A Place in the Sun Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

A Place in the Sun: Season 2 (2003 - 2004)

  • Season 2 Episode 27: Tarragona, Spain

    A Yorkshire couple who regularly go on holiday to Spain visit the Catalan city of Tarragona, where they visit a modern flat with a Mediterranean view, a cottage in the mountains and a town apartment with its own patio

  • Season 2 Episode 14: Normandy

    A Nottingham couple with £70,000 to spend look for a holiday home in Normandy. They soon realise their budget will stretch a lot further than they thought as they explore farmhouses, timbered cottages and properties in apple-growing villages

A Place in the Sun:

  • 20 Best Places to Make Money

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • The 30 Thousand Islands

    Cottages near Georgian Bay are situated on islands or boat-access-only coasts.

  • Acapulco

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a couple find their dream property in Acapulco, visiting six properties including an open-air penthouse with ocean views, a six-storey family home and a bayside villa

  • Algarve

    Bella Crane helps a woman and her daughter find a holiday home in the relatively under-developed area of the western Algarve. With a budget of £100,000 there are bargains to be found, including a modern apartment, a two-bedroom cottage in the mountains and a traditional house located in a picturesque village

  • The Algarve

    House-hunters search for a holiday home in the Algarve in Portugal, but their indecisiveness is a major stumbling block on the path to buying a property. Amanda Lamb is determined to get them somewhere suitable on a budget of £80,000, even if the unexpected needs of the family's pet cat get in the way

  • Algarve

    Richard Whiteley searches for the perfect holiday home on Portugal's Algarve

  • Almeria

    Property expert Fay Davies offers advice to a couple aiming to buy a home abroad on the unspoilt Almeria coast in Spain

  • Almeria, Spain

    A couple who have been married for 25 years aim to fulfil their dream of buying a property in southern Spain. However, with prices at a premium due to the increased numbers of people looking to purchase a home in the region, they enlist the help of Victoria Hollingsworth to ensure they get value for money

  • Amalfi Coast

    Zilpah Hartley helps a publican couple from Hampshire find their dream holiday home on Italy's Amalfi Coast

  • Americas Compilation

    Zilpah Hartley presents a retrospective of her favourite properties in the Americas, from homes with spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains to apartments in the sizzling surroundings of Mexico and the Caribbean

  • Andalucia

    Following Geordie couple Brian and Jill Sharpe as they search for a holiday home in Spain. With a budget of £300,000, they soon find plenty of properties on offer, especially in Axarquia, which is just 70 miles from the Costa del Sol

  • Andalucian Lakes

    Amanda Lamb joins house-hunter Jean, who is looking for a peaceful retreat in the picturesque region of the Andalusian lakes

  • Andalusia

    Amanda Lamb comes to the aid of Lora and John Wilcox from the Isle of Wight, who are looking for a weekend retreat in Andalusia, southern Spain. They view fine examples of properties within their budget of £80,000, but time is of the essence if they are to snap up a bargain in the increasingly fast-moving market

  • Andalusia

    Amanda Lamb looks at traditional Andalusian estates for sale at bargain prices for a London couple wanting to create a retreat from the stresses of city life

  • Andalusia

    Faye Davies charts the fortunes of a couple from London who are looking for a bargain property in Andalusia

  • Andros and Tinos
  • Apennine, Italy

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a couple find a holiday home in Italy for £110,000, visiting town and village houses, rural properties and historic apartments in the Apennine region

  • Ardeche

    Zilpah Hartley helps John and Margaret Harpin find their dream home in the Ardeche region of France. On a budget of £32,000, properties up for inspection include a traditional village house with balconies and a large garden, two connected cottages by a river gorge, and a mountainside retreat

  • Arezzo

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to an antiques enthusiast hoping to buy a second home in the Italian city of Arezzo, which lies south of Florence

  • Arizona
  • Aruba, Caribbean

    Two friends from Birmingham decide to invest up to £85,000 in a holiday home on the Caribbean island of Aruba. They view a villa in the capital Oranjestad, a modern house on the edge of a national park and a lagoon property in the south of the island

  • An Astonaut's Hometown
  • Asturias

    A couple with a budget of £90,000 search for a new property in Asturias, a region known to the locals as 'secret Spain'. Presented by Bella Crane

  • Aube, France

    A Belfast grandmother looks for a holiday home in France she can share with her family for £60,000. Her French-speaking daughter Leanne accompanies her to the Aube region, where they find their budget will stretch a lot further than expected

  • Auckland

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to a woman wanting to start a new life in Auckland, New Zealand. With a budget of £200,000, she is shown properties including a city centre apartment. Last in series

  • Aude

    New series of the overseas property show. Victoria Hollingsworth helps Judy and Barry Burdette from Dorset find their dream home abroad. The charity-loving couple know what they want and where to look for it, hoping their determination will get them the kind of property they long for

  • Aude

    Amanda Lamb takes Norfolk couple Paul Bennett and Deena Harris to Aude in south-west France to search for a property in which they can settle permanently, including a traditional wine-grower's house

  • Aude, France

    Norfolk couple Paul Bennett and Deena Harris, who want to move to Aude in France.

  • Australia

    A couple search for a retirement home in Australia, discovering that a budget of £100,000 could buy them a luxury town house in a seaside resort, a new designer home or a traditional Queenslander house on stilts. They also find out how easy it is to obtain a visa

  • Australia's Jacaranda Coast
  • Austrian Alps

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple from Nottingham find a holiday home in the Austrian Alps. The pair are looking for somewhere suitable to enjoy their pursuits of skiing and sunbathing all year round, and are preparing to make the overseas investment despite never having owned a house together in the UK

  • Auvergne in Central France

    Newlyweds Peter and Sharon Casley are offered advice by expert Amanda Lamb as they search for a second home in the Auvergne, France. They explore the potential of three unusual homes, choosing between a 12th-century chateau, an ancient fort and a property built into a rock face

  • Aveyron

    Couple Barry and Liz head to southern France, where they have fallen in love with Aveyron's picturesque villages. They soon find their £120,000 budget goes much further than they expected, and set about finding a dream home

  • Aveyron in Southwestern France

    Zilpah Hartley helps a Kent couple find a property in France away from the noise and pollution of their British home near the Dartford Tunnel. Their budget of £60,000 enables them to view a cliff-top house, a 19th-century cottage and a renovated mountain retreat in the Aveyron region of south-west France

  • B and B Bonanza
  • Bahamas, Caribbean

    Property expert Zilpah Hartley shows a couple who are about to get married around six properties within their £150,000 budget on the Caribbean island of Grand Bahama

  • Baja Mexico

    A couple from Stratford-upon-Avon search for a property in the Baja region of Mexico. With a budget of £115,000, they have a choice of Moorish houses, Spanish-style villas or an ocean-front apartment - and even consider a desert ranch

  • Barbados

    Amanda Lamb helps a music executive and an interior designer find their dream home in Barbados. The couple are used to fighting to get what they want and know a thing or two about houses - so finding a satisfactory property is going to be especially hard

  • Barbados

    Amanda Lamb comes to the rescue of a couple searching for an affordable holiday home on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Among the choices are a new apartment for £66,000 and a traditional villa

  • Barcelona

    Amanda Lamb guides a couple from Newcastle around the city of Barcelona as they embark on a house-hunting quest in the Catalan capital. However, with twin baby boys in tow, they have to decide between looking for a place close to the centre or nearer to the coast

  • Barcelona

    Property expert Fay Davies helps an Oxford woman hoping to relocate to Spain find the ideal apartment in Barcelona

  • Barcelona Apartments
  • Barcelona Revisited

    Six months on, Amanda Lamb revisits the Spanish city of Barcelona to call on Newcastle couple Sue and Peter Moulds in their dream holiday home - only to discover it is not the one for which they initially made an offer

  • Bay Islands

    Amanda Lamb returns to the Caribbean to meet Shaun and Fiona, former backpackers who were unhappy with a settled existence in the UK and bought their dream home in the Bay Islands. However, it seems a great deal has changed since the property guru's last visit

  • Bed N' Breakfast
  • Best Buys in France
  • Best of Spain
  • Biarritz

    Simone Bienne visits Biarritz in the French Basque country to help a Belfast couple search for a property suitable for them to use as a retirement cottage after their teenage children have left home. She presents them with a range of options for their £165,000 budget, from designer lofts and listed apartments to riverside houses

  • Biarritz, France

    A property expert offers advice to members of the surfing-mad Smith family, who are looking for the perfect retreat in Biarritz, France, where they can enjoy Europe's highest waves

  • Blue Mountain, ON

    Winterizing a chalet and garden tools; skis; snowboards.

