Grant Rawlings, 36, lives with his Moroccan wife, Meriem, in the medina in Marrakech, where he founded his own property consultancy firm for English-speaking buyers who want to buy a riadI have had a long love affair with Morocco. Ever since I first backpacked here as a teenager when
it was on the hippy trail, I kept being drawn back. Now, 15 years on, the country is one of the hippest travel destinations, and Marrakech is my adopted home. I am pleased to contribute to the city by lovingly restoring riads into modern, chic homes. My background is in property I graduated in Estate Management, then trained in property development until I became a surveyor.After working in a design and build agency, I took a sabbatical to write a novel based on my experiences of the forbidden love affair I had with my wife in Morocco during the Iraqi crisis. Then I quit London altogether to settle in Marrakech.