Couple who couldn't afford a UK home buy an entire French hamlet

Couple who couldn't afford a UK home buy an entire French hamlet

Yip Ward and Paul Mappley, both 52, were living in a caravan in Tunbridge Wells when they were offered the chance to buy the unique property in 2020.

Couple who couldn’t afford a house in the UK buy an entire French hamlet with seven cottages and two barns for £26,000 – and save £100,000 by renovating it themselves

A couple who were unable to afford a UK home purchased an entire French hamlet for £26,000 – and have saved more than £100,000 by renovating it themselves.  Yip Ward and Paul Mappley, both 52, were living in a caravan in Tunbridge Wells when they were offered the chance to buy the unique Normandy property […]