Billy Porter is back on the market.
22.07.2023 - 20:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A family who quit the UK for Bulgaria after realising they would never be able to afford a home have bought a dream home with a barn and outbuildings for just £7,000.
Lewis Vye and his wife, Jordan, both 31, left their two-bed rental house in Bournemouth, Dorset in June 2022. They packed their bags and headed 1,788 miles to Haskovo Province in Bulgaria with their two children, Leo, 11, and Fae, two.
As reported by the Mirror, Jordan got the idea from a friend who told her she had bought a house in the country for just £3,000. The pair mulled over the idea and were constantly checking Rightmove for properties.
Rather than forking out the £300,000 mortgage they were facing in the UK, they instead bought a two-acre plot of land which included a three-bedroom house, a barn and outbuildings for £7,000. The couple sold most of their belongings and packed up their caravan - arriving in Bulgaria in June 2022.
They say their quality of life has improved as they have more time to spend with their children and with each other.
Jordan, who works as a freelance social media manager, said: “We were really struggling with the whole mortgage thing. We had our son at 19 and moved into a flat that we couldn’t afford, it all started from there.
“It set our path for never being able to get a mortgage - it was a really big thing of owning our own home. Even with two wages, it wasn’t something that seemed achievable for us in the UK.
“It hasn’t been easy but there is such a great community here in Bulgaria. It reminds me of what my grandma would use to say when she lived in Bradford.
“It was a community, it was a village, everyone knew everybody, everyone helped. We had so many people when we arrived offering to help us.”
Jordan was in Southampton
Billy Porter is back on the market.
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