Their walls can contain within them angst and pain, as well as love and joy.
You know, buildings can sustain, not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritually, too. But then you see, that same ambition, that same drive is what has taken Ed also to this point, a point where he can call this place finished, where the family can draw a line, they can move on. 'Three years ago, I described this project as a cautionary tale of overreaching ambition, one which had damaged relationships, fractured a family, and which also, of course, had taken Ed to the brink of bankruptcy. He pushed his dream to the end and achieved the near-impossible. In the face of overwhelming odds, Edward never once blinked. 'Edward and his family have journeyed on an 11-year odyssey with this project.
In his closing monologue, Kevin reflected on the lighthouse project: Standing proudly on the headland like it’s always belonged, we get a first glimpse of Edward’s finished lighthouse #GrandDesigns /CbttoagqZK- granddesigns October 19, 2022 I will have achieved what I set out to do, never deviating from the plans, and for that I'll always be proud.' 'I owe it to my family to have a real end result, but the time has come to move on. 'I'll always be proud to have finished this,' Edward previously said of his decade-long passion project. It's described as 'one of the UK's most spectacular coastal homes', ready for the right owner to put their own stamp on it.ĭespite recent rumours that former One Direction star Harry Styles had stepped in to buy the property (Knight Frank dismissed the claims in a statement saying 'there is no truth in the rumours'), Chesil Cliff House is still very much on the market. In a nutshell: In 2011 Edward and Hazel set out to build a lighthouse on the North Devon coast, but by 2019 they were near bankruptcy with just a rusting shell to show for it – and their marriage collapsed, too.īut, fast forward to July 2022, and the landmark lighthouse-inspired property officially hit the market via Knight Frank. The lighthouse from the 'saddest ever' episode of Grand Designs, which has taken more than 10 years to build, is still on sale for £10 million.Ĭompletion of Edward Short's luxury lighthouse – known as Chesil Cliff House – located in Croyde, North Devon, has faced prolonged delays, in many ways mirroring the well-documented early struggles of the build in a 2019 episode of Channel 4's ever-popular self-build series, hosted by Kevin McCloud.
0 kommentar(er)
