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Ex-advertising man Geoff builds a dramatically cantilevered house on a flood plain in Essex. It's one of the challenges of his life: a flood resistant architectural marvel on the coast, designed to survive a one in a thousand-year flood event.

Ex-advertising man Geoff builds a dramatically cantilevered house on a flood plain in Essex. It's one of the challenges of his life: a flood resistant architectural marvel on the coast, designed to survive a one in a thousand-year flood event.

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Original Air Date: Apr 29, 1999
Playback: HD
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