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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 ...
10-09-2024
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Series 25: 3. North Yorkshire
Looking for inspiration in the magnificent North Yorkshire countryside, today’s buyer from a town in Buckinghamshire is full of admiration for the county and the line-up o ...
10-09-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 2. Hampshire/ New Forest
Sonali Shah is welcoming back two returning expats, after 20 years living abroad in America. They have a healthy £950k budget for a spacious country home in Hampshire&rsqu ...
08-09-2024
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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 ...
05-09-2024
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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, wearin ...
04-09-2024
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Series 25: 2. Cornwall
A couple from Kent want to head west to Cornwall to house-hunt for a property where they can create a wellness retreat, and Jules Hudson is just the man to help them find it. Ta ...
04-09-2024
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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 ...
03-09-2024
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Series 23: 8. Somerset
Two sisters want to combine their resources in Somerset to find a secluded house that has enough land to start their own music festival, though on a slightly smaller scale than ...
01-09-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cumbria
Wanting to move closer to their family, Nicki Chapman celebrates the arrival of her buyers’ first grandchild by helping them find a new home in Cumbria. Nicki also meets a ...
31-08-2024
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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 ...
29-08-2024
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Series 21: 39. Essex
Ginny Buckley meets a couple of Londoners who have a massive £1million to spend on a detached property in the Essex countryside with lots of space for family and friends. ...
28-08-2024
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Series 25: 1. The Highlands
Alistair Appleton is in the Highlands of Scotland with an artistic couple whose aspirations include starting their own music festival among the magnificent mountains the region ...
28-08-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Fens
Steve Brown’s escapees from a large Bedfordshire town want to relocate to the fabulous Fens to start a glamping business, so at least an acre of land is a priority. Steve ...
26-08-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cairngorms
Jules Hudson takes in Scotland’s stunning Cairngorms as he helps a couple from the Isle of Wight find a rural property that will fulfil their ambitions for both a new home ...
25-08-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): East Midlands
A young couple want to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands, where Nicki Chapman opens the front doors to a beautiful selection of homes with lovely ...
24-08-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Welsh Borders
With a budget of £400,000, an ambitious young couple from the West Midlands have the help of Sonali Shah to find a renovation project and a couple of acres of land in the ...
23-08-2024
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Series 21: 34. Herefordshire
In his treasured home county of Herefordshire, Jules Hudson presents some fabulous, rural properties to a couple from Kent who have a budget of £700,000. Away from the hou ...
22-08-2024
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Series 21: 33. Cornwall
Returning home from South Africa, today’s buyer has a budget of £450,000 and heads west to Cornwall with Steve Brown to find a character property that has holiday le ...
21-08-2024
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Series 21: 25. Wiltshire
Alistair Appleton tempts a newlywed Olympian and his wife to part with up to £525,000 for one of three fabulous properties on offer in wonderful Wiltshire. Away from ...
20-08-2024
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Series 24: 55. The Isle Of Skye
It’s an island escape in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides today, where Denise Nurse is tasked with finding a permanent home for a family who’ve spent the last year tr ...
19-08-2024
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Series 21: 38. Shropshire
There’s an urgent need for Alistair Appleton to find today’s buyers a new home in stunning Shropshire, as they have just sold their current house in Essex. For their ...
18-08-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Pembrokeshire
Nicki Chapman is on the hunt for a Pembrokeshire property with a holiday let to suit a couple with very different wants and needs. Nicki also visits some entrepreneurs who&rsquo ...
17-08-2024
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Series 23: 53. Fife
A couple from Brighton have a budget of £400,000 to buy their first home together and want a complete change of scenery. They’ve set their sights on the beautiful co ...
16-08-2024
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Series 21: 23. Staffordshire
A recently retired couple looking to downsize from their Essex home head to Staffordshire with Sonali Shah hoping to find peace, pubs and a detached home with a view. ...
15-08-2024
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Series 24: 29. Buckinghamshire Borders
Helping a young couple from the city of St Albans, Briony May Williams heads to Buckinghamshire to find a fabulous countryside escape for them and Dexter the dog. Aside from all ...
14-08-2024
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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 ...
13-08-2024
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Series 24: 54. Cheshire
A young couple currently living in Manchester are hoping to up sticks to the Cheshire countryside with their young daughter. They have requested a four bedroom, detached family ...
