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Hemal and Kapila have busy lives, juggling a new business start-up and raising three children who are all under seven, but their house is not helping to ease the pressure. They want their four-bedroom house near Stockport to give them the flexibility for easy, family time together, even when they're working from home. Hemal and Kapila also yearn for a welcoming home where sisters, aunts, cousins and grandparents can congregate in comfort. But all of this seems like a distant dream.
The room that should be the heart of their home, the kitchen, is in a dark corner separated from the dining room by a wall which forces them to ferry food through the hall and living room to reach their guests. With barely any storage space, all food and drinks are kept in a cold and damp lean-to which is so cold they often put a coat on to go in. Their home is office is also causing problems, as it's two floors up in the attic, which separates them from family life.
Hemal and Kapila have wrestled endlessly with how to improve things, but the project has not moved forward. Hemal thinks the answer is more space, so he wants a large extension, but Kapila believes they just need to reconfigure the existing footprint.
Desperate for an idea that will unite them, they have invited two competing architects, Will Foster and Lizzie Fraher, to turn the house that divides them into one which unites the whole family. Each architect interprets the brief in wildly different ways, but which design will the Hemal and Kapila choose?
Architects Robert and Laura compete using virtual reality to remodel a home in Hertfordshire. Will the finished build live up to the hopes of the family who live there?
Six years ago, Victoria and Raheel snapped up an impressive four-bedroom ‘90s build in Milton Keynes. It was an estate agent's dream with a south facing garden, generous sitting room and glossy new kitchen. It seemed to be the perfect home for entertaining friends and starting a family. Yet with the arrival of their two little boys, Victoria and Raheel started to spot the flaws - a cramped hallway, a dark living room and an impractically shaped kitchen.
Victoria and Raheel have spent the last few years wrestling with how to solve the problems, but now time is of the essence. Victoria has just given birth to twins and now, as a family of six, the couple are desperate to find a solution to their dark and uncomfortable house.
Can architects Damion Burrows and Will Foster, with their radically different designs, come up with a solution that fulfills everyone's hopes for the house?
Jacqueline and her husband Alex were about to remodel their two-bed London terrace, but tragically, Alex fell ill and died. Now, three years since his death, Jacqueline has resolved to finish what they started, supported by her 22-year-old son Jamie.
Jacqueline and Jamie share the family home, but both long for some privacy. Each would like to have friends over without disturbing the other. However, the problem is that the terrace has just one reception room on the ground floor along with a small and chilly kitchen. Another major problem is finding a new location for the downstairs bathroom. Jacqueline has a budget of £40,000, but can that sum possibly solve these problems?
Jacqueline and Jamie are handing over control to competing architects Lizzie Fraher and Julian McIntosh. Lizzie has plenty of experience in unlocking the possibilities in residential projects while Julian loves the creative challenge inherent in modest budgets.
In 2017, Lei Ying and her husband, David, snapped up a Belfast house after seeing the amount of space it could offer them. However, three years later and with their children growing fast, they have discovered that having lots of space is not always a good thing - especially when it's all in the wrong place. The layout means that mealtimes are spent in a tiny corner of the ground floor, and when they want to relax, the cavernous lounge is too big to be cosy. They are lucky enough to have a garden, but access to that is also problematic, with a tight chicane of corridors and a dangerous staircase the only route.
Lei Ying dreams of a perfect kitchen, whilst David hopes for a cosy home and a safe route to the garden. Can architects Laura Jane Clark and Will Foster solve all these problems on a £25,000 budget?
Architects Damion Burrows and Lizzie Fraher compete to remodel Natasha and Gael's home in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, which has a dark and claustrophobic downstairs layout that makes social gatherings impossible.
Architects Will Foster and Lynsey Elliott compete to remodel a home in Gosport, Hampshire, that holds 20 years of family memories and a lifetime of antiques and heirlooms for soon-to-be grandparents Lisa and Judy.
