People Who've Bought

Where are they now? TV Property Hunters Liz and Grahame Pink in Lanzarote

Liz and Grahame Pink bought a property in Lanzarote after appearing on A Place in the Sun

24 September 2014

Secrets of our success in Side

Duncan and Lorraine Pickering from Bourne in Lincolnshire bought a holiday home in the Turkish resort of Side in 2008. Here Duncan, 48, a solicitor, tells their story and shares a few tips learnt along the way...

8 July 2014

Meet the... BBC scriptwriter in Spain

We talk to Jonathan Hall, an award-winning BBC scriptwriter who lives permanently in Barx, a small village near Gandia, Spain

16 April 2014

Case study: the British couple swapping Dorset for Dalyan

The Warrens from Bridport tell Richard Way why they are retiring to Turkey

10 December 2013

From Essex to the Algarve

Leigh-on-Sea v Algarve: Liz Rowlinson meets a very happy couple in Portugal

1 December 2013

Why Beefy got bowled over by a property in St Kitts

Sir Ian Botham reports on his plans for his Caribbean holiday home, reports Peter Swain

14 October 2013

Where are they now?

What happened when the cameras stopped rolling on A Place in the Sun's recent TV series? Liz Rowlinson caught up with some of our small-screen stars and finds a fascinating snapshot of the current market

10 September 2013

Meet the Boutique Hotelier

George Scott has run his eponymous hotel in Mallorca for over 25 years. Here he tells us how it's possible to have fun being a successful hotelier (and crime novelist!) WORDS LIZ ROWLINSON

19 August 2013

“We went to Malta on holiday last Christmas and realised we never wanted to go back to England”

John Middleton, 49, and his partner Richard Powers, 43, had long harboured a love for Malta and always talked about buying a property there. However, they suddenly realised last year that the time was right, reports Lucy Moore

18 August 2013

From cop to cook…

Ever wondered what happens to MasterChef contestants who risk giving up their day job to become a professional chef? Here we talk to one for whom the gamble paid off- Jim Fisher is now the owner of a popular cookery school in the Dordogne

18 August 2013

Meet the Gozo psychotherapist

Helena Fone, 58, and her husband Peter, moved to Gozo from Cheadle in Greater Manchester in 2004. Here she tells how she is kept happily busy sorting out the phobias and neuroses of the locals...

18 August 2013

“France is a bit like going back to England in the 1950’s but the nice bits of winding back the clock”

Lucy Moore meets a couple of Francophiles seeking the "Good Life" in a village of Poitou-Charentes. One of the things that bought Rosie Lucini (56) and her husband Richard Dean (65) together was a deep-seated passion for all things French.

18 August 2013