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A Place In The Sun presenter Danni Menzies has helped buyers find their dream homes in sun-drenched destinations for an entire six years - but now it has been reported that she has stepped down from the show in a bid to do more filming closer to home.

A Place in the Sun since 2021 and has become a firm favourite on the show.The presenter has spoken exclusively to Express.co.uk on what he finds hard about his role and the areas of his job that are "not very glam".Lee joined the likes of Jasmine Harman, Laura Hamilton, Jonnie Irwin and Jean Johansson on the show.Express.co.uk asked Lee what he found hard on the show, with Lee's response giving an inside look to how A Place in the Sun works behind the scenes.He said: "My only issue is literally wearing the same thing every day."In the summer it gets very very hot, so when you’re wearing the same clothes for about three or four days and then you change on the last day."So, towards the end of the day, it’s not very glamorous when you’re kind of hand washing your stuff and putting it out to dry. "To stop this sometimes I buy two of each item.He continued: "But yeah, it’s really mad because I put so much effort into the way I look and I start off the show loving the outfit and then by mid week, you get to the point and you’re like ‘I’m never wearing this again’."Lee actually applied for A Place in the Sun three years prior to securing the role.He lost out to his now colleague Jean, but admitted it was his mum who made sure he didn't give up on the show.Lee said: "You know they kept me in mind and then 18 months later I got it."My mum always said that what’s meant to you won’t pass you and obviously at the time I was massively disappointed that I didn’t get it."But you kind of put a step forward and you just kind of move on doing other things at the same time."Then two years later they called me and they said, you know, we haven’t stopped thinking about you.

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A Place in the Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has taken to Instagram to share his concerns about his "ugly" new family home.The property expert, 48, showed fans his new home, revealing that he plans to get stuck in on the "massive project" over the next two months before he starts filming the hit Channel 4 property show again in April.In view of his 29,200 followers, Jonnie shared his renovation plans for his family home project.Appearing in a coat and hat, the Channel 4 host said: "Hello from a rather chilly but gorgeous day up here in Newcastle."You might remember that a short while ago I'd just posted that we'd bought a new family home.""This is the first family home we've owned since we've been a family of five, so it's very exciting," he added.Jonnie went on: "I want to document all that I do with this house and it will be warts and all, good news and bad news, including all my mistakes, of which there will be many, I'm sure.""But let's start at the front," he said before showing off his new detached home to fans.He continued: "Principally, I was always taught to buy the worst house on the best street."Well, it's a pretty lovely street, it's full of families and I've managed to find certainly the ugliest house!""Here she is! Oh yes," Jonnie said, while panning the camera around his new home"What a beauty!" the dad-of-three exclaimed, before adding: "Yeah, she's not the best, 1960's, but I intend to obviously make some changes but to embrace the 1960's of it."So, I want to make it modernist, I want to keep these straight lines.

A Place in the Sun since 2021, joining the likes of Jasmine Harman, Laura Hamilton, Jonnie Irwin and Jean Johansson. Lee revealed to Express.co.uk that he previously applied for A Place in the Sun around three years ago but lost out to his now co-star.He said: "A Place in the Sun was something that came in, I suppose at the right time."I actually auditioned for the show going on three years ago now, maybe even a bit longer."I got quite far I think but it was between me and Jean and I think she got.

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Laura Hamilton, 39, took to Instagram to share the latest news about her new home with her 147,000 followers.The A Place In The Sun star has started the renovation of a house in Surrey after moving out of her home in Purley, where she has lived for nine years.Laura revealed some of the struggles behind the process in a new snap shared to her online post.Showing a side of the house that had been stripped of the outer layer of bricks, Laura explained how ivy had caused damage to the structure.She wrote: “Ivy that is left to grow out of control DESTROYS everything!!!“It’s damaged my wall and part of the roof.”She concluded the message with the hashtags “#Surrey” and “#renovation”.A follow-up video showed the presenter ripping apart a piece of wood from under the roof.She penned: “You never know what you are going to find when renovating an old property…”Last week, Laura announced she had “big plans” for her new home in an Instagram post featuring two snaps of the building.The first photo was of Laura’s sash windows which were taken during the renovation of her house.She said: “Beautiful Sash windows that need some love.“#home #renovation #surrey #hiddengem #countrylife.”The other photograph showed a corner of one of the rooms in her Surrey home.She wrote: “I have BIG plans for my new home, but in the meantime, it’s cosy with lots of lamps, candles and flowers…“#Surrey #countryside #renovation #hiddengem #property.”Laura’s latest updates come after she recently announced she was separating from her husband Alex after 13 years together.The pair tied the knot in 2012 and have since had two children, Rocco and Tahlia, together.A post shared with her Instagram followers on January 10 featured a picture of a quote from Doctor

A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton has revealed that her co-star Danni Menzies told her to "man up" after sharing her fear of horses.Taking to Instagram, the mother-of-two, 39, shared how she was in Spain this week to film the popular Channel 4 show, but had planned to confront her fear of horses following some wise words from her co-star.Addressing her 147,000 followers, the property expert showed how she was facing her fears.Opting for a full-glam face of make-up, Laura exuded Hollywood chic as she donned a red lip.She said: "Morning, I'm back filming in Spain this week."Got my winter coat on, as you can see," while giving her fans a view of her floor-length coat.The star went on to speak about her current filming assignment abroad.Laura continued: "If you saw my Instagram post you'll see that I'm filming close to Almeria this week."This morning we've come to a horse riding stables."The Channel 4 host explained that she'd decided to confront her fear of the animals with a little bit of help from her friend and colleague.Laura said: "As you know I'm a little bit fearful of horses, but I was with Danni Menzies a few weeks ago and she told me that I need to man up."So that's what I'm going to try and do this morning."There's no horses out yet but we have got this little fella here."Panning around, Laura revealed that she was standing in close proximity to a donkey."This donkey, so cute!" she gushed, before becoming panicked over how close she was ."Hello," Laura said while coming face to face with the animal."Can you believe how close I am!" she exclaimed, before ending her stories.Later in the day, the star told how renovations on her new home were well underway, despite her working abroad.Sharing a snap from

A Place In The Sun newcomer Craig Rowe has provided a health update as the presenter addressed his plans to shed some weight. His admission comes after the expert revealed he had some serious issues with his rental property.Taking to his Instagram stories today, Craig explained that he is currently taking part in a Kickstarter to assist his health journey.The on-screen star shared that he is pre-diabetic and has been counting the calories of his food intake.But the Channel 4 presenter admitted that his plans had to be put on hold after the ceiling of his property collapsed.Craig began: "This is a belated conversation on my Kickstarter.

A Place in the Sun last year and has become a firm favourite on the show.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk Leah revealed that she used to be "ashamed" of her bipolar disorder before her "big coming out" eight years ago.Leah has been very vocal about her battle with bipolar disorder and is an ambassador for Bipolar UK.She uses her presenting platform and social media pages to normalise the conversation and to end the stigma around mental illness.Leah has now admitted she used to be "petrified" and "ashamed" of her diagnosis and telling others about it.She said: "When I was diagnosed eight/nine years ago, I hid it."I only came out, as I call it, my big coming out, about two years ago.I was so ashamed and I was petrified actually."I couldn’t think of anything worse than bipolar because, you know, if you have anything else, people will give you sympathy and they will wrap you up in love."But when you’ve got a mental illness you are very much left alone and it’s already such a lonely condition and I just hid it.She continued: "I was hiding a big part of myself and when I came out it was the most empowering thing I’ve ever done and I’ve never looked back since."Leah did not believe after she was diagnosed that she would be able to live her dream of being a presenter due to "the stigma around mental illness".Talking about getting the life changing role, she said: "Presenting is something I know I am good at and I have worked hard at."It makes me happy and I don’t do it for fame and fortune.

A Place in the Sun in 2021, and has been a staple on the show since he joined in early 2021.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Lee has revealed what he finds annoying with some buyers.Lee admitted that he rarely gets annoyed but if he does it's because of "close-minded buyers".The TV star said: "I think I did an episode where every single house we showed them which technically on paper and in reality was everything that they asked for and more and they just couldn’t see the positive in anything."So I think that's the only challenging thing."I’m quite an optimistic person when it comes to looking at properties and seeing the potential because I can walk into a place and it can just be a blank canvas and I can see what can be done."Lee continued: "But I think when people, I mean it’s only happened once but they can literally not see, which is fine."But it’s more like the journey of can’t you see why I brought you here and them not really understanding what they want and don’t want."Some people have an idea or a vision which they all do, but the reality is things are not always as you imagined."So it’s that kind of compromise of how can I make that vision become a reality?"We’ve had a couple of people that were very very close minded and they didn’t see the potential in anything I showed them at all."Lee said that is the only "tricky bit" of his A Place in the Sun job.The TV presenter spoke to Radio Times when he first got the job and said that he hoped his job on the show would do a lot for people of colour.He said April last year: "It means so much more to me that I get to be part of this show because for me when I was growing up, I’m a person of colour so there was nobody that looked like me on TV."I think Channel 4,

A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton, 39, has reunited with Homes Under The Hammer host Lucy Alexander, 51, to show her around her new home after announcing her split from husband Alex Goward.

