British couple buy dream home with barn and outbuildings - for just £7,000

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Lewis Vye and his wife, Jordan, were faced with the prospect of a £300,000 mortgage - until an acquaintance gave Jordan some valuable advice on how to get a property at a bargain price

The family in their new home (

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A British family left the UK for Bulgaria after realizing they could never afford a home.

Lewis Vye and his wife, Jordan, both 31, left their two-bed rental home in Bournemouth, Dorset, and moved 1,788 miles to Bulgaria's Haskovo province in June 2022 - with their two children, Leo, 11, and Fae, two.

Jordan got the idea from a friend who told him she bought a house in the countryside for just £3,000.

After considering the idea and constantly checking Rightmove properties, the couple bought a two-acre plot which included a three-bedroom house, barn and outbuildings for £7,000 - cheaper than the £300,000 mortgage they faced in the UK.

But then Covid hit and the family couldn't visit the property until May 2021.

Jordan and his daughter Fae on the property (

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Jordan and Lewis then informed their family of the move, sold most of their belongings and packed up their caravan - arriving in Bulgaria in June 2022.

The couple say their quality of life has improved as they have more time to spend with their children and each other.

Jordan, a freelance social media manager from Bournemouth, Dorset, said: 'We were really struggling with the whole mortgage problem. We had our son at 19 and moved into a flat we couldn't afford, it all started from there.

“It paved the way for us to never be able to get a mortgage – it was really important to own our own house.