DIY SOS — Season 9

Nick Knowles and the team's first mission is in Cardiff, where a couple's lounge is virtually uninhabitable. Meanwhile new recruit Kate Mclntyre introduces three DIYchallenged families hoping to win the viewers' sympathy.

Stratford-upon-Avon throws up some unfinished loft bedrooms for Nick Knowles. Plus, Kate Mcintyre has three more household catastrophes vying for the viewers' vote.

The team have just four days to build a kitchen from scratch in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. But with all their sneaky trips to a nearby health spa, will they finish on time?

Nick Knowles and the home-improvement healers call on a Pembrokeshire family who still haven't completed a renovation they started 25 years ago, and Kate Mclntyre meets three more Dl Yers hoping to win viewers' sympathy.

Thomas Christy's attempts to transform a disused shop into a home have left the place in danger of collapsing.And with a baby on the way, his wife Rachel's patience is wearing thin. Enter Nick and the team to put things right.

When Daniel Carty , a construction consultant, began work on converting a former railway cottage in Surrey into a modern home, his wife had every faith in him. But many busy weekends have passed, baby Bradley has arrived and the lounge/diner has yet to be started. Cue Nick and the team.

Nick Knowles and the team have just four days to build a handmade kitchen from scratch for DIY-challenged Debbie Robins in Cheltenham.

In Derby, the team assist on a project to restore a Victorian terraced house - at one time divided into bedsits - to its former glory.