In the first edition of a new series, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are house-hunting for two couples who are keen to get on the property ladder in Swindon. Kirstie meets Candice and Alistair, who are looking to move out of Alistair's bachelor pad and into a family home as they are expecting the arrival of their first baby. Meanwhile, Phil is in the countryside between Swindon and Newbury where he meets James and Hayley, who are looking for a rural retreat for themselves and their two dogs.

Kirstie and Phil go searching for homes in pricey Surrey, for a couple of newly-weds renting in East Horsley and a retired couple who are marooned in the downsizing doldrums