Digging Deep for a New Life ; When Tim and Zoe Bawtree Tune in to Channel 4's Grand Designs This Week, They'll Be Snuggling Down in Their New, Futuristic Underground Home. And They Have Good Reason to Tune in, As the Show Follows the Ups and Downs of Their Revolutionary Project From Start to Finish. David Clensy Visits the Couple in Their Shiny New Cheltenham Home

Western Daily Press › January 13, 2008

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When Tim and Zoe Bawtree tune in to Channel 4's Grand Designs this week, they'll be snuggling down in their new, futuristic underground home. And they have good reason to tune in, as the show follows the ups and downs of their revolutionary project from start to finish. David Clensy visits the couple in their shiny new Cheltenham home

There were times when Cheltenham couple Tim and Zoe Bawtree thought their home would never be built - it takes real imagination to envisage a futuristic property when you're standing in the rain looking at an enormous hole in the ground.

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Digging Deep for a New Life ; When Tim and Zoe Bawtree Tune in to Channel 4's Grand Designs This Week, They'll Be Snuggling Down in Their New, Futuristic Underground Home. And They Have Good Reason to Tune in, As the Show Follows the Ups and Downs of Their Revolutionary Project From Start to Finish. David Clensy Visits the Couple in Their Shiny New Cheltenham Home

This time last year, that's exactly what the Bawtrees were doing. But this week they'll be settling down in their new subterranean living room to watch their project take shape all over again on Channel 4's Grand Designs programme.

For the past couple of years, the programme's resident expert, Kevin McCloud has been a regular visitor to the Bawtree house, following progress wit...

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