Browse all episodes of Fantasy Homes by the Sea

Presenter Catherine Gee helps couples find their dream coastal properties. She begins with Londoners Jess and Brian, who want to move to the Gower peninsula in south Wales, and have amassed a budget of half a million pounds to help them in their quest for seaside surroundings.

Gower

Catherine Gee helps Swansea millionaires Mark and Wanda in their search for a Florida home. Aided by a budget of £1.5million, potential properties include a private island.

Florida

Bristol residents David and Mina plan a move to Cornwall to escape the rat race and free up more time for leisure activities. Presenter Catherine Gee is on hand to help them spend their £500,000 budget, but the couple's extensive requirements make the ideal property difficult to find.

Cornwall

A mother and daughter search for a cosy hideaway in Portugal where they can escape the pressure of life in the UK.

Portugal

A pair of transatlantic rowers enlist Catherine Gee's help to leave their Surrey home behind in favour of a property in Brighton, with a budget of £450,000.

Brighton

Catherine Gee helps find properties in Ibiza that would serve as both a home and a holistic yoga retreat, with a budget of £300,000.

Ibiza

Presenter Catherine Gee helps Mandy and Jason, a couple who have decided to move to Devon - but that seems to be the only point they can agree on.

Devon

Catherine Gee helps a man and his estate agent wife find a property near Palm Beach, Florida, on a budget of just under £1million.

Palm Beach

Midlands-based couple Linda and Charles search for a seaside hideaway where they can relax and enjoy a few games of poker.

North Yorkshire Coast

Catherine Gee helps South Yorkshire couple Mark and Katrina Scott look for properties in Majorca, with £1.1million to spend on their perfect hideaway home.

Mallorca

Catherine Gee searches for a rural idyll on the north Cornwall coast for Vicky, Graham and their baby son with a budget of £600,000.

Presenter Catherine Gee helps best friends Lorraine and Angela, from Kent, find a holiday home in Corfu on a budget of £180,000.

Corfu

Alistair Appleton helps Celia and Nick find their dream property in Dorset. Because the region is one of the most expensive in the world, their budget is a hefty £5million.

Sandbanks

Catherine Gee helps bachelor Mick find his ideal home on the Northumbrian coast. They are joined by his best friend, Steve, who helps them in the search.

Northumbria

French Riviera

Alistair Appleton helps a couple find their dream home in Florida on a budget of £500,000.

Catherine Gee looks for property on the Suffolk coast with a couple with a budget of around £400,000.

Suffolk

A couple enlist the help of Catherine Gee to find their ideal home in north Wales on a budget of £750,000.

Wales

A couple who are currently living in separate places because of work, are looking for a house in East Sussex where they can be together. Presented by Alistair Appleton.

East Sussex

Catherine Gee comes to the aid of a management consultant looking for a perfect property in Portugal on a budget of £600,000.

Jenni Falconer heads for Lytham St Annes in Lancashire to help a couple with a budget of £900,000 find a two-bedroom apartment.

Lytham St Annes

Presenter Jenni Falconer helps to keep the peace as a couple with a budget of £350,000 search for a luxury property in Portugal.

Jenni Falconer helps a writer and a musician to find a property with an inspirational sea view in North Devon.

North Devon

Jenni Falconer lends a hand to a London woman searching for a £1million holiday retreat in either Hampshire or West Sussex.

Chichester & Lymington

A pair of busy Irish doctors seek Jenni Falconer's help to find a luxury holiday home on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia.

Sardinia

Jenni Falconer helps a former Navy couple search for an affordable property in Pembrokeshire.

Pembrokeshire

Jenni Falconer helps two friends with a budget of £250,000 who are hoping to buy a property in Puglia, Italy

Puglia

Jenni Falconer helps a couple who dream of idyllic family holidays in Cornwall and have a budget of £500,000 to find a property in the region.

Presenter Jenni Falconer comes to the aid of a London couple who want to escape the city and are looking for a seaside cottage in Whitstable, Kent, for £300,000.

Whitstable

A woman with a budget of £450,000 asks Jenni Falconer to help her find a home in the Moroccan resort of Essaouira.

Morocco

Jenni Falconer helps a Northamptonshire couple find their dream coastal home in Italy's Abruzzo region.

Abruzzo

Jenni Falconer helps a couple of diving enthusiasts from London find a house on the Jurassic coast near Weymouth, Dorset.

Weymouth

Jenni Falconer helps a Sheffield couple find a seaside home in the Turkish resort of Cesme.

Cesme, Turkey

Presenter Jenni Falconer helps a young mother from London find her dream family home in Dublin.

Dublin

Jenni Falconer helps a couple who want to start a new stress-free life in the Republic of Ireland and are seeking a home on Donegal's unspoilt coast for a budget of £180,000. Martin is a DIY enthusiast and Kelly works in marketing. They presently live in Tonbridge, Kent, but are tired living in a built-up area.

