Brynmawr house goes on the market for £8,000

If you're buying a house you expect to pay tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds...

You might be surprised to hear that a home in Blaenau Gwent could go for the cost of a decent second hand car...

Intrigued? Megan Boot reports.

This one-bedroom house in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent is up for auction listed at £8,000.

The low price comes with a catch - the need for substantial renovation work.

A one-bedroom mid terraced Gwent Valleys home is one of the cheapest houses currently on the market in the UK, with a guide price of just £8,000

The one bed terraced house, in the former mining town of Brynmawr, will be up for sale at Paul Fosh Auctions next month.