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Series 22: 48. Derbyshire
Having sold up his home in the large Bedfordshire town of Luton, today’s buyer has already relocated to a rental in Derbyshire, but has called on the expertise of Sonali S ...
19-05-2022
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Series 22: 14. Pembrokeshire
Alistair Appleton shows today's buyer around Pembrokeshire. Whilst in the Welsh county, Alistair takes time out to test the therapeutic benefits of a dip in the cold sea, w ...
18-05-2022
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Series 22: 47. Berkshire
Wanting to swap their home in London for a new one in the Berkshire countryside, today’s couple have a whopping £1 million budget, and Alistair Appleton is here to h ...
18-05-2022
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Series 22: 13. Cornwall
After 25 years living in America, today’s couple are heading back to Blighty and have chosen Cornwall for their homecoming. Sonali Shah is on hand to show them some of the ...
13-05-2022
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Series 22: 46. Shropshire And Herefordshire
A couple are leaving Spain for good and want to settle in the countryside of either Shropshire or Herefordshire. Steve Brown accepts the challenge to find them their new home, a ...
13-05-2022
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Series 22: 12. Perth & Kinross
Jules Hudson unearths some excellent and innovative property choices in the magical landscape of Perth and Kinross for his buyer’s budget of £210,000. Jules also get ...
12-05-2022
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Series 22: 45. North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire beckons to an Essex couple who need Jonnie Irwin’s help to find a home in this beautiful region.\n\nJonnie also visits the popular seaside resort of Whitby ...
12-05-2022
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Series 22: 11. West Country
There are two counties for the price of one today as Nicki Chapman visits Somerset and Dorset with a buyer from London who is in search of a new life and a new home in the count ...
11-05-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 1. Devon
Jules Hudson teams up with a calligrapher from east London who has a £400k budget with which to write a new chapter in the West Country. Jules also gets in tune with the r ...
06-05-2022
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Series 22: 10. North Yorkshire
A huge kitchen is a big priority for Steve Brown’s couple today as they take in the sights and sounds of the exceptional North Yorkshire countryside. Away from property sh ...
05-05-2022
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Series 22: 9. Norfolk
Three generations of the same family need help from Jules Hudson to find them a new home in rural Norfolk. In the kitty is £800,000 for a four-bedroom house, an annexe for ...
04-05-2022
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Series 22: 8. Shropshire
A first-time buyer has decided to leave the home where she grew up in the outskirts of Birmingham for a new one in the nearby Shropshire countryside. Nicki Chapman shows her wha ...
03-05-2022
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 9. Norfolk
Ginny Buckley presents an arresting range of houses to a couple who have a substantial budget of £700,000 and are hoping to relocate their family to the wonderful Norfolk ...
02-05-2022
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Series 21: 31. Welsh Borders
Jules Hudson is on home ground in the Welsh Borders as he showcases some tempting houses to a retired couple who have a whopping £1 million to spend. Along with a characte ...
29-04-2022
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Series 19: 35. Pembrokeshire
On today’s country relocation in Pembrokeshire, Alistair Appleton is helping a couple with a £325k budget to find a rural home for their retirement. Whilst in Wales, ...
28-04-2022
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Series 19: 34. Norfolk
Jonnie Irwin is in rural Norfolk, helping a couple who have an £800k budget to buy their very first property together. Along the way, Jonnie takes a ride on a narrow gauge ...
27-04-2022
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Series 19: 21. Worcestershire
Jonnie Irwin goes house hunting with couple who have a healthy £900k budget and want to start a new life closer to loved ones in the Worcestershire countryside. Jonnie als ...
26-04-2022
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Series 19: 18. Norfolk
After long and demanding careers in the emergency services, this pair of house hunters are after a change of scenery in the Norfolk countryside. Jonnie Irwin guides them on thei ...
25-04-2022
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Series 22: 7. Derbyshire
Jonnie Irwin takes in the delights of Derbyshire with a couple from Leeds who want to see a range of rural properties with all the trimmings. Jonnie takes time out to visit a re ...
22-04-2022
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Series 22: 44. Dorset
Although originally from the UK, today’s couple have been living in Canada since the 1980s. Now back home, and with Ginny Buckley’s help, they are raring to find a n ...
