Scottish father buys Bulgarian estate on eBay for £3,000 as UK housing crisis hits.

Just happened to be searching on eBay, typing in real estate search queries. And that's how it turned out. "

Rob's house, which is detached and sits on half an acre of land, was built more than 100 years ago, but it has stood empty and abandoned since the 1980s. The property has no bathrooms, kitchen, windows, electricity or running water.

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But Rob is confident he is not daunted by the task - he is just glad he is investing in his family's future. He said: "It's a risk, I've had good moments and bad. I miss my family but I'm happy because I'm achieving something. I'm restoring floors, I can look at how they built the house at the time it was built and I'm having fun in the process.".