A university student, an electrician and a bathroom fitter buy auction properties in Hall Green in Birmingham, Wantage in Oxfordshire and Greenhithe in Kent. All three properties need extensive renovations, but with the rising costs of building materials, will any of them make a profit?

Dion heads to the seaside town of Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire to see a detached two-bed bungalow that's seen better days. He's also in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, to see a two-bed semi-detached house bought by two property developing brothers. Jacqui is just outside Norwich, visiting a characterful, Grade II listed cottage.