22-04-2022
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Series 22: 6. Hampshire
A new house in the Hampshire countryside is needed for a young couple and their two dogs, and Sonali Shah is on hand to show them the best property the county has to offer for t ...
21-04-2022
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Series 22: 43. Lancashire And Cumbria Borders
Having met just 18 months ago, today’s couple are wasting no time and are selling up their homes to find a new one together, in the countryside of Cumbria or Lancashire. B ...
21-04-2022
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Series 21: 45. Dumfries & Galloway
Sonali Shah visits spectacular Scotland, making her way to Dumfries and Galloway with a married couple from London who are seeking a life-changing move. They’re hoping the ...
16-04-2022
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Series 20: 16. The High Weald
A south London couple have high hopes of escaping the rat race and finding their dream home in the High Weald with the help of Alistair Appleton. The pair have a hearty budget o ...
15-04-2022
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Series 22: 42. Gloucestershire
A creative couple from London want to leave city life behind in search of new adventures in Gloucestershire, and Chris Bavin is on hand to guide them. Along with presenting a lo ...
15-04-2022
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Series 22: 5. Suffolk
Wanting to be closer to a new grandson, a buyer from the Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury asks Jules Hudson to help her find a new home in the Suffolk countryside for £4 ...
14-04-2022
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Series 22: 41. The Gower
The sun shines all week long as Alistair Appleton helps a couple to move one step closer to their dream of a new life on the gorgeous Gower Peninsula in Wales. Apart from checki ...
14-04-2022
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Series 22: 4. Wiltshire
With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. With £325,000, the pair have decided they need a ba ...
13-04-2022
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Series 22: 3. Northamptonshire
Having recently returned from Bermuda, today’s couple are bracing themselves for an exploration of Northamptonshire’s property, people and places, guided by Steve Br ...
08-04-2022
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Series 22: 2. Argyll And Bute
A couple from the Surrey town of Epsom enjoy the spectacular landscape in Argyll and Bute as Nicki Chapman provides them with some expert property advice. For their budget of &p ...
07-04-2022
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Series 22: 40. Cambridgeshire
Returning home after seven years in Switzerland, today’s couple are expecting a baby and have called on Margherita Taylor to help them find a family home in Cambridgeshire ...
07-04-2022
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Series 22: 1. Derbyshire
A London couple are swapping the sound of the Bow bells for cow bells, as Jules Hudson helps them to spend their £500,000 budget on a house with a music room and a dog-fri ...
06-04-2022
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Series 22: 39. Dorset
Wanting to move to Dorset, just one county away from their current home, today’s couple are led by Sonali Shah to discover what the local housing market has to offer for t ...
06-04-2022
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 6. Yorkshire Dales
Jules Hudson teams up with a couple of keen horticulturalists who have £450,000 to find their ideal country home in the Yorkshire Dales, with the garden a top priority. Ma ...
02-04-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 15. Hampshire
Alistair Appleton joins forces with a spiritual businesswoman and her best friend to help find a calming Hampshire home on a budget of £950,000. Taking a breather from the ...
01-04-2022
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Series 21: 53. Devon
The bluebells are out in Devon as Sonali Shah helps a young couple search for a new home with enough land to start a glamping business. Along with the properties, they check out ...
31-03-2022
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Series 22: 38. Welsh Borders
In the Welsh Borders, Jules Hudson is the local with the lowdown, helping a retired colonel and his wife with their property shopping requirements. Jules also meets up with a gr ...
31-03-2022
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Series 21: 52. Cheshire
Jules Hudson is in Cheshire, helping a couple from Liverpool find an open-plan, three-bedroom house. Jules also meets a pampered pooch as well as local legend and internet sensa ...
30-03-2022
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Series 22: 37. Kent
Who better to show a young couple with a growing family from London around Kent than local girl Nicki Chapman? Away from the house hunt, Nicki takes a trip down memory lane, mee ...
30-03-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 17. West Sussex
Ginny Buckley meets a couple hoping to swap the busy city of Oxford for the peaceful West Sussex coast on a budget of £600,000. Making the most of her time in the South Do ...
