PROPERTY expert Phil Spencer is worth his weight in gold – or so those struggling to get on the housing ladder will attest. His professional, nononsense, straight-talking manner has turned many wannabe homeowners’ luck around.

Tonight, in the last of the series of Phil Spencer: Secret Agent, he finds himself in Billericay, Essex, to help Julie and her four sons sell their out-of-control house. But there’s a lot of work to be done. What with a health hazard in the kitchen, a terrible toilet, uncared-for bedrooms and a lacklustre garden, it’s to be hoped the family is willing to get their hands dirty.

Meanwhile, in Southend, he meets serial mover June whose home is an overbearing shade of pink.