Charlie meets Adam and Vicki Nicholl, who plan to self-build a new, barn-style home in the garden of Adam's mum's home. Vicki is a tax advisor and Adam works in marketing. The 30-somethings have grown tired of life in the city and are planning to move back to the village of Pirton, where they grew up. Doing the building themselves is the only way they can afford to get the house they want in the village, and they could potentially save around £100,000 by doing it this way. After having a close look at their plans, Charlie's got some bright ideas, but can he convince Adam and Vicki to alter the designs of their dream home?
Charlie goes messing about on the river with Bill and Angie Jenkins, who plan to knock down their cold, old bungalow on the banks of the Thames and build a new home to match the stunning location.
Andrew and Vicki Dodden live in the village of Cannington, near Bridgwater, Somerset. The Doddens own a loft conversion company and Andrew wants to build his own eco-home.
Charlie meets Ian and Steph Shaw, who are self-building an oak framed cottage in West Sussex. But is this what Steph really wants?
Josh and Rhian Cooper plan to knock down a 1960s detached house and replace it with a stylish home high on the cliffs overlooking the pretty seaside town of Aberdovey.
Charlie meets Pete and Jen Chumley, who are building a five bedroom family home in rural Perthshire for themselves and children Niamh and Miles.
Charlie heads for Over in Cambridgeshire, where he meets Sally and John Lane, who are planning to save £125k by building a kit house from Germany.
Charlie meets Liz and Robin Leonard, who plan to build a three bedroom home with views over the Sussex coastline.
Charlie goes to the West Country to meet Kevin and Liz Davies, who want to build a new family home. Tired of arguing over what's on TV with their kids, Kevin and Liz are building a five bedroom house that has enough room for everyone, from two separate lounges to a big kitchen diner.
Mark and Abigail Smyth want to build a barn style home and by choosing to self-build hope to save around £130,000. Charlie has several ideas on how Mark and Abi could adapt their plans. As well as Charlie's suggestions, Mark and Abi visit architect Jeremy Spratley, who's converted and extended a similar size barn in Buckinghamshire.
Charlie visits Andy and Mandy Boylett in Yarm, in the north east of England, where the couple are building a huge bungalow, complete with basement and sunken garden, as they pursue the dream of living mortgage free. If Andy and Mandy can stick to their budget, they could save more than £130,000. But the build soon becomes more disaster zone than dream home, as the couple battle one huge problem after another.
Charlie helps Richard Southgate and his wife Kate as they build a five-bedroom family home in the beautiful, Shropshire countryside. Richard runs a car dealership and the family has been crammed into the flat above the showroom for two years. They found their dream plot but that was six years ago, and since then they've really lost their way. If all goes well, they could have a £1,000,000 house for under £600,000. But Richard's dream of a basement bat-cave means the couple will need to dig deep in more ways than one.
Charlie meets Mark and Amanda Hepden who are self-building a cottage in Stony Stratford. Amanda is a sales co-ordinator and Mark a carpenter who takes on a lot of the work. If they complete it for £145,000, they could have a £75,000 profit to reinvest. The plot's tight, as is their budget - and a supplier goes bust leaving them thousands down. As they invest more time and money, Charlie wonders whether they are falling permanently in love with what's supposed to be a halfway home. To prove that big isn't always best, Charlie arranges a visit another tiny house that's perfectly formed.
Charlie gets stuck in to an eco-build on the banks of the River Severn. Ele and Steve George could save themselves a cool £50,000 and it should be a fast build - but manufacturing hold-ups and bad weather soon throw things off-course. Then they have the added complication of juggling both a new build and a new baby. To provide a boost, Charlie sends the couple to visit one of Britain's most energy-efficient self-built homes.
Charlie Luxton looks to help retired couple Steve and Chris Elliot realise their dream of a modern eco-home inspired by the Arts and Craft movement. DIY enthusiast Steve thinks he can save money by doing a lot of the work himself, but Charlie's worried that he's taking on too much.
