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Sometimes making the decision to sell a much-loved family home can be tough. Join Michael Caton on the ride through the highs and the lows as properties go under the hammer.

Steve amd Kylie are keen to start up their own business but before they do, they must sell Kylie's converted warehouse apartment in Sydney. Plus, an Iron Man champ and his best mate feel put their Gold Coast bachelor pad under the hammer.

Ambitious 24-year-old Alex bought a unit in Fairlight three years ago and did a great job doing it up. But when it's time to sell, he declines an attractive pre-auction offer for the apartment.

Justin and Joanne Laughton own the perfect family home in Glenwood. But Jo has been diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, so they've bought a new home in Belrose, closer to Jo's family.

Paula and Robert are selling their Auburn home to be closer to their business. Having already forked out a million bucks for their new Merrylands home, they are banking on their high reserve of $780,000 to bring them the money they need. Plus, author Linda Wilde is downsizing her Gold Coast home in order to fund the publicity of her book, but will setting her sights too high pay off on auction day?