“#home #renovation #surrey #hiddengem #countrylife.”She then posted another photo in which she took a snap showing a corner of one of the rooms in her Surrey home.She wrote: “I have BIG plans for my new home, but in the meantime it’s cosy with lots of lamps, candles and flowers…“#Surrey #countryside #renovation #hiddengem #property.”Laura married her husband Alex in 2012 and have since had two children, Rocco and Tahlia together.Since then, the star recently revealed the two will be separating after 13 years together.She revealed the news to her Instagram followers on January 10.The post was a picture of a quote from Doctor Seuss which read: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”She said: “This isn’t something I ever thought I’d be saying but, after 13 years of being together Alex and I have separated.“Our children are and always will be our number one priority and we would respect privacy for our family at this time.

A Place in the Sun presenter shared her experience in views of her 91,200 followers.And judging by her caption, the 32-year-old appeared to have been somewhat on edge after taking a glance at the smaller aircraft."High winds and a baby plane," Danni wrote on her Story video as she headed towards the plane.Two hours later, the TV personality shared another snap after landing at the Tenerife Norte airport in a follow-up post two hours later.And by the look of things, it certainly wasn't a smooth journey."A very bumpy ride on the binter," she continued."But we made it."Danni, who has been a co-presenter of the Channel 4 property show since 2016, recently weighed in on the broadcaster's decision to welcome two new presenters to the programme.Both Craig Rowe and Leah Charles-King were announced to have joined the likes of Danni, Laura Hamilton and Jonnie Irwin on A Place in the Sun last month.Sharing her thoughts on welcoming two new presenters to the line-up, Danni told Express.co.uk: "I think something that's really nice about A Place in the Sun, unlike a lot of other standard shows, is that they give new people the opportunity.""I hadn't really done anything when I first started, so it was a big opportunity for me."She added: "They've got lots of diversity."They've got lots of lots of different characters, very different characters, which is which keeps it interesting."Newcomer Craig recently raised eyebrows after detailing how he juggled a pole dancing gig while working three jobs in the hopes of saving enough money to build his property portfolio.Craig went on to purchase his first home in North West London with the help of his sister when he was 25.He now owns another flat in South London worth £450,000, which he

Danni Menzies was sunning herself in balmy Fuertaventura, where daytime temperatures had risen to around 21 Celsius.The Canary Island, just 100km off the North coast of Africa, is well known for its mild winter temperatures, but also constant and sometimes extreme wind conditions, as Danni was about to find out.Posting a photo of herself rocking a red shirt style dress onto a slide from her Instagram stories, she captioned the photo: "A wee bit windy".That might have been an understatement as her hair was billowing around so much that it obscured a large part of her face.The 33-year-old Scot showed off her toned legs in the snapshot, accessorised by white boots.She has been keeping her pins in good shape, due to finding the time for constant work-outs even when busily filming on the Spanish island for A Place In The Sun.Danni snatched some time to film a clip of herself lifting kettlebells the previous day, suggesting she was on a video call with her personal trainer Louise Barton back in the UK.By the looks of it, she was providing some much needed motivation to guide her moves.Danni captioned her work-out shots: "A little bit of last night with my girl @loucbarton keeping me sweaty from afar."Louise wrote back encouragingly: "Yes, my girl, keep it up!"Meanwhile an Instagram fan, Carly, praised: "That's how you look so good and fit on A Place in the Sun!"@PeterRenton added a tears of laughter emoji to the mix, commenting: "Am worn out watching you keep up the good work (out)."@Philip.Gowdy chimed in to praise: "You deserve that great figure."Danni arrived on the island, often described as a way to enjoy a slice of paradise without leaving Europe, last weekend.She told her 91,000 followers that it was her first time

