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Series 9: 1. Somerset



In the first episode of a new series, Nicki Chapman retraces her steps in Somerset, where two different couples shared similar aspirations.\n\nDuring a house search in 2018, emotions ran high for a pair of dog lovers from the very first moment they set eyes on a beautiful thatched cottage in Nicki’s line-up. Six years later, Nicki returns to see how the dust has settled in their new West Country abode. Later, Nicki gets a taste of the good life with some green-fingered buyers, helped by Sonali Shah in 2020, when the pandemic prompted them to make a great country escape.

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