People Who've Bought

A New Life in France

Jaded by spending your life commuting to a job you find tedious? French travel writer Janine Marsh met four pairs of British expats who have swapped unfulfilling lives in the UK for new ventures in different parts of rural France: Normandy, the Limousin, Poitou-Charentes and Gers.

9 March 2015

Case Study: Glenn and Nicky Bartlett in Neochori

Glenn and Nicky Bartlett from south London own a two-bed family holiday home in Neochori. Here Glenn, 56, writes why they love the area so much.

26 January 2015

Living the dream in Normandy

Martin and Pauline Ferris spend their time running cookery courses in their French watermill - when not relaxing on a Greek island, reports Liz Rowlinson.

21 January 2015

Authentic Portugal: Tavira

People looking to immerse themselves in a new life in Portugal are heading for Tavira, Liz Rowlinson reports...

20 January 2015

A new life in Spain: Inland Costa Blanca

Three months after visiting A Place in the Sun Live! exhibition, Ian Wills and Ruth Bowman bought a two-bed apartment in Los Montisinos.

14 January 2015

A new life in Spain | Costa del Sol

After visiting A Place in the Sun Live! at Birmingham's NEC, Mick and Lorraine McCue took the plunge and bought a holiday home on the Costa del Sol.

13 January 2015

A new life in France

Charlotte Buckingham shares her first-hand experience of swapping Bristol for a new life in the south-west of France.

25 November 2014

Where are they now? Sandra Bracken in Torrevieja

Things didn't go according to plan when Sandra Bracken bought her fully furnished apartment, but she's happy with her choice

21 October 2014

Where are they now? Part three. Dreaming of Sicily

In the last series of Home or Away? Paul Pontone and Chris Moss bought a three-bed home in Noto. A year on, we catch up with them

14 October 2014

Magazine house-hunters find a French home

Find out how the Andrews family saved money on their French property purchase.

13 October 2014

Meet the…remote worker in Bulgaria

Crawford Mack divides his time between homes in Sale, Manchester and Bansko in Bulgaria.

26 September 2014

Where are they now? Part Two. Snapping up an Algarve bargain.

We catch up with Hilario Ribeiro and Jackie McGilvray on the Algarve

25 September 2014