People Who've Bought

“Finding our perfect holiday home in Murcia started at A Place in the Sun exhibition”

Craig and Daisy's journey to finding the perfect Spanish holiday home started at A Place in the Sun Live... find out how the exhibition, and aplaceinthesun.com, helped them secure the perfect property!

22 March 2022

Case Study - “My Florida villa rentals have worked so well I want to buy another home”

Chris Danks had had his eye on a villa in Orlando’s Solterra resort for a few years. He told us all about the buying process and running a successful rental property in the Sunshine State.

17 March 2022

Case Study | “Retiring to Spain during the pandemic was tough but so worthwhile”

Tracy and Doug Harding were meant to start their new life in Spain in March 2020. The couple from Weston-super-Mare in Somerset had to put their retirement plans on hold, but only until May that year.

9 March 2022

“Sun, sailing and Anglo-friendly traditions - why Gozo is the perfect place for retirement.”

After a life spent moving around the world, Alison and Paul Rutland decided to spend their retirement on Gozo - this is why they chose the low key next-door sister island of Malta.

1 March 2022

“People thought I was mad retiring to Spain at 81 years old”

Widower Tony Ferreira spent lockdown watching webinars on aplaceinthesun.com about how to buy in Spain, and decided to take the plunge and move to Spain aged 81!

22 February 2022

“Our Florida rental investment has been worth the wait – bookings are great!”

Julie and Tony completed on their five-bed property in Orlando in July 2020 and despite the pandemic their new rental property has had a flood of bookings!

11 February 2022

“During Covid we found our dream property in Turkey”

Julia and Paul Smith bought their dream holiday home in Turkey, despite a brush with cancer, a pandemic-induced redundancy and travel restrictions - read their inspiring story.

8 February 2022

From lockdown to a new life in the Canaries

It was pure serendipity that exactly a year ago Elaine Whicheloe ended up on a flight to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and decided to move there. We found out all about her buying experience.

25 November 2021

Meet the TV show couple who moved to France the day before lockdown

Despite making tabloid headlines for refusing to step inside one of the properties that Laura Hamilton showed them on an episode of A Place in the Sun, this couple moved into their dream home with the help of the show

26 October 2021

The snags of ‘working from home’ on the Costa Blanca with my Spanish builders

Find out about one couple's experience buying an off-plan home in Spain!

12 October 2021

Oh Yeah! From town crier to Spanish home buyer (at 73)

Colin Ballard has a lot to shout about. The former town crier from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire has just moved into his new home in Spain. He’s clearly not a man to do things by halves – this summer he’s bought a townhouse in Murcia (before actually visiting himself)

28 September 2021

No fly, no buy? Not for one Disney-mad Scot who has purchased her dream home in Florida

As it is announced that the United States will open its border to Britons in November, we suggest a way you can buy to beat the rush…

21 September 2021