  • Boathouse Living
  • Bodrum, Turkey

    Sheffield couple Nick Bolton and Kirsten McKinley seek a home in Turkey's Bodrum resort, where prices are low, despite the region's air of exclusivity. Their budget of £35,000 offers them a wide choice of properties, including a two-bedroom stone house and garden, a semi-detached home overlooking the bay and a modern flat with a balcony

  • Brisbane, Australia

    Amanda Lamb helps Kevin and Jackie Arkell fulfil their dream of retiring to Brisbane, Australia

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brittany

    Property expert Zilpah Hartley helps two friends from Glasgow find a home near the beaches of Brittany from which they can run a B&B. With £120,000 to spend they look at four properties along the Cote de Granit Rose, comprising a traditional Breton long house, an old village post house, a stone cottage and an existing B&B in an old country house

  • Brittany

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to a British couple hoping to buy a property in Brittany, France

  • Brooksville, Florida

    Brooksville, Fla.; vacation house; renting.

  • Bruce Peninsula, Tobermory
  • Budapest

    House-hunting expert Amanda Lamb comes to the aid of Ipswich entrepreneur Jason Wynne, who is looking to purchase a building in Budapest in his bid to start an overseas property empire. However, he soon finds the ever-expanding market could pose problems for him and his £100,000 budget

  • Bulgaria

    A retired Yorkshire couple hope to take advantage of cheap real estate prices to buy a holiday home in Bulgaria. With £25,000 to spend, they look at six properties, ranging from chalets and bungalows to a 200-year-old merchant's house and even a small hotel

  • Bulgaria

    An engaged couple from the East End of London hope to take advantage of cheap real estate prices to buy a holiday home in Bulgaria. With £25,000 to spend, they look at six properties, ranging from chalets and bungalows to a 200-year-old house and even a small hotel

  • Bulgaria

    Yorkshire couple Tony Haywood and Linda Lancaster search for a retirement home in Bulgaria, where property prices are guaranteed not to break the bank. Among other things they consider a village house going for £6,500 and a five-bedroom seaside villa with its own pool and sauna - a snip at only £40,500

  • Burgundy

    A mother and her 35-year-old daughter want to make a fresh start in the wine region of Burgundy. They look at six properties, including a traditional townhouse, a farmer's cottage and a 100-year-old house that used to belong to the former mayor. But with very different tastes, agreeing on the perfect place may prove difficult

  • Burgundy, France

    Amanda Lamb helps Gloucestershire couple Alan and Min Hogg find their dream home in unspoilt Burgundy, France. They must choose between a 200-year-old country cottage, a property complete with a stream and a large renovated farmhouse in the heart of the wine-producing region

  • Burlington, Vermont
  • BVI: Mountain Top to Oceanfront Vacation Properties

    Vacation properties; landscaping; games; crafts.

  • BVI: Oceanfront Properties

    Home protection from the elements; kayaking; hiking; landscaping.

  • BVI: Vacation Club Properties

    Vacation club explanations and lifestyle.

  • Cabo de Gata

    A mother and daughter go in search of a family holiday home in Spain with a budget of £130,000

  • Calabria

    Barbara and Tony Cornett from Oxford look around the sunny villages of Calabria. The Italian-speaking couple, formerly in military service, met in Northern Ireland and have lived all over the world. Here they reveal why Italy has won their hearts and whether they will come to regard the region of sun, sea and sand as home

  • Caledon Homes
  • Campo de Gibraltar

    Property expert Bella Crane offers advice to a British couple aiming to buy a home in the Campo de Gibraltar at the southerly tip of Spain. Builder Adrian Taylor and his wife Trish are taken to see a mountain finca, an apartment near the beach, a traditional townhouse and a villa with a pool

  • Canadian Rockies

    Zilpah Hartley helps a nature-loving couple find a mountain retreat in the Canadian Rockies

  • Canary Islands

    Amanda Lamb compares property prices on the three most popular Canary Islands for Janet Berkhauer, a hairdresser from Bromley who has a budget of £130,000 to work with and hopes to take advantage of the year-round sun

  • Cancun, Mexico

    An Edinburgh couple with a budget of £100,000 look for a home near Cancun on Mexico's Mayan Riviera

  • Cap Tremblant
  • Cape Town, South Africa

    Andrew Hazley and his fiancee Heather travel from Cheshire to Cape Town, South Africa, in search of the perfect investment property. They visited the area two years ago, so have an idea of what kind of houses are on offer, but it remains to be seen how much they will get for their budget of £160,000

  • Cape Verde

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple house-hunting in the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa in a bid to cash in on the area's growing popularity with tourists. She takes them to three islands as they look to purchase a property before growing interest in the region causes prices to rise

  • Caribbean Bay Islands
  • Carlsbad, California

    Carlsbad, Calif.; beaches; vacation home; spa; flowers.

  • Castilla La Mancha
  • Castilla, Spain

    Zilpah Hartley helps a Nottinghamshire couple search for a retirement home in Castilla near Madrid in Spain, showing them around properties including a renovation project, a chalet and a historic city apartment

  • Castle in the Hills or Beachfront Apartment?
  • Catalonia, Spain

    Two Londoners decide to leave the rat race and find their dream home in the Spanish region of Catalonia. Having already sold their city flat, they visit properties in the glamorous resort of Sitges, a trendy quarter of Barcelona, and the dramatic mountain scenery of Montserrat - but their fixed ideas about what they would like make it difficult to meet their requirements

  • The Cayman Islands

    Zilpah Hartley helps a newlywed couple find their perfect Caribbean love-nest in the Cayman Islands. Husband John has built and designed his own home in the past, and brings his architectural know-how to bear on the assortment of apartments, plantation houses and studios they inspect

  • Cedar Key, Florida

    Cedar Key, Fla.; architecture; condominiums; seafood.

  • Center Wellington, Ontario

    Center Wellington, Ont.; forest home; kayaking; artist's studio.

  • Central Algarve

    A single mother of four would like to move to the sun-drenched Algarve in Portugal, and it's up to Fay Davies to help her find a bargain property

  • Chamonix

    Property expert Amanda Lamb revisits Bob Camping, who bought a ski chalet in Chamonix at the foot of the French Alps. The presenter joins him in the middle of the ski season to find out if his rental plans have been successful, and is amazed to hear that the value of the chalet has more than doubled

  • Champagne

    London couple Harry and Selina Bansal, who are used to living with bars and shops on their doorstep, have decided to find a tranquil retreat in the Champagne area of France. Amanda Lamb helps them search for an ideal property for £80,000, but fears the region could prove too quiet for them

  • Champagne

    Wendy and Dave Southwell look for a house to buy in the Champagne region of France, on a budget of £90,000. Properties considered include an 18th-century country home, a renovated farmhouse, a converted mill with five acres of land, and the former residence of a countess, complete with heated swimming pool and extensive gardens

  • Champagne, France

    Zilpah Hartley helps Wendy and Dave Southwell look for a new home in the Champagne region of France.

  • Charente

    Simone Bienne helps a businesswoman and her sister search for a holiday home in the Charente region of France. With a budget of £95,000, they examine properties ranging from a fisherman's cottage to a traditional village house

  • Charente

    A property in the Charente region of France

  • Charente

    Zilpah Hartley helps Gilbert and Janet look for a property in the Charente region of France, where they discover how far their budget of £115,000 will go

  • Charente

    A couple scour the Charente region of France for a property they can convert into holiday homes to rent out. Their budget is £70,000 and they're looking for a place with plenty of land

  • Ciudad Real

    Zilpah Hartley comes to the aid of a couple hoping to move to an unspoilt area of Spain using inheritance money. She takes them to Ciudad Real in the heart of the country, where they find cottages, farmhouses, rustic chalets and a detached house with its own vineyard, all within their budget of £65,000

  • Clambakes and Lighthouses
  • Cliff-top Villa in Antigua
  • Cocoa Beach Paradise
  • Collingwood

    Collingwood, Ont., residents must decide whether to live in the mountains or in town.

  • Compilation

    Highlights from the show, featuring properties in locations near sun-drenched Spanish beaches, unspoilt parts of France and mountain regions of Italy and Greece. Last in series

  • Condos in the City
  • Cordoba

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Cordoba, Spain

    A couple from Luton search for a property in the Andalusia region of Spain, which must be big enough to accommodate their dachshund, parrot and collection of classic cars. With a budget of £85,000, they view six houses around the city of Cordoba, including a hillside residence with castle views and a place in town with a private swimming pool

  • Corfu

    Amanda Lamb helps two sisters who are looking for a holiday home in Corfu. With a budget of £120,000, the pair have plenty of options, but cannot agree whether they want a renovation project or a property that is ready to be moved into

  • Corfu

    Amanda Lamb helps two sisters who are looking for a holiday home in Corfu. With a budget of £120,000 the pair have plenty of options, but can't agree whether they want a renovation project or a property that is ready to be moved into

  • Correxe

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to house-hunters searching for a property in Correxe

  • Correze

    Fay Davies offers advice to a couple who have decided to drop out of the rat race and move to Correze in France, but with only £60,000 to spend, they'll have to renovate a place themselves

  • Corsica

    Pam and Derek Morgan seek the perfect holiday home on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. With £150,000 in the kitty, potential properties include a modern villa, a stone house overlooking the sea, a hilltop home surrounded by rolling vineyards, and a new apartment with enticing views

  • Corsica

    Property expert Amanda Lamb helps British house-hunters search for a place in Corsica

  • Costa Almeria

    House-hunters Craig and Roseanne Milby receive advice from international property expert Fay Davies about buying a dream holiday home on Spain's Almeria coast

  • Costa Ballena
  • Costa Blanca

    A Bolton couple looking for a holiday home on Spain's Costa Blanca are helped by Amanda Lamb, who shows them three houses for less than £50,000 and a beachside apartment for £67,000

  • Costa Blanca

    Fay Davies joins a couple from Farnham as they view four properties on the Costa Blanca in their search for a dream home costing less than £80,000

  • Costa Blanca Dream Home

    A couple from Farnham search for their dream home in Spain.