13-08-2024
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Series 21: 36. Hampshire
Nicki Chapman is on hand to help an artist find a period property in Hampshire with potential for a painting studio and a garden in which to practise yoga. Away from the propert ...
09-08-2024
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Series 21: 15. Dorset
With a budget of £450,000, a married couple looking to uproot from Greater Manchester seek the help of Jules Hudson to find a new family home close to the coast in gloriou ...
08-08-2024
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Series 21: 30. Wiltshire
Ginny Buckley is in Wiltshire with a young couple from London looking for a new home to house them and their 5 guinea pigs. They have £600,000 to spend and would like enou ...
07-08-2024
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Series 21: 14. Pembrokeshire
An escapee from Surrey challenges Alistair Appleton to find her the perfect property in a county and a country she has never been to before, Pembrokeshire in Wales. For a very t ...
06-08-2024
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Series 21: 20. North Yorkshire
Steve Brown showcases some tempting properties to a young couple of keen cyclists who have a budget of £600,000 to make the move from London to the beautiful countryside o ...
05-08-2024
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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 ...
02-08-2024
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Series 21: 3. Bedfordshire
Margherita Taylor is in Bedfordshire with a sociable couple who have £500,000 to find the right country home to suit them and their pooches and to house their very own bes ...
31-07-2024
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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 ...
30-07-2024
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Series 20: 9. Norfolk
Margherita Taylor helps a retired couple escape to the tranquillity of Norfolk after 30 years in a busy Essex town. Now that their children have flown the nest, the pair are hop ...
29-07-2024
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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 ...
26-07-2024
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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 ...
25-07-2024
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Series 23: 40. Devon And Dorset
Now that her sons have fledged the nest, today’s buyer wants a new lease of life in a rural home that has business potential. She’s set her sights on either Devon or ...
24-07-2024
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Series 23: 24. Cumbria
Steve Brown is on hand to help a couple of newlyweds who are looking to escape south London and set down roots in the stunning countryside of Cumbria. They have already discount ...
23-07-2024
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Series 24: 53. Herefordshire
Living a few miles from Belfast is just too far from family, so now they’ve retired, today’s couple want to move back to England, to Herefordshire, where Briony May ...
23-07-2024
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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 ...
21-07-2024
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Series 23: 22. West Sussex
Today, we have a marvellous multi-generational move to consider as Alistair Appleton guides one family, spread over four generations, to find two houses in one village. It&rsquo ...
19-07-2024
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Series 24: 27. Scottish Borders
Denise Nurse shows off the magnificent Scottish Borders in all their glory to a young couple looking to make a big countryside escape. One half wants to open a veterinary practi ...
18-07-2024
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Series 24: 52. Aberdeenshire
Although Nicki Chapman’s buyers are currently renting in a Surrey town, they’ve spent the last 25 years living and working in America. They now want to find their ne ...
18-07-2024
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Series 23: 55. Yorkshire
Jules Hudson is in his element as he explores the glorious countryside of North and West Yorkshire with a couple from a market town in West Sussex. Jules has a superb selection ...
17-07-2024
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Series 23: 43. Surrey
Steve Brown is on a property-hunting mission in Surrey, with a buyer who has a budget of £500,000, to find the space she needs for her and her dog. Keen to help out in the ...
16-07-2024
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Series 23: 1. Herefordshire Borders
Alistair Appleton border-hops between Herefordshire and its neighbouring counties today as he helps a buyer from Guernsey to find her perfect party property in the countryside f ...
29-06-2024
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Series 23: 41. Wiltshire
It’s an emotional journey as Alistair Appleton helps a buyer with a £260,000 budget to escape her small flat near Heathrow airport. She is desperate for some peace a ...
28-06-2024
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Series 23: 45. Cornwall
Nicki Chapman is in captivating Cornwall, where she has some wonderful Cornish homes lined up to tempt a buyer from suburban Surrey who is looking for a fresh start for him and ...
27-06-2024
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Series 24: 51. Bedfordshire Borders
A house with as much natural light as possible is top of today’s property shopping list, and Jules Hudson is just the chap to find it in the region of the Bedfordshire bor ...
27-06-2024
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Series 23: 39. Cumbria
Alistair Appleton meets a couple who are looking for a complete change of lifestyle in the Cumbrian countryside. Their relocation is driven by a desire to be closer to their dau ...
26-06-2024
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Series 23: 29. Powys
Space for holiday lets or glamping is the priority for a couple today who are chasing a complete change of lifestyle in Wales. Steve Brown kick-starts their Powys property journ ...
