Clinton (right) was willing to spend whatever he could to achieve his vision and took a huge financial risk in the process

Outside a small swimming pool adds to the simplistic style of the structure and there are no fences all walls encasing the property

Clinton explains that 1,300 square metres of tiles have already been ordered in and Kevin responds by noting that the amount is equivalent to a small housing estate.

The businessman then takes Kevin inside the structure and reveals that a five metre couch will be included in the front room.

He explains that a smaller one would look out of place and that it will fit alongside the five-metre-long cabinet.

The short clip concludes with the businessman stating: ‘we have pushed the boundaries, as it were,’ with Kevin adding: ‘In every way.’

Clinton explained that 1,300 square metres of tiles had been ordered to complete the luxury property

Clinton worked hard to take the house from a vast steel frame to a spectacular home with modern amenities 

FROM SHIPPING CONTAINERS TO LOCH-SIDE MANSIONS: SOME OF GRAND DESIGNS’ MOST MEMORABLE PROJECTS

Clinton Dall’s giant vision is not the first Grand Designs project to hit the headlines over the years.

Last year, farmer and architect Patrick Bradley, from Northern Ireland, decided to create his perfect home out of four shipping containers welded together to form a giant cross.

The £133,000 house design was cantilevered over a stream at a beautiful and secluded spot on the family farm.

The qualified architect explained that he was one day inheriting the farm and needed a home that would work on a dual level, fulfilling his needs as farmer, and also an architect.

In March this year it was revealed that an 18th century folly near Newport in South Wales converted into a luxury home had gone on the market for £2million.

Farmer and architect Patrick Bradley, from Northern Ireland, decided to create his perfect home out of four shipping containers welded together to form a giant cross

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Kemeys Folly starred in the popular Channel 4 programme six years ago when it was converted into a six-bedroom luxury house. The ambitious project saw the couple combine the painstaking restoration of a castellated 18th Century hunting lodge with the construction of a state of-the-art glass extension.

The couple paid £830,000 for the tower in 2005, which was being sold by a couple who had quickly realised that there was far too much work to do, and put it back on the market.

Work on Kemeys started in January 2007 and over the next year an old extension was demolished, the outside of the tower was re-pointed and the inside was stripped as much as the building’s listed status would allow.

The Grade II listed home now boasts six bedrooms, five of which have en-suite bathrooms – and including a master bedroom which takes up a whole floor of the tower and opens up on to its own roof terrace.

Tony and Jo Moffat spent £380,000 on their home which was built from scratch on a steep slope overlooking Loch Long and the Firth of Clyde

Last year it was reported how one of the most popular houses ever featured on Grand Designs was on sale for £5,000 less than it cost to build 10 years ago.

Tony and Jo Moffat spent £380,000 on their loch-side home in the village of Kilcreggan, near Glasgow, overrunning their budget by £150,000.

But despite a decade passing which included a property bubble, a crash and another boom, The Longhouse was put up for sale in 2014 for just £375,000 – despite its striking original design and uninterrupted views over the Firth of Clyde.

The couple’s mission to build the house from scratch in 2003 featured in the fourth series of the Channel 4 property show.

The classical musicians, who had a young daughter when they started their build, found their plot on a steep slope overlooking Loch Long and the Firth of Clyde for just £35,000.

Kemeys Folly starred in the popular Channel 4 programme six years ago when it was converted into a six-bedroom luxury house

Using an oak frame, they imitated the look of a Nordic longhouse and set the home in several terrace ‘steps’ so it would look as though it was bursting out of the hill.

But like many of the avant-garde designs on the show, the three-bedroom house soon ran into difficulties. Work took longer than expected and the costs spiralled out of control, having to slow down over the chilly northern winter of 2003. 

Despite the setbacks, the couple completed their home and it attracted high praise from hard-to-please presenter Kevin McCloud, who listed it in his 20 favourite Grand Designs homes of all time.

He described the longhouse as ‘a beautiful, romantic building, like a ship or an ark even, and it’s a well-crafted piece of architecture’. 

Since the not so humble begins of the project, Clinton has been hard at work and the house has taken on quite an incredible shape.

From the finish of his mirrored cruciform steel columns, to how the floor tiles line up with the dining room table, the entire property is immaculate.

Pictures of the final product show a long flat-roofed building with a modern and simplistic design.

Pictures of the final product show a long flat-roofed building with a modern and simplistic design

From the finish of his mirrored cruciform steel columns, to how the floor tiles line up with the dining room table, the entire property is immaculate

Outside a small swimming pool adds to the simplistic style of the structure and there are no fences all walls encasing the property.

Inside, the walls are decorated in block colours and, unsurprisingly, there is a striking amount of open space.

The new series of Grand Designs begins at 9pm tonight on Channel 4

The father of four constructed one of the largest and most lavish projects to ever feature on Grand Designs

The new series of Grand Designs will go live at 9pm tonight on Channel 4 and will feature Clinton’s incredible build

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