  • Costa Brava

    Amanda Lamb shows London couple Donna and Barry Evans around six dream holiday homes on the Spanish Costa Brava, including a seaside villa, a cottage in a medieval village and a house on a hilltop complete with swimming pool

  • Costa Calida

    Amanda Lamb takes a couple around potential retirement homes on Spain's Costa Calida

  • Costa de la Luz

    Amanda Lamb joins a London couple in Spain to search for their dream property along the undeveloped Costa de la Luz

  • Costa De La Luz

    Impulsive West Yorkshire couple Tony and Trudi Allerton relocate to southern Spain and attempt to find a place where they can set up a B&B and outdoor sports business - all on a budget of £150,000

  • Costa del Azahar

    Two friends look for a holiday home on the Costa del Azahar, a resort largely favoured by the Spaniards as a destination located in the east of the country, and hope the £85,000 budget available to them will be enough to buy their dream home

  • Costa del Garraf

    A couple who plan to move to Spain with their young daughter search for properties along the Costa del Garraf near Barcelona. Amanda Lamb presents

  • Costa del Sol

    Bella Crane advises two house-hunters with a budget of £150 000 who are looking for property in the Spain's Costa del Sol

  • Costa Del Sol

    Bella Crane advises two house-hunters with a budget of £120,000, who are searching for a property in the popular holiday destination of the Costa del Sol

  • Costa del Sol

    Amanda Lamb travels to Spain's Costa del Sol to catch up with George and Francis, who bought a property in the area in 2000 and have since made a small fortune in Spanish equity through their investment

  • Costa del Sol

    Amanda Lamb helps sisters Cherry Carter and Jacki Rogers from Kent find their dream holiday home on the ever-popular Costa del Sol, showing them a number of properties including a luxury apartment in Marbella for £155,000, and a restored finca with six acres of land and lake views for £123,000

  • Costa Estoril

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Costa Estoril, Portugal

    Derbyshire couple Robert and Carolina Grey search for a second home on Portugal's Costa Estoril, a playground for the rich and famous. Their budget of £135,000 gives them scope to view potential properties including a sea-front flat with a large terrace, a restored village house with three floors and a charming converted windmill boasting a large garden

  • Costa Granada
  • Costa Rica

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a globe-trotting couple find their dream home in Costa Rica, showing them an ocean-view condominium, a teak and cedar house, a beachfront property with a pool and an off-plan bargain-price duplex

  • Costa Tropical

    Amanda Lamb takes Terry and Fred Burton from Essex to view property in the Costa Tropical, Spain.

  • Cote D'Azur

    Fay Davies helps a couple and their seven children search for a £100,000 holiday home on the Cote d'Azur

  • Cote D'Azur

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple searching for a holiday home on what is arguably Europe's most glamorous stretch of coast - the south of France's Cote d'Azur. A waterfront apartment in Port Grimaud and two stylish village houses are among the properties considered

  • Cottage Country: Quebec
  • Cottage Toys
  • Cowichan Valley, B.C.

    Home with solar energy; Cowichan sweater history; float home; native art.

  • Crete

    Amanda Lamb embarks on a quest to find homes around the world on a budget of £80,000, travelling from Tuscany to Champagne and the Algarve to Austria in search of bargain properties. She begins by taking the Hoburn family from Whitley Bay house-hunting on the Greek Island of Crete

  • Crete

    Amanda Lamb advises British house-hunters looking for a place in Crete, showing them round a traditional Greek home, a modern village property and an old Venetian-style farm, each for less than £60,000

  • Croatia

    Pam Frost from Salisbury goes hunting for a holiday home in Croatia, one of the fastest-moving property markets in Europe. Armed with a £65,000 budget and her best friend Lynne Neffendorf, she views six properties, including a house with panoramic views of the beach, a traditional village home and a five-bedroom stone house

  • Croatia

    Amanda Lamb helps house-hunters searching for a new home in Croatia

  • Croatia

    Amanda Lamb takes a couple of former Nato peacekeepers house-hunting on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, where they view a clifftop property and two rural cottages

  • Croatia

    Amanda Lamb helps City whizz-kids Jamie Hornby and Barnaby Geib find their ideal holiday cottage in Croatia. Their budget of £45,000 offers some tempting prospects, including a 200-year-old property, a stone house in a village famed for its oyster farms, a run-down four-storey house and two separate apartments with sea views

  • Crystal River, Florida

    Crystal River, Fla.; manatees; gourmet dinner.

  • The Culture of Carmel
  • Cumbria/Sierra de Aracena

    Amanda and Brenda want to find a property at home or abroad that has the potential to be a business venture

  • Curacao, Caribbean

    A former London Palladium dancer, whose energies have been redirected into renovating properties, searches for a Caribbean holiday home on a budget of up to £100,000 for herself and her best friend. Jasmine Harman tempts the pair with houses on the island of Curacao, including a Dutch-style building, a waterfront duplex and a seafront bungalow

  • Cyclades Archipelago Islands
  • Cyprus

    Amanda Lamb advises a couple looking for a holiday home in Cyprus for under £70,000, weighing up the pros and cons of a mountain lodge, a 200-year-old village house and a luxury villa

  • Cyprus

    A couple who want to buy a holiday home in Cyprus with a budget of £110,000

  • Dartford, Kent to Brittany, France
  • Dartmouth/Costa del Sol

    Barry and Sarah have to decide whether to buy a home in Devon or the Costa del Sol

  • Decorating 101
  • Del Mar, California
  • Delphi

    Amanda Lamb advises an Oxford couple keen to buy a second home in Delphi, Greece, showing them a seaside house for under £55,000 and a traditional mud-brick cottage costing just £27,000

  • The Dominican Republic

    A woman suffering from psoriasis and a hip condition plans to retire with her husband to the healthier climes of the Dominican Republic. Zilpah Hartley shows them around a villa with a pool, a beachside house and a tropical garden property

  • Dordogne

    A couple look at property in the Dordogne with a view to spending their retirement in the sun. Possible purchases include a manor and a farmhouse, both of which come complete with swimming pool, plus a four-bedroom residence with outbuildings

  • Duncan, British Columbia

    Rustic furniture; hot tubs; native art; west coast lifestyle.

  • Dunnellon, Florida

    Dunnellon, Fla.; historic homes; antiques; crafting; recipe.

  • East Algarve

    A woman from west London intends to relocate to the eastern Algarve with her five-year-old daughter and work as a mobile hairdresser. She travels to Portugal accompanied by her best friend, with a budget of £150,000 to find her dream home. Victoria Hollingsworth presents

  • Eastern Crete

    Buckinghamshire residents Ken and Cheryl Chapman search for a property on the Greek island of Crete, hoping their budget will stretch far enough to buy a holiday home

  • Ebro Delta
  • Ebro Valley

    Brighton couple George and Carolynn Jones are impressed with how far their budget stretches when they look for a house in rural Spain. They head for the Ebro Valley, 60 miles south of Tarragona, hoping to find a well-located property to help them indulge their passion for flamenco and Spanish guitars

  • Edge of the Mountain

    Mountain edge.

  • Elora, Ontario
  • Emilia Romagna

    A Manchester couple with a budget of £95,000 abandon their search for a holiday home in Tuscany and explore cheaper properties in the neighbouring Emilia Romagna. They are delighted to find farmhouses, hillside cottages and a village home in Parma which would leave them with £30,000 to spare

  • Emilia-Romagna

    Amanda Lamb helps a Coventry couple find a second home in the cultured city of Bologna, northern Italy, showing them a 15th-century converted warehouse, a beachside apartment and a country property in the hills

  • Estonia

    Amanda Lamb travels to Tallinn, capital of Estonia, in search of property for a couple hoping to invest in the emerging Eastern European market. She presents them with a selection of flats at knock-down prices amid the city's impressive architecture

  • Evora, Portugal

    An IT salesman from Norwich and his best friend decide to find a holiday home in the Portuguese countryside where they can have peace and quiet away from the rat race. The ancient city of Evora presents them with a multitude of choices for their £65,000 budget, including rustic farmhouses, converted windmills and a flat built into the walls of a castle

  • Extremadura

    Bella Crane helps Will and Linda Hammond find a home for less than £50,000 in the Spanish region of Extremadura. On offer are a rustic finca which boasts its own fig plantation, a luxury lakeside villa complete with swimming pool and a traditional house with a patio garden on the market at just £33,000

  • Extremadura Revisited

    Amanda Lamb revisits a couple who wanted to find a home for less than £50,000 in the rural Spanish region of Extremadura. She finds out if they managed to achieve their dream of growing their own food and becoming part of a close-knit community after their move from Derbyshire

  • Falmouth/Fuerteventura

    Widow Carole seeks help on whether to stay in Falmouth or buy a home in Fuerteventura

  • Fantasy Estates
  • Fiji

    Amanda Lamb goes in search of a piece of paradise in Fiji, one of the jewels of the South Pacific, for a couple with a budget of £200,000. Unfortunately, it soon becomes obvious she has her work cut out if she is to come up with a property that will satisfy them both

  • First Coast, Florida

    Two women with an £85,000 budget view a range of properties in Florida, exploring a three-bedroom villa, a wooden cottage on a private complex, a luxury apartment overlooking a golf course and a bungalow with a swimming pool

  • Five-Bedroom Villa Near Durban
  • Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Florida: First Coast
  • Florida Keys

    Florida; vacation property; beach.

