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They bought it, and they still own it. Wackiest property: The strangest was definitely in Florida. From the outside it resembled something out of the Flintstones but inside was a mixture of a s B-movie and a private sex club. Favourite buyers: Andy and Linda who were buying in Cyprus and feature on tomorrow night's programme. They always found the funny side of things - even some of my house choices.

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I introduced them to my game of Kitchen Bingo where you guess what's in the cupboards. Let's just say they took to it with relish. Trickiest customers: I had a lady last year who wanted to buy in Madeira because it was close to the lost city of Atlantis. Stranger still, she wouldn't give me a decision until she'd consulted her crystal, which she would swing like a pendulum and see which way it was swinging.

Anti clockwise meant a "no". I had to use all of my patience that week. The view was incredible and the property had some unusual features but the buyers had a vision and the transformation, above, was incredible. The golf course was half built and work had stopped, which lowered the price. Then work was restarted, meaning their property value would have shot back up.

It had a complete replica of the high street of the owner's home town in the basement. Standout moment: I met my husband, Jon, on the first episode of the first series. He was the cameraman and we soon fell in love. He proposed whilst filming too. The clincher was when they timed how long it took from leaving the apartment to dipping their toes in the sea - it was four minutes.

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Memorable house hunt: I went house hunting in with the singer Cheryl Baker and her husband, Steve, on the island of Sal in Cape Verde. My phone rang in the middle of filming and I was so embarrassed. She and Steve started dancing and he pretended to pull her skirt off! I'm sure they thought I'd done it deliberately. They actually ended up buying two properties there.

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Ideal way of winding down after work? A nice long run followed by a big glass of red wine and Corrie. Best piece of business advice: Never run from fear — fear of finding the next job, fear of failure, fear of investing — fear drives you forward and makes you take those leaps of faith so crucial to success. Enjoyed this? Read more from LBV. Leverage Lancashire Business View platforms.

Reaching 50, members, our print, digital and event platforms offer a fantastic way to raise your business profile and help you grow. It most often focuses on areas in southern Europebut in recent years, it has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world such as Florida and the Caribbean. Generally, every episode on the programme shows a British couple wishing to buy a property in a sunny foreign country are shown three to five properties within their budget found by the show's researchers.

After viewing each property the couple are asked for their opinions. At the end of the show they are asked if they have a favourite property and we're finally told if they went on to buy the property or another in the region. It was a response to the growth in Britons buying property abroad.

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Spin-offs include the website featuring news, features, advice and the opportunity to search 30, overseas properties for sale and for holiday rental, a magazine, which is now the most popular magazine advising on buying overseas property, and live exhibitions per year in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and previously in Glasgow, called A Place in the Sun Livesince Contents move to sidebar hide.

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