People Who've Bought

Meet the Grocers

Terry Ward, 59, and his wife Christine, 53, left Buckingham for Cyprus in May 2008. Here, Christine tells us about their grocery, which gives British expats a taste of home

1 January 2010

Meet the riad renovator

Grant Rawlings and his Moroccan wife Meriem, live in the medina in Marrakech, where he has founded his own property consultancy firm for English-speaking buyers who want to buy a riad

1 December 2009

Meet the Beautician.....

Suzannah Jordan and her husband Terry, live in a tradition fishing village on Spain's Costa de la Luz

1 November 2009

Meet the High Flyers !

In 2005 Jon Hales and his partner Beth, from Surrey starred on A Place in the Sun. They've since transformed an old bakery in Spain

1 October 2009

Meet the landlords - Spanish bakery

In 2005 Jon Hales and his partner Beth, from Surrey starred on A Place in the Sun. They've since transformed an old bakery in Spain

24 September 2009

A Place in the Sun finds readers their dream property

A Place in the Sun finds readers their dream property A couple who took part in the property hunt in the May issue of this magazine have bought one of the properties we found for them and they tied up the purchase in just three months! John and Sally Vettese from Edinburgh wrote to us asking if we could help them find a buy-to-let property in Turkey for no more than 38,000 (including all costs).Our very own Verity Willcocks got on the case.

5 August 2009

Meet the shopkeepers

Originally from Sussex, the Payne family run Oliver's a village deli in Paphos, Cyprus. Here, Jill, 64, reveals how the keep the shop - full of British favourites - ticking over

1 August 2009

Be my guest....in France.

We invite a reader to tell us about renting out his or her place in the sun. Here we meet Philip, who owns an apartment on the irresistible French Riviera.

28 July 2009

Fractional ownership case study

Kim Leeper and his wife Elaine, from Dulwich in south London, have bought an eighth-share of a one-bedroom property at Palazzo Tornabuoni, a restored 15th-century palace.

27 July 2009

Meet the antique dealers

Once a drummer in a chart-topping band, John Dummer, 64, worked as a press officer and journalist before setting up as an antiques dealer in France with his wife Helen, 58

1 July 2009

Lee Mears - England rugby player

Having already bought in Barbados and the Bahamas, England rugby player Lee Mears has now bagged a place on the Greek paradise island, Samos

1 June 2009

Moving to Australia

In 2004 Paul Field, 35, left London and moved halfway around the world to Melbourne, Australia, to be with his wife, Katie. Here he tells us about his work in I.T

1 June 2009