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A Place in the Sun’s Laura Hamilton fights back tears as she’s forced to share ‘awful news’ with property hunters
A PLACE in the Sun’s Laura Hamilton fought back tears after she was forced to share ‘awful news’ with property hunters.
Laura, 41, met Lucia and Doc in the town of Alora in southern Spain in a recent episode of the Channel 4 show.
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She showed them five properties within their budget of £120,000, with the retired couple eventually whittling it down to two.
One was a two-bed townhouse and the other a five-bed house with a rooftop pool.
Doc said: "We saw property five and irrespective of the work that needs to be done inside, the reality is we want to spend our time here outside and that terrace gives us all that.
"So it doesn't matter that we have to spend time renovating and replacing bathrooms, kitchens.
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"That's become really a side issue. That terrace space pretty much gives us what we need from a place in Spain."
But Laura looked a little emotional as she told them: "Okay, now I've got something to tell you, which is a really, really awful to do.
"And I've never, ever, in my 10 years of being part of this show, had to do this."
As the couple looked concerned, she continued: "Yesterday afternoon, property five, unbeknown to us and unbeknown to the agent...I'm not sure if you're aware here in Spain that there were multiple agents that work on properties.
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"The property owner had given authority to a family member to take an offer from somebody else and it's not just a verbal offer.
"They've put a holding deposit down."
Lucia replied: "Wow, okay. That happened quickly. That's a bit of a shock, isn't it?"
Welling up, Laura replied: "I'm just, I'm so sorry. I'm really, I'm, God, it's awful.
"I've been sat here thinking 'how do I break this to you?' This is just awful but things happen for a reason."
But in a happy twist of fate, Laura revealed at the end of the show that the other offer had fallen through and the estate agent had called Doc and Lucia.
They immediately made an offer, which was accepted, so they hopefully secured their dream property after all.
A Place in the Sun airs weekdays at 3pm on Channel 4.
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