Cliff Notes – Inside Grand Designs ‘biggest ever home’ now worth £4,000,000 10 years later
- The property, known as Pavello, was built by Clinton Dall and featured on Grand Designs in 2015, costing £1.5 million to construct on a £850,000 plot of land.
- Spanning 60 metres and seven times the size of an average UK home, it includes luxurious amenities such as a gym, spa, and a 15-metre swimming pool.
- After several years on the market, the home sold for £4 million, reflecting its unique design and prime location in West Sussex.
Inside Grand Designs ‘biggest ever home’ now worth £4,000,000 10 years later
A property that featured on Grand Designs a decade ago is now worth £4,000,000 (Picture: Fine & Country)
A decade after featuring on Grand Designs, an ‘absolutely exquisite’ home has sold for a jaw-dropping £4,000,000.
In 2015, host Kevin McCloud travelled to the village of Colgate near Horsham in West Sussex to meet Clinton Dall, who was ‘willing to spend whatever it takes’ to build one of the largest homes ever featured on the long-running Channel 4 programme.
Arriving on site for the first time, Kevin was taken aback and exclaimed: ‘Bloody Nora, what Pandora’s box have you opened?’.
The single-storey glass and steel design was inspired by Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion.
At a massive 60 metres long, Kevin expressed concerns the project (which was called Pavello) set on a five-acre wooded plot might end up looking like a miniature airport or art gallery rather than a home. He also suggested the owner could face ‘financial ruin’.
Meanwhile the builder was also concerned about just how huge the home was. At 5,533 square feet, it was seven times the size of an average UK home.
Clinton Dall had an ambitious dream to build one of the biggest homes ever seen on the series (Picture: Channel 4)
But the sky was the limit for the ambitious project, which had no budget in place but had a 12-month deadline.
As Clinton, who ran a cleaning business, explained at the time: ‘I don’t want to compromise, I want it to be bang on.’
Like all builds featured on the show, he faced some challenges including issues with materials and ballooning costs.
Host Kevin McCloud was in awe of the finished project (Picture: Channel 4)
The property is set on five acres of land in West Sussex (Picture: Fine & Country)
However, his dream eventually came to fruition, with Clinton saying that ‘people didn’t really get it until it was finished’.
In the end he revealed the home cost £1.5 million to build, which came after he spent £850,000 on the land.
That included Kevin, who said this when visiting the property once it was finished. ‘I’m slightly awestruck by this – it’s so breathtakingly beautifully done.’
The home stretches 60 metres and is seven times the size of the average UK family home
(Picture: Fine & Country)
The kitchen cost around £120,000 (Picture: Fine & Country)
The open-plan living area was designed with Clinton’s family in mind (Picture: Fine & Country)
There are also more private areas in the home (Picture: Fine & Country)
The five bedrooms each have an en-suite (Picture: Fine & Country)
‘I think the colours and the furniture have exceeded my expectations,’ he says. ‘Everyone was worried at one point, because it’s vast and there’s so much glass, but I think it is softened by the furniture, the blue-and-grey walls and the wood veneer – I’m over the moon with that. It could have been a disaster, but it looks more like a home than I thought it would,’ Clinton told Grand Designs Magazine in 2021.
But two years later Clinton decided to sell up.
As he told the same publication, he ‘moves after a year or two as I get bored’.
Most also lead directly out to the pool (Picture: Fine & Country)
One of the bathrooms features a massive tub (Picture: Fine & Country)
Another even has a sauna (Picture: Fine & Country)
A gym is also included (Picture: Fine & Country)
‘But I must say this particular house does have a fantastic plot; it’s a great location and it’s been executed in exactly the way I wanted. I can’t think of anything better as far as I’m concerned, so from that point of view it’s the perfect house for me. But if one day I was flicking through a magazine and I spotted a plot of land with a lake or something, well, who knows…’
In 2017 Pavello was listed for £3.75 million. The asking price was dropped to £3.5 million the following year.
It then sold for £3.45 million at the start of 2019 but last year went up for sale again, for £4 million.
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The property was sold last year (Picture: Fine & Country)
Photos of the property showed off its luxurious features.
The five-bedroom open-plan home, which has a glass exterior filling it with light, features a gym, spa and 15-metre swimming pool.
It also has underfloor heating throughout; all the bedrooms have ensuites and four have direct access to the pool.
Over the years the home was also rented out for use in a Peter Andre music video, was used to launch Michelle Keegan’s Lipsy range in 2016 and in a string of advertisements.
Grand Designs continues Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 4.
