Martin Roberts looks round a former register office in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Lucy Alexander is in a basement flat in London's Shepherd's Bush, and Dion Dublin talks to a couple whose project is a two-bedroom flat in Telford, Shropshire.

A cottage in Bigrigg in Cumbria with views and a busy road, a cottage in Church Gresley in Derbyshire and a two-bedroom flat with a big price tag in London's Hammersmith are all sold under the hammer.

One new owner wants to make their purchase their home, another wants to sell on, and the third is in it for the long term and wants to rent. But are any of them going to make any money?