- A Dutch couple has bought an entire Spanish apartment for only 290,000 pounds
- Bárcena de Bureba, 200 kilometers north of Madrid, was abandoned 50 years ago
- The couple now wants to transform it into an ‘ecovillage’
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A Dutch couple have bought their dream holiday village in Spain for just £290,000 and are planning to transform it into an “ecovillage”.
The couple bought the land on which the abandoned town of Bárcena de Bureba is located, approximately 120 miles north of Madrid, for just 339,000 euros.
The sale covered the town’s 64 abandoned buildings, which have been abandoned for the past 50 years.
The couple bought the entire town from the Aldeas Abandonadas real estate agency, after negotiating the sale price down from 525,000 euros, a reduction of almost 40%.
According to the real estate agency’s listing on its website, the town’s church, bell tower and presbytery still stand.
The couple bought the land in the abandoned town of Bárcena de Bureba, approximately 120 miles north of Madrid.
The sale covered the 64 abandoned buildings in the town, which has been abandoned for 50 years
The couple bought the entire town from the Aldeas Abandonadas real estate agency, after negotiating the sale price down from €525,000, a reduction of almost 40%.
According to the real estate agency’s listing on its website, the town’s church, bell tower and presbytery are still standing.
Elvira Fafián, spokesperson for the real estate agency, said she was surprised by the speed with which the sale was made.
“They contacted us because they were looking for something big like this, with a lot of houses and land, far from the big cities,” he told the Times.
‘It didn’t take them long to go see him. They went straight to Bárcena and it suited them and they bought it.’
He also told the Times that the couple has a long-term plan to transform the town into an eco-friendly and sustainable hub.
They are at the beginning of a “very creative project for the recovery of the town, with the renovation of the houses for both residential and tourist uses, in addition to the implementation of organic agriculture.”
But Fafián admitted that the couple has a steep hill to climb if they want their new ecovillage to be successful.
“It is true that the town is in ruins, but they can begin to recover it, as they say, first a house and then, when they can afford it, try to recover everything.”