Donegal

Jenni Falconer searches for a new home in Crete for a Buckinghamshire couple with £150,000 to spend. Judy and David are dedicated followers of T'ai Chi and recently got engaged in a medieval ceremony. David is a trained pilot and keen to progress that interest when he and Judy move to a warmer environment.

Crete

Ben and Louisa have three children and are searching for their dream holiday home in Torbay with a budget of £250,000 at their disposal. Jenni Falconer is on hand to help them find a property on south Devon's English Riviera.

Jenni Falconer goes house-hunting in Italy's Le Marche coastal region for a family keen to find a traditional getaway. Busy restaurateur Rob owns a gastro pub and two Italian restaurants in east London. He lives in Hertfordshire with wife Sam and their triplet sons.

Le Marche, Italy

Jenni Falconer helps a family search for a permanent home on Dorset's Jurassic coast with a budget of £500,000.

Dorset

Jenni Falconer helps a couple from London search for their dream coastal property in the Costa Blanca region of Spain.

Costa Blanca

Jenni Falconer helps a couple from Fauldhouse in West Lothian, Scotland, find their dream home in Cyprus within their £300,000 budget.

Cyprus

A Hertfordshire couple search for a coastal property in France with a budget of £300,000. Presented by Jenni Falconer.

France

Jenni Falconer helps a family make a fresh start as they search for a permanent home on Dorset's Jurassic coast.

Jurassic Coast

Jenni Falconer helps a Cambridgeshire couple downsize to a home by the sea in East Sussex for £500,000.

Jenni Falconer helps a couple find their perfect home on the south Devon coast.

Jenni Falconer helps a couple from Essex hope to relocate to the Kent coast on a budget of £600,000.

Kent

Jenni Falconer helps a Sussex couple find a perfect seaside home in Puglia, Italy.

Jenni Falconer helps a couple from Suffolk find their dream coastal property in the French Riviera on a budget of £600,000.

Jenni Falconer helps an ambitious army veteran who has decided to settle down and start a B&B on the North Yorkshire heritage coast in Whitby. He has £350,000 to spend on a 5-bedroom property with sea views.

North Yorkshire

Jenni Falconer visits Cornwall to help a retired couple who want to swap their life in York for the idyllic fishing port of Looe. They have £500,000 to spend on a magnificent oceanfront home.

Looe

A high-flying couple want to trade their hectic city lives for the picturesque Jurassic Coast. With a budget of £600,000 to spend on a spacious home their family can grow in to, Jenni Falconer offers up a selection of potential dream properties.

Phil and Linzi are desperate to relocate to Mallorca, where they met and worked together for years. After running a coffee shop in Great Yarmouth for the last seven years, the pair have decided it is time to relocate permanently to the island. With a budget of £350,000 and two large dogs to accommodate, Jenni Falconer has her work cut out to help the duo secure the ideal coastal property.

Jenni Falconer helps an ex-music executive and aspiring writer find a holiday home on the Italian island of Sicily, with a budget of £400,000 to spend on a novelist’s perfect bolt hole.

Sicily

Andre and Catherine love the great outdoors and are looking to move away from their busy London life to the south Cumbrian coast. Andre is a builder and with a budget of £400,000, there is plenty of scope for renovations and extensions to be made to whatever property Jenni Falconer helps them select.

Cumbria

Jenni Falconer assists a couple on the verge of retirement search for a liberating littoral getaway in glorious Tuscany. They have up to £350,000 to spend on a two-bedroom home within a village.

Tuscany

Jenni Falconer visits East Sussex to assist a recently engaged London couple look for their dream home on the coast. They have £600,000 to spend on a spacious home with an annexe.

Jenni Falconer heads to the Barcelona coast to assist friends Roberta and Sue, who are looking for a waterfront property to make into a permanent home. Light, airy, modern dwellings are assessed alongside hillside homes covered with art, which offer breathtaking views.

Barcelona Coast

Jenni Falconer helps an advertising executive who is looking for a seaside bolt hole in Christchurch on the magnificent Dorset coastline and with a budget of £450,000 to spend on the getaway home of her dreams.

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

Hastings

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.

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.

North Cornwall

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.

Margate

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.

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.

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.

Dorset/Hampshire

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.

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.

Sussex

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.

Norfolk

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.

Isle Of Man

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.

South Devon

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.

Snowdonia

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.

Broadstairs

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.

North Wales

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.

Merseyside

After years living in London, graphic designer Emma and PR consultant Jason want to up sticks and start a new life on the Kent coast with their two teenage boys.

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.

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.

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.

Northumberland

Fantasy Homes by the Sea presents the beautiful backdrop, stunning vistas and dreamy lifestyle that we all hanker after, as seen through a real life property hunt.

All Episodes of Fantasy Homes by the Sea

Browse all episodes of Fantasy Homes by the Sea

Season 1

Gower

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/21/2007

Florida

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2007

Cornwall

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2007

Portugal

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2007

Brighton

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2007

Ibiza

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2007

Devon

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/2007

Palm Beach

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/9/2007

North Yorkshire Coast

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/16/2007

Mallorca

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/23/2007