This untamed island off the west coast of Scotland is looking for a new owner.
Despite being wild, with no buildings to speak of, and accessible only by boat or wading, Barlocco Island’s listing agent has been inundated with potential buyers.
Although selling 25 acres of barely livable forest for the price of one affordable parking space In what may seem like an uphill battle, David Corrie has had no problem finding people interested in buying parcels in Fleet Bay.
“There will be off-grid solutions such as solar power for anyone who wishes to live on the island for any length of time,” Corey told the New York Times, explaining that environmental protections prevent the owners from easily installing any permanent structures on the island, which is now listed for a minimum of $186,000. “These are usually properties near historic farms or estates that may no longer have a use for them.”
and yet, since listing posted As of last Thursday, Corrie has received no less than 50 inquiries to buy Nature’s Spit, with interested parties from Italy, Germany, Norway, Britain and the United States.
The appeal, he noted to the Times, comes crucially from the opportunity Barlocco presented to people “desiring to reconnect with the land.”
He would know: In 2017, he and his firm handled the sale of Little Ross Island, an island off the coast of Scotland, from Barloco.
In fact, it’s impossible to reach Barlocco – which is 6 miles from the nearest town and some two hours from Glasgow – without interacting with the natural world. It needs to be arrived by sea, either in a ship or “on foot or by tractor or quad bike” at low tide, according to the listing.
Once there, facilities include a pebbly beach, a floodplain pond for livestock and sweeping views of the Scottish sky and all into infinity.