  • Florida's Beaches
  • Florida's Gulf Coast
  • Florida's Treasure Coast
  • France

    Zilpah Hartley presents the show that helps British people find their ideal home abroad, joining a couple with a budget of £24,000 as they search for a property in the Creuse region of France. Paul and Lita would like at least two bedrooms as well as enough space to keep chickens and a pig : will a renovated barn, an old farm with an annexe cottage or a 19th-century village house fit the bill?

  • French Catalonia

    Northampton couple Tony and Sheila Berry are keen to indulge their passion for art and music from a holiday home in French Catalonia. With £95,000 to spend they take a look at four properties - a traditional townhouse with an artist's studio, an apartment overlooking a busy market square, a hilltop abode with views across the valley and a 300-year-old residence built over three floors

  • French Pyrenees

    Amanda Lamb advises a couple who divide their time between Liverpool and Dublin, and are now looking for a property together in the Pyrenees - but have a budget of only £40,000, for which they hope to find a character home with fabulous views

  • Fuerteventura

    A woman who has recently given birth to twins looks for a new home on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura, on a budget of £100,000

  • Fuerteventura

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a mother of twins and her best friend find their ideal holiday home in the Canary Islands. Their budget of £100,000 allows them to consider a bungalow with a beach view, a modern villa and a detached house on a new complex

  • Fuerteventura

    Bella Crane finds a selection of desirable properties on Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, for a couple with a budget of #95,000. Will a two-bedroom villa, beach-side chalet or a traditional finca with three ruined cottages tempt the potential buyers?

  • Fuerteventura

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Fuerteventura

    Property expert Amanda Lamb helps Michael Grant search for a holiday home in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, for £60,000. Properties on offer include a bargain flat, a traditional farmhouse and rural accommodation in the desert

  • Fuerteventura

    Bella Crane helps a couple who have a budget of £95,000 look for their ideal holiday home on the island of Fuerteventura

  • Full Timers
  • Gainesville, Florida

    Gainesville, Fla.; buying vacation property; historic home.

  • Galicia

    Amanda Lamb takes Bedfordshire couple Bob Toon and Kay Parr on a tour of three properties in Galicia, north-west Spain, to find a holiday home. They view a luxury seaside dwelling, a semi-circular villa and a farmhouse complete with vineyards and watermills

  • Garden Route

    A glamorous globetrotter has her heart set on a retirement property in warmer climes and plans to relocate with her sister to South Africa's Garden Route. The only cloud on Cornwall-based Alma Scholes' horizon is having to leave behind her beloved Great Dane

  • Gascony

    A couple hoping to spend their imminent retirement in the sun take their budget of £85,000 to Gascony in the Midi-Pyrenees area of south-west France. The land of Armagnac and foie gras yields six bargain properties for the pair to view, including a Hansel and Gretel country cottage, a traditional 'colombage' house and an idyllic village home

  • Gatineu Foothills, PQ

    Lakeside cottages in Quebec's Gatineau Foothills.

  • Get-Away to Kelowna
  • Girona

    Victoria Hollingsworth takes Chris Ely and Fiona Geary from Hampstead to the slopes of Girona, 60 miles north of Barcelona, to seek out a major renovation project - but a compromise is needed due to husband Chris's hatred of DIY

  • Gisbourne, New Zealand

    Jasmine Harman helps a Colchester couple find a home in New Zealand on a budget of £80,000. Among the options presented are a bungalow and a renovated villa, but they soon learn the Kiwi property market does not stand still for anyone, with houses usually snapped up within a month

  • Golden Gate Adventures

    San Francisco's Golden Gate.

  • Golfing and Gators
  • The Good Life

    Happiness.

  • Gran Canaria

    Bella Crane helps a man with a budget of £80,000 look for his ideal home on the island of Gran Canaria

  • Gran Canaria

    A mother and daughter search for a holiday home in the Canaries, visiting Moorish apartments, country fincas, elegant complexes and even a house with a hidden cave for an extension

  • Gran Canaria

    John and Patsy Emmerson hope to buy a dream holiday home in Gran Canaria for £100,000. They check out a beachside apartment, a country house, a hillside villa and a luxury retreat. Presented by Amanda Lamb

  • Gran Canaria

    Amanda Lamb helps Dorset couple Michael and Lesley Swift find their ideal holiday home in Gran Canaria. Armed with a budget of £200,000, they visit a beachfront apartment in San Augustin, a traditional mountain farmhouse and a luxury home with panoramic views - but will they fall in love with any of the properties on offer?

  • Granada

    Tired of England's weather and competitive way of life, Norfolk couple Stephen and Trudy Nurse resolve to permanently relocate their young family to Granada in Spain, hoping to make their dreams of sun, sea and fiestas come true

  • Granada

    Amanda Lamb helps the Miles family from Bournemouth find a new home in Spain, on a budget of £100,000. Their money goes a long way in the region, as they visit properties including a villa in the Alpujarras, an unusual cave house in Guadix, and a traditional finca which comes complete with an orchard

  • Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia
  • Greek Island of Kefalonia
  • Greek Islands of Paros and Naxos
  • Grenada

    Amanda Lamb gives her expert opinion to British house-hunter Adrian Wilkes, who is searching for a property on the Caribbean island of Grenada, where he hopes to purchase the perfect holiday home for £60,000

  • Guadeloupe

    Zilpah Hartley goes house-hunting in Guadeloupe with Sue Maurice, who is planning to retire to sunny climes. With £100,000 to spend, they look over a luxury property with ocean views, an apartment by the coast, a traditional Creole home and a villa with a tropical garden

  • Gulf Coast, Florida

    Amanda Lamb helps golf-mad friends Mark Pagden and Mike Connelly choose a luxury property on Florida's Gulf Coast big enough for two families yet within their budget of £150,000. Properties include a bungalow by the sea, a house with a pool on a nature reserve and a home in an exclusive community

  • Gulf Coast of Texas
  • Haute-Vienne, France

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a Londoner with a budget of £50,000 search for a holiday home in France. She finds bargains in the Haute-Vienne region near the city of Limoges in the form of a traditional village house with a gravestone in the garden and a stunning lakeside property

  • Hawaii

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a sporty couple find a holiday home in Hawaii where they can indulge their passion for surfing. They visit lofts and flats set in tropical gardens and apartments with pools, hoping to find the perfect place on a budget of £200,000

  • Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

    Jasmine Harman helps a family find the perfect home on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, where they are planning to emigrate. Their £200,000 budget goes further than expected, and they are able to consider five-bedroom farmhouses, bungalows with pools and a six-acre ranch with stables and views of the Pacific

  • Herault

    Zilpah Hartley takes a couple house-hunting in the South of France, moving away from the big resorts to the beautiful, secluded region of Herault. With £90,000 to spend, the properties they consider include a corner house in a small hamlet, an apartment overlooking a marina, a house near the beach and a vineyard retreat

  • Hibiscus Coast

    Two brothers search for a family holiday home on South Africa's Hibiscus Coast

  • An Historic Tale
  • Home or Away

    Joanne Irwin and Jasmine Harman help Cheshire couple Susan and Colin Woods search for a dream holiday home. Susan is a sun-lover and would like a home in the Algarve, whereas Colin dislikes the hot weather and would much rather have an idyllic cottage in Cornwall

  • How to Eat a Maine Lobster
  • Ibiza

    Bella Crane helps a couple look for a holiday home in Ibiza within their £100,000 budget, showing them a whitewashed mountainside villa, an apartment, a cliff-top property with sea views, and a place with a pool that could earn a healthy rental income

  • Ibiza

    Amanda Lamb is on hand to offer expert advice to a Brighton DJ looking for a combined home and studio in Ibiza

  • Ibiza

    Amanda Lamb joins a British house hunter in Ibiza, where they view four prospective properties.

