A Place In The Sun's Jasmine Harman reveals filming halted after buyers broke down
A Place In The Sun presenter Jasmine Harman has said that the property market can be a "rollercoaster of emotions" as she shared a particularly sad moment from the show
Jasmine Harman, the face of A Place In The Sun, has opened up about a particularly poignant episode of the hit show. The long-time presenter described how the journey to find the perfect property abroad for hopeful buyers can be an emotional whirlwind.
In an interview with the Express, the Channel 4 star shared details of a heart-breaking event involving a young woman who had been through a "terrible time". Despite a diligent search that led to the discovery of her ideal home, disaster struck when they attempted to seal the deal.
Jasmine recalled: "The most upsetting moment that I've had on this show was quite recently when I was house hunting with a lovely lady, and she had her best friend with her. And she came to me in the morning, and she decided to make an offer on the property, so I had to break the news to her.
"I called the agent to ensure they were standing by, but the property had been sold that morning before we spoke," she revealed.
"It was awful. I had to inform her that we had received this update from the agent and that someone else had purchased it. She was just about to make an offer on it. We all cried our eyes out. It was horrendous. It was the worst."
She added: "It was really upsetting because we were all on this big high. She had been through a lot, this poor lady. She had been through a really terrible time. It was like a new chapter but the rug got pulled out from under her. So that was really horrible."
Navigating through the tough property market can be tough but warm fuzzy stories like that of Lisa and Paul bring a smile. The couple's home-hunting journey turned dream to reality, and their story was shared by the presenter with much affection.
The host recalled fondly: "One couple I remember were lovely. Lisa and Paul. She had cancer, and he had looked after her. They didn't have a lot of money.
"She received some cash from the health insurance after she got ill, and they had a very low budget, so we took them on a very emotional house hunt.
"We found them an apartment which they bought and it was a lovely, really amazingly emotional moment and when we went back to revisit them I could not believe the difference in them."
Jasmine followed up with the pair for the C4 follow-up series A New Life In The Sun, and was pleased to see they were living a happy life in their new home.
Speaking of the revisit, she shared: "It was so heartwarming to see how they changed their lives so dramatically with their health and new opportunity to travel and make new friends. That was a really emotional revisit for me."
A Place in the Sun is on Channel 4 weekdays at 3pm.
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