People Who've Bought

Meet the... ski company owner

More than 20 years have passed since Nigel Purkhardt gave up a busy London lifestyle to start a ski holiday business in the French Alps. Here he tells us how his company has progressed over the years...

1 July 2011

James Donovan, Team Donovan

Expats wind up working as property agents abroad for all sorts of reasons and many have great stories to tell. So meet 27-year-old James Donovan, who swapped a career in IT for a life selling homes in the Sunshine State

30 June 2011

Be My Guest… in France

This month's Brits offering rental accommodation to holidaymakers are a family who turned their backs on a busy London lifestyle to open a gîte complex on the west coast of France.

31 May 2011

Meet the… boat charter operator

Six years ago Laura Çetinkaya, 34 and from London, quit her City job and headed to Turkey for a career break. She never came back and now, after marrying locally, helps run a boat charter firm in Altinkum.

31 May 2011

Phil and Eileen Hardy, Hardy Estates

Brits wind up working as property agents abroad for all sorts of reasons and many have great stories to tell. This month we meet the husband and wife team of Phil and Eileen Hardy, who sell homes in Paphos, Cyprus

31 May 2011

From Colchester to Kalkan

Meet Jane Ebeling, one of a growing number of British retirees moving to Turkey. For anyone thinking of doing the same, we spoke to Jane about her relocation "journey", which culminated in her moving into her new home in Kalkan jsut weeks ago...

31 May 2011

There's just no selling

There's no doubt Spain is a buyer's market. This is great news if you're looking to snap up a bargain repo but if you're selling your own Spanish home, it's a different story. We meet two sets of expats who are frustrated by the way overall market conditions are affecting their attempts to secure a buyer…

1 May 2011

Meet the...furniture supplier

Six years ago Jo Soylev, originally from Gloucestershire, began offering a personalised home furnishings service to foreign property-owners on the Bodrum Peninsula. Still going strong and with a widening customer base, Jo recently added a property maintenance arm to her business.

1 May 2011

Be my guest... in St Lucia

Telling us their rental story this month are Jean and Joe from West Sussex, who let their idyllic Caribbean villa to holidaymakers when they aren't enjoying time there themselves…

1 May 2011

Meet the Agent, Mallorca: Marc Pritchard, Taylor Wimpey de Espana

Marc Pritchard fell for Mallorca as a child and after a stint teaching windsurfing there knew he would never leave...

30 April 2011

Remotely interested: working abroad

Modern -day technology has made moving abroad and taking your job with you a real possibility for some. We meet two people who have done just that...

30 April 2011

Expats in Egypt

When Editor Richard Way met Jenny Cooper in Egypt last December, there were no signs that something monumental was about to unfold there. Jenny and husband Dave remained in the country throughout the events that led to the downfall of Mubarak, so we asked them what it's been like living at a resort by the Red Sea during this historic period

1 April 2011