Grand disasters: the architectural triumphs that ended in ignominy

As the builder of a mid Wales cabin praised by Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud ends up in court, here are some more ‘truly inspiring’ but fatally flawed properties from the show‘Beautiful, a delight, an inspiration,” enthused Kevin McCloud, the Grand Designs presenter, about a cabin in mid Wales carved from wood, sweat and marital breakdown by a DIY builder. Eddie McIntosh’s off-grid “tree house”, Mellowcroft, which was featured on the Channel 4 serie