Single Grand Designs star at breaking point over ‘exhausting’ build: ‘I’m doing a 72-hour week’-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro

Grand Designs star Corinne faces a monumental task when she decides to build her dream home by herself.

The chef has big ambitions – to create her perfect home based around her love of cooking, including a stunning view of woodlands near her home.

However, she faces huge obstacles, including a series of tight conservation restrictions, which could put her dreams at risk.

In an exclusive clip shared with Metro.co.uk, Corinne, who is recently divorced and underwent treatment for cancer in lockdown, explains the huge challenge of tackling the build on her own.

‘Doing a build on your own, it’s hard. Sometimes I get in and I just go to bed. With all the travelling and everything, I’m probably doing a 72-hour week, which is exhausting,’ she reflected.

Holding back tears, Corinne went on: ‘You haven’t got anybody else to rely on. You haven’t got anybody else to say, “We need more money.” What can you do? It’s all down to you.’

It’s a stressful time for Corinne (Picture: Channel 4)

The build starts to take shape (Picture: Channel 4)

South Londoner Corinne hopes to build a beautifully crafted, double kitchen home designed around her love of cooking, which includes a plot to take in sweeping views while enjoying an al fresco dinner with friends – a slither of garden down the side of the house she’s lived in for the last 24 years.

Unusually for London, this wedge-shaped end of terrace plot is on a hill and surrounded by beautiful woodland.

However, things definitely don’t come easily thanks to the tight restrictions she has to abide by.

She enlists an architect, but what started out as an amiable relationship gets more and more tense thanks to early setbacks with groundworks, the surging cost of materials and Corinne’s expensive tastes.

Can Corinne make her dream come true?

Grand Designs airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.

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