Kent family to feature in Channel 4's Grand Designs - Kent Online

Tonight's Grand Designs episode will feature a modern property built on a hill in Kent.

After selling their home the family were renting in Canterbury where they have been searching for a new home for almost four years.

Parents Dorran and Vereuschka decided it was time to take matters into their own hands and build a home instead.

"Looking for a house in Canterbury is tricky," Vereuschka said.

"There hasn't been much on the market and we haven't found what we're looking for."

Originally the family had planned for the build to be carried out by traders, but after setbacks and rising costs, Dorran decided to complete the work himself.

After promising his wife and three children they would build their perfect home, Dorran, who is the master of a ship in the North Sea, embarked on the most challenging voyage of his life.

Canterbury home built on a hill features in Channel 4's Grand Designs. Picture: Channel 4

The family decided to build their own home after being unable to find one they liked to buy. Picture: Channel 4

The futuristic house on a hill was built by Canterbury resident Dorran. Picture: Channel 4

In tonight's episode of Grand Designs we see the highs and lows of the family's journey to building a modern underground lair of a house on a hill outside Canterbury.

An original schedule of 10 months soon becomes years as he battles with engineering, earth moving and electrics on a giant scale.

Dorran was put to the test to fulfil his promise to his family of building them their dream home.

The build began in 2017 after planning permission was agreed in 2011.

The aim was to create an underground eco-property so in tune with its surroundings that, once completed, it would barely be visible to passers-by, with the above-ground area restored to heathland habitat.

The episode airs tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm.