This new build contemporary house is the centre piece and prize in the ITV television series “Building The Dream” broadcast daily during April to July 2004. The construction of the house was followed every day with 12 couples working on the construction while competing to win the house on completion. Partner Angela Brady was designer and a co-presenter of the programme.

The house is designed to respond to the historic grain and development pattern of the small Somerset village of Witham Friary. It is a critique of current suburbanising trends in rural architecture and seeks to extend the historic pattern of the village and interpret traditional architecture in a contemporary way.

ITV 1
64 x 30 minutes plus 1 x 60 minutes - aired summer 2004

Zeal TV quote

"Twelve couples compete to win a dream house; the only catch is they have to build it first! As the house goes up, the workforce goes down, as couples vote each other off the programme. Zeal Productions, specialise in 'popular' factual entertainment - i.e programmes which are fun, intelligent and a little bit different! – they have had great success with BUILDING THE DREAM, one of the biggest Daytime commissions for ITV in recent years."