  • An Indian Summer
  • Island of Dominica
  • Istria, Croatia

    Victoria Hollingsworth meets Julijana Zappia, a Croatian woman who has lived in the UK for 25 years but now wants to find a holiday home for her family in her native country. Together they visit the northern region of Istria to view a range of properties within her £75,000 budget, from a mountain retreat to modern houses

  • Italian Riviera

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to Londoners Emma Sarling and Julian Ireland, who are looking for the perfect family holiday home. She helps them in their search for a property on the Italian Riviera, and is sure they will find exactly what they want on their budget of £130,000

  • Italy

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple who are looking for a holiday home on Italy's stylish Amalfi Coast. However, finding properties within their £300,000 budget proves more difficult than any of them imagined and she is forced to think laterally to help them fulfil their dream

  • Italy's Lake Garda
  • Jacaranda Coast in New South Wales
  • Jacksonville, Florida

    Jacksonville, Fla.; vacation property; attractions; turtles.

  • Jaen

    Amanda Lamb comes to the aid of John Hayes and Beth Millard from Surrey, who plan to quit their jobs and start a new life in rural Spain. The property expert shows them around the Andalusian province of Jaen - a largely undiscovered area where they should find something to suit their £80,000 budget

  • Jasmine Compilation
  • Jasmine Revisits

    Jasmine Harman looks back at some of her favourite properties from a range of distant destinations, including Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean

  • Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

    Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; living on an island; four-season home; caves; kayaking.

  • Kefalonia

    Amanda Lamb jets off to the Greek island of Kefalonia in search of a retirement home for a couple from Dorset. They start by looking at a Venetian-style property for £63,000, before examining a luxury villa and a traditional house

  • Kentucky

    A couple from Blackburn head to Kentucky, where they view six properties in the hope of finding a reasonably priced second home to use as a base while they explore the USA

  • Kevin and Adrian Hainsworth
  • Kingston, Ontario

    Kingston, Ont.; cottage; charter fishing; sail racing; canal; beer.

  • Krakow, Poland

    Amanda Lamb helps mother and daughter Joan and Melissa Moore find a holiday home in Krakow, Poland, but she struggles to deal with the rampant property market

  • Kusadasi

    A couple look for a holiday home on Turkey's Aegean coast, visiting seafront villas, stone village houses and apartment complexes. However, one of the properties they visit proves strangely familiar

  • La Creuse

    Medieval archery enthusiast Phil Rayner and his daughter Charlie search for a house in France's green heart, La Creuse, in a bid to escape the UK's frenetic pace of life. Victoria Hollingsworth finds the duo a varied selection of rustic properties within their budget of £55,000

  • La Palma

    A Bournemouth estate agent searches for a dream holiday home with his grown-up daughter, taking his 40 years' experience in the UK market to La Palma in the Canaries. The island offers the pair a variety of properties to choose from, including sea-view bungalows, tailor-made condos and colonial houses

  • La Rioja

    Bella Crane takes a couple house-hunting in La Rioja, where they view an apartment in a 17th-century property built into the city walls of Tarazona, a villa in a national park, a recently renovated village house and a rural property with its own orchard

  • La Rochelle

    A couple from Oxford visit La Rochelle, where Victoria Hollingsworth shows them around a number of homes in the ultra-chic holiday resort. They discover their £280,000 budget will stretch much farther than it would if they were considering properties at the British seaside

  • La Touraine

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps London-based Dawn De Leon realise her dream of a new life in central France with her five-year-old daughter by looking at properties in the country's Touraine region. She has £120,000 to spend and hopes to trade in the busy streets of the capital for a quieter home by the Loire

  • Lac St. Marie, PQ

    Four-season resort.

  • Lake Muskoka

    Lake Muskoka.

  • Landscaping 101
  • Languedoc Region, South of France
  • Lanzarote

    A building surveyor and his wife search for the perfect holiday home on Lanzarote. With a budget of £120,000 to play with, they require a property with its own swimming pool or direct access to the beach, and examine the various benefits of the island's bungalows, houses and apartments

  • Lanzarote

    Amanda Lamb advises house-hunters Steve Cox and Varinder Dhami who are looking for a place in Lanzarote, showing them round a countryside villa and a £50,000 apartment

  • Lazio

    Zilpah Hartley helps newlyweds Colin Brown and Sandra Joseph find their ideal home in the beautiful Italian countryside of Lazio. With a budget of £70,000, they view a farmhouse in the mountains of Sabina, a stone cottage and a house built into the wall of a medieval hilltop castle

  • Le Marche

    Amanda Lamb helps Justin and Suzanne Finder Croft locate a holiday home in Le Marche, Italy. A restored village house priced at £81,000, and a deconsecrated church running to a modest £75,000, are among the properties under consideration

  • Lee Island

    Amanda Lamb helps mother and daughter Carol and Helen Giles find the perfect property in Florida on a budget of £100,000

  • Liguria

    Neighbours from Honiton in Devon travel to Liguria, on the Italian Riviera, in the hope of buying a retreat on a combined budget of £85,000. The women view six properties in the glamorous resort region, including a hillside home with an orchard, a former olive mill ripe for renovation, a top floor flat and a riverside house with a terrace

  • Limousin

    Amanda Lamb helps two Edinburgh house-hunters find a property in Limousin in the south-west of France. With a budget of just £90,000, they want somewhere that won't require much renovation work before they can open it as a country hotel

  • Limousin

    A couple living in London seek help as they plan on relocating to Correze in France with a £60,000 budget

  • Limousin Revisit

    Amanda Lamb revisits two Edinburgh house-hunters who she helped find a property in Limousin in the south-west of France. She finds their plans to open a B&B ran hit a series of snags and the couple are on the verge of splitting up due to the stress of the move

  • Lisbon

    An IT consultant visits the Portuguese Expo centre in Lisbon, with £70,000 to spend on a flat to use for weekends and holidays

  • Lisbon

    A woman views apartments in the Portuguese Expo centre, Lisbon's old quarter, and the suburbs of Cascais and Estoril.

  • Loire

    Essex couple Reg and Christine Lockwood go in search of a retirement home in the Loire Valley, with a view to opening a teashop in the popular tourist region. They have £80,000 in the kitty, a price tag that allows them to view a five-bedroom manor with a garden, a converted farmhouse complete with vegetable patch, and a three-bedroom villa boasting a private pool

  • The Loire in France

    Cornish couple John and Brenda Maddock choose between a 16th-century cottage, a restored farmhouse and a remarkable manor as they look to make a new start in the Loire Valley, France. With property expert Amanda Lamb

  • Long Boat Key, Florida
  • Los Angeles, California

    Carole Weale and Nicola Wise search for a new base in Los Angeles, with a view to relocating. Their budget of £250,000 gives them the opportunity to visit properties in the San Fernando Valley, Malibu and Long Beach, including an apartment next to the ocean, a three-bedroom home with a garden and a Spanish-style house

  • Lot et Garonne

    Amanda Lamb shows British homeowners Pat and Jill Bellinger a former convent, a village house with a pool, a luxury converted barn and a genuine chateau as they search for a second property in Lot, in the Dordogne region of France

  • Lot Et Garrone

    Fay Davies helps two sisters who are looking for a place in southern France that both their children and grandchildren can enjoy. They have a budget of £100,000 and Fay finds a property that could be perfect

  • Luca, Tuscany

    Fay Davies advises opera-lover Rosie Wilson and her daughter on purchasing a second home in Tuscany with wonderful views of the countryside on a budget of £300,000

  • Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island
  • Lucca

    Fay Davies helps a mother and daughter search for their dream home in Lucca, Tuscany

  • Madeira

    House-hunters Dennis Stow and Gill Pinknet are planning their wedding, and want to find a property on the subtropical island of Madeira before they tie the knot. They view a traditional three-bedroom villa with a pool, a luxury seafront apartment and a romantic country home complete with guest house

  • Maintaining Your Home
  • Majorca

    Newcastle couple Bob and Joanne Pollard search for their ideal property in Majorca. With a budget of £450,000, they have enough money to buy the most stylish and desirable villas on the market

  • Majorca

    Fay Davies helps a young London couple find a place in Mallorca, where they hope to realise their dream of opening a restaurant

  • Majorca

    Fay Davies is on hand with advice for a couple searching for a second home in Majorca, considering everything from a restored windmill to a city-centre penthouse

  • Majorca

    Bella Crane helps a retired couple search for a relaxing holiday home on the island of Majorca. With £250,000 to spend, the prospective properties include a spacious seaside villa, a five-bedroom house near a yachting marina, a traditional finca and a luxurious villa with solar power, a pool and its own spring

  • Malaga, Costa del Sol

    A retired pub landlord and his wife look for a home in Malaga with a budget of £75,000. Properties considered include a large house with two sun terraces, a village retreat with mountain views, an apartment with a swimming pool and a two-bedroom flat

  • Mallorca

    A young London couple plan to run a restaurant in Mallorca.

