Kevin McCloud is joined by architect Damion Burrows, design expert Michelle Ogundehin and conservation architect Natasha Huq to review the properties in the running for the 2022 Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year award. They begin with five hard-to-build houses, from a playful pink beach house built to withstand fierce winds to a meticulous renovation of a 1960s home in Derbyshire and a DIY eco-home in Stirlingshire. They also visit a difficult-to-build reimagining of a redbrick house in Dorset and a London new-build that faced challenge after challenge.