People Who've Bought

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

We followed our children out to Australia - and love it.

If you miss your kids when they emigrate, why not join them abroad?

24 July 2013

How fractional ownership works perfectly for one British owner

One busy Londoner explains now owning a share in an Italian property is the perfect antidote to her hectic lifestyle

30 May 2013

We used Liverpool equity to buy a Turkish home

Buy a holiday home in Turkey by remortgaging a property in the UK

15 April 2013

Our big fat Greek renovation job - completed!

We revisit Joan and Colin Bailey in Crete and learn much from their renovation project

8 April 2013

Why Altinkum's a Royle favourite

Known by some as the “Blackpool of Turkey”, the resort of Didim/Altinkum is popular with celebrities, and is an area on the up, reports Richard Way

1 November 2012
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