Jumbo!,

Thank you for your considered and well balanced response. If buying for your own use, and 5 star 'luxury' is what you want, then you are probably not concerned that you are paying over the odds (in my opinion).

However, my posting was aimed at those buyers for whom the projected (wild guesses, and in my belief, unachievable) rental returns seem to be their motivation.

Most couples and families want to spend the majority of their holiday outdoors, enjoying the weather. As long as the living quarters are clean and modern they will be happy; after all they will only be used for sleeping, washing and occasional cooking; granite worktops and plasma screens are unnecessary.

You can only swim in one pool at a time (and how much nicer and '5 star' to have your own private pool) and eat in one restaurant at a time. Being able to enjoy a barbecue on your patio, with freshly picked lemon in your g & t, whilst still being able to keep a weather eye on children in the pool will appeal to more potential renters than a flat on a complex.

(We'll be there again two weeks tonight, sitting in Pedro's restaurant, telling ourselves not to pig out on the wonderful bread, olives, sardine pate & cheese or we won't be able to eat that huge casserole of prawns and haricot beans - never succeeded yet !. Bottle of water, and a bottle of very palatable house red, £20).