Hope House: Scots home praised by Grand Designs host is for sale
A STUNNING Scots home picked as one of the greatest ever to feature on TV series Grand Designs has gone on the market for almost £1million.
Grand Designs home could sell for one million pounds
Hope House was built by Richard and Pru Irvine and completed 10 years ago after a lengthy construction project which featured on the Channel 4 programme.
Presenter Kevin McCloud later described it as his dream home.
The five-bedroom property in Pathhead, Midlothian, is set against 18th-century lime kilns and its floor-to-ceiling windows offer panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.
Hope House was praised by Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud
The five-bedroom property has floor-to-ceiling windows offering panoramic views
It has received awards from the Saltire Society and Edinburgh Architectural Association.
It has now gone on the market for offers over £925,000.
When asked to pick his personal highlights from Grand Designs, McCloud singled out Hope House.
The house has now gone on the market for offers over £925,000
He said: “It’s a great building and to be honest, this is what I’d want. I don’t say I want many things in life, but this I want.”
The Irvines plan to move to the Isle of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides.