A Place in the Sun is the UK's leading overseas property media brand having started life as a television show on Channel 4 in 2000 and due to its success becoming a leading consumer magazine, live exhibition and more recently a property portal.
Our journalists and contributors have a breadth of expertise and knowledge in all areas of international real estate and the mechanics behind the sector - finance, tax, legal issues - right through to emigration and retiring overseas.
Amanda Lamb, Television Presenter
Amanda has been presenter of overseas property television programme A Place in the Sun since 2000 and since then has fronted A Place in the Sun Revisited, Celebrity A Place in the Sun and Top Twenty Best for Channel 4. Amanda has written a column for A Place in the Sun magazine since its launch in 2004, sharing her experiences of house-hunting overseas with people appearing on the TV shows and her own experiences of buying an apartment in Puglia, Italy.
Jasmine Harman, Television Presenter
Jasmine is the away-leg presenter of the hugely succesful A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? on Channel 4 since 2005. She previously worked as a radio-presenter whilst living on Portugal's Algarve and regularly writes a column for A Place in the Sun magazine sharing her experiences of house-hunting and her regular globe-trotting adventures.
Jonnie Irwin, Television Presenter
With a dad as a developer, property is in Jonnie's blood. Before landing the role of home-leg presenter in A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? Jonnie worked as a surveyor for companies such as Christie & Co. As well as writing a regular column for A Place in the Sun magazine, Jonnie has gone on to present more property programmes such as Escape to the Country and To Buy or not to Buy and more recently has fronted his own shows called Dream Lives for Sale on Sky1 and The Restoration Game on Channel 4.
Liz Rowlinson, Editor A Place in the Sun magazine
Liz is a hugely experienced overseas property journalist having written for the Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Express, The Financial Times and Country Life magazine and before taking over as editor of A Place in the Sun magazine worked as a freelance journalist on the title for many years.
Lucy Moore, Writer, aplaceinthesun.com
Lucy joined us after a stint interning on spoonfed.com - a London entertainment guide - where Lucy spent most evenings attending and reviewing gigs and interviewing her favourite bands. It's a hard life, but someone's got to do it. Lucy is fast becoming an expert on all things overseas property, writing our website's daily news and contributing to A Place in the Sun magazine under guidance of Editor Liz Rowlinson.
Zoe Dare Hall, Contributor
Zoe is a regular contributor to A Place in the Sun and is a freelance property writer covering all aspects of UK and overseas property for newspapers including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and various magazines.
Christopher Nye, Contributor
Christopher writes on property, emigration, the environment and heritage, for publications including The Times, Daily Telegraph, Saga, Harper’s Bazaar and A Place in the Sun. He has interviewed celebrities from Jimmy Krankie to Jimmy Carr and published two books, including Maximum Diner, a memoir of his often hillarious journey opening an American diner in Uckfield, West Sussex. He has recently published a book on UK adventure holidays. Chris has also written websites for the NHS and Ministry of Defence, and was Web Editor of 'Act on CO2'.
Nigel Lewis, Contributor
Nigel is a property editor and writer who worked for the Daily Mail, A Place in the Sun magazine and Location, Location, Location before concentrating on digital media with propertyfinder.com and more recently primelocation.com, findaproperty.com and globrix.com.
Sarah Norman, Digital & Marketing Director, APITS Ltd
Sarah has worked in magazines, events and websites for over 12 years at EMAP, the BBC, Channel 4 and during the last five years at A Place in the Sun, where she has accidentally learned a thing or two about overseas property.
Andy Bridge, Managing Director, APITS Ltd
Andy has worked in overseas property media for over five years and is now Managing Director of APITS Ltd (publishers of A Place in the Sun). Prior to this he gained 15 years' experience in publishing and related services including holding the post of Publishing Director, Asia Pacific for Haymarket Business Publications. Andy is an active member of the board of the Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) working to help make buying property overseas safer.