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Grand Designs' 'most heartbreaking story ever' reaches conclusion after years of crisis


Grand Designs is back for a new series, with host Kevin McCloud revisiting some of the UK's most ambitious and eccentric home builds - including one that became notorious for all the wrong reasons

Back in late 2023, the couple appeared on Grand Designs with dreams of building a brand new pink house for their combined family, after each losing their respective partners. Mel and Graeme purchased a small plot in Hackney, intending to construct bedrooms for their daughters, Isla and Indi, in the basement and their living areas on the upper floor. The lighthouse-inspired Chesil Cliff House also left viewers heartbroken, earning the title of the show's "saddest" project ever after it was featured twice, resulting in Edward Short's financial woes and the collapse of his marriage.

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