  • Malta

    A keen sailing couple from Devon want a home in Malta where they can enjoy their hobbies of photography, painting and writing. With £95,000 to spend, they look at a three-bedroom townhouse, a converted farmhouse and a home with two terraces that has a stunning view of the harbour

  • Marbella

    A couple enlist the help of Amanda Lamb as they head to the Spanish Costa del Sol hoping to find their dream holiday home

  • Margaret River, Australia

    Jasmine Harman helps a couple from East Anglia find an Australian property where they can indulge their passions for sailing and golf. Among the homes on offer are a house on a marina with its own private mooring and an apartment in a five-star beach resort

  • Marmaris in Turkey

    Jeanne and John Kirk from Angus in Scotland search for a holiday home in Marmaris, Turkey, with a budget of £65,000. They view a three-bedroom Georgian-style house, a typical Turkish building with two balconies and a roof terrace, a recently built villa with its own pool and a ranch-style property

  • Marrakech, Morocco

    A top-flight pop group manager and a publicist search for a house in Morocco suitable for entertaining their business associates as well as building a recording studio. With a large budget to play with, they find a lot of tempting properties in the city of Marrakech - but also consider the benefits of countryside retreats, seaside towns and even Bedouin tents

  • Marseille

    A couple who have taken early retirement are hoping to find an affordable home in the south of France. Amanda Lamb thinks Marseille might provide a good solution and shows them properties in the city, which has recently become a fashionable Mediterranean destination

  • Martinique
  • Marvelous Monterey
  • Massif Central in France
  • Mayan Riviera, Mexico

    An Edinburgh couple search for a dream home near Cancun in Mexico on a budget of £100,000. A condo with a view of the ocean and a contemporary jungle house are among the residences given due consideration

  • Mayenne

    Zilpah Hartley helps Hampshire couple Tuck and Carol Hulbert search for a new home in Mayenne, France, with a £60,000 budget. They visit a 19th-century three-bedroom house with more than an acre of land, a property in a medieval town and a stone cottage on the banks of its own lake

  • Mediterranean Holiday Cottage
  • Menorca

    Amanda Lamb packs her passport and heads for Menorca, where she shows Peter and Pam Gregson around four contrasting properties

  • Messinia

    A couple from the Home Counties search for a holiday home in Greece, with £90,000 to spend. Their search of the Messinia region turns up a stone house with views of the bay, a traditional residence in the mountains and a three-bedroom home with its own pool, but it soon becomes clear they have very different ideas of what they are looking for

  • Miami

    Property expert Amanda Lamb helps a couple with a budget of £250,000 find a holiday home in the bustling city of Miami, Florida

  • Miami

    British house-hunters Ric and Nita Halstead, who are seeking a dream home in Miami, receive expert advice before buying, viewing an art deco house, a Mediterranean-style villa and a Florida ranch. Presented by Amanda Lamb

  • Miami

    Ric and Nita Halstead visit the lively city of Miami.

  • Midland, Ontario

    Midland, Ont.; cottages; museum; contractor; boathouse; deck chair.

  • Million Pound Place in the Sun

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Minehead/Tenerife

    A property expert offers advice on whether a house-hunter should live buy property in Minehead or Tenerife

  • Minho in Northern Portugal

    Presenter Amanda Lamb helps London couple Jim and Pat Mott find the perfect holiday home in the lush but little-known Minho region of northern Portugal, where properties on offer include a 17th-century apartment for less than £130,000, and a restored farmhouse with a spring-water pool for £155,000

  • Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • Montenegro

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a Nottingham couple find a property in the eastern European country of Montenegro, where they can enjoy their hobbies of walking, cycling and exploring the natural world. She comes up with six choices within their £50,000 budget, from apartments in need of repair to authentic stone houses

  • Montenegro

    A couple from Worcester look into the financial benefits of buying a property in the up-and-coming housing market of Montenegro, southern Europe. Amanda Lamb attempts to meet the pair's high expectations, armed with a £100,000 budget for a sea-view house

  • Montenegro

    Victoria Hollingsworth offers advice to a couple searching for a house in Montenegro, south of Croatia

  • Morbihan, Brittany

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps father and daughter John and Emma Williams from Shropshire find a home in the wooded river valleys of the Morbihan area of Brittany for £115,000

  • More Than Mickey
  • Mount Dora, Florida

    Mount Dora, Fla.; communities; vacation homes.

  • Mount Olympus

    Presenter Amanda Lamb accompanies a couple on their journey to Mount Olympus, home to the Greek gods in ancient legend, searching for a heavenly home for £70,000

  • Mount Tremblant
  • Mountaintop House in Medieval Village
  • Murcia

    Bella Crane helps a man and his daughter find a bargain property in Murcia on the south coast of Spain

  • Murcia

    Southampton property mogul Nigel Moran and his South African wife, interior designer Melissa, look for a new home in Murcia, in south-east Spain, in the hope of avoiding another cold winter in the UK

  • Nanaimo, B.C.

    Birdwatching; eco-tourism; hiking clothes.

  • Nassau, Bahamas
  • Nature Retreat
  • New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire's Seacoast
  • New South Wales

    A family with a budget of £125,000 look at unusual properties in their hunt for a home in New South Wales, Australia

  • New York City
  • New Zealand

    Zilpah Hartley helps a woman planning to emigrate to the 'winterless north' in New Zealand to find her dream home on a budget of £60,000

  • New Zealand

    Zilpah Hartley helps a couple look for a property in New Zealand, where house prices are a fraction of those in the UK

  • Niagara-on-the-Lake
  • Norfolk/Costa Tropical

    A retired couple seek advice on whether to relocate to Norfolk or Spain's Costa Tropical

  • Normandy, France

    Helping Emma and Geoff Sallows from Sussex find a holiday home in Normandy, France.

  • North Tenerife

    Nick and Jill Felsing enlist the help of property expert Amanda Lamb as they search for a luxurious new home in northern Tenerife

  • North Tenerife

    Professional help is on hand for Nick and Jill Felsing, a couple of house-hunters who want to buy a luxury home in northern Tenerife for around £250,000. Amanda Lamb shows them a nine-bedroom cliff-side palace with a pool and a villa in a banana plantation

  • Northern Monterey County

    Northern Monterey.

  • Northern Peloponnese

    Property expert Amanda Lamb helps a young Peterborough family find the property of their dreams in historic Patra, Greece

  • Oceanside, California

    Oceanside, Calif.

  • Ocho Rios, Jamaica
  • Oklahoma
  • Ontario's Cottage Country
  • Orlando, Florida

    Amanda Lamb helps a British couple seeking a permanent home in Orlando, Florida, for less than £100,000. She shows them a selection of properties including a lakeside house and a typical local villa

  • Orlando, Florida

    Amanda Lambs helps Neil and Dawn Towns to find a holiday home in Florida close to the theme parks for themselves and their nephews and nieces to enjoy, with a budget of £150k

  • Orlando, USA

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a Norfolk couple find the holiday home of their dreams in Orlando, Florida - preferably one big enough to house their extended family and within easy reach of the theme parks they love

  • Otivar, Spain

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Out Island, Bahamas
  • Outaouais Hills, Quebec
  • Palm Springs, California
  • Paris

    A west London woman searches for a property in a bohemian area of Paris on a budget of £90,000

  • Parksville, B.C.

    Rental pool properties; kayaking demonstration; fossils.

  • Paros and Naxos

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple search for a dream holiday home on the Greek islands of Paros and Naxos, including a dwelling on the beach, a chic urban home and a beautiful farmhouse with seven stunning sun-terraces

  • Patra in Mainland Greece

    A young family from Peterbrough enlist the help of Amanda Lamb as they search for their perfect property in Patra, Greece

  • Pau

    Property expert Amanda Lamb joins a Blackpool couple with a budget of £200,000 as they their search for a holiday home in Pau, south-west France. Mark and Helen Bowden are looking for a place where they can leave behind their hectic schedules behind and relax with their two children

  • Pembroke/Costa Calida

    Jonnie Irwin and Jasmine Harman help Paul and Valerie decide between a home in Pembrokeshire or the Costa Calida

  • Perth, Western Australia

    Jasmine Harman helps an Essex couple and their two children find a house in Perth, Australia, visiting a four-bedroom home with a pool and a property boasting its own orange grove

  • Plantation Homes
  • Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Two women set out to find their dream holiday home in Bulgaria's second city, Plovdiv, and discover a small budget goes a long way in the former Eastern Bloc country. One property catches their eye at just £5,000, £30,000 under their budget - a temptation they find hard to resist with a free massage on offer and gin retailing at just £1 a bottle

  • Poitiers

    Jackie and Dave Collins from Hampshire, who met in the Royal Navy 40 years ago, travel to the French countryside around Poitiers to spend their budget of £110,000 on a home in which they can enjoy their retirement

  • Poitou-Charentes, France

    A couple with four children plan to relocate to France, and begin their search for properties in Poitou-Charentes. With a maximum budget of £70,000, they view an 18th-century property, two adjoining cottages with 11 rooms between them, a historic mill, a gatekeeper's home and a restored farmhouse

  • Pontiac, PQ

    Pontiac, Quebec's rural nature community.

  • Port Carling

    Port Carling is a year-round vacation destination; Muskoka region.

  • Port Perry
  • Portugal

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to Bristol couple Ben Muditt and Kerry Williams, who are hoping to relocate to Figueira da Foz in Portugal, which lies on the country's unspoilt coastline. They are looking for a property to use as a youth hostel for backpackers, and have a budget of £180,000

  • Portugese Western Algarve
  • Prince Edward County

    Prince Edward County, Ont.; property; pickerel recipe; charter sailboat.

