Touching moment, Grand Designs man walks through his late parents’ house full of memories before tearing it down to build a ‘welfare’ house to care for his ailing wife.

This is the emotional moment a Grand Designs man walked through his late parents’ memento-filled home before tearing it down.

In the last episode of the Channel 4 series, Tony and Ara tried to build a ‘wellness’ house in a forest near Henley-on-Thames.

Now, who previously worked in the corporate world, is suffering from increasingly fragile health due to an autoimmune disease and needed her own space to help her heal.

But to get their dream home, with an estimated construction cost of £800,000, the couple have to sacrifice the home of Tony’s late parents, John and Betty.

A touching video from the new episode shows the moment the couple and host Kevin McCloud walked through the 1960s bungalow for one of the last times, reflecting on the “memories” they made there.

This is the emotional moment a Grand Designs couple walked through the man’s parents’ home (pictured) for the last time, before tearing it down.

Tony (pictured) makes the difficult decision to demolish the bungalow for his partner’s health

Looking at the paneled walls and the unique mosaic floor with a clock in the center, Kevin couldn’t help but comment, “That’s pretty nice.”

Now he added: “Everything has been made with love, and you can feel it.” And pointing to the next room, she even revealed: “We got married in this room!”

The couple had moved in with John and Betty seven years ago to look after them, with the house holding a “treasure trove of memories”.

But Tony, a health researcher, said: “I think for me, I’ve worked on a strategy to be able to let go.”

The couple wasted no time in starting the demolition process and began building the new home, with work beginning in 2019.

Tony said: “For so many years, both practically and psychologically, I felt a bit hidden in the shadow of what my father had done, but now it’s really my project.”

Tony and Ara had moved into the house seven years ago, to look after Tony’s parents John and Betty (pictured)

Now (pictured) she is in increasingly frail health due to an autoimmune disease, so Tony decides to build her a ‘wellness house’ to heal.

Host Kevin McCloud praised the old house’s memorabilia, including a mosaic floor with a clock

The couple and Kevin walked around the old house for one of the last times – an emotional moment

Kevin said the old house was “beautiful” during his tour of the previous property

But the construction process was far from straightforward, as Tony took on project management and construction work himself, even discarding his architect’s plans, despite his 40 years of experience.

To cut costs, Tony said he would “learn on the job,” but a few months later, he found himself with a leaky roof and prices rising.

The project then descended into “chaos,” with Tony suffering a fall and further endangering Ara’s health.

But through it all, Tony remained calm in his philosophy that “if you enjoy the process, it doesn’t matter how long it takes.”

The result of Tony and Ara’s efforts will be shown on Wednesday’s episode of Grand Designs.

Last week, Grand Designs viewers were “moved to tears” by the “best episode ever”.

Kara, Jonny and their young family won hearts across the country in their bid to build an accessible home in the Pennines in West Yorkshire.

Kara was paralyzed after suffering a seizure while on holiday in Spain in 2019, after which she was unexpectedly confined to a wheelchair for life.

The mother of two was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), an autoimmune disease that flares up and threatens to damage the nervous system.

Last week, Grand Designs viewers called the episode the “best ever” after Kara (pictured), who was left paralyzed for life, landed her dream home.

During the episode, she and Jonny built their dream home (pictured) with stunning interiors and countryside views.

During the episode, she and Jonny built their dream home with stunning interiors and sweeping countryside views, while accessibility features meant she could regain some of her former independence.

After Kara emotionally broke down in tears as she confessed that she had been able to regain her “freedom”, viewers also found themselves in tears and called it the “best episode” of the show.

They took to social media to write: ‘Every year of #GrandDesigns we have a winner!! The house.. The partner.. The work ethic.. The style.. The unbelievably fabulous dog.. All great’;

“Stunning design and attention to detail to deliver an amazing home. That’s what Grand Designs is all about. One of the best builds of the show’s 25 years”;

“I’ve never rooted for anyone at Grand Designs as hard as I did tonight”;

Grand Designs airs Wednesdays at 9pm on Channel 4.