This island in Scotland is for sale at the price of a Parisian 2-room apartment

This is a little corner of paradise that could delight fans of telework! An island “spectaculare” and “isolated“, of the “breathtaking views“, a “rare opportunity», according to Knight Franck who markets the property, is for sale. Located in Scotland, this vast expanse of land, in the shape of a pear or teardrop – it depends – is for sale for 350,000 pounds sterling, or around 417,000 euros. The equivalent of a 41 m² in Paris. An affordable price for a piece of land of more than 11 hectares, located about 1 kilometer from the coast of Arran (see map below) and which the current owners, fashion designers, acquired in the 1980s.

Included in the sale is the island’s lighthouse, which was first lit in 1790 until 1990 when the light was automated. Ditto for the former housing of the lighthouse keeper, which includes 2 reception rooms and 5 bedrooms. “The accommodation has not been used in recent years and needs to be renovated (see our slideshow in main illustration)”, specifies the real estate agency, relayed by the Scottish daily The National. Add walled gardens which extend to just over a hectare as well as a pair of outbuildings.more modern» composed of a double bedroom with a lounge area and a kitchenette, a shower room, an entrance hall, a reception room or the old generator room. Other more traditional outbuildings, currently used as storage buildings, can be extended. Provided that future buyers obtain one or more building permits.

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Accessible by boat or helicopter – a heliport has been built in the walled gardens – the island of Pladda is also known to be an ideal breeding ground for migrating seabirds. “Over 100 species have been recorded on the island in the past. The island has successful breeding colonies of arctic terns, a variety of species of gulls, turnstones and shags“, underlines the real estate announcement. On sale for a few days, the island would have received a number “encouragingof inquiries, according to Tom Stewart-Moore, the agent in charge of the sale. It remains to be seen whether these expressions of interest will result in an offer.