Living in a castle is not easy and comes with considerable costs, but sale notices attract a lot of interest
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For starters, 16th century Myres Castle, outside Fife, is on the market for £3.5m. There are no cauldrons of boiling oil, but you do get 10 bedrooms, five reception rooms, and 45 acres of grounds complete with a hedge maze, a walled garden and a tennis court. History lovers can shade under a tree that purportedly was planted by Mary Queen of Scots herself.
But living in a castle is not easy. The original purpose, after all, was to create a fortified residence. It was not built for comfort or modern living. Rooms are often cold and drafty and the opposite of sustainable, with many having coal- or wood-burning facilities for heat. . Upkeep costs can be massive, running into the hundreds of thousands of pounds per year.
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