This first episode features hair salon receptionist Leah and her landscaper and builder husband Sam, who have plans to double the size of their two-bedroom cottage in Wiltshire. Damion visits Sam and Matt, who have transformed their traditional three-bed home with the addition of an ultra-modern cubist extension. He also meets David and Lindsay in Bristol, whose big plans were to build a sustainable, eco-house on a brownfield site.

The property expert meets Marie, who has lived in south London all her life. She now wishes to downsize from the family home to buy a house in Jamaica as well as keep a UK home. Marie's flat was once part of a spacious Victorian house, but was converted into flats. However, her dream to open up her ground-floor flat and make it into an open-plan space has been frustrated by a shortage of tradespeople and supplies. Damion Burrows visits Ralph, who wants to turn a two-car garage into a super-stylistic cube home, and meets Kelly and Stephen who took on the mammoth task of converting their entire home.