rainforest and creek.

Barbara and Craig have built two companies from the ground up, so when they decided to embark on their dream home, it wasn't surprising they threw out the rule book and decided to do it their way.