26-03-2022
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Series 21: 51. Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire keeps Nicki Chapman and a couple from London busy visiting a bespoke garden office, a co-housing development and a local florist, in between searching for a new h ...
25-03-2022
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Series 21: 50. Dumfries And Galloway
In Dumfries and Galloway, Steve Brown helps a house buyer from the Lake District to find a home for her, her husband, their cat and not one but twelve motorcycles. The budget? & ...
24-03-2022
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Series 22: 36. Shropshire
Chris Bavin and today’s couple marvel at Shropshire’s stunning countryside in between checking out some tempting homes from the county’s property market. Takin ...
24-03-2022
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Series 21: 49. Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton gets a lesson in feng shui from today’s buyer, who is looking to move from Greater London to a country cottage in the picturesque Cotswolds. Alistair als ...
23-03-2022
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Series 22: 35. Wye Valley
The beautiful Wye Valley may not be too far from Bristol, where today’s couple are from, but it’s a whole world away in terms of lifestyle. Steve Brown has some temp ...
23-03-2022
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Series 21: 48. West Wales
Jules Hudson joins a couple from Cambridgeshire for a packed few days in west Wales, skimming stones, learning Welsh and meeting a chef from France who loves to whip up tasty di ...
18-03-2022
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Series 21: 47. Shropshire
With ambitions to start a cookery school in Shropshire, a couple from Hertfordshire get a helping hand from Nicki Chapman to spend £900,000 on a home for their new life in ...
17-03-2022
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Series 22: 34. Buckinghamshire
Leafy Buckinghamshire is Sonali Shah’s destination today, where she’s helping a London couple search for their dream countryside home. Sticking to bricks and mortar, ...
17-03-2022
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Series 22: 33. The Lothians
Jules Hudson prepares himself for a beautiful but bracing property adventure in the lowlands of Scotland as he travels around the Lothians. He’s with a buyer from Edinburg ...
16-03-2022
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 8. Carmarthenshire
Ginny Buckley meets a couple who are looking to return to their Welsh homeland after 20 years of living in Oxford. The pair have a budget of £450,000 to find the right hom ...
12-03-2022
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Series 20: 19. Cornwall
Jules Hudson joins a couple with a budget of £400,000 in their search for the perfect retirement retreat in the Cornish countryside. Taking some time out from house-huntin ...
11-03-2022
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Series 20: 18. Staffordshire & Derbyshire
Alistair Appleton leads a couple with a budget of £320,000 in their search for a countryside home on the Staffordshire-Derbyshire border. Alistair also puts his tailoring ...
10-03-2022
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Series 20: 17. Devon
Ginny Buckley meets a couple who are looking to lay down roots in Devon after decades serving in the army. They have a £400,000 budget to find\ntheir ideal home near the E ...
09-03-2022
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Series 22: 32. The Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton shows off the Cotswolds in all its glory to a couple who want a complete change of lifestyle. Moving from Edinburgh, they have a budget of over £1 millio ...
09-03-2022
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Series 22: 31. West Yorkshire
With their current townhouse bursting at the seams, today’s couple - along with their five children and two dogs - need Ginny Buckley's help to find a large rural pro ...
08-03-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 4. Oxfordshire
Jonnie Irwin is on a property hunting mission in Oxfordshire with a young couple who are both medical professionals, and who have a fantastic £1,500,000 budget to find a c ...
06-03-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 12. Surrey
Alistair Appleton helps recent newlyweds with their quest to quit London in search of a perfect country home. They have a £1.5 million budget and have chosen Surrey as the ...
05-03-2022
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Series 20: 15. North Wessex Downs
Jules Hudson brings his enthusiasm and rural property expertise to the North Wessex Downs as he helps a couple who have £775,000 to find a characterful country house. Whil ...
04-03-2022
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Series 20: 14. Hampshire
Sonali Shah scours Hampshire’s property market to find somewhere for a couple who are temporarily relying on the goodwill of family. They have a £600k budget and wan ...
03-03-2022
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Series 20: 3. Cornwall
Today’s house-hunting duo are a couple from Worcestershire who have Alistair Appleton on hand to help them find the perfect home in Cornwall for their £650k budget. ...
