13 episodes · 7th January 2009
The property market has never looked so confusing. With prices on the decline and the number of houses being bought and sold at rock bottom, it's easy to believe that the market is completely dead. But there are still some trail-blazers who want to buy that dream new house and a dream new life. This week, Relocation, Relocation is in the West Country and this search definitely comes with a health warning! IT Consultant Dominic Clark and his wife Stephanie are a pair of shrewd operators. They’ve been successfully riding the property wave since they got together. It was the birth of their son Oscar just over a year ago that prompted the change – now a full time mum, the priority for Steph is to have a long-term family home near Bristol to be close to her parents and sister.
Thirty-somethings Helen and Grant live in the leafy suburbs of Forest Hill, South East London. This alternative couple work in the creative side of advertising and are keen to uproot themselves from their tranquil pastures and buy their first property together in the more trendy, post-industrial corners of North East London. But that's not all... Because Kirstie and Phil like a challenge, they also need to find a new home in Kent for Grant’s parents. Ray and Connie are moving a whopping 6,000 miles from Durban, South Africa, to be reunited with their family - who have been living apart for 10 years. Grant and Helen want to share in this idyllic Kent lifestyle too, as well as getting a foothold on a fast paced life in London, so they’re stumping up a good chunk of the cash for the Kent home to share with mum and dad at the weekend.
Ultra-cautious couple Damon Barbour and Gemma Kerr want to move out of the Big Smoke into the Surrey countryside. But as well as the perfect home, they want the perfect investment property in Berlin.
This week, Kirstie and Phil are helping a couple who are turning the usual relocation dream on its head and wanting to escape to London, not away from it. Bristol-based couple Louise Buckles and Peter Melrose are finding that their work is mainly in London; and so they want their main house there, while holding on to the rural idyll by keeping a little place in the Wiltshire countryside.
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Matthew and Louise Vardy look for a home in the Northumberland countryside. The couple have run out of space in Matthew's flat in York and have decided to move closer to Louise's family. Pilot Matthew is also hoping to find a property near Heathrow to cut down on commuting
This title is being added now. Please wait...
