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 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

Case Study | We Made the Move to the Algarve

Former journalist Kevin Mochrie and financial services administrator Helen, both aged 58 and from Staffordshire, took early retirement to make their dream move to Portugal.

20 March 2019