A Place in the Sun fans rip into ‘pretentious, time-wasting’ house hunters after string of ‘red flags’

A PLACE in the Sun viewers have ripped into what they called ‘pretentious, time-wasting’ house hunters during the latest episode.

The Channel 4 property show was presented by Ben Hillman on Wednesday.

Viewers were introduced to couple Ian and Emily as they looked for their dream home abroad.

The pair wanted their holiday home to be located in Pollença, east Mallorca.

It was one of the very first places they visited as a couple and now they have three children.

Whilst their staggering budget of £440,000 grabbed the attention of viewers, they soon faced backlash.

As the pair were being shown five potential properties by presenter Ben, they seemed disinterested.

He admitted he had his “work cut out” for himself as they picked a number of issues with the first house’s features.

As the search went on Ian and Emily had viewers questioning just how serious they were about finding a home.

“Right one last chance to get this right,” said Ben as they headed to the fifth and last location as even he started to get impatient.

“And I do feel like, as we’ve seen each property, there’s always been something that we’ve had to sort of improve upon.

“But I’m hoping I’m going to address that now with this property.”

The couple were keen on the house at the beginning but once again soon found faults.

It left viewers furious and they took to social media to lash out at the couple.

“#aplaceinthesun time waster’s, aint got a pot to p*** in,” said one viewer.

Another said: “What a pretentious pair #aplaceinthesun.”

“Tyre kickers are tyre kickers , whether £50k or £480k. #aplaceinthesun,” said a third viewer.

A fourth posted: “This couple – what a pair of c***wombles #aplaceinthesun.”

A Place in the Sun airs weekdays from 3pm on Channel 4.