A Place in the Sun. In her latest Instagram snap, the TV presenter stunned in a red gown while her blonde tresses were noticeably wet.She accessorised her ensemble with two chunky gold bracelets and a matching necklace.“We’ve experienced all sorts of weather this week…,” Laura began.“And that has been a challenge.”She went on and told her 144,000 followers about the couple she helped find a home this week.A post shared by LAURA HAMILTON (@laurahamiltontv)While it’s unclear whether the pair ended up settling for the house, judging by Laura’s way of words, she seemed rather confident that the search went rather well.“It has been an absolute pleasure helping a wonderful couple (with an incredible story) look for their first home together after 38 years!” she continued.“Mel and James are both jockey’s, and one of them has competed in the Grand National…“Out of the five properties I’ve shown them, how difficult will it be for them to choose…“Or will it be a one horse race?”Meanwhile, Laura shocked fans after she announced her separation from her estranged husband, Alex Goward, last week.The couple tied the knot back in 2012 and share two children, eight-year-old Rocco and six-year-old Tahlia.The Kent-born TV personality shared the news with an Instagram post of a quote inside a picture frame.The message read: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”.In her accompanying caption, Laura shared: “This isn’t something I ever thought I’d be saying but, after 13 years of being together Alex and I have separated.“Our children are and always will be our number one priority and we would respect privacy for our family at this time.

Laura Hamilton has been wiping her husband Alex Goward from her social media accounts after announcing at the weekend that the pair had decided to call it quits.The A Place In the Sun presenter released a public statement on Saturday in which she shared that her relationship with Alex had come to an end. Laura, 39, was married to insurance broker Alex for approximately a decade and the pair share two children. After fans noticed that the presenter was removing photos of Alex from her Instagram and Facebook pages, some speculation began over whether their split was as amicable as they had claimed. However, a friend of Laura has reportedly explained that this was simply due to “security and safety” reasons, and also cleared up any doubt over whether a third party had been involved in their decision to separate. According to MailOnline, the friend said: "Laura and Alex will continue to co-parent their two children and go on family holidays."The split was amicable and nobody else was involved."It’s true she’s deleted pictures of Alex but it was due to security and safety concerns, and this process started before they announced their split."On Saturday, Laura shared her sad news via Instagram with a picture of a framed quote that read: "Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened."In the caption below, she addressed the situation in view of her 144,000 followers.She wrote: "This isn’t something I ever thought I’d be saying but, after 13 years of being together Alex and I have separated."Our children are and always will be our number one priority and we would respect privacy for our family at this time."Two days before, Laura had posted a video slideshow of her family home and its transformation following a long

Jasmine Harman, 46, is back on the A Place In the Sun set to help a new group of house-hunters to find their dream holiday home. However, the presenter revealed that things haven’t been going so smoothly for her recently, as she admitted to having a nasty fall yesterday. Jasmine took to social media today to share details of her injury with her 69,900 followers. On Instagram, she posted a picture of herself on the beach sporting a floral top accessorised with hoop earrings and a large golden sun necklace. In the caption she wrote: “First day back at work this year! “Maybe the sun will show it’s face later but for now, the only sun around here is my lovely necklace that I got for Christmas!“Still, can’t complain! It’s a bit better than yesterday in London when I slipped on the ice and smacked my head on the ground!” she continued, adding a Face with Head-Bandage emoji.“How’s your day going?” she asked her fans, tagging A Place In the Sun and her outfit provider, Alie Street London. Jasmine’s followers took to the comments section to check that the presenter had since recovered from her fall. “Ouch.

A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton posted a picture of her sunny views in San Pedro de Alcantara, Spain.The 39-year-old appeared to be standing on a balcony while catching some rays close to the beach on a hot day. In view of her 143,000 followers, she wrote: "Hello sunshine."Much like her last post, she has blocked her fans from commenting, in light of her marriage break-up.It has however been liked by over 1000 of her followers, including her new co-star Craig Rowe.Laura's trip comes just a day after she announced she and long-term husband had separated.The property expert wrote: "This isn’t something I ever thought I’d be saying but, after 13 years of being together Alex and I have separated.Gary Burgess dead: ITV star dies in his sleep age 46"Our children are and always will be our number one priority and we would respect privacy for our family at this time."Laura shared the caption alongside a quote which read: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."The presenter and Alex were together for 13 years and married for 10.They share two children together; Rocco and Tahlia.Ahead of her split announcement, Laura revealed she had been gradually moving out of their family home.Fans were quick to question why she made the decision as they discovered just how beautiful her house was in a video she shared.She wrote: "Today we close the door and say goodbye to a home that we have loved and enjoyed for the last 9 years - the longest I have lived anywhere in my entire adult life!"Change can be scary but you know what is scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving and progressing."Britney Spears stuns fans as she bares all in naked Instagram pics [REVEALED]Jeremy Clarkson 'flattered' over

A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton shared a quote about helping those who are down, which sparked concerns.

A Place in the Sun's newest host has shared how he used to pole dance as a way of saving to get onto the property ladder.