People Who've Bought

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

Expat Heroes: Calis Children Charity

Wherever you go in the world, you'll find expats giving something back to their adopted communities, whether through fund-raising or offering their time for a local cause. In recognition of their hard work, in this series we meet some of them and this month focus on a children's charity in Turkey WORDS PAUL BROOKS

18 August 2013

Running a B&B in rural Andalusia: tips from the experts

After almost 20 years of living in London, Myles Rainford and David Matthews decided to make the most of their love of Spain and desire for a different lifestyle by opening a guest house in Andalucía.

17 August 2013

A luxury Bodrum holiday home for hard-working Turkish-Geordies

One family from Gateshead look forward to escaping to Turkey whenever they can.

10 August 2013

We moved to Cyprus during the crisis and never looked back

How are expats faring since the banking meltdown? Not that badly in the case of the Walters from Wales

24 July 2013