CONTENTS Contents REGULARS


6 ARRIVALS A warm welcome from Editor Richard Way, who refl ects on the Spanish Government’s charm offensive to get buyers back


8 INBOX Your chance to tell us your stories, inspiration and opinions on buying your home in the sun – and for others to read them


11 DIGEST Titbits from the world of overseas property, including BA CityFlyer’s new services to Spain


12 PROPERTY SPOTLIGHT: CYPRUS The new spa resort at Tersefanou is close to the beach and airport, but what are the costs of buying and owning an apartment there?


15 PROPERTIES OF THE MONTH A selection of our favourite properties for sale around the world


24 CELEBRITY COLUMNIST A Place in the Sun presenter Amanda Lamb says that a little bit of give and take can get you a long way in a property purchase


32 HOME FROM HOME This month our tour of places with a large, or 12


rising, expat crowd takes us to the Axarquía region in southern Spain


38 FACT OR FICTION “If a long-term tenant is behind with the rent, surely I can simply evict them?” We check out your rights as an overseas landlord and show how to navigate tenancy law


44 MEET THE... BOAT OPERATOR Six years ago Laura Çetinkaya from London quit her City job and headed to Turkey for a career break. She never came back, and helps to run a boat charter fi rm in Altinkum


66 ANY QUESTIONS Your questions answered by our panel of legal, fi nance, rentals and currency experts


71 BE MY GUEST A lecturer and a journalist from North London swapped a stressed out lifestyle to run a gîte business on France’s west coast


98 LICENCE TO SELL Meet Phil and Eileen Hardy, the husband and wife team who fell in love with Cyprus on holiday and eventually set up a property fi nding service in Paphos. This summer they’re launching their own magazine


24 66 JUNE 2011 A PLACE IN THE SUN 3


18 PROPERTY HUNT: ITALY Jeremy Nye from London would love a place with a view of the Italian Lakes, but with plenty to keep his two young children happy too


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