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I suppose everyone watched the hour-long programme dedicated to the woes of the Spanish property market, broadcast last night on ITV.
“Paradise Lost” took a long look at several buyers who had all encountered terrible hardship after buying their dream home in Spain. Let´s look at the cases that were featured:
- a middle aged gentleman who had bought an overpriced 2 bed apartment in an undeveloped area of the Costa del Sol during the height of the property boom. He had paid €250,000 euros, and he couldn´t sell the thing at €180,000 at auction.
- A British couple who had bought a villa in Marbella and had been forced to move out as they were unable to afford the mortgage repayments.
- 2 buyers who purchased on a decidedly dodgy development on the Costa Blanca Continue reading »
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I was recently approached to take part in a documentary for a UK television company. When the researcher first approached me, she advised that she was looking to create a ´human interest´ series based around Spanish property, featuring people who had emigrated from the UK to Spain. Over the following few weeks, the requests clearly indicated EXACTLY what the TV company was after.
I was asked by the researchers if I knew of any developments in Spain on which there was a high proportion of Brits, living life as they would normally do in the UK, albeit under the Spanish sunshine. It transpired that they wanted to create a sort of soap opera based around stereotypical Brits abroad, swigging lager, bellowing across the balconies, and meeting up for bingo!
