Glasgow homes have been evacuated after Storm Malik winds targeted an 'unsafe' historic building.
10.01.2022 - 21:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
In the 22-year run of Grand Designs, the Channel 4 programme has featured plenty of impressive Scottish homes.
Homeowners have created their dream homes in the face of never-ending building schedules and going over budget.
Much has already been said about the 'curse of Grand Designs' that befalls some unlucky homeowners.
Whether it's incurring a mountain of debt or a tidal wave of problems, some couples on Grand Designs have been bitten by the so-called 'curse'.
But that's isn't the case for everyone - there are homeowners who have brought their dream home to life and made it through to the other side.
Scottish homes continue to be shortlisted for House of the Year, an architecture award that's also covered by Grand Designs.
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Iain and Jenny Shillady moved their young family of four from Edinburgh to the countryside for this ambitious project shown in September 2021.
A 150-year-old bothy and a walled garden at Rumbling Bridge near Kinross had caught their eye.
Built in the late 19th century, their children described it as something out of a Beatrix Potter story, they said to Grand Designs Magazine.
Iain, an architect, and Jenny, a marketing manager, transformed the property by adding a state-of-the-art extension for £400,000, which ended up being £50,000 over budget.
The build was hit by the pandemic that saw progress stall for 10 weeks of their 11 month build.
Through Covid and replacing the bothy's rotten roof, the project was completed and the family moved in in spring 2021.
Although presenter Kevin McCloud was at first worried the new structure would 'destroy the beauty of the garden', he couldn't help but be taken aback by the finished home, and called the house 'exquisite'.
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