Season 18 2012

Cruise ship workers Peter and Jason are desperate to end the years of living out of suitcases and hope to set up home together in the popular suburb of Beckenham.

Designers Nadine and Toby want a house that's in need of serious refurbishment, with a 60ft garden, ideally with a flat front, and also with a `good narrative' to boot... on a maximum budget of £350,000.

Kirstie and Phil hit the pavements of Windsor and Maidenhead in a bid to find homes for Nicki and Damien, and Maria - who is returning to the UK after living in Switzerland for a decade. Nicki and Damien are in desperate need of a family home. They have a fantastic budget of £800,000 but they also have a rather interesting and at times conflicting list of requirements: Damien would like a watermill, solar panels and a room for a garden tree-house. Nicki on the other hand is more interested in the number of bedrooms. Meanwhile Maria is adamant that her new home has to be a bachelorette pad with the wow factor.

Kirstie and Phil take on London in a bid to find two homes for two very different sets of house hunters. London is one of the most expensive and competitive cities in the world to buy property. Phil helps three friends, Cathy, Ian and Richard, in their search for a London pad. Kirstie helps newly-weds Daniel and Jennie in a bid to find their marital home in north London.

Kirstie and Phil are in Liverpool, seeking out the best property for some very picky house hunters. Couple Catherine and Veronica are facing the daunting challenge of trying to bring their very different lifestyles together under one roof in the south of Liverpool. Community worker Vee Wright is mum to two teenage boys, whose lives revolve around their noisy boys toys. And Cath Callaghan loves her peace and quiet and longs to set up a therapy business from home. Just up the road, single student Kate Harland longs for her first ever home, alone - desperate to escape her noisy, messy, student flat for something a bit more grown up.

Kirstie and Phil are in London with a story of vicars and knickers, featuring underwear entrepreneur Shazia in the West End, and vicar Ian and his wife Peta downsizing in the East End.

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer revisit past house-hunters, beginning with globe-trotting Matt Rushworth, who was looking forward to settling down near his family in Windsor, Berkshire. They then catch up with Sheffield couple Justin and Deborah, who were seeking a bigger home, but had very different opinions on how to tackle the property to make room for their sports gear

Kirstie and Phil revisit Isobel Phillips and Chris Martin in the Cotswolds and, on London's Southbank, 18-year-old student Claire Winshipp was looking to spend £1.7 million on a riverside apartment

Kirstie and Phil revisit two sets of first-time buyers. Newly engaged couple Isobel Phillips and Chris Martin were desperate to find their dream family home in the Cotswolds before tying the knot. While on London's Southbank, 18-year-old student Claire Winshipp was looking to spend a £1.7 million budget on a riverside apartment. Claire is in a wheelchair, and wanted to buy herself some independence and a home in a lively area.

Kirstie and Phil revisit two sets of very particular buyers looking for family homes at opposite ends of the country. Ian and his family were on the hunt for the perfect seaside home in the pricey coastal town of Broadstairs in Kent. Meanwhile, soon-to-be-married couple Tara Magee and Alastair Murray were desperate to buy their first home together in Edinburgh, with a healthy budget of £600k. But with long wish lists and the tricky Scottish market to contend with, Phil and Kirstie had a fight on their hands.

Kirstie and Phil catch up with two sets of house hunters: Paul and his American bride Alissa in Windsor, and Malcolm and Jenny in Wiltshire, who wanted a home that would give them a warm hug.

Kirstie and Phil visit Manchester to hunt out two very different first homes for two young buyers new to the market. But the two searches are not as simple as they seem - neither buyer will be living in their new home alone, and both of them are promising to share the decision-making equally, even though they're each stumping up all of the funds.