Spalding area family to appear on Grand Designs this week
The dreams of a South Holland family to build their own home will be documented later this week when a popular television show is broadcast.
Estate agent and publican Nathan Marshall and his wife Amye will be the focus of this week’s Grand Designs episode, which is showing tomorrow on Channel 4.
The couple wanted to build a giant cathedral-like new home modelled on the Dutch barn style houses of the area but with a sleek contemporary twist and a striking 5,000 tile armadillo roof.
Three generations of the family will be brought together under one roof in Weston Hills with a wing for Nathan’s teenage kids and an annexe for his mum and step dad to move into.
This highly ambitious plan faces a number of challenges along the way due to the flooding and a 36 tonne crane sinking in the mire as well as mum-to-be Amye’s desire to get the house finished as soon as possible.
Nathan said: "I'm hugely excited for everyone to see the episode - I'm also excited to see it myself! When you're at the centre of the project, it can be hard to see the bigger picture as you're just right there in the moment finding solutions to the problems that inevitably arise! However we went through so many amazing life-changing experiences during that time, it will be nice to step back and appreciate what we've created, and fully recognise our achievement.
"I really enjoyed the experience. It was stressful at times of course, but without revealing too much… we’re very happy with the outcome. And you couldn't ask for a better guide through the whole thing than Kevin!"
