A couple on A Place In The Sun demanded ‘a champagne house with a lemonade budget’ – leaving host Craig Rowe exasperated. 

Tuesday’s instalment of the Channel 4 property show saw married couple, Jane and James, ask Craig to help find them a holiday home in Crete. 

The pair enjoyed their honeymoon on the Greek Island 24 years ago and since retiring, downsized in the UK to purchase an abode abroad. 

James, a semi-retired builder, and Jane, a retired dancer, had a budget of £125,000 with wiggle room of £5,000.

Discussing their property dreams, the couple joked, ‘We want a champagne house with a lemonade budget.’

Craig laughed and Jane clarified they were hoping for ‘two bedrooms, two bathrooms, somewhere quite quiet, fishing village something like that by the sea’.

Tuesday’s instalment of the Channel 4 property show saw married couple, Jane and James, ask Craig (pictured) to help find them a holiday home in Crete.

The pair (pictured) enjoyed their honeymoon on the Greek Island 24 years ago and since retiring, downsized in the UK to purchase an abode abroad

However, as the episode went on, the couple failed to be won over by any of the properties Craig presented to them.

In the end, they did increase their budget by £30,000, giving Craig the chance to show them another possibility but they still weren’t impressed.

Sitting down the the Channel 4 star, James and Jane confessed that they had realised they needed to rethink their options.

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Jane sheepishly admitted: ‘We got ourselves a bit confused.’

She added: ‘What we thought we wanted, when it came to it, maybe it wasn’t that at all. Maybe we want something different.’ 

James commented: ‘We like quirky, we like different, but I think as a holiday home we don’t want to come out here and do a lot of maintenance work, we want to come out here and enjoy it.’ 

The couple revealed they feel they have ‘more of an idea’ what they would be looking for and will still try and find a property in the area.

They thanked Craig, who wished them the best, ‘I appreciate of course you’ve learnt a lot from the journey,’ he said. 

It comes after A Place In The Sun viewers claimed that they were left ‘crying and needing therapy’ after a couple’s controversial choice of breakfast.

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Discussing their property dreams, the couple joked, ‘We want a champagne house with a lemonade budget’

However, as the episode went on, the couple failed to be won over by any of the properties Craig presented to them

The retired chef and ex police officer featured on the Channel 4 property show back in 2019 looking for a two-bedroom home in Manilva, Spain. They made an offer of £115,000 on a property which was accepted and the pair said cheers to a ‘new adventure’ and ‘good health’.

Footage in the recent episode showed them settled into their life in the sun and enjoying breakfast at a cafe, with Marie tucking into beans on toast and Chris enjoying a full English. 

‘I’ve got me usual fry up,’ Chris commented, while Marie added, ‘It saves me cooking.’

However, the choice of breakfast left some viewers shocked and many took to social media to share their thoughts. 

A Place In The Sun is available to stream on channel4.com.