Series 5
7 episodes · 2005
1Chingford
Sarah meets Sue Silver, a glamorous Essex mother of three who has given up her job as a pharmacy assistant to move into property developing as a way of clearing her debts and funding a more affluent lifestyle.
2Wellingborough
This week's developers think they've found the next property hotspot: Wellingborough in the Northamptonshire commuter belt. But they're taking a big gamble - even playing poker to win free labour from local builders.
3Treorchy
Like thousands of other amateur developers, the Slater family believe the Welsh Valleys are the place to make money from property. But Sarah Beeny isn't so sure that buying three properties at auction is a good idea, especially when you can't even manage to find a builder for the first one.
4Macclesfield Revisit
So where did those rose petals come from then...?
5Earls Court Revisit
Martin Sutherland was convinced he'd found the formula for making money out of developing: take an average three-bed, one bath flat, then squeeze in two more bedrooms and another bathroom, renovate to high spec and rent it out for top dollar to west London's high paid twentysomethings. After 18 months dealing with late rent, difficult tenants and fixing everything from the toilet seats to the door handles, you'd have thought he'd have changed has plan... but not Martin. Sarah Beeny returns to find out why.
6Winchmore Hill Revisit
Mark Standing and Sharon Lennon were never short of confidence. Now they hope to make a staggering profit on their second development. Sounds great, but will they get their asking price and will the last year and a half will be worth the trouble?
7Sudbury
Who would spend tens of thousands of pounds and six months modernising a house but forget to put in central heating? The mind boggles. But that's just what this week's developers did. They also think there is demand for outside loos in Suffolk. Sarah Beeny is almost dumbstruck... but not quite. But can she save them from themselves?