02-03-2022
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Series 22: 30. Suffolk
Suffolk is today’s destination for Steve Brown. He is joined by a couple from London who have £575,000 to spend on a new home from where they want to kick-start a ne ...
02-03-2022
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Series 22: 29. Perth And Kinross
Alistair Appleton is in his element today as he visits the spectacular Perth and Kinross countryside, on a mission to help a young couple from Edinburgh realise their dream of a ...
01-03-2022
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Series 19: 16. Warwickshire
Alistair Appleton travels to the Warwickshire countryside to help a couple with a £600,000 budget finds a rural home for them and their two young daughters. While in the r ...
25-02-2022
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Series 19: 9. Shropshire
Jonnie Irwin is in the Shropshire countryside, helping a couple with a £335,000 budget to find a rural family home closer to loved ones. Exploring more of the county' ...
24-02-2022
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Series 19: 8. Peak District
Jules Hudson heads to the Peak District with an expat couple returning from the Netherlands to their family roots and want their generous £1.5 million budget to provide co ...
23-02-2022
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Series 22: 28. Devon
A dog-friendly garden is a top priority today for Nicki Chapman’s buyer in Devon, who has £350,000 to spend on a new home for her and her much-loved pet pooch. After ...
23-02-2022
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Series 22: 27. North Norfolk
Creating a luxury holiday let business is just as important as finding a new family home for today’s couple. They want to relocate to rural north Norfolk, and Jules Hudson ...
22-02-2022
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Series 22: 26. Somerset
Briony May Williams is on her home turf in Somerset as she helps a couple with a budget of £500k who are looking to swap their narrow boat for a more traditional house on ...
21-02-2022
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Series 20: 13. East Devon
Jules Hudson joins a couple who hope to realise their dream of escaping to Devon. They have a generous budget of £1.4 million and hope to find a property with land, a self ...
20-02-2022
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Series 19: 5. Shropshire
Ginny Buckley is in the Shropshire countryside with a sociable couple who have £425,000 to invest in a character home that gives them space for entertaining and their belo ...
18-02-2022
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Series 19: 4. Monmouthshire
Nicki Chapman heads to the Monmouthshire countryside to help a couple who have a love of the outdoors and dogs as they aim to buy their first home together with their £700 ...
17-02-2022
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Series 18: 70. Herefordshire
Jules Hudson is in the Herefordshire countryside with a house-hunting couple who have a £600,000 budget to buy a family property and a lifestyle dream which they quickly s ...
16-02-2022
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Series 22: 25. Cornwall
Having spent many happy family holidays in Cornwall, a couple from Hertfordshire now want to make England’s most south westerly county their permanent home, and Steve Brow ...
14-02-2022
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Series 18: 69. East Midlands
Margherita Taylor travels through the countryside of the East Midlands with a couple who want to invest their £650,000 budget in a character property which has space for t ...
11-02-2022
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Series 18: 68. Worcestershire
Nicki Chapman is on a house-hunting mission in rural Worcestershire with a couple who want their £475,000 pounds to buy them a characterful family home that delivers ' ...
10-02-2022
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Series 18: 67. Hampshire
Jules Hudson is country property shopping in Hampshire with a buyer who has an £875,000 budget and a firm wish to return to her family roots, which is why she has brought ...
09-02-2022
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Series 22: 24. North Yorkshire
Having fallen head over heels in love with North Yorkshire, a retired teacher and her pet bunny Gary need Nicki Chapman’s help with finding a new home for £450k, a s ...
08-02-2022
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Series 22: 23. East Midlands
Three generations of one family want to move to the East Midlands, and the task of finding a new home for them all has fallen on Mum, Grandma and Ginny Buckley. Away from houses ...
07-02-2022
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Series 18 (shortened Versions): 6. South Wales
Margherita Taylor helps an outgoing couple with a £400,000 budget to escape to the wide open space of south Wales, as they hunt for a home that will be able to house their ...
05-02-2022
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Series 18 (30-minute Versions): 9. Cornwall
Alistair Appleton is in the Cornish countryside house hunting with a couple planning an escape from the busy suburbs of Surrey, with a £350,000 budget to move their family ...
