Eerie footage shows a ‘ghost town’ estate where only three houses are occupied after building work stopped on it more than a decade ago.
The group of 16 homes, once worth around £300,000 each, lie mostly abandoned after work began in 2007 then came to a halt.
The Woolmill Place properties reside in the picturesque town of Sorn in East Ayrshire, Scotland, where fishing can be enjoyed on the River Ayr.
Drone footage has revealed how some of the derelict buildings in the town, which overlooks Dalgain Farm, are being taken over by nature.
Other images from inside the homes show how the walls are half painted and plastered. There are also unfitted toilets and baths tossed aside in various different rooms.
The few residents who moved in to the housing complex say they are still ‘outraged’ it was never completed.
A look at the eerie ‘ghost town’ in the town of Sorn, East Ayrshire
The Scottish properties were originally worth close to £300,000 before work stopped on them
Pictures from inside show unfitted toilets and baths tossed aside in different rooms
Another look at the abandoned state in which these homes were left when work stopped
The location of Woodmill Place in East Ayrshire, just south of Glasgow
The properties were put up by a building company that went bust following the credit crunch in 2007.
Following its bankruptcy the site was bought by McLaughlin Construction for £2million.
Local residents say the company has done nothing since – leaving the homes slowly falling apart with derelict interiors.
Shannon and Billy Bigham, 67 and 68, have stayed in their big villa since construction work began.
Retired education officer Shannon told the Daily Record: ‘The fact we have to stay in this kind of place is nonsense.
‘I understand that these projects take a lot of time – but nothing has been done for years.
‘When we moved here we were promised that it would be a great community and we believed them.
‘The thing is this would be a fantastic place for families to live as it is such a nice village.
‘We would have a great chance of winning village of the year, but due to this one street we can’t even apply for it.’
Another woman who lives in one of the homes added: ‘Nothing has been done for years. We were promised that it would be a great community.
‘If they don’t want to build any more then fine – but sell it to someone who does.’
The estate in Sorn is now being taken over by nature, with overgrown gardens
Only three properties are occupied in the nearly empty housing estate
The Woolmill Estate sign that greets people before they make their way in
The few residents who moved in to the housing complex say they are still ‘outraged’ that it was never completed
Due to gas supplies being shut off and the gardener’s services being relieved, it has led to the jungle-like growth of vegetation.
A number of the homes have gaping holes through the roof where birds are able to get through and make themselves at home.
Ceilings and walls are also collapsing inside the house and the floors are anything but safe.
In July last year it was revealed that residents of Northstowe, a 10,000-home development near Cambridge, were furious that developers built the sprawling community ‘back to front’, overwhelming local services.
Residents had no medical facility, no shops, no library, no pub, no library and just one bus an hour, forcing them to rely on the services of the surrounding rural communities.
Earlier this year there was yet another ‘ghost town’ in Britain where three-bedroom houses went on the market for just £5,000.
Horden, in County Durham, was a successful mining village with a lively community, but it suffered heavily following the closure of its colliery in 1987.
The site was originally built by a building company which went bust following the 2007 credit crunch
One woman who lives in one of the homes said: ‘Nothing has been done for years’
Four houses were listed on Rightmove in May with an auction starting price of £5,000, including one three-bedroom terrace.
Another – a two bed with double glazing and a rear yard – is located at the end of the town’s Seventh Street next to a park overlooking a church.
Many neighbouring houses appear to be boarded up – reflecting a decline in the town’s population from 15,000 in 1951 to just 6,807 in the 2021 census.
The property’s £5,000 guide price is less than two per cent of the cost of the average UK house. The average two-bed would set you back £255,172.
Horden grew up around the colliery, which opened in 1904, and by 1964 it had cinemas, sports pitches and a bowling green.