Modern bureaucracy threatens to halt Louise and Paul's rebuild of a collapsed 300 year-old wall in France and in Italy, an emergency repair pushes Ivano and Tracey's renovation schedule even further behind. A precarious ancient roof structure concerns custodians Becci and Micheal in Portugal.

Storms in France mean that Liz and Dave have a fight on their hands to save a crumbling cottage. Ivano and Tracey find four abandoned puppies at their trulli village in Italy, while Irish property developer Anya hopes to bring new life to a mountain village in Montenegro.