A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun

Music therapist Sarah Hadley from Surrey has a long-term love affair with the Greek island of Crete, a place she and best friend Sue Williams have been visiting together for years. Now, Sarah is after her perfect Cretan holiday home and has asked Sue to help her with the decision. Jasmine Harman shows them five incredible properties for a budget of £150,000.

Creative Brighton couple Emily and Peter Harold have been holidaying on the Spanish island of Mallorca for 14 years, and are determined to buy a second home there. They're looking for somewhere to relax and soak up the sun and culture on offer in their favourite spot of Port de Soller. Laura Hamilton is on hand to show them five apartments for their ú250,000 budget.

Elaine and Patrick Scott from Lancashire are both history buffs with a passion for the 1940s, and are looking to relocate permanently to Normandy in France. They're drawn by the rich culture and history on offer there, and with ú140,000 to spend, they are after a home in the Manche area. Laura Hamilton shows them five properties for their money.

Now that her children are grown up, single mum of four Helen Broomhead from Cheshire is longing for a bolthole in the picturesque Cinque Terre region of Italy, where she can escape from the pressures of day-to-day life. Helen doesn't care how big her holiday home is, as long it is near to shops and restaurants and has bags of Italian charm. With best friend Charlotte Thompson on hand to advise and a budget of ú100,000, Jasmine Harman takes her to see five properties in the hope of finding the perfect one.

Denise Greenacre from Nottingham has dreamed of buying a home in the sun for 30 years. Now she's retired and her children no longer live at home, she's ready to realise her dream and is determined to buy in Spain. With her daughter Rebecca along to help, Ben Hillman shows her five properties around Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca for her ú80,000 budget, but will any of them be the place she's been longing for?

John and Della Baines' daughter Megan moved to Cyprus last year, and after visiting her and seeing the island for themselves, they decided it was the perfect spot for a holiday home. For their budget of £45,000, Jasmine Harman shows them five great value apartments in and around the west coast resort of Paphos.

Phil and Caroline Mansell from Wales have been holidaying together in the La Marina Alta region of Spain's Costa Blanca for years. Phil, who suffers from severe arthritis, finds the climate helps his symptoms so they're selling their home back in the UK and are planning a full-time move. Ben Hillman shows them five properties for their £100,000 budget but will any of them be their dream home?

Avon Dixon and Giovanna Piscopo from Leicestershire are looking for a holiday home in the Dordogne region of France that will serve as a summer getaway, with a view to retiring there in a few years' time. Ben Hillman shows them what their £100,000 will buy them in this stunning rural corner of the country.

Julie Okine and Simon Sheriff have busy lives as barristers in London, but after inheriting some money from her mother, Julie has decided to follow a long held dream of buying a holiday home in Spain as a place to unwind and relax. For their cash budget of £100,000, Laura Hamilton shows them five very different properties along the eastern Costa del Sol.

Lea and Tony Desborough from Essex have fallen in love with Menorca on countless holidays over the last 20 years, and have dreamed of owning their own place there. Now, as they wind down their work commitments, they've decided it's time to make that dream a reality. Laura Hamilton shows them five costal villas for their ú250,000 budget.

Leyla and Will Moore from Leeds both have hectic working lives, but now the five kids they have between them are grown up, they're ready to slow down a little and buy their very own place in the sun. For their budget of ú350,000 Scarlette Douglas shows them five stunning villas on the Algarve.

Susan Peters from Dorchester has her heart set on moving to stunning Mallorca. Armed with a ú130,000 budget and with best friend Tina to help her with the decision, Scarlette Douglas shows her five fantastic properties on the island.