A Welsh family have spent £8,000 on an abandoned home in Bulgaria without viewing it in person, in a quest to become 'mortgage free'.
Maxwell, 38, and Leah Jones, 29, said their dream was to live self-sufficiently and did not want to spend 25 years paying off a mortgage in the UK.
The couple bought their three-bedroom home in Popovo, Bulgaria in January 2025, a relative bargain compared to similar-sized properties in their home town of Prestatyn, Wales, which have a market value of around £300,000.
Joiner and landscaper Maxwell and Leah, who works in health and social care, flew out in May and are set to move out to at the end of the year.
They say if you were to live on a 'stringent budget' it only cost their family-of-four £300 a month in Bulgaria or £680 for a 'comfortable month'.
