'We couldn't afford a home in UK so we bought a French hamlet for £26k'

'We couldn't afford a home in UK so we bought a French hamlet for £26k'

Couple Yip Ward and Paul Mappley, aged 52, bought an entire hamlet in Normandy, France, for £26,000 after initially purchasing one house for £12,000. They now own seven cottages and other outbuildings, have spent about £100,000 on restoration, and fund the work through YouTube donations and social‑media support.

Source: 'We couldn't afford a home in UK so we bought a French hamlet for £26k' — Mirror Weird

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