A squirming A Place In The Sun host was left ‘shocked’ after a couple walked out of a property tour with a cutting six-word swipe.

In a previous episode of the Channel 4 show, property expert Ben Hillman was on a mission to help Ian and Emily find their family friendly holiday home in Mallorca, Spain. 

The pair, who share three kids, had a budget of £440k and were very interested to buy in the town of Pollença, which is in east Mallorca.

Ian and Emily explained that they need three bedrooms, space for a car and potentially a communal pool.

Unlucky for Ben, the first two properties didn’t tick all their boxes, so the interior designer took them to a £358k four-bedroom townhouse in Old Town Pollensa. 

At first glance, Emily described it as ‘lovely’ and ‘gorgeous’.

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An A Place In The Sun host was left ‘shocked’ as a couple walked out of property tour with a cutting six-word swipe

In a previous episode of the Channel 4 show, property expert Ben Hillman (pictured), was on a mission to help Ian and Emily find their perfect family holiday home 

She said: ‘They are appealing from the outside, except you don’t know what is inside. I’m intrigued.’

Despite the positive start, it soon fell flat. 

As soon as they walked through the door, Ben put on his charm and tried to sell the property to them. 

While Ian said it had ‘baked in character’, Emily brutally confessed: ‘It’s not doing it for me.’

Ben replied: ‘Oh no, really?’ 

She continued: ‘Sorry, it feels like the basement of that other place. It’s dark.

‘I kind of thought we might come in and there’d be a light well of a courtyard or garden. 

‘And it’s the complete opposite of what I thought I might see.’

Emily explained to Ben: ‘I think it’s shocked, yeah, it’s not what my expectation was’

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Ian asked: ‘It has shocked you, hasn’t it?’

She explained: ‘I think it has shocked, yeah, it’s not what my expectation was.’

Ben asked: ‘Does this rule out townhouses for you?’ 

Ian said: ‘I don’t think it rules out townhouses… 

‘It rules out this one.’

Emily chimed in: ‘Yeah.’ 

Ian explained: ‘I see the character, I see the appeal. 

‘And there’s a lot of cottages.

‘I’m from a village called Ackridge and it reminds me of that me of that kind cottagey feeling. 

‘It’s just not something that I’d probably live in myself again.’

A defeated Ben said to them both: ‘It doesn’t seem worthwhile looking around any more of this, does it?’

The both told him that it wouldn’t and headed off to their next property, without even bothering to complete the tour.

The couple did end up liking the last property that Ben ended up showing them – a £358k three-bedroom townhouse in Cala Sant Vicenc.

However they decided that they didn’t like it enough and went home to continue their search. 

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