Restoration Australia

Squatters seized it and smothered it with graffiti and garbage. A bitter dispute over structural damage all but doomed it. Can Brisbane's Lamb House be saved? Enter a power couple vowing to turn it back into the stunning period showcase it once was.

Host Anthony Burke meets a King Islander returning home to one of Australia's most remote and weatherbeaten outposts to reclaim and restore a derelict farmhouse.

Kirsty's a heritage officer and husband Mark's an architect so this South Australian couple know more than most about restoration and renovation. But a tiny, collapsing 1850s mud cottage in the Adelaide Hills presents an oversize challenge and proves a surprisingly difficult project as they seek to restore it precisely as it was built.

A dilapidated bungalow with intriguing connections to Australian theatre royalty and with knockout views over Sydney's famous Manly beach gets the full trophy home treatment but will this mega-makeover obliterate its 1920s charm and character?

Jess and Paul set about restoring a rare 1880s two-storey timber weatherboard cottage in South Melbourne. But the crumbling wreck has an alarming lean and is sinking into the ground. Is it too far gone to be saved?

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple aiming to restore a crumbling stone police station and hope to solve the baffling case of the missing jailhouse.