Whether you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for your renovation, or specific products to furnish your home, Grand Designs Live brings together over 400 companies, all under the one roof
Grand Designs Live is split into four sections covering Build, Kitchens and Bathrooms, Gardens and Interiors, where you can discover new product launches, collect info for your project, and see live demonstrations.
Big names on show include Internorm with their range of glazing products, and brands including Kensa Heat Pumps, and Stairplan.
In the Build hall, Lazenby will be showcasing their range of concrete products and systems, including polished concrete flooring and tiles. Specialist architects from Green Planning Studio will be on hand to advise visitors about building on green belt land. Self-builders will be able to meet prefabricated housebuilders Hanse Haus, and ABC+ Warranty will have a stand to talk to visitors about their services including structural warranty insurance.
FREE EXPERT ADVICE
At the show visitors can sit down with your plans, ideas and questions, and chat one-to-one with a specialist in a free consultation. Experts available range from architects and finance specialists, to designers and project managers. Appointments can be pre-booked on the Grand Designs Live website before the event, or on a first-come-first serve basis at the show.
LIVE TALKS
The event is packed full of “inspirational” panel talks, with the lineup including Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud, self-builders from the show, as well as a number of “accredited experts.” Visitors can discover topical debates and top tips in several informative sessions surrounding the world of self-build and design.
From the latest series of Grand Designs, fresh from a project called ‘The Streets’ at Graven Hill in Oxfordshire, Carlos and Maite will be at the show to talk about their bold, Spanish-inspired home. Plus, you can hear all about Jitinder’s bachelor pad self-build, which is reportedly “worthy of the Hollywood hills.”
Each day the show will have a “self-build simplified” session, which will feature experts including representatives from the event partner, The Federation of Master Builders. Visitors looking to take on their first project will “receive all the information they need to get started.”
NEW FOR 2022 – GREEN LIVING LIVE
Featuring alongside Grand Designs Live Birmingham for the first time is a new event focused on helping visitors work towards creating a sustainable future. With the cost of living and the price of energy soaring, find a host of education surrounding all aspects of creating an eco-home, as well as personal transport.
The mini show features its own theatre stage, as well as an advice hub all dedicated to issues surrounding sustainability. Plus, take a tour of Kevin McCloud’s handpicked Green Heroes, which showcase “innovative ideas and ground-breaking planet-friendly products.”
Tata Steel will feature their residential product, Catnic Matrix, a prefabricated panel system designed to be easily put together onsite like Lego, to form an airtight superstructure in a matter of days. For those looking to transform their house into an eco-home you can find products from myenergi, including their Zappi EV charger and zero-carbon electricity suppliers Ripple Energy. Plus you can also find Cocobolo, who recycle, re-imagine and re-use timber flooring and wall cladding, to manufacture and retail bespoke flooring.