Yours for a mere £450,000 - derelict house on the hill

A THREE-BEDROOM seaside home is up for sale at a price that might leave you wide-eyed in surprise.

- RICHARD YOULE

Nestling among foliage on a hill is a property in Swansea that's on the market for £450,000.

That's more than double the £212,427 average house price in Wales' second city based on homes sold over the last year, according to property website Rightmove.

It's been empty for years.

Roof slates are missing, the wooden decking is past its best and nature is reclaiming the plot in a profusion of greenery.

But the property is in Mumbles, where average house prices were £325,058 over the past 12 months, said Rightmove, with detached ones like the one in question selling for an average of £518,500.

And anyone looking out from the house will have a superb view across Swansea Bay towards the city centre and the hills beyond.