25-06-2024
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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 ...
23-06-2024
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Series 24: 50. The Lake District
Having been to the Lake District over 50 times, today’s couple have decided to stop visiting and start living in one of the UK’s most spectacular national parks. The ...
21-06-2024
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 5. 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 ...
19-06-2024
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 14. Norfolk
Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk with a couple from Northamptonshire who have lived and worked all over the world. With a whopping £1 million to spend, the globetrotting pair w ...
18-06-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cornwall
Jules Hudson gets to show off a gloriously sunny Cornwall to an entrepreneurial couple who are on the lookout for a property with potential for a holiday let business as well as ...
15-06-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): East Midlands
Sonali Shah tours the East Midlands in search of a property to suit today’s buyers who, for the last 23 years, have been living in the USA. Sonali also meets another coupl ...
14-06-2024
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Series 23: 38. Peak District
Steve Brown meets a pair of cycling enthusiasts on the hunt for the perfect rural idyll in the Peak District. They have a budget of £450,000 to swap city life in Essex for ...
13-06-2024
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Series 24: 49. Suffolk
Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways. Also o ...
13-06-2024
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Series 23: 31. Suffolk
The devoted owners of no fewer than six Irish wolfhounds are in desperate need of more space for them and those countless muddy paws, so have set their sights on Suffolk for a b ...
12-06-2024
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Series 23: 9. North Yorkshire
Having spent 30 years living and working in Hong Kong, today’s escapee teams up with Jonnie Irwin in North Yorkshire with a house-hunting budget of £350,000. Away fr ...
11-06-2024
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 8. Dorset
In true Escape to the Country style, today’s couple (both former international rugby players) want to leave London in search of a rural idyll in Dorset, and Alistair Apple ...
07-06-2024
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Series 24: 48. East Midlands
A young couple want to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands, where Nicki Chapman opens the front doors to a lovely selection of homes with charming g ...
07-06-2024
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Series 23: 37. Wiltshire
Nicki Chapman helps a buyer with a budget of £450,000 who wants to escape her ex-council flat in south London and create a new life in the Wiltshire countryside. She&rsquo ...
06-06-2024
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Series 23: 36. Devon
A couple from the largest town in Dorset want to escape the urban sprawl to establish a new country life in Devon, and Sonali Shah is on hand to help them kick-start their prope ...
05-06-2024
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Series 23: 35. Cheshire
Cheshire may be a world away from Miami, where today’s couple are moving from, but to them, it’s a county that feels like home, and Alistair Appleton is on hand to h ...
04-06-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Bedfordshire Borders
Even though the daily commute from London to their Bedfordshire business is taking its toll, Nicki Chapman has her work cut out persuading one half of today’s couple to mo ...
02-06-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Somerset
A pair of artists look to Alistair Appleton to help them find an inspiring rural retreat in Somerset where they can further indulge their creativity. Alistair also meets a young ...
01-06-2024
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Series 23: 33. Herefordshire
With the recent arrival of grandchildren, today’s globetrotting escapees are returning home for good from Malaysia and want to put down permanent roots in the Herefordshir ...
31-05-2024
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Series 23: 32. South West Wales
With the help of her mother and Jules Hudson, a buyer from suburban Surrey is looking for a new family home with enough land to start a dog-training school in south west Wales. ...
30-05-2024
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Series 23: 28. Argyll And Bute
It’s destination Argyll and Bute today. Sonali Shah tours this region of Scotland in search of a new home for a couple from a Warwickshire town who have a budget of £ ...
29-05-2024
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Series 24: 47. The Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission to the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on the doorstep as well as decent dining options f ...
29-05-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): West Yorkshire
In wonderful West Yorkshire, Nicki Chapman is with a young couple from Manchester who have a budget of £270,000 to find a home in the countryside for them and their baby s ...
27-05-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Northumberland
Needing more space for books as well as an impressive collection of rocks, today’s couple from Edinburgh have Alistair Appleton to help them with their rural relocation in ...
26-05-2024
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Series 23: 27. Wiltshire
The pressure is on Nicki Chapman to find today’s couple their perfect property in wonderful Wiltshire, as they have already sold their London home. Away from house hunting ...
24-05-2024
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Series 23: 25. Cambridgeshire
A keen singer from south east London, accompanied by her good friend, needs help to find a new home in Cambridgeshire with her budget of £360,000. Sonali Shah is only too ...
