Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud floored by jaw-dropping living room big enough to house a plane
Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud has seen millions of homes, so when he’s shocked by a particular property you know it’s for good reason.
On last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, the presenter was left open-mouthed by the giant living space in a modern building that was in the running for the House of the Year title.
As he took a tour of the property with the owner, Kevin, 63, was in awe of the space that has ceilings measuring 8 metres.
He said: “Woah, goodness me. It’s a big space, isn’t it?!” And as he toured around the room he added: “This is more like a hangar.”
The owner agreed with him revealing that everything had to be to scale which means giant.
He said: “Yeah, aircraft hangar scale, which means that everything implemented has also got to be of that scale. So kitchen units, fireplace, sofa, would look a bit out of place in a conventional…”
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Everything is on an enormous scale and Kevin paid particular attention to the giant porcelain floor tiles as well as the large kitchen and was stunned by the size of the sofa alone.
He said: “I’ve just realised the sofa seats 19.”
Kevin also took interest with the log burner and how the scale of the property dwarfs even the largest of furnishings.
He said: “That’s one of the largest you can buy, that wood burner, and yet it actually looks relatively small!”
The home benefits from huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows letting in an enormous amount of light, making it look even bigger.
While it wasn’t awarded the architecture award of House Of the Year 2022 by the Royal Institute of British Architects, it certainly left its mark on Kevin.
Grand Designs: House of the Year continues Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 4.