Property Ladder UK

Bourne and Lancaster (5x6)

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Getting the right location is key to making money from property. So why have two sets of first time developers picked the most awkward locations possible for their first attempts at developing? John Burrows and Jacky Copland believe they can make a really top end luxury family house out of their sprawling, run down, listed property in Bourne, Lincolnshire. They've got the budget, and they've got the vision. But they refuse to listen to Sarah when she tells them that no front door, with access possible only via a commercial car park, is going to severely limit their market. One hundred and eighty-five miles away in Lancashire Simon Gore and Paul Hilton have managed to find a property located on the busiest biker route in the country. When they can make themselves heard above the roar of the traffic, their mission is to convert an 18th-century water mill into a desirable holiday home, even though what they've bought is currently no more than two crumbling rooms and a hole in the ground where the water wheel once stood...