Fantasy Homes by the Sea

Michelle Ackerley takes over presenting duties as buyters search for coastal properties, beginning with award-winning children's author, Sally Gardner.

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Michelle Ackerley helps a couple who want to move back to the UK from the Algarve in time for their son to start secondary school. They hope that their budget of £800,000 will suffice.

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Craig and Jo look to move from London to the north Cornwall coast on their £750,000 budget, to further their ambition of setting up a luxury glamping site by the sea.

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Yoga-loving Lorraine seeks help with a potential move to Margate on a budget of £350,000, having outgrown her cramped one-bedroom flat in London.

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World champion powerboat racer Daisy Coleman was born and raised on the Pembrokeshire coast and, after spending the past 14 years living away, she is ready to return to her roots.

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Michelle Ackerley helps a couple who have spent their whole lives in rural Wales, and want to swap the mountains of the Brecon Beacons for the Devon coast, on a budget of £500,000.

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Born and bred London couple Sarah and Kevin are looking forward to getting out of the city and embracing the lifestyle of coastal living with their two small children on the Dorset/Hampshire coast.

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Newlyweds Amanda and Rodger have four grown up boys between them and their current living arrangements are just too cramped for their newly merged family. Having always shared a dream of living by the sea, they've decided to make a fresh start on the Dorset coast, in a new home big enough for the whole family.

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Steve and Rachel met working as cabin crew and have travelled the beaches of the world together – but nothing says home like the British seaside and the couple are keen to find their forever home on the Sussex coast.

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Photographer Alison has spent the last 18 years living in California, but nothing compares to the rugged charm of the Norfolk coast where she is looking to find her dream home by the sea.

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A motorbike-mad couple who want to move to the Isle of Man on a budget of £600,000, but need plenty of garage space for their bikes and a property with holiday-let potential.

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Newly married couple Peter and Anne plan to move to south Devon, with a budget of £1.2 million to buy a home with sea views and a separate annexe for Anne's physiotherapy practice.

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B&B hosts Kay and Andy are looking to upscale their hospitality business by setting up a larger and grander version on the heritage coast of Snowdonia.

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Occupational therapists living in North London want to move to the coastal town of Broadstairs as they, along with their two young boys, are fast outgrowing their current home.

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A Warrington couple want to move to the Conwy area of North Wales, where they've been holidaying for the past five years, but are looking for a property with the wow factor.

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A woman from the Wirral looks to move back to Merseyside after living in rural Yorkshire for the last 20 years, with the lure of being close to her family calling her back home.

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Kathy and Steve, a couple who run a successful B&B in land-locked Malvern, want to move to the East Sussex coast and open a smaller holiday let business.

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After decades of being tied to the Midlands for work, David and Janet have decided to take the plunge and fulfil their dream of living on the Dorset coast, on a £625,000 budget.

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A couple who want buy a home-from-home on the Northumberland coast that they can use whenever they need a break, but also with rental potential.

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