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Consequence of the rural exodus in Spain, more than 3,000 hamlets are abandoned. Some are sold only a few tens of thousands of euros.
On the border of Asturias and Galicia, in a rural and isolated region in the north-west ofSpain filled with small villages, Elvira Fafian, real estate agent, shows one of the many abandoned hamlets for sale. VSInq buildings and the old granary can be bought for 75,000 euros. It is cheaper than a studio in Paris, but the state of disrepair is advanced.
Not enough to cool potential buyers, more and more numerous according to the agent, who specialized in this type of sale. “There is a desire to return to the rural world. There are lots of people with great ideas. We would also like companies to set up by focusing on teleworking “, she explains.
Between 1950 and 1970, the countryside emptied faster than anywhere else in Europe. Asturias have been particularly affected with dozens of depopulated hamlets. There are believed to be more than 3,000 throughout theSpain. Neil Christie, a Brit who bought in 2005, never stops renovate his hamlet all alone. The aim is to turn it into a rural lodging. It will open in the summer of 2022.
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