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Dion Dublin visits a stone cottage in Tilton on the Hill in rural Leicestershire while Martin Roberts is at a property auction buy in Croydon on the outskirts of London and Lucy Alexander meets two friends who have bought a bungalow in Rainham in Kent. The new owners all have very different ideas on how to tackle their developments, but will it all go according to plan?
A mid-terrace house in Chaddesdon in Derby, a two-bedroom flat in London's Maida Vale and a property in Warrington are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners to hear what they have planned for their auction buys.
Martin looks round a pretty cottage with outbuildings with huge potential in Burton upon Trent, while Lucy checks out a flat in London's Crystal Palace and Dion is in Mossley near Manchester in a four-bedroom bungalow. The new owners share their ideas to make money on their auction buys.
Martin tackles the issue of solar panels on a property in Mountain Ash in Wales and wonders if it'll be a sunny outcome for the new owner, while Lucy looks round a barn in Elstree in Hertfordshire and Dion visits a flat in Newport in Shropshire. All the properties have been sold at auction, but will any of the developers make money from their buys?
Martin Roberts meets a couple who buy a former millworkers' cottage in Derbyshire as their first home together, Lucy Alexander meets a father-and-daughter team of seasoned developers buying a house in Kent, and Dion Dublin talks to a man who, along with two friends, has clubbed together to buy an investment property in Lowestoft in Suffolk. All three houses were sold at auction and all need major work to bring them up to scratch.
Dion Dublin is in Walsall looking around a 1950s semi, while Martin Roberts meets a man developing a ground-floor one-bedroom flat in Ilford in Essex.
A house with a bathroom layout challenge in Ripley, Derbyshire, a huge three-storey house with its freehold on offer in Erdington, Birmingham, and a mid-terrace house in London's East Ham in need of a major makeover are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners and hear their plans for their auction investments.
Dion Dublin is in Lincolnshire looking round a pair of rural semi-detached cottages which the new owner may convert into one home. Martin Roberts is in Cheshire at a bungalow with bags of potential, and Lucy Alexander is in Kent talking to friends embarking on their first project together.
A house in Chesterton in Staffordshire has a smelly problem and needs a total overhaul and the new owner of a semi in Bestwood in Nottingham also has a lot to do, while the new owner of a flat in Strawberry Hill has less than a week to sort out her auction buy before she jets off to Germany. Martin, Lucy and Dion have a look round all three properties and hear all about the renovation plans.
A husband and wife duo add their design skills to a house in Croydon in Surrey, while a seasoned developer creates a high-end house of multiple occupation in Coventry and a first-time developer also does a great job with a house full of period features in Nutall in Nottinghamshire. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners who are all hoping to make money from their property auction buys.
Properties in Wolverhampton, London's Plaistow and Bolsover in Derbyshire are sold at auction. Will they make money for their new owners?
A barber's in Rochdale, Lancashire, a bungalow in Alsager, Cheshire, and a piece of land in Eccles, Kent, go under the hammer.
Featuring a house in Otterton in Devon, a small one-bedroom flat in Tottenham in London and a building in Derby which is in a state of disrepair.
A three-bed semi in Welling, London, a three-bed terraced house in Basford, Nottingham, and a property in Callington, Cornwall, are sold at auction.
Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin visit a one-bedroom flat in Catford, London, a large house near the River Mersey and a semi-detached property in Alvaston in Derby.
Properties in Derby, County Durham and the Rhondda Valley are sold at auction. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin talk to the new owners.
A cottage in Malvern, Worcestershire, a terraced house in Chell, Stoke-on-Trent, and a shop and a flat in Dover, Kent, are sold at auction.
A large piece of land in Ratby in Leicestershire, a terrace in Chesterton in Staffordshire and a 1930s semi with a huge garden and huge potential are all sold at auction. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the developers hoping to breathe new life into their auction buys.
A two-bedroom detached house in Basford in Nottingham, a top-floor flat in Portsmouth and a large Edwardian terrace in Crewe are all sold at auction.
A multimillion-pound development in Farningham in Kent, an ambitious, total renovation project in Aspatria in Cumbria and a very small studio flat in Wallington in Surrey are all sold under the hammer. Martin and Lucy meet the new owners to discuss their plans.
A Victorian terrace in London's Greenwich, two flats in Chatham in Kent and a riverside inn near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners and hear plans for their renovation projects.
Properties in Borrowash in Derbyshire, West Bromwich in the Midlands and the Isle of Sheppey are all sold under the hammer.
A flat in Pegswood in Northumberland, a terrace in Swadlincote in Derbyshire and a former shop in Chatham in Kent are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners and hear plans for their renovation projects.