Mark and Gillian Webb plan to build a large, modern home in the style of a Georgian rectory in Hertfordshire. When it comes to getting their hands dirty, the couple expect to do little more than make the sandwiches; but when the budget gets stretched, they find themselves a lot more hands on than that.
Royal Navy helicopter pilot Chris Bennett and wife Sonya plan on demolishing a rundown bungalow and replacing it with a modern, two-storey home packed full of eco-features. Chris is project managing the build, but after a smooth take-off they hit some major turbulence.
Charlie Luxton heads to East Sussex, where paramedic Steve and his partner Hannah are self-building a straw-bale house in a beautiful woodland glade
Rob and Claire Hartley are building a farmhouse on a spectacular site on their Yorkshire farm. Charlie Luxton has to step in as their budget - and roof - feel the strain.
Tracie and Craig want to knock down Tracie's childhood bungalow in Kent and replace it with a bold, contemporary house. They may have to settle for turning the garden shed into a shabby-chic bar
Charlie Luxton heads to Cumbria, where Andy and Amy have set their hearts on self-building a huge four-bedroom home with a farmhouse feel. But is the job too big for them?
Charlie Luxton's own plans are on the line as he's commissioned to build a house for Tara and Dimitri on a tight budget and a tricky hillside plot in the Cotswolds
Charlie Luxton helps Mick and Sally Wood build an enormous family home from the barns of a Grade II listed manor house
Charlie's in Cornwall helping Shelton and Jayne build a large, four-bed home in the back garden of their old one
Charlie helps first-time self-builders Vince and Jackie Macey to create a super-sustainable, three-bedroom house
Charlie meets Duncan and Susan Marshall, who hope to build a large Georgian-inspired home. But ancient mines are discovered under the site, blowing a large hole in their budget.
Charlie comes to the aid of architect Matthew Lewis, who wants to build the perfect family home in an extraordinary site on the edge of the Peak District
Charlie Luxton meets a Lancashire couple trying to make a home on one of the most challenging sites he's ever seen, with a build that suddenly heads off on a different course
Charlie meets Morag and Heiko Buxel and their continental pre-fabricated home. The self-build should take only six weeks. What could possibly go wrong?
Charlie meets Jayne and Alistair Lewis, who are trying to self-build an innovative, barn-style home in South Lanarkshire that can grow and shrink to order.
In North Somerset, Charlie Luxton visits Antony and Hayley Wild's striking self-build contemporary home, that has been 26 years in the planning.
Charlie Luxton returns to Hastings to find out if Robin and Liz's dream New England-style home is living up to expectations
Charlie helps Graham and Dorothy with their upside-down eco-house by the sea. Can they get the job done in just 20 weeks?
Charlie Luxton comes to the aid of Liz and Craig in Loughborough, who can't agree on what the dream home they're building in their back garden should look like - traditional or contemporary?
Charlie heads for the Cotswolds and Mandy and Tony Slater's ambitious self-build on a steep slope on a tight budget.
Charlie Luxton visits a unique project in Peebles in Scotland, where the owner wants to build a home where all of the ground floor is given over to stables for her horses
Paul and Ruby Singh want to build a large home in Birmingham after years spent living miles apart. As the budget soars, can Charlie Luxton help rein it in?
Charlie Luxton meets a mother and daughter who want to build a stylish contemporary house. But their budget is under pressure from day one.
Charlie makes his way to Cornwall to help Peter and Mollie Goodman create a continental kit home with coastal views.
Charlie helps Kat Dancer build a contemporary farmhouse on the idyllic farm where she grew up
Charlie meets serial renovators Neil and Suzie, whose huge contemporary build in Cornwall is going to be very grand. But they've not given themselves much time to complete it.
Jodie and Rhodri Howells must decide to either renovate the 50s bungalow on their countryside plot, or knock it down. Charlie's on hand with advice.
Juana and Trevor plan to knock down some decrepit barns and create their dream home. But is Trevor putting his health at risk by being so hands-on?
