Warehouse living in the buzzy inner city! For Anita and Kris Martincic it was a long held dream after years living and raising their children in Sydney's suburban south. So when a 100 year old derelict building known as the Newtown Hat Factory comes on the market, they jump in - dazzled by its potential and the chance for a sophisticated life of music, art and great restaurants. 

But there's an enormous amount of work to be done first! This ruin of a building was once a squat inhabited by some of Newtown's more colourful characters, but now it is barely standing, with crumbled, falling down walls and rotten floors. With grand ambitions and starry-eyed excitement they finally get underway rebuilding the hat factory, but what starts as an interesting architectural challenge, soon becomes a nightmare of endless delays and relentless cost blowouts. 

With the stresses and the bills mounting, Anita and Kris are forced to consider what it is they value most - the old hat factory or their health. 

Catherine and Mick found love later in life. After both confronting serious health issues they realised there was no time like the present to build their dream home The big question is what? Having spent two years scouring Australia on the hunt for the perfect block, they settle on 50 acres atop the spectacular rolling hills of South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula and set about building a remarkable structure that more resembles a corrugated iron shed than a house! 

But weather conditions in this rugged coastal location can be ferocious, and time delays and budget blowouts put a huge amount of pressure on the project and Mick and Catherine's relationship. Will their new home become their own little patch of paradise, or a rattly and expensive tin shed in hurricane?