Two mums flew to Ibiza for 10 hours after bagging return flights for £37 - and say it was cheaper than a day trip to London.
17.06.2023 - 16:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A couple from Manchester say they are now living 'like millionaires' after selling their three-bed home and buying a village in France instead. Liz and David Murphy sold their semi-detached property for £400,000 and bought a historic rural hamlet in south west France for the same price.
After realising they were in a 'rat race', Liz, 45, and Dave, 54, gave up their Manchester home and swapped it for a six 400-year-old houses, two barns and three acres of land complete with two swimming pools.
Since buying the village in in Poitou-Charentes in 2021, the couple have renovated it with the help of local builders and tradesmen. The pair spent spent £300,000 transforming the ruined buildings into homes for their family to live in, with the potential of creating a holiday let business.
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"We were both working 9 to 5 jobs in England, with busy lives and the kids were in after school clubs and it was like we were on an endless treadmill," said Liz.
"It wasn’t until Covid came and we were on this furlough and we realised we were in a rat race and life was passing us by. We realised we hadn't spent much time with the kids and we decided we had to do something to change all our lives.
“We had talked about moving to France for years. We had this sudden feeling to do it and so we did it."
The couple bought the buildings and the land for around £400,000. They moved into the main house with their two children Tom, 12, and Charlotte, eight, late last year.
In the house opposite lives Liz’s mum Helen, 73, and stepdad Terry, 72.
“My mum and stepdad decided to sell their house and come with us. We didn’t have a clue when we came, neither of us had done physical
Two mums flew to Ibiza for 10 hours after bagging return flights for £37 - and say it was cheaper than a day trip to London.
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