23-05-2024
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Series 23: 23. Oxfordshire
Nicki Chapman teams up with an author from west London who wants to pen an exciting new chapter for herself in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Away from the property hunt ...
22-05-2024
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Series 23: 15. Gloucestershire
A soon-to-be retired vicar and her husband need Sonali Shah’s help to find a new home in the beautiful countryside of Gloucestershire. Sonali also visits Adam Henson, who, ...
21-05-2024
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Series 24: 46. Cumbria
Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar, who with a £300,000 budget hopes to write a new chapter in her life in the Cumbrian countryside. Away from ...
20-05-2024
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Series 24: 25. Welsh Borders
A couple from Reading in Berkshire want to escape and set up home in the Welsh Borders, somewhere with enough land to keep a menagerie of animals. Steve Brown helps them with th ...
18-05-2024
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Series 24: 24. Norfolk
On a bid to escape the city, today’s couple and their three children are looking for a change of lifestyle for the whole family, and Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk to help th ...
17-05-2024
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Series 24: 23. The Peak District
Denise Nurse delivers the Peak District on a plate as she helps a couple from a town in Oxfordshire to find their dream country home for a budget of £450,000. Whilst in th ...
16-05-2024
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Series 24: 22. Perth And Kinross
Sonali Shah marvels at the majesty of Perth and Kinross as she helps a couple from a large town on England’s south coast to find their dream country escape in Scotland. Wi ...
15-05-2024
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Series 24: 21. Warwickshire
Missing family and the great British countryside, today’s couple are heading home to Warwickshire having spent the last six years living and working in the USA. Jules Huds ...
14-05-2024
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Series 24: 45. County Antrim And County Down
It’s an emotional homecoming, and a first for Jules Hudson, as he visits County Down and County Antrim for some property shopping in Northern Ireland. He’s with a co ...
14-05-2024
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Series 24: 17. Perth And Kinross
Jules Hudson is in Perth and Kinross, helping a young couple with a budget of £350,000 to find an ideal country home for them and their two young sons. Jules also meets a ...
11-05-2024
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Series 24: 20. Northamptonshire
Wanting to leave town life behind them, this episode's couple have their sights set on a new countryside home in Northamptonshire, and Ginny Buckley is on hand to help them find ...
10-05-2024
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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 ...
09-05-2024
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Series 24: 19. Hampshire
In Hampshire, Steve Brown has some excellent houses in his property shopping bag to show today’s couple who, along with their two children and two tortoises, want to live ...
08-05-2024
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Series 21: 6. Carmarthenshire
Ginny Buckley is house hunting with 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 fi ...
07-05-2024
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Series 24: 44. Berkshire And Hampshire
Motivated by wanting to move closer to family, an escapee has her sister on hand for moral support and Sonali Shah’s property know-how to help find the ideal rural retreat ...
07-05-2024
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Series 24: 15. North Yorkshire
Now back in the UK, a young couple crave the outdoors lifestyle they experienced together for nearly three years in New Zealand. Nicki Chapman’s helps them find a new home ...
02-05-2024
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Series 24: 14. Lincolnshire
Having taken a leap of faith, today’s couple from Scotland stuck a pin in a map that landed in lovely Lincolnshire. Sonali Shah tours the county with them, showing them th ...
01-05-2024
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Series 24: 43. South West Wales
Looking for a new adventure in south west Wales, a couple have £400,000 to find a new home with at least an acre of land for glamping and a forestry school. Ginny Buckley ...
01-05-2024
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Series 24: 13. The Wye Valley
Jules Hudson explores one of the UK’s most beautiful locations today as he sets about finding the ideal Wye Valley property for his house hunters. Having put their Portuga ...
30-04-2024
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Series 24: 12. The Lothians
After 26 years in London, today’s couple has headed north to the Scottish Lothians in search of a complete change of lifestyle. They have a house-hunting budget of £ ...
26-04-2024
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Series 24: 10. South West Wales
Having lived in the same house virtually all her life, today’s ukelele-playing buyer has £280,000 to relocate to south west Wales. Briony May Williams is tasked with ...
25-04-2024
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Series 24: 9. Yorkshire
Seeking a less hectic lifestyle in Yorkshire, a London couple have £425,000 to spend on a new home, and Steve Brown is on hand to help them find it. Steve also pays a visi ...
24-04-2024
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