A British pottery artist and her husband are unable to sell their home, which has been transformed into a “giant dollhouse” over the years, The Mirror reports.
Since Mary Rose Young bought the property in 1987 for 30,000 euros (almost 44,000 Canadian dollars), she has transformed her home into a huge, particularly colorful work of art.
Since 2014, the artist and her husband Phil Butcher have been trying to sell the property in Lydney, UK. The couple wanted to use the money to open a boutique hotel. According to real estate agents, the property was estimated to be worth at least 250,000 euros, or about 365,000 Canadian dollars.
However, it seems all potential buyers were put off by the home's colorful style.
Mary Rose Young admits she could have changed the decoration to give the residence a more traditional style, but couldn't bring herself to delete “a life's work.” She also says she is still in love with her house.
“I designed this house to suit my lifestyle and never saw it as something that could be sold. We live here like two children in a dollhouse and why would anyone want to buy it after the fact? “It’s a playhouse for children,” declares the artist.
The latter claims that she believed that a collector wanted to purchase the property, but so far no one has come forward.
“One person came to visit and looked at her but she didn’t stay long,” Ms Young said.