Escape to the Country

Nicki aids couple’s search for period cottage in Herefordshire.

Jules aids couple’s search for West Country character home.

Jonnie aids couple’s search for free-range living in Cornwall.

Melissa Porter has a modest £250, 000 to spend to bring together a couple who met on the internet. Wendi and her partner Ben want to live under the one roof in West Yorkshire – they say they are happy to renovate but just how brave are they?

Tessa and David have rapidly grown into a family with the arrival of twins. Now they want to leave their frenetic life in Brixton. They have £400k for a rural retreat in Wiltshire to raise their children and help David fulfil his writing ambitions.

The Simmonds family loves the great outdoors. Now Mark and his wife Lynda have put their Bristol home up for sale so they can move there permanently. Mom wants peace and quiet, dad wants outbuildings, and young Adam and Sophie want space to play.

The Miller family have an unusual request for their new home in the country: they need a building big enough to build their own bowling alley. Luckily Mom and Dad have a budget of just over a million-pound budget for their new home in North Devon.

Writer Ian has £300k to spend on a country home in Lancashire with some requests. Ian suffered nerve damage to his leg and uses sticks or a wheelchair to get about, so Catherine looks for a single-story house with a level and easy-access garden.

Arun is a bit of a property expert, and he and his wife Rita want to move to Herefordshire where Arun plans to raise pet pigs! So he needs outbuildings and land as well as a house which is full of character.