Make Money in Britain's Property Boom? We'd Rather Make Wine in New Zealand... ; the Britons Who Give Up Wealth and Careers to Nurture a New Life On the Other Side of the Globe
Mail on Sunday › July 20, 2004
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What makes a successful property professional swap the enjoyment of watching his money grow in the British market for a rather more earthy form of cultivation on the other side of the world?
Eight years ago, Michael Finucane, 50, was a senior partner in estate agency King Sturge in Bristol. He says it had all become a bit much, with more than 500 staff, and he thought, 'I've been there, done that and got the T-shirt'.See the full content of this document
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Make Money in Britain's Property Boom? We'd Rather Make Wine in New Zealand... ; the Britons Who Give Up Wealth and Careers to Nurture a New Life On the Other Side of the Globe
Another 19 years of the same did not appeal.
Today, home is Martinborough, in New Zealand's Wairarapa Valley, where Michael and his partner Roz Walker, 38, a clinical psychologist, own Alexander Vineyard a thriving centre of the country's winemaking.'While I liked the people, I wanted to do something physical, to create something, and I wanted to spend more time with our children (Jess...See the full content of this document
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