A Place In The Sun host Laura Hamilton says 'I'm so sorry - it's awful' as she fights back tears
09.08.2023 - 11:57
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A Place In The Sun host Laura Hamilton got emotional as she gave an “awful” update to one couple on a recent episode.
The presenter sent her apologies to the pair, Doc and Lucia, after they embarked on a house hunt for a post retirement home in Spain.
The couple, both aged 50, had a plan to retire to the sun and were keen for Channel 4 to help them. They got a hand from Laura in December 2021 and in the episode they appeared in, they made up their mind what they wanted to do.
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.
"That's become really a side issue. That terrace space pretty much gives us what we need from a place in Spain."
Laura looked at the couple sad and shared a heartbreaking update and a first in her ten years on the show, as reports Birmingham Live. She said: "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. 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.
"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?"
Laura then said: "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