A Place In The Sun star bursts into tears before shock U-turn over house in Italy
A Place In The Sun host, Jasmine Harman, was shocked when a guest on the show burst into tears before delivering a blunt eight-word verdict over a house in Italy
A Place In The Sun viewers were left gobsmacked when a guest on the show broke down in tears before making a shocking U-turn. Host, Jasmine Harman, had taken the hopeful house hunters to Italy where they were looking to snap up a property in the resplendent region of Lucca, Tuscany, for £130,000.
Married couple textile designer Natasha and bathroom designer Tim, from Gloucestershire, had high hopes when the search started and were blown away when they were shown a home for a veritable steal at £103,000. Starting to cry, standing outside the property, Natasha, told Jasmine she'd cracked it, gushing: "I'm in shock!" Somewhat alarmed, Jasmine asked: "Tell me what's going on Natasha?!" Natasha replied: "Just the architecture, where it is. You've blown my mind."
READ MORE: A Place In The Sun host gasps as couple 'disappear' in bitter row as crew panic
However, things took a turn when the couple went into the apartment, leaving viewers at home stunned. Despite falling in love with the one-bedroom property, the couple ultimately decided it wasn't for them, with Natasha admitting they preferred another place Jasmine had shown them.
After entering the apartment Natasha said she was struggling to "get a feel for the space", while Tim, who initially declared: "Sold!" when he was shown the outside of the property, took issue with the small windows, which couldn't be changed since the building was listed.
Sighing, he said: "With deep regrets, it is not a contender". Meanwhile Natasha stoically admitted that she "really wanted it to work," before admitting that she saw more potential in the first property they viewed.
That first floor apartment had two bedrooms, a terrace, large bathroom and a utility room, over a modern, open-plan design.
After the viewing Natasha and Tim both agreed the property was "in with a chance" of becoming their dream home, with Natasha being "pleasantly surprised".
However, in another U-turn the couple conceded it was too close to the road, despite it being £7,000 under budget at £123,000, which is around half the price of properties located within the walls of Lucca - according to Jasmine.
In the end, it was the the fifth and final property, which seemed to be the strongest contender for the couple. Nestled in Nozzano Castello, the three-bedroom property was priced under £138,000. It boasted a large terrace perfect for al fresco cooking and a large interior, leaving Natasha and Tim pleased.
Natasha said: "We both love it and on the same page, it has knocked the first one off radar." Tim later announced that Jasmine had "nailed it" in a promising update.
Unfortunately, in the third and final U-turn of the episode, the pair rejected the property - and every other one Jasmine had shown them - because "the pros and cons list had more cons".
Explaining their reasons for turning down the apartments, Tim, who has MS, expressed concerns about the stairs, admitting he doesn't know what may happen as the condition progresses in the future.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Metro
an hour ago
- Metro
Love is Blind UK stars announce pregnancy news with rap song
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Netflix stars Jasmine and Bobby Johnson have announced they are expecting their first child. Last year the couple met on the first UK season of the dating show Love is Blind, where they got engaged before even meeting in person. Bobby, 33, was a luxury shopping guide from Staffordshire, while Jasmine, 29, was a mental health nurse living in London. In the final episode, the couple were married, later sharing on the reunion that he'd moved to London, and they were still together. A year on, they've now shared the exciting news they are about to become parents. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Posting a reel on Instagram, the couple said they'd been 'keeping a secret'. Writing a message to their unborn child, they wrote: 'I've pictured your tiny face a thousand times. 'I've dreamt of this moment long before I knew how good life could get. Then I met your dad and the rest was written in love 🤍 'Baby Johnson Coming Winter 2025!!' They also shared a video that showed them embracing while photos taken throughout their relationship were shown on a screen. It began with a sit-down interview with the couple, who were both wearing white shirts while Jasmine showed off her baby bump, speaking about how they might want to raise their future child. 'I ideally want to raise children in a household where our foundation is on 100,' she said. The video then zoomed out and showed Bobby performing a rap, which began: 'I'm happy that you're here with me, Because you be beautiful and that be clear to see, I can feel the love each time you're near to me. 'They said we might not make it here, After such a crazy year, But we just took a leap of faith and dived in with no safety gear. I love it when you're next to me, Connecting intellectually, I was lost but now I'm found, well ever since you rescued me. We sit and talk on rainy days, Just debating baby names, But our minds keep changing day to day they never stay the same. 'I'm looking at your baby bump… I guess we'll have to wait until the day you come, To know if your our daughter or our baby son. I'll be happy either way! Tears of joy I wipe away, Ever since i found out I can't sleep and I've been wide awake.' The rap concluded with the lines: 'I hope I'll be a better dad, And give you what we never had!. Turn the pain to purpose, You don't have to hurt the way we have!' The couple were quickly met with messages of support from family, friends and fans, as well as their former Love is Blind co-stars. 'So happy for you guys,' Sabrina commented. 'Yaaaay,' Maria shared. Meanwhile the official Netflix account shared a series of love heart face emojis. During Love is Blind, Bobby said that 'from the start Jasmine was the girl for me'. More Trending After rapping a poem sharing his feelings for her, Bobby proposed. Earlier this year they told Grazia UK they'd been struggling to conceive. 'In the beginning, we were very naive,' she said. 'I thought I was going to get pregnant as soon as we had sex. Obviously, that's not the case.' View More » Love is Blind is streaming on Netflix. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Netflix on verge of dropping all 8 episodes of dark TV drama 'compared to Ozark' MORE: 'Delightfully violent' action thriller starring 00s heartthrob coming to Netflix MORE: Netflix quietly adds 'superb under-the radar comedy' set in Victorian London
