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Remotest home in Britain goes up for sale

Monday, 12 December 2011 2:11 PM

A remote home on a peninsula dubbed Britain’s “last great wilderness” can be yours for £200,000.

The 180-year old stone cottage sits in three acres of land on the shore of a sea loch on the Knoydart peninsula in the West Highlands of Scotland and boasts breathtaking views. It can only be reached by foot or by boat.

One of the nearest village is nine miles away by foot or ferry and the other is a boat trip across Loch Hourn.

Fisherman Mick Simpson, 62, and his wife Joyce renovated the cottage and have lived in it for the last 30 years. Heating and hot water comes from wood and coal-burning stoves and electricity from a diesel generator.

Mr Simpson told the BBC he will pick up potential viewers by boat. “I am marketing the home myself and will pick-up any viewers - but no time wasters. The journey involved means we can only have people who are genuinely interested."

He said it was a unique place but was not for everybody. “It is not all romance – you cannot live off a view. Life can be very hard at times here. There are days - some times days on end - when the weather will determine what you can and cannot do."

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