{"id":67838,"date":"2006-04-09T06:52:01","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-grand-design-to-build-a-village\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T05:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T22:05:31","slug":"my-grand-design-to-build-a-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-grand-design-to-build-a-village\/","title":{"rendered":"My grand design: to build a village"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTV presenter Kevin McCloud’s dream homes would be affordable – but also sustainable and stylish, he tells Ben FlanaganFrom modernist cubes to chapel conversions and unusual woodland dens, there has been no shortage of ambitious, difficult, and downright eccentric self-build houses on Kevin McCloud’s acclaimed TV show Grand DesignsUntil now the presenter had never singled out a design featured on the show as his personal favourite. His selection, a relatively modest house built by Theo and Elaine Leijser, is both timely and fitting – as McCloud is about to embark on a career as a property developer. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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