I don’t know if it is because of all the property programmes on tv, but I am finding it increasingly difficult not to get excited about investing in property abroad. Well, not abroad for me ’cause I am already abroad in Spain, or hang on, yes abroad because there are now new and interesting destinations that I get light-headed about, it is not all about Spain for me.

There is something special about owning a place. I remember the excitement when we got the keys to our first house. It was ours and we could do what ever we wanted to it.

Now, more wants more. If I could just have that cheap apartment in Bulgaria up in the mountains, that I think I could actually almost afford. I can see myself skiing around on the snow-caped mountains having a laugh and drinking mulled wine in the early evening and enjoying a roaring fire.

Our should go for the more exotic Cape Verde and find myself a property on the island of Sal ?

There is certainly plenty of opportunity out there and it doesn’t surprise me that an increasing amount of people buy an investment property abroad as their first property as they cannot afford to buy anything in Britain. Desperate to get onto the property ladder, for many it seems the only way.

And who wouldn’t like an apartment in the sun?