A British family is living mortgage free in their dream home - after buying the property for just £7,000. Laura Phoenix, and her husband, Anthony, migrated to Bulgaria amid spiralling housing costs in the UK.
They shelled out on an abandoned three-bedroom home and set about renovating the property immediately, saying it is now their dream home.
Laura, 33, and Anthony, 32, have daughters aged two and four and wanted to buy a rural home back in Britain but couldn't afford it due to soaring housing costs.
So they decided to make the bold decision of moving to Bulgaria - 1,941 miles away. In September 2023 they took the plunge after selling their two-bed property in County Durham.
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