Two friends who buy a house in Cumbria's Maryport discover a bonus room they never knew existed. Elsewhere developers tackle a terraced house in Burton-upon-Trent, while in Deal in Kent an ambitious redevelopment of an ambulance hall gets under way.

A former railway worker's cottage in Feniton in Devon, a terraced house in Cobridge in Stoke and a former Methodist chapel in Somercotes in Derbyshire are all sold under the hammer. They all need major work and one of the projects is in its fourth year - but will all the time and money spent be worth it?