In a credit crunchingly volatile market Sarah's back, following two epic builds in Bishop's Waltham and Windsor. When money’s tight all round it pays to get the most bang for your buck, but does adding square footage always add value?
We've crunched up all our credit, the market's got serious jitters and you'd think novice property developers would be pulling back. Not a bit of it! In this week's Property Ladder, The Beeny has her hands full with two sets of first-timers taking on not one, but two properties each.
This week Sarah follows Robert, who's bought a listed cottage in Haslingfield, and Diane, who's converting part of a stately home in Market Drayton. But what qualities do you need to manage a good redevelopment - and have these two amateur developers got what it takes?
Mike and Sally's first development went so well, they built on their success to go straight on to their second. But Tina and Craig Young's first go on the property ladder wasn't so successful. Now, despite making a loss last time, they're launching themselves into a massive six-flat conversion. Will their second development be as disastrous as their first?
Property Ladder has been following the progress of developer Tallat Mukhtar for six whole years and now the Beeny's back to see if he's managed to fulfil his dream of hitting the big time.
Sarah Beeny revisits Philip Martinson and Stephen Hodgkinson from the very first series in 2001. Back then, they'd just given up secure jobs for a new career in property - but it was much harder than they'd ever imagined. Now it turns out these two have serious talent, but it's not just in developing.