Accessing healthcare in Spain /articles/2007/05/accessing-healthcare-in-spain

If you are or are going to be working in Spain then you will contribute to the Spainsh Social Insurance Scheme through deductions made from your salary and you will receive a social insurance card. The card shows your personal information and your a…

We followed our children out to Australia - and love it. /articles/2013/07/we-followed-our-children-out-to-australia-and-love-it

Australia is still one of the top five destinations for British families relocating overseas and it's possible to move there if your children have already settled there for around two years. If you're missing the grandchildren and fed up with Skype,…

Buying Costs in Spain /articles/2024/03/buying-costs-in-spain

It can be a daunting prospect buying a home in Spain. A Place in the Sun Currency has helped thousands of people to buy their property in Spain successfully. Here is his checklist of the main costs involved and the different elements you need to be a…

Moving to Portugal: how the right removals company makes all the difference /articles/2026/01/moving-to-portugal-how-the-right-removals-company-makes-all-the-difference

Moving to Portugal: how the right removals company helps Moving home can be one of the most stressful moments in life. When that move is to a foreign country, there’s a whole other level of potential worries. But a bit of careful planning and finding…

Giving Life a Second Wind in Brittany | Case Study /articles/2017/07/brittany-has-given-life-a-second-wind-case-study

We recently caught up with Graham & Elaine, who tell us all about their experience in selling their home in the UK and relocating to Brittany to eventually enjoy their well-deserved retirement. "We bought our house in Brittany during May 2016. Li…

Five Minute Focus: Property in Calabria /articles/2017/12/five-minute-focus-property-in-calabria

Our latest Five Minute Focus takes you on a journey to the extreme south of Italy, to the picturesque region of Calabria. Below we look at what it can offer to aspiring overseas property owners and inspect the current state of the property market. Wh…

The Latest Stats on the Florida Property Market /articles/2018/11/the-latest-stats-on-the-florida-property-market

Over 116 million people visited the state of Florida in 2017 - another record year - so it must have an awful lot to attract people. It ’s not called the Sunshine State for anything, and it’s where thousands of inhabitants of the Northern hemisphere…

We've created two gîtes for income /articles/2011/02/weve-created-two-gites-for-income

Attracting more than 300 guests a year, with some coming from as far afield as Australia, the US, Japan and South Africa, Manoir de Maffrécourt is a fine example of how to set up a successful gîte business. Owners Grant and Sandra Endersby bought th…

Our favourite destinations this series /articles/2011/07/our-favourite-destinations-this-series

Malmesbury For one house-hunting couple from Birmingham, I thought the Cotswolds would be their ideal location for a second home. Being a short journey from Brum, the area is conveniently placed and has so much to offer, from beautiful countrysid…

Be my guest... in Italy /articles/2011/10/be-my-guest-in-italy

Telling us his rental story this month is James Brown-Muir who has been letting out his Tuscan townhouse in the beautiful Lake Trasimeno region for three years... I am: A 60-year-old retired art teacher from Scotland who decided to move to Ital…

Brits make a welcome discovery about their healthcare rights in Spain and the rest of the EU  /articles/2021/07/brits-make-a-welcome-discovery-about-their-healthcare-rights-in-spain-and-the-rest-of-the-eu

Brits are unnecessarily pessimistic about their rights post-Brexit Research findings published today by A Place in the Sun, in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sh…

10 reasons to buy property in Italy /articles/2013/10/10-reasons-to-buy-property-in-italy

1 Prices have fallen so it's a great time to buy Recent data confirms that the downward movement in Italian property prices since the market peak of late 2006 has not stopped. The Agenzia delle Entrate (Inland Revenue) reports that the total number o…