04-02-2022
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Series 18: 45. Scottish Borders
Nicki Chapman is rural property shopping in the Scottish Borders with a couple who want to invest their £850,000 budget in returning to the UK after 20 years of city life ...
03-02-2022
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Series 22: 22. Norfolk & Suffolk Borders
A move to Norfolk or Suffolk has been a long time in the making for a couple from Middlesex, and Jules Hudson is just the man to help make their dream come true for their £ ...
03-02-2022
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Series 18: 43. Norfolk
Jonnie Irwin is on a high-energy house-hunt in the Norfolk countryside helping a couple quit their urban life in London and find a character family home with their £400,00 ...
02-02-2022
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Series 22: Episode 21
A young couple from London have £325,000 to spend on a new rural home, and it’s Sonali Shah who’s leading the search in the Monmouthshire countryside. Sonali t ...
02-02-2022
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Series 20 (shortened Versions): 3. Norfolk
Jules Hudson helps a vivacious mother and daughter hunt for a country home in Norfolk. There are tears and lots of laughter as they tour a selection of beautiful East Anglian pr ...
30-01-2022
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Series 21 (extended Versions): Episode 3
Jules Hudson is in Derbyshire with a recently married couple who are making an epic location shift and swapping the Blue Mountains in Australia for the wilds of the Peak Distric ...
29-01-2022
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Series 19: 10. Wiltshire
Nicki Chapman is in in Wiltshire helping a London couple who need their generous £1 million budget to afford them space for their prized possessions - a baby grand piano a ...
28-01-2022
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Series 19: 7. Yorkshire Dales
Margherita Taylor is rural property-shopping in the Yorkshire Dales with a retired head teacher who has £400,000 to invest in her leap to the country and has signed up her ...
27-01-2022
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Series 19: 6. Somerset
Jules Hudson is on a property-hunting mission spanning Somerset and Devon's Exmoor National Park with a couple who have a £550,000 budget and a love of carpentry and ...
26-01-2022
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Series 22: 20. Devon
There are some impressive properties on offer in Devon today as Nicki Chapman helps a couple from London to figure out what they do and don’t want from their new life in t ...
25-01-2022
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Series 22: 19. Lincolnshire
A desire to move closer to family and the need for a new single-storey home is fuelling today’s buyers to make the move from Birmingham to the Lincolnshire countryside. Ju ...
24-01-2022
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Series 21: 46. Wiltshire And Somerset
Travelling through the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset, Jonnie Irwin helps a pair of early retirees spend their whopping £1.3million budget on an impressive home in the ...
21-01-2022
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Series 19: 32. Shropshire
Alistair Appleton is helping a couple with a £400,000 budget escape to the Shropshire countryside in a bid to improve their young daughter’s quality of life and reco ...
20-01-2022
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Series 21: 43. Oxfordshire
A musical couple from London need Steve Brown’s help to unearth a new home in the Oxfordshire countryside. On the £950,000 shopping list is a detached property with ...
19-01-2022
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Series 21: 41. Surrey
Jonnie Irwin is with a young couple wanting to escape London to build a new life in the Surrey countryside. They hope a £900,000 budget will lead to a large home for their ...
18-01-2022
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Series 22: 18. Norfolk
There are grand ambitions in Norfolk as Alistair Appleton helps an opera singer and his husband find a house with space inside to hold small concerts and a garden big enough to ...
17-01-2022
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55-minute Versions: 3. Somerset
Nicki Chapman is in Somerset with a couple who have already sold up and are desperate to invest £425,000 in their perfect rural retreat after months of staying with friend ...
16-01-2022
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Series 20 (60-minute Versions): 20. Cambridgeshire
Jules Hudson is on a mission to find the ideal Cambridgeshire home for a young couple with a £570,000 budget who want to escape suburban Kent. Keen to explore more of the ...
09-01-2022
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Series 19: 33. Lancashire
Jules Hudson meets a couple with a generous budget of £700,000 who want not just to buy a sanctuary in the Lancashire countryside for themselves, but also invest in enough ...
08-01-2022
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 7. Lancashire
Jonnie Irwin meets a pair of teachers with a £600k budget who want to upsize and find the ideal country home for them and their four young children. Away from property, Jo ...
02-01-2022
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