Grand Designs home branded ‘saddest ever’ still unsold after 12 years despite huge price cut

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The “saddest ever” Grand Designs home has hit the market once again after being listed by debt collectors for a knock down price of £5.5 million. As noted by the host, Kevin McCloud, at the start of the 2019 episode: “If a lighthouse has a single message that it shouts out, it is this: ‘Stay away – or risk destruction’.” The lighthouse began as an ambitious project for Edward and his then-wife Hazel 12 years ago, who hoped to build their dream family home on the coast in a bid to enjoy a slower pace of life than they had in London. open image in gallery Edward lost everything when building his dream costal family home McCloud himself noted that it was astonishing that the couple planned to complete “the feat of complex engineering” in such a short space of time. “It was awful for the family because I pulled the stability rug from under them, without being able to give answers of how we were going to get out of it, other than that I had to carry on.” open image in gallery The house sits on the cliff edge Following on from the first episode, Grand Designs revisited the project in 2022, when it emerged that while the home had finally been completed, it had cost Edward absolutely everything in the process.