Ben arrives home with exciting news: Mr Wilberforce next door has sold his house - the house that he and Susan were planning to do up. What's exciting is that Ben and Susan are the new owners!
However, instead of being pleasantly surprised, Susan is not at all pleased that Ben made such a significant financial decision without discussing it with her. She wants to know who is going to do all the work. Ben says they can "get a man in". Apparently this is his answer to everything.
Susan says she wants Ben to cancel the contract - until he mentions that she could do all the interior design for the house. Suddenly she isn't so keen to give it away.
The next day, Susan bumps in to her best friend from school. Susan thinks her friend's daughter Suzanne would be the perfect match for Michael, and invites her round for 'tea'.
When Suzanne arrives, Ben is shocked to discover that she bears a startling resemblance to Susan. Michael doesn't notice, however, as he is too busy gazing at her posterior.
Ben tries to find support from Alfie. But Alfie is lost in a world of sadness - for it is the second anniversary of his dog's death.
Susan fails to see any similarities when Ben explains what he's noticed. He worries about Michael's reaction when he realises.
Roger visits the Harpers to say that he has seen the For Sale sign on the house next door, and intends to purchase it. Ben replies that he's already bought the property.
He then demonstrates the similarities between Susan and Susazanne to Michael, who is - understandably - distressed. Especially as he did the sex with her the night before.
Ben and Susan's new house has its first new resident - Terry the squatter. When they are discussing the situation with a policeman (who is unable to do anything other than file a report), Susan lets slip that she left a window open...
Meanwhile, Alfie is singing a song about his dead dog to Michael and Suzanne for the third time. Suzanne hates it, but strangely Michael wants to hear it again - though in truth he just doesn't want to be left alone with Suzanne. When she does get him to herself and quickly tells him off for having spilt tea on his shirt, Michael freaks out.
Ben delivers a Welcome Basket of sundries to his new squatter neighbours. He manages to talk his way into the house, but can't persuade them to leave. Luckily he has a backup plan: sell the house to Roger and make the squatters someone else's problem! Roger is of course overjoyed at the chance to buy the house, even though Ben won't let him view it.
When Susan finds out his plan, Ben does seem momentarily guilty, but he doesn't try too hard to stop Roger from going through with the deal.
Later, Roger finds out about the scam and is non-plussed. He, Ben and Alfie conspire to break back into the house and reclaim it from the squatters.
But they're in for a big surprise when they gain access to the property - it turns out that the squatters were not squatters, but in fact the hosts of the Style Squad TV programme, who have completely renovated the house. Michael set the whole thing up, and Style Squad have added 30% to the value of Roger's house.
Now it is Ben's turn to be non-plussed.
Other Cast Members:
Roger - Keiron Self
Suzanne - Lauren Taylor
Terry - Jamie Foreman
