Place In The Sun

[barry1010]

Why are there never any for sale boards, even on properties that have been on the market for years?
I know for sale boards are used in France, Spain and Portugal

[Hopkirk]

Perhaps the film crew take them down to get uncluttered views.

[barry1010]

Never any people in the pool or communal areas, either

[douglas9401]

And look at those views!

[MargoTester]

Perhaps the estate agents don't want their names onscreen, that might encourage a lot of time wasters

[Bobbisox1]

I noticed the place is always empty

[barry1010]

Some good suggestions

[bednobs]

i think it's all a set up - i reckon people have already seen the places, or brought one, and then just "pretend" it's the first time they are seeing them

[Bobbisox1]

I'm not so sure Bednobs, My friend bought one and was on APITS , she now is living the dream

[barry1010]

You could be right, bednobs. I know they film over 5 days (4 days with the same clothes/hair/make up, nothing is as it seems on these programmes but it's easy viewing before bed or in the middle of the night

[bednobs]

i read a very interesting book (in small part) about someone who was on one of those sarah beeny programmes doing up their house, and how completely fake it all was

[barry1010]

I'm not surprised

[davebro]

//Never any people in the pool//

Those communal pools are always freezing!

[barry1010]

dave, my sister lives in Spain and her communal pool is freezing, I thought I was having a heart attack when I dived in on a very hot day

[douglas9401]

Going back to the view thing for a second, I can stare at Danni Menzies for a very long time.

That's because I spend all my pool time in the very shallow end.

[Samuraisan]

Another thing that is never mentioned when they tell thier budget is that the legal fees and taxes are apprx. 10% of the buying price.

[barry1010]

I'm sure the potential buyers are told all that sort of information during the early stages of the selection process. Also monthly/annual communal fees where relevant at some point during the viewing.
Lots of editing means we only see the, erm, highlights