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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: bramleylad on September 29, 2020, 19:05.
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Gran Alacant will be featured on a Place in the sun next Monday 5/10/20
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The latest one ,not the one from a couple of years ago
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Interesting.
All the houses were nice. But I could tell within the first 5 minutes they weren't going to buy. Expectations far exceeded their budget. If I didnt know better I would have said that was a deliberate waste of time just to get on the TV.
Every-time Jasmine gave them what they asked for they said they loved it and then in the end they walked away. Shame for the owners who had to facilitate the tyre kickers !
(just my view anyway)
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Just watched the programme, and have to agree.
Husband couldn't accompany her so she took her sister. Husband would agree with any choice she made she said !!!!
No intention of buying at all - just a little holiday for free.
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That program really annoys me....the estate agents always seem prepared to announce very early that the property owners are open to a deal....so much for representing the seller!!
Some of the offers being made when people do decide to buy are downright insulting in my view.....it does leave Joe Public thinking of buying their dream home in the sun that big reductions are to be had when buying.
I know when we were selling it made my blood boil.
Regards all
John.
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Especially as the house (around our 3.2g pool) was listed at €129.950 - and still is but is now sold anyway
It was announced that it was for sale on the show at €114,000 with room for negotiation .... What ?
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Hi Beach Life
Was it not in GBP when they said the price which at the exchange rate would have made the price correct?
Derek
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Derek
You are spot on - my mistake
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John I couldn't agree with you more!
'We love the house and would pay the price of xxxxx but want to try an offer of xxxxx minus yyyyy' The presenter then repeats this offer to the agent who should immediately pick up on the 'try' word. Nope - more often or not the low, insulting offer gets accepted.
Can you imagine how the seller feels watching that back when the programme is aired???
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He-He,
We bought it a week later (3.2g) and we're very happy with our purchase :)
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Their loss is your gain. Cracking house Dave C
I am gong to have the same glass "window" on the solarium front wall done myself. I understand its "Nicko" the builder who did that (and your kitchen) - looks a great job.
Well done on your purchase !
He-He,
We bought it a week later (3.2g) and we're very happy with our purchase :)
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To be honest i stopped watching it and the uk equivalent years ago unless its somewhere im interested in. The programme attracts the usual tyre kickers and time wasters. Everyones budget is never enough to meet there requirements, i think very few actually end with a final exchange of contracts, with were just popping back to the uk to consider our options. A friend of mine runs an agency near calpe, he said years ago that most decent agents stopped working with the production company because it was endless days of unpaid work with no sale or free advertising.
The programme last night when the local expert ( who in 20 years ive never seen) talked about table top dancing and benidorm trips, spare me please is that all she had to offer. They need to stop these 15 minute of famers and get one of the many real locals who can promote the best of spanish living without mentioning chips or cheap beer.
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Your right Wilson - where they got that local expert from I dont know. I so hate GA and Benidorm being spoken about in the same sentance
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I'm not knocking the places, but I wouldn't want to live or stay in either of them, but her budget, expectations and dreams of a "life in the sun" would have been more suited to La Marina or one of Torreviejas ghettos.
Regards all
John
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Interesting I’ve had my place now for 20 years and I didn’t recognise the local expert either.
Does anyone actually know her ? No one I know appears to
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I’m the local expert collette Smith I’ve worked in the horse charity shops in GA since it opened I’m their on a Tuesday afternoon and Saturday please feel free to pop in and then I will let you know I was interviewed for 20 minutes and had no input on what they were going to use ,if you were a regular visitor to the charity shop you would of not had to ask who I am. I have been in GA 16 years and know a lot of local information ,
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I’m actually quite pleased it was someone local Collette my fear was watching the programme and the way they tried to “move “Santa pola harbour to gran alacant that they had used an actor and not bothered trying to tap into locals . Would have been nice to hear some Spanish views as well though
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We were watching A Place in The Sun and recognised one of the Aurora's on the outside of the next phase to ours, had a a a look the next day, still for sale . Would be buyers have no sense of reality, offering 75k on a 115k house, if I'd been the agent on the other end of the phone my reply would be two words, the second being off.
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Jasmin's voice gets on my tits, this was a quite recent version, once again no one on the beach,no one on the childrens play area, no one in the swimming pool, yet was filmed in warm weather, if they filmed when the pools had 40 people swimming, jumping in the pool, playing with beach ball, then you could knock £5000 of the price ! i HAVE WATCHED a.p.i.t.s for 15 years, never seen anyone in the pool or in the gardens...
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The latest programme was filmed, I believe in October last year. Also I understand the reason there is never anyone in the pools etc is because of privacy issues etc and the production team have to get the permission from the President of the Community involved before they can film.
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who cleared the beach then ?
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No-one Ian - think it was just a quiet day at the end of October. Looking at it again was filmed pretty early in the morning with low sun
who cleared the beach then ?
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I love the programme. I skip through all the ones that arent Costa Blanca. Also like Sun sea and selling houses. Who cares if they buy or not it gives you an hour of sunshine on a dreary day.
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I prefer 'Homes Under The Hammer'. Real people working on houses they've bought. Their foresight on what can be done to these run-down properties is amazing.
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I prefer 'Homes Under The Hammer'. Real people working on houses they've bought. Their foresight on what can be done to these run-down properties is amazing.
I’m a bit of both , bought the U.K. property , more than doubled its value with the refurb, which funded the place in the sun 😃
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At least with huth they follow successful auction buyers, whereas in place in the sun the vast majority are dreamers or time wasters, a friends brother unbeknown to the family had filmed a episode several years ago. He actually lives in Saudi but also has a house in england. His episode was in portugal when we watched it months later it was laughable with him and the wife making all the right noises with absolutely no intention of buying a property anywhere let alone portugal. Whilst the programme is light entertainment it does give the viewers and potential buyers the impression that getting a big chunk off the asking price is the norm, and the vendors estate agent will screw the vendor to get the sale through. Ive lost count of people ive spoken with in GA whilst on there hols who know everything about the spanish property market.
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Our friends who live there permanently in alto mar 2 have never seen her up top bars
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Their loss is your gain. Cracking house Dave C
I am gong to have the same glass "window" on the solarium front wall done myself. I understand its "Nicko" the builder who did that (and your kitchen) - looks a great job.
Well done on your purchase !
He-He,
We bought it a week later (3.2g) and we're very happy with our purchase :)
Not sure if it was "Niko" or not. But we had Tony/Mitch from New Life refurb our shower room recently, and they recognised that our kitchen had been done by a Spanish friend who may have been "Niko", Can definitely recommend New Life - great job/good price.
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I love the programme. I skip through all the ones that arent Costa Blanca. Also like Sun sea and selling houses. Who cares if they buy or not it gives you an hour of sunshine on a dreary day.
Yes definitely agree, it just a escape for a hour. I also like sun, sea & selling. I saw the Rodriguez family at the nec Birmingham, a place in the sun trade show, last year. The girls had no make up on ( noting wrong with this I was just surprised as they always look so glamorous on tv) and they was all having a big row with each other. Mom and 2 sisters.