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Season 1
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The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/29/1999
A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.
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The English Barn, Berkshire
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/6/1999
Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!
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The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/1999
This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.
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The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/1999
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
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The Eco-House, Suffolk
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/3/1999
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
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The Chapel, Cornwall
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/10/1999
Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.
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The House of Straw, Islington
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/17/1999
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
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The Glass-House, Doncaster
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/24/1999
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
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