Architectural designer Charlie Luxton returns for a new series in which he helps people build affordable dream homes. This time he's helping Sam and Eryka in Brockley in south-east London. Sam and Eryka plan to build a contemporary warehouse-style home in a derelict industrial unit, including studio space for artist Eryka. Getting planning permission isn't easy. The couple throw their life savings and all their energy into the project. Can Charlie help them strike the right balance between work and living space?
Charlie Luxton heads to Hertfordshire to help Roz and Mick Abrahams downsize and build a new compact, contemporary home on a new plot at the bottom of their garden.
Charlie Luxton is in West Sussex helping Cathryn and Adam Raybould to build their dream home on her family farm, but the project has a bumpy start.
Charlie Luxton helps Alan and Lucy Brown to build an upside-down house in Fife with stunning views of the Forth Bridge, but the budget struggles to keep pace with the build.
Charlie Luxton is in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, helping teachers Nick and Fiona build a large warehouse-inspired home on the side of a canal.
Charlie Luxton is in Cambridgeshire, where Mark and Helen have unearthed Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts that could stop them from building their new home.
Charlie Luxton meets Tamasin and Andy Jarrett, who hope to build a modern family home in the middle of a Kent conservation area, but they prove reluctant to take on any new ideas.
Charlie Luxton is in Devon with Graham and Nicky Daniel, who are building an ambitious contemporary home on a woodland site, and are planning to tackle much of the work themselves.
Charlie Luxton heads to north Devon to help seafaring retirees Brian and Fiona build a home befitting its stunning coastal plot in a mere six months.
In the first of the new series, 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. Chris is an architect, so you'd think achieving perfection on time and on budget should come second nature. But a string of budget-busting gremlins suggest this build has other ideas. And just when they think things can't get any more complicated, life throws them a curveball which racks the pressure even higher.
Charlie Luxton's in East Yorkshire, where Nick and Jane are transforming an old bungalow into a contemporary home on a very small budget.
Charlie Luxton heads to Woking in Surrey to meet couple Jason and Philippa, who plan to redevelop a house by demolishing half of it during the refurbishment.
Charlie catches up with Steve and an eco-efficient, straw-baled, self-built home set in a woodland glade
New couple Rob and Jan aim to build a vicarage-style home in rural Northamptonshire. If Charlie can actually get them to agree on anything.
Charlie mets a Linlithgow couple who are building a traditional Scottish cottage. But the weather puts pressure on their ambitious build.
Charlie heads to Cambridgeshire to meet two self-builders creating a family home that needs to be both techie, but also blingy. Can the two desires be reconciled?
Charlie Luxton meets Ben and Nicola, in Caterham, Surrey. The self-building couple have spotted the huge potential of a dilapidated bungalow, which they plan to reimagine as a contemporary split-level home. The project is a bit hectic though. Can Charlie instil some stability and keep the pair from becoming overwhelmed?
Charlie Luxton's off to rural Cambridgeshire, where Darren and Luisa are embarking upon a voyage of discovery, building a picture-perfect waterfront home. But problem after problem threatens to scupper the build and the couple struggle to delegate. Charlie is forced to deliver some hard home truths to ensure the project doesn't meander forever or leave the couple bankrupt and with nowhere to live.
The new series starts off in West Yorkshire, where Emma and Martin are battling snow while building a stone home on a hilltop.
Charlie Luxton is with Christine and Frank in rural Cambridgeshire, a couple determined to build a huge barn-style home fit for big family get-togethers, but don't appreciate the sheer scale of the undertaking until it's too late.
Charlie Luxton meets a Sussex couple who plan to build a sizeable four-bedroom home on a small budget by doing most of the work themselves. But the project soon gets out of hand.
Charlie Luxton catches up with a Leicestershire couple previously featured on the show to see how their plan to build a four-bed place in their garden has progressed two years on.
A Cambridgeshire couple plan to build a four-bed detached house for the cost of a tiny terrace - which requires working round the clock and calling in a lot of favours.
Charlie Luxton meets a Suffolk family with a love of horses that plans to build an oak-framed cottage - but who are struggling to keep their modest budget under control.
