A Place in the Suns Ben Hillman deflated after guests brutal rejection
APITS: Guests 'disappointed' after failed property search
Ben Hillman was left “feeling deflated” after a couple on the latest A Place in the Sun brutally rejected all of his property decisions.
Retired Clare and Alan were hoping to find the perfect home around the central Algarve region of Portugal.
They hoped to find a three-bedroom holiday home where they could spend plenty of time with their daughter, Emma, her fiancé Jamie, and their two young grandchildren.
With a budget of £290,000, Ben found it difficult to meet the needs of both families.
After looking around five different properties with the Channel 4 show, Clare and Alan decided not to make an offer on any, despite keeping property three in the running earlier on.
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Alan pointed out: “The conversation with Emma and Jamie makes property one their preferred choice.”
“Really? But surely you all came into this with maybe a slightly different brief each but the same goal in the fact you wanted somewhere you could all share,” Ben considered before asking: “Has that changed?”
“Sadly, yes, it may have done,” Clare confessed.
Talking about how they had liked the third option, a three-bed house in Albufeira, Ben admitted “I’m a bit deflated – how do you feel about that outcome?”
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As the trio discussed the final decision after all the house tours, Ben pointed out how difficult it had been to find them a place that met their requirements as well as Jamie and Emma’s.
“This has been the thing all the way through this search, hasn’t it? That I’ve never quite ‘had it’,” the property expert stated.
“I’ve had to fulfill two briefs essentially, in one.”
“You set us a good problem here because property three was probably our preferred option as a family house,” Alan admitted.
“If I’m honest, a little bit disappointed. I think that we can still look at other areas…” Clare replied.
“Well who knows, if it does pan out that way and Jamie and Emma are happier in Vilamoura in a nice apartment and you guys are down the coast somewhere, maybe you’ve got the best of both worlds again in terms of travelling to each others’ properties,” Ben suggested.
He concluded: “It is hugely disappointing that I haven’t been able to – I mean it is the tallest brief I think I’ve ever had to be fair – but is t disappointing that we haven’t nailed it.”
A Place in the Sun airs weekdays from 4pm on Channel 4.
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