Spectator
5 days ago
- Spectator
An ill wind: Poppyland, by D.J. Taylor, reviewed
As the term refers to the stretch of the north Norfolk coastline between Sheringham and Mundesley, only one of the stories in D.J. Taylor's engrossing new collection strictly takes place in 'Poppyland'. However, the others seldom stray far. In 'At Mr McAllister's', one of two stories set in and around Norwich market, the feckless employee of a down-at-heel toyshop decides to change his life, starting with talking to the pretty girl on the fruit and vegetable stall. In 'Those Big Houses up Newmarket Road', set nearby, social embarrassment inspires a class-conscious schoolboy to dream big. Such ambitions are unusual in these carefully worked stories of broken homes and precarious employment. 'In the Land of Grey and Pink' has Jasmine, a single mother, taking steps to becoming an interior designer when she realises that 'she did not know what she wanted, or, when it came to it – and this was the truly terrible thing – if she wanted anything at all'. Likewise, the odd-job man in 'Over at Bacton' seems quite content to sell rabbits out the back of his van. But then, no one is encouraging their ambitions. In 'Moving On', which follows with cool factuality the lives of an ordinary Norwich couple over several decades, we see rents go up, social housing stocks dwindle and wages stagnate, so that it becomes as much as they can do merely to survive. The future does not look bright for their son, who wants to design videogames. Taylor sweetens the pill here, and throughout, with his sharp sense of humour. In 'Yare Valley Mud', two long-in-the-tooth minicab drivers tolerate the reforms of their new boss, 'safe in the knowledge that it would all blow over and that normal standards of torpor would soon reassert themselves'.
Daily Mail
31-05-2025
- Daily Mail
I work on A Place In The Sun and will never forget my absolutely awful experience that left the whole Channel 4 team CRUSHED
In her 20 years hosting A Place In The Sun, presenter Jasmine Harman has seen her fair share of chaos. The sun-soaked property search show, first aired in 2000, has had Jasmine as one of its primary hosts since 2004. She has helped hundreds of clients find their dream home abroad on the Channel 4 programme over the years - including her own cousin. And she even made her own big move in 2023, relocating from England to the Spanish town of Estepona with her husband Jon and children Albion and Joy. But things have not always been smooth sailing for the presenter, 49, who recently told the Express about one particularly awful experience she had on the show. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Jasmine revealed she once presented an episode which saw a house hunter find their dream home among the options she selected. As fans of the show will know, finding the right property for the buyers - who often have big dreams and a specific vision - is not always a guarantee, so she was elated to have been successful. But it all came crashing down when, as she helped the guest make an offer on the property, Jasmine was told the horrifying news it had already been sold to someone else. Having not previously been informed about this, she said everyone - herself, the buyer and the whole Channel 4 team - was 'crushed'. She explained: 'It was just absolutely awful. 'Can you imagine? You're just on the cusp of making that amazing life-changing decision and someone pulls the rug out from under you. It was horrible.' While the buyer was the one hurt in that particular episode, Jasmine added they can sometimes be the ones who cause the hassle in other cases. The host remembered some particular guests on the show who refused to even step foot inside a property she had chosen for them, in Co Mayo, Ireland. Even after she then pointed out it was the only freehold property within their budget, they still refused to take a look. Jasmine also confessed that it frustrates her sometimes when buyers get obsessive over extremely small details. She pointed to a recent episode where a couple declared a penthouse unlivable - just because of the cost of re-tiling the balcony, which they hated the terracotta colour of. The presenter said: 'Sometimes people get a bee in their bonnet about weird things.' She tried to give them the advice she forced herself to consider when buying her own property abroad - that buyers always have to make compromises, no matter their budget. When relocating her family to Spain's Costa del Sol, Jasmine did not have the budget for a newbuild - so had to throw herself into renovations to bring her vision to life. The TV personality will share her property transformation journey on a dedicated TV series set to hit screens later this year. Ahead of the big release, she offered prospective buyers an initial word of wisdom - which was not to look for perfection as it does not really exist. She explained: 'You might find a place that's not perfect but will do perfectly.' These confessions are not Jasmine's first chaotic revelations about her two-decade stint on A Place In The Sun. The presenter described last month a particularly 'awful' incident during filming, which saw her suffer motion sickness during a ride on a microlight plane in the Algarve. 'We were flying and he was doing all of these little tricks and I got a bit of motion sickness and I started to feel a bit dodgy', she recalled to the Express. 'I kept telling myself, "I'll be alright, I'll be alright,".' When the plane landed, Jasmine felt terrible - and amid the wave of nausea, she could not get her helmet off. She continued: 'I ended up vomiting inside the helmet. And it was so embarrassing. In front of the house hunters and this handsome pilot. The whole team.' The presenter described it as 'an awful moment' as 'everyone was there' - but she is now able to laugh about it instead.