A property in Sydenham in London, a property in Trentham near Stoke and a three-bed semi in West Bromwich are all sold under the hammer.
A mid-terrace house in Wales, a basement office in central London with a huge price tag and two flats in Bootle near Liverpool are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners to hear what they intend to do, but not everything goes according to plan.
Terraced houses in Tunstall in Shropshire and Prescott in Liverpool, and a large flat in Dagenham are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Lucy and Dion have a look round before hearing what the new owners have planned to make some money on their investments.
Properties in Bullbridge in Derbyshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands are sold under the hammer.
A chalet bungalow in Drakelowe in Staffordshire, a three-bed semi in Croydon in London and a piece of land in Coltishall in Norfolk are sold at auction.
Martin Roberts rolls back the clock nearly 12 years to catch up on an ambitious development of a former church in Preston on the Hill in Cheshire, while Lucy Alexander looks round two very different terraced houses in Stony Stratford near Milton Keynes and Streatham in London.
Featuring houses in Northwich in Cheshire and California in Derby and a project to build flats on the site of an old hall and garages in Deal in Kent.
A former dental surgery in Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, a 1960s semi in Canterbury and a house with wonky floors and windows in Swadlincote in Derbyshire are all sold under the hammer. Martin Lucy and Dion meet the new owners and hear their plans to make money from their buys.
A two-bed semi in Wellington in Telford, a three-bed in Carlisle and two Georgian cottages currently being used as offices go under the hammer.
Property renovation series. A two-bedroom semi in Manchester, a one-bedroom flat in Herne Hill in Kent and a two-bedroom Victorian house with period features in Crewe are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Lucy and Dion have a look round the properties before meeting the developers hoping to make some money.
Property renovation series. Three-bed properties in Maidstone in Kent, Stepney in east London and Wolstanton in Staffordshire are sold at auction. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners.
Property renovation series. A three-bedroom semi in Crewe, a former office in Sittingbourne in Kent and a terrace in Penrith in Cumbria are all sold under the hammer. They are bought by seasoned developers, but it is not all plain sailing. Martin, Lucy and Dion follow the twists.
An old attic flat in Scotland's Greenock, a purpose-built flat in London's east Dulwich and an intriguing three-storey house in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, are all bought at auction. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners whose projects take between five weeks and a year to complete.
An old forge cottage in Upton near Newark, a two-bed house in Selhurst, London, and a very sad-looking house in Butt Lane, Staffordshire, all go under the hammer.
A cottage in Cumbria, a trio of buildings in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex and a house with outbuildings in North Yorkshire all go under the hammer.
A split-level flat with bags of potential in North Shields and a couple of semis in West Bromwich and Crewe are all sold under the hammer. They are bought by seasoned developers and one novice. So who will make the most money from their investments?
A house ripe for extending in New Haw in Surrey, a three-bedroom semi calling out for a fourth bedroom in Langwith on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border and a former school site with no planning permission in Ebbw Vale in Wales are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the investors hoping to turn a profit on their auction buys.
A chalet bungalow on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border, a terraced house in Reigate in Surrey and a bungalow with a view in Braystones in Cumbria are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the investors hoping to turn a profit on their auction buys.
A trio of father and sons develop auction buys in Dover in Kent, Wolverhampton in the West Midlands and London's Wandsworth. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet them to hear their plans.
A semi in St Austell in Cornwall, a mid-terrace in Croydon and a former hotel in Bitterne in Southampton are sold under the hammer.
An end-terrace in Walsall in the West Midlands, a basement flat in Tunbridge Wells and a bungalow in Hinkley in Leicestershire are bought under the hammer by developers hoping to make some money.
Martin Roberts meets a young family with a toddler and a 12-day-old baby who buy a house in Wood Lane near Stoke-on-Trent, while Dion Dublin and Lucy Alexander talk to developers who have bought a terraced house in Darwen in Lancashire and a maisonette in London's Plumstead.
A couple moving to France buy a quaint terraced cottage in Clent in Worcestershire, a couple who have just moved back home from abroad buy a terraced house in south Croydon, London, and two friends have plans to turn a large house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, into a money spinner. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners and follow the progress of the investors hoping to make money from their auction buys.
A grand Edwardian home falls under the hammer in Eltham in London, friends decide what to do with a piece of land in Handsworth near Birmingham, and a property developer weighs up a number of options with her auction buy in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners and hear their plans.
Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin criss-cross the country from Devon and London to Wales to follow the progress of developers hoping to transform their auction property buys. Martin meets a couple wanting to transform a run-down house into their forever home, Dion talks to two friends embarking on their first property adventure, and Lucy meets a seasoned property developer and his son who have a three-phase plan redevelopment plan.
