Dance teacher Karen is searching for a property in the region of Charente in southwest France and she's bringing along her big sister Sheila to help. Karen has already sold her house in the Cotswolds and has a budget of £210,000 to buy a permanent home which she can also run as a yoga and gîte business. Jean Johansson shows them five impressive properties, but will any of them be the perfect place for Karen?

Builder Mark and financial planner Sally met fourteen years ago at a running club where Mark was teaching and Sally was training. Now they've been married for seven years, and with retirement on the horizon they want to find their dream holiday home in Greece's Eastern Peloponnese. Jasmine Harman has 5 great options for their budget of £200,000 – but will any of them be perfect?