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Grand Designs viewers left 'sickened' over

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Byline: By, Katy Hallam & Sonia Sharma

The new series of TV show Grand Designs was hit by complaints from viewers who were disgusted at the amount of money spent on a project.

The first episode of the Channel 4 programme saw presenter Kevin McCloud visit property and supercar investor Joe Priday and his wife Claire as they attempted a futuristic build in Devon.

The £2.5million Hux Shard covers 6,000 sq ft and stands seven feet tall.

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It has a gym, cinema room and a study for the kids with a huge open plan kitchen and living-space. The house is ultra-modern and also eco-friendly, powered via the sun and air.

But viewers were not impressed with how much money was spent on the project -especially the £125,000 kitchen -and branded it "sickening", reports Birmingham Live.

The couple started off with a budget of £800,0000 but eventually spent £2.5 million on the grand home.

One wrote: "In all seriousness, that was one sickening 'Grand Design'. Everything about it highlighted the gulf between the haves and have-nots. What he spent on just a Kitchen! And what about the environmental cost"

A second added: "£125k on a kitchen!! #granddesigns you can buy a house for that in some areas...doesn't seem right really."

A third viewer said: "That was the most staggering vanity project and flagrant abuse of planetary resources I've seen on #granddesigns"

A fourth agreed, writing: "Nah if that's #granddesigns now I'm out. 800 grand budget, spent 2.5 mill and...

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