Meet expats & holiday homeowners
British couple the Hollandses bought a Florida vacation home in May 2021, completing the first part of their master plan for their perfect retirement. That was during lockdown, which meant they had to wait some months before stepping inside the property for the first time. Andy and Karen Hollands should …
Charmed by Brittany on their first visit, British couple the Warrens are now proud owners of a delightful gîte there. As lockdown eases, the grand plan is to max out rentals for a few years before making a permanent move across the Channel… After holidaying in France for 15 years, …
After decades of family holidays staying in rented vacation homes, in April 2021 British couple the Chaters decided it was time to buy their own place in Orlando. And while Covid travel restrictions prevented them from flying to Florida, virtual technology meant they were still able to choose their Disney …
Go-getters the Tippett family didn’t let Covid disrupt their move across the Channel, so much so that during their first year in France they managed to set up a thriving microbrewery and turn a rundown farmhouse into a wonderful family home. And that’s just for starters – when BricksAbroad spoke …
After two fun-packed decades owning a second home in the Costa Blanca, in the summer of 2020 Brian and Ann Clarke took the step of moving to Spain permanently. Neither Brexit nor the on-going problems of the Covid crisis were enough to deter them – both had had busy careers …
John and Diana Greenaway had been in their new home in the Costa del Sol barely a year when Covid-19 struck and in March 2020 Spain went into lockdown. Suddenly confined to their villa, they soon appreciated how careful they’d been choosing their property, not to mention the time they …
When Liliana Napoletano Hernandez, a Spanish national who lived in the UK for 22 years, decided to swap Northamptonshire for a new life in Spain, she was thinking about her three furry soulmates as much as herself. In fact, by the time she got the keys to her new home …
