A British family left the UK for Bulgaria after realising they would never be able to buy a home - and saved £293k by snapping up a farm abroad for just £7k. <br /><br />Lewis Vye, and his wife, Jordan, both 31, left their two-bed rental house in Bournemouth, Dorset, and moved 1,788 miles to Haskovo Province, Bulgaria, in June 2022 - with their two children, Leo, 11, and Fae, two.<br /><br />Jordan got the idea off a friend of a friend, who told her she had bought a house in the country for just £3k.<br /><br />After mulling over the idea and constantly checking Rightmove for properties, the pair bought a two-acre plot of land which included a three-bedroom house, a barn and outbuildings for £7k - cheaper than the £300k mortgage they were facing in the UK.<br /><br />But then covid hit and the family were unable to visit the property until May 2021.<br /><br />Jordan and Lewis then informed their family of the move, sold most of their belongings and packed up their caravan - arriving in Bulgaria in June 2022.<br /><br />The couple say their quality of life has improved as they have more time to spend with their children and with each other.<br /><br />Jordan, a freelance social media manager, originally from Bournemouth, Dorset, said: "We were really struggling with the whole mortgage thing.<br /><br />"We had our son at 19 and moved into a flat that we couldn't afford, it all started from there. <br /><br />"It set our path for never being able to get a mortgage - it was a really big thing of owning our own home.<br /><br />"Even with two wages, it wasn't something that seemed achievable for us in the UK. <br /><br />"It hasn't been easy but there is such a great community here in Bulgaria. <br /><br />"It reminds me of what my grandma would use to say when she lived in Bradford.<br /><br />"It was a community, it was a village, everyone knew everybody, everyone helped.<br /><br />"We had so many people when we arrived offering to help us."<br /><br />Jordan was in Southampton, Hampshire, when she bumped into a friend of a friend who revealed she bought a house in Bulgaria.<br /><br />Jordan said: "I was talking to a friend of a friend, and she told me she bought a house in Bulgaria for £3k.<br /><br />"I asked her if I could have a look, I couldn't believe it.<br /><br />"I went home and had a look for myself, I remember showing Lewis and I joked saying 'should we start again?'.<br /><br />"We then looked, and we couldn't believe what we could get for that price.<br /><br />"We had always liked the idea of doing something up.<br /><br />"It was also the countryside element, we had always wanted to live in the countryside.<br /><br />"In Bournemouth, if you want a house in the countryside, it was never going to happen for us."<br /><br />Lewis and Jordan purchased the house in Bulgaria for £7k using their savings.<br /><br />But after they bought the plot, they were unable to visit the house due to covid restrictions.<br /><br />After they were finally able to view the property, they broke the news to their family - who didn't want them to leave.<br /><br />Jordan said: "They feel like we sprung the news on them, but we have had it planned for a while.
