‘Ghost town’ lies empty years after building stopped on €350k houses 16 years ago

‘We were promised that it would be a great community.’

Just to the east of Sorn in Ayrshire, Scotland, lies like a ghost town, home to over a dozen derelict buildings being slowly swallowed up by nature. The town, which goes by the name of Woolmill Place, features a group of sixteen homes, most of which are abandoned after work on the buildings came to a standstill. Photographs show the ghost town as it is slowly but surely reclaimed by nature. The group of 16 homes were once worth around £300,000 (€350,160) but the few residents who moved in say over a decade after the project began they are still ‘outraged’ that it was never completed.

The site was originally built by a building company which went bust following the 2007 credit crunch. Following its bankruptcy the site was bought by a construction firm for £2million. Local residents say the company have done nothing since – leaving the homes now slowly falling apart with derelict interiors.

One woman who lives in one of the homes said: “Nothing has been done for years. We were promised that it would be a great community. “If they don’t want to build anymore then fine – but sell it to someone who does.” The houses overlook the River Ayr and Dalgain Farm. (Originally published on JOE.co.uk).

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