The conversion has started and Viv has moved her office into the school to be on the site at all times, while business is booming as the Marriott family offer Trevor another contract to convert their loft. Nick Costello meanwhile is working behind the scenes trying to stir up bad feeling against his new competition by telling Geoff Marriott that the school conversion Purvis and Purvis have started round the corner is going to be a nightclub. Joe and Trevor even have problems trying to hire a skip or get them emptied. So, when the skip outside the Marriott's catches fire, Joe proves his worth, both to the Marriott family and to Viv's young son Sam when he saves Pippa Marriott from a potentially fatal accident when her car gets caught in the blaze. Meanwhile Joe comes to blows with Nick Costello over the so-called accident, while Trevor shares his first kiss with Clare, and Simon starts dating the Marriott's young daughter Becky.