A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun Season 2016

Justine Noades & Ashley Pollak have a serious love affair with Ibiza – not only have they visited the island 8 times together, they even got engaged and married there. Now their nightclubbing days are over, they plan to start a family and are back on the island to look for their dream holiday getaway. Ben Hillman shows them five fantastic properties for their £270,000 budget but can he deliver the perfect property in the perfect location?

Retired couple Alan and Marilyn McCubbine has decided they want to spend the next chapter of their lives in the rugged countryside of Spain’s Almeria Province. In fact, so determined are they to make the move, they recently packed up their trusty van and drove 1,500 miles to rent a place while they search for their dream home. For their budget of £80,000 Danni Menzies shows them five great village properties.

Having fallen in love with each other four years ago, Elaine & Nicos Nicolaou then fell in love with Kefalonia, and are looking to get back to their Greek roots by buying a property there. For their budget of £60,000 Jasmine Harman shows them five properties in the beautiful south of the island, but will any of them be the place of their dreams?

Lesley and Phil Ward from North Wales are planning the next chapter in their lives with a full time move to the all year round sun of the La Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. For their budget of £125,000, Scarlette Douglas is on hand to show them five very different properties, but will it be a house by the beach or a stunning townhouse that ends up being their dream property?

Denise Grahame and Roger Denis met three years ago, and Denise soon joined Roger in falling in love with the Bretagne culture and lifestyle. Having now retired, they’ve moved out to Brittany and are renting in the area around the town of Callac. For their budget of £120,000 Laura Hamilton shows them five rural properties that will allow them to make the move full time.

Wendy Tyler has long-dreamed of living in Spain, so much so she recently found a job in Benidorm, left the UK behind and moved there full time. She’s been renting ever since and just needs the perfect property to complete her dream life in the sun. With her best friend Diana along to help, Danni Menzies shows her five properties for her budget of £70,000, but will any of them be the final piece of the jigsaw?

Music therapist Sarah Hadley from Surrey has a long-term love affair with the Greek island of Crete, a place she and best friend Sue Williams have been visiting together for years. Now, Sarah is after her perfect Cretan holiday home and has asked Sue to help her with the decision. Jasmine Harman shows them five incredible properties for a budget of £150,000.

Creative Brighton couple Emily and Peter Harold have been holidaying on the Spanish island of Mallorca for 14 years and now are determined to buy a second home there. They’re looking for somewhere to relax and soak up the sun and culture on offer in their favourite spot of Port de Soller. Laura Hamilton is on hand to show them five apartments for their £250,000 budget.

Elaine and Patrick Scott from Lancashire are both history buffs with a passion for the 1940s, and are looking to relocate permanently across the channel to Normandy in France. They’re drawn by the rich culture and history on offer there and with £140,000 to spend they are after a home in the Manche area. Laura Hamilton shows them five properties for their money.

Denise Greenacre from Nottingham has dreamed of buying a home in the sun for 30 years. Now she’s retired and her children no longer live at home, she’s finally ready to realise her dream and is determined to buy in Spain. With her daughter Rebecca along to help, Ben Hillman shows her five properties around Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca for her £80,000 budget, but will any of them be the place she’s been longing for?

John and Della Baines’ daughter Megan moved to Cyprus last year, and after visiting her and seeing the island for themselves, they decided it was the perfect spot for a holiday home. For their budget of £45,000 Jasmine Harman shows them five great value apartments in and around the west coast resort of Paphos.

Mother and daughter team Laura and Leah Wright from Surrey have been enjoying holidays together in Spain since Leah was a child. Laura has now decided to put the cash from a recent inheritance towards buying a holiday home on Spain’s Orihuela Costa that they can enjoy throughout the year. Scarlette Douglas shows them five properties for their budget of £65,000, but will they find their dream holiday home?

Susan Peters from Dorchester has dreamed of moving to sunny Spain for as long as she can remember, and after a holiday a few years ago has her heart set on stunning Mallorca. Armed with a £130,000 budget and with best friend Tina along to help her with the decision, Scarlette Douglas shows her five fantastic properties on the island