  • Provence

    Two cousins look for houses in Provence, where property is still surprisingly cheap despite the area being one of the most beautiful in France. Among the possibilities considered are an artist's cottage, a three-bedroom house going for just £53,000 and a huge restored water mill with 18 acres of land

  • Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Vallarta

    A couple with a budget of £80,000 fly out to Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast in search of a holiday home they can rent out to fund a trip round the world. The glorious weather and beaches are matched by bargain-priced properties, including an apartment near the sea, a family home with separate studio and a coastal penthouse boasting its own pool

  • Puglia

    Amanda Lamb helps two friends from Bristol who want to climb the foreign property ladder in Puglia, Italy - but with rising house prices in the popular tourist area, the couple will face tough decisions as the search begins for the £80,000 home

  • Puglia

    Amanda Lamb accompanies a house-hunter to Puglia in south-east Italy and takes her round a 200-year-old manor priced at £59,000, a two-bedroom country property going for £20,000 and a fairy-tale farmhouse, on the market at £93,000

  • Puglia

    Bal and Urvashi Dhirajlal Patel from Kent, who are keen to opt out of the rat race and give their children a more relaxed way of life, look for a home in Puglia, Italy - where they find their budget of £150,000 goes a long way

  • Pyrenees

    A property expert offers advice to a couple searching for a home with a view in the Pyrenees

  • Queensland

    Kevin and Debbie search for a new home in Queensland on Australia's east coast, with a £120,000 budget

  • Quercy

    Simone Bienne helps a couple from Snowdonia who want to retire to the Quercy region of France and have £160,000 to spend. They choose from a village home, a traditional house with a private pool and a country cottage with its own meadow

  • The Real Estate Game

    Real estate.

  • Reverse Resort Living
  • Rhodes

    A retired couple with £120,000 to spend go in search of a holiday home on the Greek island of Rhodes. Among the properties on offer are a stone house in the old town with its own church, a beachside cottage and a traditional family home with a garden full of olive trees

  • Rila Mountains, Bulgaria

    Mountaineering Cumbrian couple Adrian and Liz Shepherd search for a home in the Ria Mountains region of Bulgaria. With a budget of £40,000, they discover it's possible to buy a spectacular property in the Ria Mountains, 50 miles south of Sofia

  • The Rockies

    Zilpah Hartley helps a couple find a mountain retreat where they can indulge their love of skiing, snowboarding and paragliding. With £120,000 to spend, the househunters head for the Canadian Rockies, where they explore log cabins and spacious apartments and sample some magnificent views

  • Romania

    A couple hope their £50,000 budget will be enough to buy them their dream home on the Romanian Riviera

  • Saint Lucia
  • San Francisco Treat

    San Francisco.

  • Sand, Surf, and Speedway
  • Sarasota

    A woman's plans to house-hunt with her mother go awry, and she finds herself travelling with her brother to Sarasota, Florida. The local property market is at fever pitch and a hurried search ensues for a suitable holiday home on a budget of £150,000

  • Sardinia, Italy

    A Frenchman and his wife, currently residing in London, plan to buy a holiday home on the island of Sardinia, in the hope of finding somewhere to relax and have a romantic time together. They view six varied properties, from coastal cottages to newly built penthouses

  • Sardinia, Italy

    Amanda Lamb heads to the island of Sardinia to find a holiday home for Michael and Mari Cuschieri. With a budget of £100,000 and a lack of estate agents or property listings to guide them, the search could prove fruitless

  • Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Seaside Villa
  • Seville

    A couple who have spent a year travelling around Europe in a camper van decide to settle down, targeting Andalusia in their search for a new home. They have a budget of £150,000 as they return to Seville, hoping the city is as exciting as they remember it

  • Shores of Sherkston
  • Sicily

    Amanda Lamb offers her expert advice to east Londoners Lalit and Jenny, who are looking for a stylish holiday home on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The area is much sought-after, and they have high expectations of finding somewhere suitable within their £200,000 budget

  • Sierra de Gredos
  • Ski Chalets
  • Skiathos/Skopelos

    Property expert Amanda Lamb helps a mother and daughter search for a holiday home on the Greek islands of Skiathos and Skopelos

  • Slovakia

    Amanda Lamb offers her expert opinion to management consultant Sam Hall and his sales executive wife Sarah from Northants. The couple want the perfect holiday home in Slovakia - currently one of the cheapest European countries in which to buy property on their budget of £50,000

  • Slovenia

    Amanda Lamb meets Londoner Rupert Emson as he begins a search for a holiday home in Slovenia that he can rent out whenever he is not using it. The presenter helps find the perfect property on his budget of £100,000

  • Snowdonia/Western Algarve

    Experts over advice to Lee and Barbara, who have £150,000 to buy a property in Snowdonia or the Western Algarve

  • Some of the Best in Series
  • Sooke, British Columbia

    Hiking; biking; log cabin.

  • South Africa

    Bella Crane assists a couple looking for a new home in South Africa within their budget of £75,000

  • South Australia

    Zilpah Hartley takes a couple to South Australia to help them buy their 40th wedding anniversary present - a dream holiday home

  • South Beach
  • South Burgundy

    Members of a family from Ayrshire look for a French home, asking expert Victoria Hollingsworth's advice as they head to the wine-growing region of south Burgundy. Ian Brotherhood is a busy writer, so it is left to wife Yvonne and her sister-in-law to find a family house on a budget of £85,000

  • South Tenerife

    Amanda Lamb meets Robert Higgins and Heather Hedges, a couple who want to buy a bargain holiday home in Tenerife, and shows them a traditional village dwelling, a golf apartment and a beach-side flat

  • Southern France

    Fay Davies helps the Dwyers, a couple who want to open a music school in southern France, find a suitable chateau in the £250,000 price range

  • Southern Peloponnese

    A Bristol mother and daughter visit the southern Peloponnese region in search of a Greek home, and check out a beach house, a villa and a traditional tower

  • Southwest France
  • Southwestern, B.C.

    Trout; kelp basking; prefabricated homes.

  • Space Coast: Orlando

    Amanda Lamb advises on the options available to British couple Geoff and Jennifer Gerrard who are searching for a holiday property in Orlando, Florida, on a budget of less than £85,000

  • Space Coast: Orlando

    The stunning Florida coast and range of attractions in Orlando tempt Geoff and Jennifer Gerrard to find a holiday home.

  • Spanish Algarve

    The experts advise London cab driver Bill Gilroy and his wife Linda, who want to escape the rat race in the big city and enjoy the fun and sun of Portugal's Algarve. However, the less well-known Spanish Algarve, Costa de la Luz, offers a variety of choices for their dream home within the £90,000 budget

  • Spanish Islands
  • Splendid Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz.

  • St Croix

    Zilpah Hartley offers a Cheshire couple advice on buying a holiday home on the Caribbean island of St Croix. With a budget of £80,000, they view a luxury flat overlooking the ocean, an apartment by a championship golf course, and an American-style condominium on the edge of a white-sand beach

  • St Kitts

    Two friends who run a successful property company in Britain hope to extend their empire to the Caribbean island of St Kitts, enlisting Amanda Lamb's help to find houses with good investment potential. With big plans for their business taking shape, it's an unusual challenge - but there's a wide range of places up for grabs on the island

  • St Lucia

    Amanda Lamb helps Darren Dickson and his girlfriend Cleo Foulcer search for a new home in St Lucia on a budget of £150,000, hoping a plantation property or a hillside retreat complete with stunning sea views will fit the bill

  • St Lucia

    Jasmine Harman helps two friends find a holiday home on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, exploring a property with harbour views, a colonial house, an American-style family home, and an off-plan project that's almost £35,000 under their £250,000 budget

  • St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Stowe, Vermont
  • Sun Coast

    British couple Dave and Sue Lewington weigh up their options as they trawl Florida's Sun Coast from Tampa to Sarasota, in search of a home from home for less than £120,000

  • Sunny Days
  • Switzerland

    Amanda Lamb helps a couple from Carlisle who are looking to leave the rat-race behind and move to Switzerland. They hope to open a B&B near the resort town of Villars, close to the French border, with skiing, hills and chalets riding high on their agenda

  • Sydney

    A couple who have decided to sell their B&B farmhouse in Devon and make their home in Sydney discover their £400,000 budget will soon be swallowed up in the highly desirable city. However, their hopes are raised when they find a restored Edwardian country house and a property overlooking the harbour on offer at £93,000 less than the amount they are willing to spend

  • Tallahassee, Florida

    Tallahassee, Fla.; historical sites; RVs.