A former bank in Crewe is sold under the hammer, but will it prove a nice little earner for its new owner? In Cumbria a flood-damaged home is bought to benefit the community, and in Tooting, London, a developer has grand plans for a two-bedroom flat.
A couple, friends and a family of five make up the three sets of investors hoping to make money from auction property purchases. Martin is in north Wales on the coast, Dion is in Allenton in Derby and Lucy is in Maidstone in Kent. Adding bedrooms and putting in new bathrooms and kitchens are all under consideration. But will splashing the cash net the investors more money?
A father helps his daughter out buying and transforming a maisonette in Ewell for her to live in, and in Derby two friends hope to create smart accommodation for seven students. In Rainham in Kent, a developer has ambitious plans to smarten up a shop and create a flat above it. But will he also get permission to redevelop land at the back into more homes?
A film extra who wants a starring role as a property developer buys a flat to refurbish in Folkestone in Kent, another developer has ambitious plans for a former council depot in Milton in Stoke-on-Trent, and two footballing friends take on a detached 1930s house in Norbury in London. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin hear their plans, but will anyone them make the profit they are dreaming of?
A couple plan to transform a Victorian terrace in York into their home, developers in Rainham, Kent, want to build flats on land sandwiched between two busy roads, and investors hope to restore a flood-damaged Cumbrian property back to its former glory. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners to hear their ambitious plans.
A damp and dingy basement flat in Kilburn in London with space for an extension, a former post office in Gedney Dyke in Lincolnshire and a bungalow in Cornwall's Liskeard are sold under the hammer. Two of the new owners plan to make their auction buys their home, while the third wants to create a family home to sell on. Martin, Lucy and Dion tour the properties and meet the new owners.
A large listed Georgian house in Faversham in Kent is given the wow factor, and developers in Witham St Annes in Lancashire and New Southgate in London also deliver top-notch finishes on their very different flats. Martin, Lucy and Dion follow all the progress.
Martin, Lucy and Dion travel the country looking at properties bought at auction by investors hoping to make some money. Lucy is in Catford to follow progress on a one-bedroom flat its new owners hope to turn into a two-bed. Dion is in Wigton looking at a house with a flying freehold, and Martin is in a large end-of-terrace house in Blackpool close to the tower and illuminations.
Lucy talks to a developer with ambitious plans for a three-bed semi in South Norwood in Croydon, Martin looks round another semi in Derby's Alvaston and Dion follows the progress of a house damaged by the 2015 Cumbrian floods restored to its former glory. All three properties were sold under the hammer, bought by developers hoping to make good investments.
A trio of three three-bedroom properties make for two forever homes and an investment flat. Dion follows progress on a mum-of-two's dreams of transforming a Victorian house in Newcastle-under-Lyme into a wonderful family home. Lucy meets a film extra modernising an investment flat in Thamesmead, and Martin catches up on a four-year project to upgrade a family home in East Taphouse in Cornwall.
Lucy Alexander looks round a cottage in Upstreet near Canterbury in Kent, Dion Dublin checks out a terraced house in Yardley near Birmingham, and Martin Roberts enjoys the stunning countryside close to a cottage in Constantine, Cornwall.
Martin Roberts looks round a former register office in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Lucy Alexander is in a basement flat in London's Shepherd's Bush, and Dion Dublin talks to a couple whose project is a two-bedroom flat in Telford, Shropshire.
A small flat in Tooting in London, a huge former care home near a large park in Liverpool and a fire-damaged house in Silverdale in Shropshire are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Lucy and Dion meet the new owners to hear their plans.
A cottage in Bigrigg in Cumbria with views and a busy road, a cottage in Church Gresley in Derbyshire and a two-bedroom flat with a big price tag in London's Hammersmith are all sold under the hammer.
One new owner wants to make their purchase their home, another wants to sell on, and the third is in it for the long term and wants to rent. But are any of them going to make any money?
A holiday flat with a sea view in Seaton in Devon, a three-bed 1930s semi in Crewe in Cheshire and a two-bedroom flat in a period property in London's South Norwood are all sold under the hammer. There are some ambitious plans, but will the new owners make any money?
Martin catches up on a three-and-a-half-year project in which the auction lot included a fish and chip shop, a flat and a large storage area in Fareham in Hampshire, Dion checks out a semi in Dudley in the West Midlands, and Lucy takes a look at a studio flat in London's South Norwood. But two of the three projects prove really challenging, with some unforeseen problems to overcome.
