14 episodes
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help a London house-hunter to find his dream rural retreat in Kent - and hopefully have enough money left over to buy a small flat in the city. Designer Shane seeks inspiration in properties with period features and a sea view - preferably in Whitstable.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer come to the aid of Darlington couple Paul and Panjarat, who are bored with the slow pace of life in the country. Paul has also had enough of the five-hour commute to work he faces every day. Their plan is to sell up and buy a house in Sheffield, while still having enough money left to purchase a rural retreat near Gateshead for when city life gets too hectic for them.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer assist a couple who want to find a house in South Wales with enough land for their horse, as well as a crash pad in Bristol where one of them works during the week. However, their requirements make it difficult for the duo to track down ideal properties
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer come to the aid of Natalie Bere, a single mother living in London, who wants a new house in Kent to spend the weekends at, while keeping a home in the city so her daughter does not have to change schools. It proves to be a difficult task - not only are there 250,000 other commuters with the same idea, but Natalie's claustrophobia and fear of maintenance means she has very specific ideas about what she wants.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer arrive to help Dawn and John, a London couple planning to move to Scotland. They want a home on the Black Isle, a rugged peninsula in the Highlands, while maintaining a flat in Inverness for work. They soon find an old Georgian building perfect for their needs - but when Dawn discovers she is pregnant, their plans undergo a dramatic rethink.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Anna and YY Chow from Beaconsfield, who have made £280,000 on their home in the past four years, to find a new property in Cheshire, as well as a flat in Croydon to work from. They are also determined that their new home is to be feng shui friendly and mortgage free. However, they soon have to rethink their ideas when they learn that the £350,000 they have budgeted for does not stretch very far in an area populated by the extremely wealthy, with house prices to match.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer come to the aid of Twickenham couple Johnny and Michelle Griffiths, who are hatching an ambitious plan to sell their one-bedroom flat and buy two houses, one in Cornwall and one in Italy.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer come to the aid of Neal and Kerry Bailey, a couple expecting their third child who are planning to move from the London commuter belt to the North East, while still maintaining a flat in the city. However, while the pair have an impressive budget of three-quarters of a million to play with, it soon becomes apparent that they have very different priorities - while Neal wants to live closer to his family and his beloved Middlesborough Football Club, Kerry, who is giving up work to be a full-time parent, is afraid of being isolated and wants to live on an estate with other young families.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help the Rawson family from Harrow near London find a home in the Republic of Ireland for £170,000. Eamonn Rawson wants to live close to his father in Co Wicklow, but any new property must get the seal of approval from his wife Lynn, who is quitting her job to become a full-time mother. Stunning Irish farmhouses are discovered, but the couple are also keen to keep a foothold in the UK housing market and consider purchasing a buy-to-let in St Albans for £250,000
Kirstie Allsopp helps Dawn and Simon Veal from Surrey find a new home in Devon for £275,000 and Phil Spencer is given the task of finding a houseboat for Simon in Maidenhead, where he will be spending his working week. They view a number of buildings in the South West, including a huge farmhouse and a chapel conversion, but the contracts are still not signed on the sale of their own property
New Forest Phil Spencer catches up with Vicky and Ray, a couple who planned to set up a B&B on the edge of the New Forest. The pair found a suitable property, but it required so much work they were forced to abandon their hopes of keeping a flat in London for work purposes. A year on, the place is no longer a building site and a thriving B&B business has been developed, but are Vicky and Ray seeing more of each other, as they had hoped?
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