A husband-and-wife team add sparkle to a three-bedroom flat in Epsom in Surrey, a niece and aunt team up to refurbish a house in Wolverhampton and a semi-retired man buys a bungalow in Ashton in Cornwall to benear his brother. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell talk to the developers and hear their plans to see what they want to do with their homes bought under the hammer.

A one bedroom flat, high on potential but short on its lease, in London's Streatham, a bungalow near the coast in Flimby in Cumbria, and a semi in Sinfin near Derby with scope for an extension are all sold under the hammer. The projects take from a few months to several years and not all run smoothly.