People Who've Bought

Case Study | A new life as B&B hosts on the Algarve

Andrew Roberts and Rupert Kirby moved to rural, eastern Algarve after 25 years holidaying there to set up a B&B...

20 February 2020

Case Study | We found paradise in Barbados

Using fractional ownership, this British couple own a share of a Barbados villa

4 February 2020

Case Study | We swapped London for New Zealand

Alice swapped London for South Island for a better work-life balance. Was it the right move?

28 January 2020

Why BBC reporter Christopher Morris chose Almería

Find out how the award-winning former BBC correspondent Christopher Morris was led to a life in Spain by a Cold War military disaster.

27 November 2019

How Sardinia cast its magical spell on me

Actress and author Sara Alexander fell in love with the Italian island of Sardinia as a child.

26 November 2019

Case study | moving to the Costa Blanca permanently

Richard Way meets a couple from Buckinghamshire for whom holidays in their Algorfa home were never long enough, so they decided to move over full time.

22 October 2019

Case study | our eco-friendly property in the Dordogne

Bob and Diane Kirkwood moved from Weybridge in Surrey to southwest France and created an oﬀ -grid, eco-friendly holiday experience that’s now winning awards.

15 October 2019

Case study | We own three properties in Almeria

Retirees Amanda Jelley and David Croaker from north Wales fell in love with Almeria in southern Spain and have bought three properties there.

2 July 2019

Case study | We're loving our holiday home in Umbria, Italy

One family love their Italian holiday home so much it is difficult to leave, reports Cathy Hawker.

18 June 2019

Case study | We moved to Spain days before the original Brexit date

John and Diana Greenaway decided to swap a holiday home in Florida for a new life in Marbella, so how did it go? We find out.

4 June 2019

Case study | Getting a real Spanish feel in Estepona

Richard Way meets a couple who have bought a three-bedroom apartment in Estepona.

25 April 2019

Case Study | From Durham to the Silver Coast

Glimpsed from a plane window, the beaches of the Silver Coast persuaded one couple from Durham to buy a custom-built home there.

11 April 2019