The village of Trefor sits on the northern coast of the Llyn Peninsula, on the north-western corner of Wales. It's a delightful place with a harbour, a sandy beach and a few places to stop and eat. It's ringed with three towering hills called Yr Eifl, from which the granite is so pure it's used to produce curling stones for the Winter Olympics.
It's an enchanted spot, in other words, a place where you can go surfing in the morning and climb mountains in the afternoon.
And it's here where you'll find Plas Yr Eifl, a house named after those amazing granite hills, which is for sale at £1.75 million.
It’s a contemporary home built of local materials, and it offers four bedrooms and 3.4 acres.
That’s all very interesting. But nothing is more interesting than the views. Let us stop and stare.
Whoever built this house is clearly no fool. While it may look relatively unassuming from the roadside, the rear of the property makes the most of its location, with vast windows meaning it’s impossible not to get lost looking out to sea no matter where you are, including the bath.
The house itself has been somewhat flipped, and cleverly. For example, three of the bedrooms (one is currently used as a study) occupy the ground floor, with the enormous open-plan kitchen, lounge and master-bedroom suite on the first floor. No prizes for guessing why.
The house itself has actually been there for some time. Originally the home of the quarry manager, and later a hotel, the property was destroyed by a fire in 2007. It has therefore been reborn, using the original materials, with all the modern trimmings you could ever desire, and paying homage to its industrial heritage.
When asked what they’ll miss the most, the sellers were quite clear: ‘The setting. Having lived in six different countries around the world, we’ve never experienced anything like this. Nothing has even come close.’ Good enough for me.
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