A house in a “ghost town” costs less than 6,000 euros! Will it tempt you?
Four houses in a "ghost town" overlooking the sea, which was once very prosperous, are going up for auction for just €5,800 each. Does anybody want?
Horden in County Durham was a thriving mining village forming a wonderful community. But the small town suffered greatly when the coal mine closed in 1987.
Four houses were recently put up for sale on Rightmove, with bidding starting at £5,000, less than €6,000. And one of these houses has a terrace that extends the length of three bedrooms. Another two-bedroom home with a backyard is located on Seventh Street, near a park and a church.
Most of the houses in this village are abandoned, fully reflecting the decline that set in the area shortly after the closure of the mine. Thus, from a population of 15,000 in 1951, it has reached 6,807 in 2021.
What we need to understand is that this price of €5,800 per house reflects less than 2% of the cost of the average UK home. Any two-bedroom house in the UK is valued at more than £255,000.
The village of Horden developed around a coal mine that provided a steady supply of food to the local people. The mine opened in 1904, and by 1964 the village had its own cinemas, sports grounds and bowling alley.
“Four thousand people worked in the coal mine, lived here with their families,” says YouTuber David Burnip, who showcases Britain's cheapest houses on his channel The Wandering Turnip.
“Now everything looks apocalyptic... I can’t even imagine that anyone would want to live here. Being surrounded by all these destroyed buildings must be very depressing and scary at night,” he continued. Are there ghosts there too? It wouldn't be impossible!
The atmosphere described by the YouTube star is depressing to the extreme, something that even the authorities are trying to change. Basically, it's called a "ghost town" because no one lives there anymore, but no one has complained about it being haunted.
City Hall painted fake doors and windows on some empty houses to make it look like someone was still living there. This is wrong. Nobody wants to live in an abandoned city where only ghosts live...
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