A couple in Shrewsbury comes up with a modern take on a Victorian terrace, but a growing family and a series of delays caused by planning regulations threaten their plans.
Charlie Luxton meets a couple planning to build an oak-framed retirement home in the New Forest, but the project throws up no end of problems.
A couple in Essex with five daughters plan to build a smart contemporary home in a woodland clearing, but the budgets and schedules soon get out of control.
Charlie Luxton meets a Cambridgeshire couple with plans to build a four-bed cottage, whose budget has turned out to be less accommodating than originally planned for.
Helen and Gary have plans for an affordable, and very big, self-build in York. Charlie's the boss of a bricklaying company and hopes his contacts can ensure a smooth build. But it doesn't go to plan.
On the Suffolk coast, Charlie Luxton helps newly-retired Marisa and Andrew set out to build a bespoke home that'll turn heads, but fate deals them a painful blow
Charlie Luxton is in Wymeswold, Leicestershire with Ally and James who've taken a gamble buying a tricky site that eats up almost all of their cash before work even begins
Rookie builders Sean and Jill are building a traditional home with a contemporary twist on an exposed Derbyshire hillside, while living in a caravan with their four children, a dog and eight puppies
Charlie Luxton is in Devon to revisit glassblower Siddy, who hoped to transform her studio into a home and workspace. After years of disasters, is her dream a reality?
Tom and Georgina plan to renovate and supersize a run-down bungalow. But when Charlie offers his opinion, the project takes a new direction, and knocking down and starting again piles on the pressure.
Charlie Luxton meets Phil and Adrienne, who are planning a modern home in West Yorkshire. The project is made difficult by the beautiful but tricky sloping plot, but they are not easily dissuaded. However, as they set about building, a family tragedy looks set to stop them in their tracks.
Charlie's in Essex with financial analysts Ronnie and Dana who want to convert an ancient barn into a stunning home, but can they keep their costs under control?
Charlie's in Norfolk with Ness and Tony who have ambitious plans for their self-build, including a seven-metre-high tower clad in flint. But time and money start to run out...
Charlie Luxton is in Hampshire to meet Nikki and Darren, who have struck gold with their stunning seaside plot on which they want to build modern family home.
Charlie's in Hertfordshire with Bob and Wendy, who are creating the perfect place to play music, paint and write in their garden. But will they finish the build with their ever-expanding budget?
Charlie Luxton is in Surrey with Chris and Gemma, who are aiming to build an Arts and Crafts-inspired home of grand proportions. But their determination to do most of the work themselves while juggling a family means progress grinds to a halt.
Charlie Luxton is in Hampshire with Ryan and Jenny, who are hoping to bring a derelict barn back from the brink. But keeping the rickety shell upright is easier said than done, pushing project manager Ryan to the limit as he juggles his day job with running the build - and to make matters worse, self-confessed townie Jenny is not sure how she will cope in the country.
Charlie Luxton is in rural Somerset, where Tom and Laura are building a home on Tom's family's farm - a dream he has had since childhood. But despite years of planning, Charlie discovers a slight issue with the couple's plans - they don't have any.
Charlie catches up with Graham and Nicky, who planned to build an ambitious family home in the Devon countryside. Six years on, is it finally finished?
Charlie Luxton meets Olwen and Ben, who are embarking on a daring self-build in the picturesque town of St Andrews. But building something new in the oldest part of this medieval Scottish town is not for the faint-hearted, and soon both their timescale and budget expands - as does their family.
Charlie Luxton travels to Cornwall to meet Sam and Esme, who are building a home in an old quarry overlooking the harbour town of Falmouth. Building against a sheer rock face leaves the couple with a mountain to climb as their budget soars, but a feat of engineering allows this determined duo to crack on in a bid to complete their dream home.
Charlie Luxton meets Lloyd and Caroline, who plan to build a sustainable home in Leicestershire. Charlie is worried that their eco-design might cost them the earth, but former soldier Lloyd is determined to run the build like a military operation. However, even his organisational skills cannot ward off a huge crisis with their budget, and what starts out as a passion project soon turns into an endurance test. Last in the series.
