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Modular construction features on Grand Designs

Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud (Image: Dreamstime)
Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud (Image: Dreamstime)

Modular construction took centre stage in the latest episode of Channel 4’s Grand Designs, which first aired last night (7 September).

The programme featured a couple who decided to replace their draughty, 1940s pre-fabricated house in Tunbridge Wells, with its modern equivalent – an offsite-manufactured modular home.

The original home was constructed with a timber frame and asbestos cladding. Its three-bedroom modular replacement took the form of six cuboid modules manufactured in a Sussex factory by Boutique Modern.

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