A massive project to build a house from scratch in just nine days for a Kent family will be shown on TV tonight.

DIY SOS: The Big Build, featuring a property on Sheppey, will be aired on BBC One at 8.55pm.

The project was done for husbands Garry and Kyle Ratcliffe, of Elmley Road, Brambledown.

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They have four adopted children, three with very complex and life-limiting medical conditions.

Garry works as executive head teacher of Oakfield Primary Academy and Temple Hill Primary Academy in Dartford.

Their eldest son Haydn, 12, has cerebral palsy, is blind in one eye, is tube fed and uses a powered wheelchair full-time.

His younger brother Curtis also has severe cerebral palsy, as well as scoliosis, hip dysplasia, epilepsy and sleep apnoea.

The five-year-old is also blind, tube fed and is confined to a wheelchair.

Their nine-year-old sister Isobella has high-level Down syndrome, causing behavioural, learning and communication difficulties.

The youngest sibling, Phoebe, is four and physically healthy, but she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and night terrors, having been neglected and taken into care as a baby.

The Ratcliffes lived in a three-bedroom bungalow, with one bathroom, which had become unsuitable.

The DIY SOS team looked to extend the house, but after realising this would not be possible, completely demolished it at the beginning of September.

The team then returned to the Island in October to rebuild it.

The Ratcliffes' new family home has five bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Speaking after the 'big reveal', Garry said the family was overwhelmed by people’s generosity and the finished house was better than their wildest dreams.

He added: “To everyone who has been working on the project, words cannot describe our appreciation.

“You have all made our children’s lives so much easier and just perfect."