  • Tampa, Florida

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a Hampshire couple with a budget of £220,000 look for their dream home in Tampa, Florida, where the sun shines all year round. She shows them waterfront properties, ranch houses and cottages with ocean views

  • Tarn and Garonne

    Property expert Amanda Lamb aids Nikki Moore from Essex in her search for a renovated rural farmhouse in the much sought-after Tarn-et-Garonne region of southern France. They hope the £175,000 budget will stretch to a house big enough to accommodate Nikki's friends and family

  • Tarne

    Fay Davies helps a couple with a budget of £250,000 find a suitable chateau to convert into a music school in southern France

  • Tarne et Garonne

    Gillian and Alan seek help in their search to find a home in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of southern France, with a budget of £75,000

  • Tasmania, Australia

    Jasmine Harman comes to the assistance of a Devon family wanting to move to Tasmania so they can be closer to relatives who already call the Australian island their home. They have a budget of £200,000, which they hope will enable them to purchase a property with plenty of land for the children to play on

  • Tenerife

    Amanda Lamb meets a couple of house-hunters who want to buy a bargain holiday home in Tenerife. She shows them a traditional village house for £38,000, a golf apartment and a beach-side flat

  • Tenerife

    Bella Crane helps a couple, who both suffer from seasonal affective disorder, find a new home on the sunshine island of Tenerife

  • Tenerife

    Bella Crane helps a couple find a new home on the island of Tenerife. Mark Estrange and Elaine Minker want to escape the miserable British weather and run their Internet business from a more pleasant climate, so they view a modern farmhouse, a 150-year-old property with amazing views and a traditional villa : all of which fall within their #110,000 budget

  • Tennessee

    Paul and Lisa visit Tennessee, where they hope to set up home and take advantage of the state's low property prices and lack of income tax. They view six large houses, including a chalet with a private lake

  • Teruel

    Amanda Lamb takes a couple who want to provide a better life for their young son to Teruel in Spain, where she hopes they will be able to take advantage of a predicted property boom to improve their financial prospects

  • Texas Special

    Crewe family Gary and Karen Delaney and their three children seek a new home on the Gulf Coast of Texas, aiming to relocate. Armed with a budget of £80,000, they view properties including a Tudor-style mansion boasting a games room and bar, a fisherman's cottage on stilts and a prairie home with an acre of land and a pool

  • Thailand

    Jasmine Harman helps a couple find a place they can call home during visits to Thailand to see their son, who works at Bangkok University. They find their budget of £35,000 goes a long way in the north of the country, viewing everything from modern town houses to bargain bungalows

  • Tobago

    Jasmine Harman meets a couple who want to relocate to Tobago and set up a business. She shows them a collection of properties, ranging from a duplex with sea views to a villa with an incredible garden, which fit their budget of £275,000 and would make the ideal home among the beaches and palm trees of the Caribbean island

  • Tobago

    The unspoilt Caribbean island of Tobago is the dream destination for Deborah Robertson.

  • Tobago

    Amanda Lamb helps Deborah Robertson to find a holiday home on the Caribbean island of Tobago, checking out a £149,000 hillside retreat and a traditional dwelling

  • Tobago

    Jasmine Harman comes to the aid of Kate Burnell-Freeman and her husband Martin. The couple married in the Caribbean and dream of relocating to the palm-fringed island of Tobago

  • Toronto

    Zilpah Hartley offers advice to a London couple hoping to start a family and raise their children in the lively city of Toronto. Their budget of £130,000 provides them with a bewildering array of properties, from huge homes in the suburbs to stunning designer loft apartments

  • Torremolinos

    A Doncaster resident and his sister-in-law from Shrewsbury search for a holiday home in Torremolinos they can share between them. With a combined budget of £150,000 to spend, they visit six properties, including a luxury penthouse, a restored village home, a traditional house with roof terrace and a townhouse with open-plan studio

  • Tortola, BVI: Mountain Top Homes

    Mountain-top living; home hurricane-protection.

  • Touring Temecula
  • Traditional Andalusian Estates
  • Transylvania

    Amanda Lamb offers advice to Liverpudlian Andrew McCarthy, who hopes to buy a home in the Romanian region of Transylvania. Properties featured include an 18th-century town house for £23,000 and a seven-bedroom chalet for £44,000

  • Treasure Coast, Florida

    Zilpah Hartley helps an Essex couple find a glamorous holiday home on Florida's Treasure Coast

  • Tucson, Arizona
  • Turkey

    Amanda Lamb returns with a new series of the show which offers advice on buying a second home abroad, beginning with a tour of properties available on Turkey's Turquoise Coast. She helps police sergeant Rick and his wife Joan find a holiday home they can eventually retire to, with a budget of £80,000

  • Turkey's Turquoise Coast
  • Turks and Caicos Islands

    Amanda Lamb advises a couple of prospective buyers on homes in tax havens, featuring three properties in the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean - a luxury apartment, a villa with tropical gardens and a house boasting its own private beach access for £147,000

  • Turquoise Coast

    Amanda Lamb travels to the picturesque Turquoise Coast of southern Turkey to help guide two Doncaster house-hunters search for a holiday home. With £80,000 to spend and the intention being to find a good place for their retirement, the couple want to avoid areas populated by English expats

  • Turquoise Coast - Turkey

    Amanda Lamb takes a mother and daughter on a tour of tempting properties along Turkey's Turquoise Coast, including a huge mountain house with garden and sea views - a bargain at £42,000

  • Tuscany

    Amanda Lamb scours Tuscany to find the ideal property for singer-songwriter Pushaun, who wants a sunny retreat. Best-friend Caroline is enlisted to help him choose, but her input might prove to be more of a hindrance than expected. Last in series

  • Tyrrhenian Coast, Italy

    A British couple with four children search for a holiday home on the Tyrrhenian coast of southern Italy. With £90,000 to spend, they view a large, four-bedroom apartment, a country dwelling with two acres of gardens, a three-storey property beside a national park and a medieval town house

  • The Tyrrhenian Coast of Southern Italy
  • Untamed Wilderness
  • Valencia

    Bella Crane helps a couple from Middlesex relocate to Valencia, with a budget of £75,000 to work with

  • Valencia

    Property expert Amanda Lamb offers advice to Brighton couple Kate Baker and Richard Moore, who are searching for the perfect holiday home in Valencia. A place of rich culture, modern architecture and sandy beaches, the Spanish town is currently being hailed as a more affordable alternative to Barcelona

  • Valencia, Spain

    Victoria Hollingsworth helps a couple of keen hikers from the Lake District search for a retirement home in the Valencia region of Spain, showing them a selection of rustic properties including a 19th-century apartment and a country house with its own orange grove

  • Vancouver Island

    A couple and their five-year-old daughter have heard there are exciting job opportunities in Canada - so take their budget of £100,000 and look for a home on Vancouver Island. They see a railwayman's lodge, a ranch house, a city cottage and a place in the mountains for £15,000 less than their maximum price range

  • Var

    Expert advice for the Hawkins family as they consider buying a property in Var in Provence. They find their budget of £375,000 goes a long way in the area, despite its convenience for the French Riviera and the Alps. Victoria Hollingsworth presents

  • The Vendee
  • Venice

    Amanda Lamb helps a Somerset couple find the perfect holiday home in romantic Venice. Their £410,000 budget enables them to view a canal-side apartment boasting traditional Venetian decoration, a Burano island home and a four-bedroom country farmhouse

  • Victoria, BC
  • Victoria Comp

    Victoria Hollingsworth revisits favourite long-haul destinations featured in the series, including Florida, Acapulco, Hawaii and Costa Rica, and discusses how the rise in cheaper direct flights makes these exotic locations easier to get to than ever

  • Victoria Compilation
  • Victoria Revisits

    Victoria Hollingsworth revisits some of her favourite properties featured during the series, including homes in Florida, Acapulco, Hawaii and Costa Rica

  • A Victoria Vacation

    Victoria.

  • Victorian Comp

    A property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a second home abroad

  • Virgin Gorda, BVI: Villas

    Caribbean island villa.

  • Virginia

    Janice and Gordon Ballard from Cambridge have £120,000 to spend on a winter retreat in the American state of Virginia. They view a ranch-style house with a secluded deck, a three-storey traditional home with four bedrooms, a cottage with a garden and a large beach house

  • Wakefield, PQ

    Autumn in the hills of Gatineau.

  • Walkerton, Ont.
  • Wasaga Beach

    Wasaga Beach leisure homes.

  • West Algarve

    International property expert Fay Davies advises a couple from Cornwall looking for a home in the western part of Portugal's picturesque Algarve. They are hoping their £100,000 budget will buy them a place set in the rolling landscapes and beautiful beaches of the area

  • West Dorset/Lanzarote

    Jonnie Irwin and Jasmine Harman help a property hunter decide whether to stay in West Dorset or buy in Lanzarote

  • Western Crete

    Rock musician and vicar Andrew Harding and his wife Leanne search for properties in western Crete. They have a budget of £136,000 which they hope will stretch to a home big enough for their large family

  • The Wild Coast

    Victoria Hollingsworth meets an artist who wants to escape the grey London skies in favour of South Africa's Wild Coast, 80 miles north of Cape Town

  • The Winelands, South Africa

    Suffolk couple Helen and Geoff Molyneaux go house-hunting in South Africa's idyllic Wineland's region in the hope of realising their dream of owning a retreat in the area

  • Winterizing

    Cutting and piling firewood; rose bushes; log-home preservation.

  • Wonders of Whistler