London, May 06 (ANI): A small Scottish island has been put up on sale for 2.5 million pounds.
Tanera Mor is the only inhabited island in the Summer Isles archipelago 1.5miles off the north-west of Scotland, Sky News reported.
It comes with 800 acres, a flourishing tourist enterprise, bird colonies, nine residential properties, a post office, a cafe and three jetties all for the bargain price.
The island is currently managed by Lizzie and Richard Williams, who took it on from Mrs Williams' family, the Wilders.
The Wilders bought the island in 1996 after selling their dairy farm in Wiltshire.
Mrs Williams told the publication that after many happy years of calling Tanera a home, it is time for someone else to have the "privilege of looking after this amazing place."
Talks with the local community over a buyout were held but it has now been put on the open market after the Coigach Community Development Company decided not to pursue the sale.
Estate agents CKD Galbraith are now handling the sale and described Tanera Mor as a "flourishing tourist enterprise and superb family residence."
John Bound, of CKD Galbraith, said that the chance to own your own Scottish island is extremely rare and with Tanera Mor's thriving tourist enterprise coupled with being a truly spectacular place to live, they expect to receive a lot of interest as it goes on the open market.
"With on-going support and commitment from the local Coigach community, Tanera Mor offers a truly fantastic prospect for interested parties who will very much have the island's heritage and sustainability at heart as well as a fantastic life style," Bound said.
The island inspired the book Island Farm by Frank Fraser Darling, who lived in Tanera Mor in the late 1930s and studied the habitat of its bird colonies. (ANI)
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