A Place In The Sun's Laura Hamilton issues warning to holiday home buyers amid major change

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A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton has shared her top tips for those considering purchasing a holiday home.The 42 year old TV star, who recently bought her own holiday retreat, is returning to our screens with the latest series of the popular Channel 4 property programme.

She's on a mission to help hopeful buyers find their dream overseas properties.Drawing from her personal experience and professional insights, Laura has offered some valuable guidance for readers thinking about investing in a vacation property.In an exclusive chat with the Mirror, Laura emphasised the importance of familiarity with the location: "I do think it's good to obviously know the area very well and visit there all year round ideally and at different times of the day.

Obviously, I know lots of parts of the world because of doing the job that I've done and I have seen them, been there and all that kind of stuff." She also advised potential buyers to consider the seasonal dynamics of holiday destinations: "I would definitely say to visit at different times of the year because in the winter months, a holiday resort destination could be completely quiet and it's a totally different kettle of fish then, so I would say do that."Laura further cautioned about regulatory aspects of renting out holiday homes: "It really depends on what you want to do, are you looking to buy to rent because if you do, and you are looking to buy for rent, you need to make sure that the property you're buying has got a rental licence or at least the opportunity to be able to apply for one.

They're tightening up on that now! "Where you could before just buy a holiday home and just let it out, whatever, now you have to apply for a licence, which I think is a good