Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk helping an animal-loving couple find their perfect pad in the country. With a budget of £350,000, they admit to having a demanding wish-list which includes a good-sized living room topped off with an inglenook fireplace, a large country kitchen and enough land to re-home rescue animals.

Jules Hudson helps a couple of self-confessed urbanites swap the big smoke for a country pile in Somerset. With a healthy budget of £650,000 they are after a large, period property with masses of living space to include a big kitchen, a separate music room and a study. Outside they would like space to grow veg and keep pigs, and even somewhere to put a swimming pool.