Buy one house in London… or an entire VILLAGE in Wales: 16 cottages in the stunning Welsh hills could be yours for £1.5m
The whole of the quaint little village of Aberllefenni is up for grabs
FED up with scrimping and saving to buy a pokey, over-priced pad in central London?
Why not move to Wales, where you can purchase an entire VILLAGE for even less.
In the quaint little village of Aberllefenni, near Machynlleth, a pretty row of 16 terraced homes is on the market for £1.5million.
The cluster of cottages were purpose built for the families of workers at the now-closed slate mine nearby, where quarrying dates back to the 16th century.
The picturesque properties are owned by the family of John Lloyd of Inigo Jones Slate Works, which bought the quarry and houses in the 1960s, reports .
The quarry, one of the oldest functioning ones in the country, stopped active extraction in 2003 but is still run for slate crushing and slate finishing work.
It was sold in April this year, and now the 16 homes are on the market, managed by Dafydd Hardy estate agents who call it a "an excellent investment opportunity".
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Mr Lloyd said: “The quarry dates back hundreds of years and in the 19th century quarry properties were built around it for workers at the slate quarry which was an underground mine site.
"We bought the quarry back in the 1960s and the properties that were attached to it, the slate mine itself closed over 10 years ago but we continued to run the quarry until April when it was sold.
"The properties are traditional slate homes but we have modernised them over the years, we have continued to rent them out and there has always been good occupancy, with 15 of the 16 homes currently occupied.
"Times have changed over the years but it is still a nice community and and it is a good opportunity for an investor who could continue to rent out the properties, a better investment than having money in the bank."
A representative for Dafydd Hardy estate agents said: "This is priced realistically for a quick sale, offering an excellent investment opportunity.
"The portfolio is mainly located in the historic location of Aberllefenni, set high above the Dyfi Valley in this rural area of mid-Wales.
"The village of Aberllefenni is surrounded by beautiful countryside amidst the wooded slopes of the Dyfi Forest."