Episode
Grand Designs: Tunbridge Wells
Overview
Kate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular construction. But will it feel like the characterful home they dream of?
Details
- Series
- Grand Designs
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2022-09-07
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Tunbridge Wells is Episode 2 in Season 23 of Grand Designs. It aired on 2022-09-07. The runtime is 47 min.
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