Meet expats & holiday homeowners
It’s hardly surprising celebrity homeowners such as Eric Clapton, Pierce Brosnan, Giorgio Armani and Oprah Winfrey are drawn to Antigua. But the Caribbean island’s tropical climate, sandy beaches, lush landscapes, turquoise waters and laid-back lifestyle could also be accessible to more everyday people, including Europeans and Brits sick of having …
British interest in Italian property has rocketed by than 50 per cent since the peak pre-Covid years, with only Germans and Americans having a greater appetite for the bel paese, according to a review of 2023 by a leading property portal. UK buyers accounted for 9 per cent of searches on …
A bijou home in a stunning corner of the South of France is proof that certain properties really do have that celebrity ‘je ne sais quoi’ after changing hands between film-star owners! The celebrated actor Richard E. Grant recently sold his charming French holiday home to famous Hollywood couple Jim …
Wooed by the charm of rural England, nature lovers James and Gladys Thomas are revelling in their new life in Derbyshire having spent more than a decade living and working in the Middle East. The married couple spent 12 years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), renting accommodation in Abu …
Brimming with fantastic memories, a British couple with a growing family have called it a day on their life in New Zealand and followed their hearts back to the UK to be closer to family. Jordan and Kristy Fraser, age 31 and 35 respectively, spent seven years enjoying the warm …
British couple Karl and Helen Chapman’s passion for the Algarve took off when they purchased a holiday home there. Fast forward a decade to 2023 and today the couple, now living in Portugal full-time, have sold that property and are in the process of creating their idyllic forever home from …
Americans Joe and Terri Eley wasted no time realising their dream of moving to Portugal, so within a few months of retiring in 2021 they had crossed the Atlantic to start a new life in the Algarve. A year after stepping foot in Portugal for the first time and settling …
Andrew and Julie Thompson showed just how simple moving to Spain can be for Brits post Brexit, after selling their UK house, finding a new home in the Costa Blanca and sorting out residency visas all within a few months! The couple from Birmingham made the decision to spend their …
For 57-year-old Danny McCubbin, buying a doer-upper for one euro was never just about bagging himself a bargain – he had more enterprising plans for his move to Sicily. Sure enough, two years after getting the keys to his dilapidated home, Danny is immersed in his new life in the …
Martin and Orla Murphy were feeling especially celebratory last Christmas, not to mention excited about the approaching New Year, thanks to the completion of their Spanish property purchase in time for the festive period. The Irish couple got the keys to their townhouse in Orihuela Costa, a popular stretch of …