Angela Scanlon returns with the property makeover show in which cutting-edge virtual reality and visual effects enable people to see what the future of their home could look like, before it is built in reality. In the first edition architects Laura Jane Clark and Julian McIntosh compete to remodel Shelley and Steven's three-bedroom semi-detached home in Bromley, south-east London.
Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison create virtual reality renovations for a three-bed home in Surrey, which has a poorly positioned front door and a cluttered hallway. The owners are divided over whether an extension would solve their problems, and the architects present them with two very different visions for what their home could be. Laura takes a characteristically pragmatic approach with a simple but striking contemporary design. But experimental architect Robert decides a far more radical approach is the only answer.
Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison create virtual reality renovations for a couple's home in Margate. The property was originally a B&B, and the transition to a home has not been entirely successful. It is poorly laid out, has too many rooms, and while big on floor space is lacking natural light. Laura sets out to return the building to its early 20th-century roots, whole Robert comes up with a radically different way of using the living space.
Two rival architects use virtual reality to pitch their vision for remodelling a family home in Wiltshire. Will the winning design succeed in making sense of the baffling layout?
Architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison come up with virtual reality designs to transform a Halifax couple's 19th-century home. When owner Paula developed MS, it became vital to make the house more wheelchair accessible - but her partner Jeremy also sees an opportunity to give it a stylish new look. Laura's concept makes the most of the views of the garden and uses clever recycling tricks to stretch the budget, while Robert deploys off-the-shelf materials to making the place more accessible.
When Punam and Anuj bought their 1930s home in Surrey, they thought it would be the perfect place to build a life together. But they now fear they have made a big mistake.
A couple living in a Bungalow near Brighton are treated to two virtual reality visions for what their home could become by architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison. Silvia and Julian bought the property because they loved the garden, and thought they could make something of the house - but their renovations have not been a success. Robert proposes a way to make the planning rules that have restricted them work for the project, while Laura finds a way to bring the beloved garden inside the house.
Two architects compete to win a commission using virtual reality to build an ingenious garden room in Shrewsbury.
This week's episode features Ruth and Lindsey, who live in a 1990s developer home near Middlesbrough. Their focus in recent years has been achieving their goal of having a family.
Now, with two young daughters, it's time for Lindsey and Ruth to tackle their home, which fails to meet the needs of their family. The problems begin the moment they come through the door. The tiny hallway barely allows for a buggy to be brought into the house.
Two architects compete using virtual reality to win a commission to remodel a home in St Albans. Will the finished build solve the very different needs of the family who live there?
In 2015 Becky and Cris moved from a small cottage to a four-bed 1960s house in Wiltshire, hoping it would provide desperately needed space for their growing children. A family of keen musicians, they also hoped a large reception room would give them the opportunity to play their instruments together. But three years later the house is awkward and unhomely with dark and uninviting rooms. A poor layout means the four of them live quite separately, and those dreamed of musical get-togethers never happen.
Two ingenious designs come to life using virtual reality, helping a couple from Grantham realise their dream home.
Two ingenious designs come to life using virtual reality, helping a conflicting couple from Bedfordshire to build their dream home.
Thirty nine year-old James and 40 year-old Vicky have lived in their 1970s detached house in Kent for five years with their two young children.
Bought for the large garden, they have since discovered the house is completely impractical for family life. Like homes across Britain it has been chopped and changed making the space disjointed. The divided layout is taking its toll on family life. James and Vicky agree they need to rethink their home, but that's all they agree on! Working to a healthy budget of £100k, can our two rival architects finally solve the problem that's had James and Vicky locked in stalemate for five years?
Thirty four year-old Andy and 32 year-old Esther have lived in their three-bedroom house in Stirling, Scotland for almost four years. With idyllic views of the river and castle the couple love where they live, but with three small children their house is cramped and no longer works for family life.
Andy and Esther know the house needs changing but have no idea what to do. Esther is keen to keep a separate space, but Andy thinks they should open the whole downstairs up. They could extend into the garden, but they are not sure if that's the best solution. The couple are locked in stalemate over how to spend their budget of £55,000, so are handing over control to two competing architects - Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison.
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