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Know more about this story? Email me at laurence@theolivepress.es A BRITISH expat is under fire after allegedly paying himself €86,700-a-year for being the president of his neighbourhood in Spain – despite the job being ‘voluntary’ and ‘salary-free’. Stephen Hills is said to have outraged residents in Torre Bermeja in Estepona after his inflated pay packet...

Have you had an Airbnb experience in Spain that you think is worth a story? Email tips@theolivepress.es RENTING your Spanish home to tourists can be a profitable endeavour, especially if located in a popular holiday destination.  But as the number of Airbnb-style lets continues to surge, regional governments are beginning to crackdown on the trade. ...

A PLACE In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has died aged 50, his family has said. The much-loved TV personality and father-of-three lost his battle to cancer following his shock diagnosis in 2020. Irwin presented A Place In The Sun on Channel 4 for many years, helping countless Brits find a home in Spain alongside...

AN expat couple have bought an entire abandoned ‘pueblo’ in Spain and these are their plans for their new home.  Have you ever dreamed of owning an entire village?  If so, Spain might just be the country for you.  According to recent estimates, there could be thousands of abandoned villages in the sun-kissed country.  A...

CONTROVERSIAL internet star, ‘Salt Bae’ is opening a restaurant in Ibiza as he is pictured at a local construction site.  READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Meet the British expats set to appear on A New Life in The Sun from TONIGHT as they launch their glamping business in Portugal  The ambitious proposal will open in Eivissa by...

MALAGA province holds the unenviable crown of eating up the largest chunk of the average renter’s household income. The Costa del Sol and surrounding areas eat up a staggering 53% of family income a month just to pay for the roof overhead. The figure is the highest in all of Spain, according to a new...

A NEW Life in The Sun will feature two British expats juggling life between Portugal and Gibraltar.  READ MORE: This is the best all-inclusive hotel in Spain – according to the World Travel Awards The Channel 4 programme has launched its latest series featuring a cohort of aspirational British expats.  Pauline Olivera, 58 and her...

ACCORDING to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 3.92% of all homes in the Malaga province are Airbnb-style tourist accommodations.  This amounts to 39,041 total homes  — the highest number in Andalucia.  The INE data provides a backdrop to the Junta’s incoming tourist housing regulation, set to be approved at the Junta’s...

AN eyesore hotel which has been left to crumble on the Costa del Sol is finally due to undergo regeneration. The long-abandoned Los Alamos Hotel in Torremolinos is set to be transformed into the largest co-living building in Malaga province. Leading developer Nuovit Homes is designing the new development specifically to cater to the growing...

EIGHT years on and there is seemingly no end in sight for Marbella’s attempts to update its urban planning scheme. In an effort to bring clarity to Marbella’s legendarily dysfunctional planning regime – and legalise thousands of ‘illegal’ properties – the then council had drawn up a new Plan General de Ordenación Urbanística (PGOU or...