Paul and Angie had recently moved into their large new home in Milton Keynes. Although the house was spacious and in good decorative order it was also bland and lifeless and they knew that to make it the happy and comfortable family home they wanted, it needed some serious design input. Call in Channel 5 House Doctor and interior designer Ann Maurice to help sort their problems out!

Geoffrey and Timothy had lived for years in a four bedroom house in suburbia but yearned for a new urban existence and so had moved into a warehouse apartment near Tower Bridge. Frustrated by their inability to agree on colours and interior style, they called in Ann in the hope that she could solve their problems.

Lisa and Paul had recently moved into a three bedroom semi detached house in Bletchley, Bucks and with them had come the contents of two separate houses. The main problem the couple had was Lisa’s love of colour – the brighter the better and Paul’s desire for calming neutral colours. They called in Ann to help them sort out their differences.

Andrew and Christie and their two children had lived in their Victorian house in South London for several years and during that time had done quite a lot to improve their home. The couple had different tastes on interiors and clashed badly on colour. With money set aside to spend on the house they called in Ann to help them.

Sarah and James had only recently moved into their three bedroom end of terrace home. The house had been refurbished a few years earlier and although in reasonable decorative order it was not to their individual tastes. They had put some money aside for work on the house but were having problems agreeing on the style that they wanted and were keen for Ann to help bring them together and come up with a scheme to suit them both.

Jill and Hugh had lived in their four bedroom modern house for around seven months. Although they both liked a traditional look, Hugh was keen on bright bold colours whereas Jill was nervous of making mistakes and preferred to stick to creams and neutrals. They felt badly in need of some help to sort out the rest of the house – another case of Ann Maurice to the rescue!

Property expert Ann Maurice helps the owners of a five-bedroom family house in Raynes Park, south London, make their home more appealing to potential buyers. It has a distinct lived-in look and it soon becomes clear that a lot of personal clutter will have to be cleared away in order to highlight its selling points.

Ann Maurice helps a widower sell his 200-year-old cottage so he can pack up and start a new life in Scotland. The property is basically sound, but has an air of bachelor neglect made worse by the owner's pet Labrador, which acts like it owns the place.

Ann Maurice offers advice to a bachelor having trouble selling his home in Knutsford, Cheshire, telling him to tone down its resolutely masculine decor and add a few softer touches.

Ann Maurice visits Headcorn to help a couple spruce up their tiny cottage in a bid to make it more attractive to prospective buyers, clearing out all their clutter, getting rid of a dingy carpet and using small furniture to create an illusion of space.

Property expert Ann Maurice offers her advice on making first impressions really count, visiting a couple in East Sussex who are desperate to sell their unappealing Bournemouth home and move to Australia.

Property expert Ann Maurice targets the pink and beige colour scheme of a house in Aintree, Merseyside, which has been on the market for more than two years.

Ann Maurice and Tris Payne visit Southampton's prestigious marina development Ocean Village, where a couple's home needs sprucing up to attract potential buyers after being on the market for three months.

Californian interior designer and estate agent Ann Maurice visits a house on the market, and offers advice on making it more attractive to would-be buyers.

Ann Maurice helps a student in Headingley, Leeds, make her flat more attractive to potential buyers, advising her on how to turn its slightly off-putting Gothic interior from a liability into an asset.

Ann Maurice visits a house off a busy road in Wandsworth, South London, where she helps the owners get their property ready for sale.

Property expert Ann Maurice visits Kent to offer advice to a Maidstone homeowner looking to relocate after his girlfriend moved out and took most of the furniture with her.

In Hammersmith, west London, Ann Maurice helps a couple trying to sell their house by helping them store their belongings properly, redecorating and stripping the floors.

Estate agent Ann Maurice offers her expertise to a couple whose home in Rothwell near Leeds is still for sale after 10 months, despite having attracted more than 30 viewings. Her advice includes ridding the house of the all-pervading pet smell, replacing the threadbare stair carpet and adding a lick of paint in a bid to persuade the next viewer to make an offer.

Interior design expert Ann Maurice visits Stepney in London's East End, where she advises part-time DJ Simon Denny on how to make his two-bedroom split-level converted brewery lodge more attractive to potential buyers.

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to would-be sellers of a Victorian house in Chester to make it more marketable.

Alistair Appleton and Ann Maurice set to work on a property in Warrington, Cheshire, which the homeowner is having difficulty selling. They begin by repainting the pine and ripping out the netting.

Ann Maurice offers advice to the owners of a three-bedroom detached house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, suggesting a complete overhaul to ensure potential buyers get a good first impression by keeping things simple and adding tasteful antique furniture.

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to the owner of a three-bedroom Victorian house in north London's highly desirable Camden area. The garish hall is a definite turn-off, so she decides on a more neutral colour scheme and rejuvenates the roof terrace with plants and accessories.

Ann Maurice helps a Worcestershire couple sell their country cottage, which has been on the market for more than a year. She thinks their pet parrots might be discouraging prospective buyers - but needless to say, they are reluctant to get rid of them.