Grand Designs 26x3 - North London

The new run of the iconic property show continues. KevinMcCloud follows more of Britain's most ambitious self-buildingprojects, as intrepid individuals attempt to design andconstruct the home of their dreams. Kathryn and her husband Jonlived happily in a four-bed Edwardian home on the same streetin north London for 60 years. But now, at 82 and recentlywidowed, Kathryn faced an all too familiar dilemma: struggleon in a home where getting up the stairs was becomingincreasingly difficult, or move away from the street thatshe's loved for so long. Until she came up with an audaciousplan, with the help of her architect, James Mak, to build anew, accessible, ultra-sustainable home right next door,where a garage and extension currently sit. It'll be a mirrorimage of her current Edwardian house, but with a 21st-centurytwist. Pulling off this daring feat proves difficult right fromthe off, when far deeper than anticipated foundations have tobe removed to make way for Kathryn's new home. Horrendously wetweather, spiralling costs - including eye-watering fees toconnect to basic services - and the worry of selling her oldhouse in time all test Kathryn's nerve as well as her budget.Only time will tell whether this late-in-life gamble will payoff...