The search for the house of the year begins with a short journey from Saarland via Rhineland-Palatinate to North Rhine-Westphalia. Guido and DIY queen Jelena Weber look at three houses whose only thing they have in common is that they don't come from this century. It goes to a house that partly dates back to the Renaissance. In Bitburg you will find a former restaurant with hidden rooms. And in Dorsten in the north of the Ruhr area they come across an old Art Nouveau villa. One thing is certain: it will be difficult to choose a winning house.

• Natascha Ochsenknecht
• Bruce Darnell
• Guido Heinz Frinken