Cowboy Builders

Dominic Littlewood and Gabrielle Blackman help British expats who have been stung by cowboy builders rebuild their properties and their lives. In this episode, Dom hears the sad story of a former millionaire called Peter who bought an illegally and badly built hotel in Spain.

Tom and Irene Owens bought a villa in Cyprus for around £150,000 and their son bought the plot next door, but when the couple moved into the property the site was incomplete, with no roads or mains electricity. Worse still, the builder had failed to construct any retaining walls to hold back the hillside now looming over the house and this - coupled with chronic damp problems and subsidence - meant the couple's retirement was turning into a nightmare. Gabrielle Blackman and her build team face an uphill struggle as they attempt to improve the situation, while Dominic Littlewood encounters more Brits on the island who have fallen foul of the same builder.

Dominic and Gabrielle meet an older couple from Swindon.

In Sheffield, Dom and Gabrielle rescue a young family of doctors who have been left with an unfinished construction site for a home.

The team take on their biggest build yet in Leamington Spa.

Dom revisits a family from Thorbury whom he met in 2009.

Dom and Gabrielle come to the aid of an elderly couple who were left with a half-built extension.

Dom and Gabi come to the aid of a couple in Oldham who were left with no kitchen.

Dom revisits a woman left with no hot water or heating.

Dom revisits a family who were sucked in, swindled and then abandoned by an immoral cowboy