Home Truths

In February 2014, the Sadlers had to grab a few belongings and drive away from the worst flooding in Britain for half a century. Their home washed away. Now they want to rebuild it exactly as it was.

How do you get a hundred grand house for the cost of a used car? With cob, a mix of mud, straw, hay and clay. Charlotte and Kate used it to make their 400-year-old one room cottage a two storey home.

What would it be like to live where you played as a child? When Amanda's parents put the barn she used to play in up for sale, Amanda and her husband Steve jumped at the chance to buy it.

Designer Monika Dyson created a home infused with the spirit of Gaudi, the architect who shaped Barcelona. Now she and her husband John are moving. What do they have in mind for their next place?

When it comes to home-making, sometimes bricks and mortar isn't the only way. After Olivia and Rob realised they couldn't afford a house deposit, they bought a narrowboat instead.

Mick Waite grew up in The Red Bull pub, so when it was demolished, he preserved its memory by building his own 1940s pub on the ground floor of his suburban semi