Building the Dream

Charlie Luxton meets Richard Southgate and his wife Katie as they build a five-bedroom family home in the Shropshire countryside.

Charlie Luxton meets Mark and Amanda Hepden, a couple who plan to build a cottage on a piece of wasteland in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Charlie Luxton meets Ele and Steve George, who are building an eco-home on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire.

Charlie Luxton meets retired couple Steve and Chris Elliot, who are building an Arts and Crafts-inspired modern eco home.

Charlie Luxton meets Mark and Gillian Webb, who plan to build a home in Hertfordshire in the style of a Georgian rectory.

Charlie Luxton meets Chris and Sonya Bennett, who are planning to build a modern, environmentally friendly family home in Hampshire.

Charlie Luxton visits Devon to meet glass-blower Siddy Langley, who plans to build a combined home and studio, as soaring costs mean she can no longer afford to run her furnaces.

Charlie Luxton helps ordinary people build their dream homes.

Charlie Luxton meets a Herefordshire couple who have been fighting to get planning permission for a timber-framed home for three years while living in a static caravan.

Charlie Luxton meets engaged couple Jamie Ashton and Joanne Scurr who want to build a family home in Hull without compromising on design, but who are struggling to fund both a new build and their approaching wedding.

Charlie Luxton meets Steve and Hannah, who are self-building a straw-bale house in a woodland glade in East Sussex. The couple have been learning on the job as well as managing on a tight budget.

Charlie's in Devon with Graham and Nicky Daniel who are building an ambitious contemporary home on a secluded woodland site.

Charlie's in South London where self-building duo Caroline and Chris are hoping to deliver an urban marvel on a tight plot.. and a tighter budget.

Charlie's in East Yorkshire where Nick and Jane are embarking on the transformation of an old bungalow into a contemporary home.

Charlie heads to rural Northamptonshire to help loved up new couple Rob and Jan as they aim to build a vicarage style stone home to carry them into retirement.

Charlie heads to Woking in Surrey to meet Jason and Philippa who are hoping his estate agent nose has sniffed out the perfect project.