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Our picturesque village was once a set for Pride and Prejudice – now it’s being taken over by holiday homes
RESIDENTS living in a village where Pride and Prejudice was filmed say it’s now been taken over by holiday homes.
The Peak District spot is still as picturesque as it was when the village was used as a set nearly 30 years ago.
Longnor village in the Staffordshire Moorlands Peak District was once used to film Price and Prejudice[/caption]
But locals say their picturesque town is now being overrun by something[/caption]
But locals living in the North Staffordshire village of Longnor say a lot has changed in that time.
Some say they used to know almost every person that lived in every house – now properties sit empty as they’re used as holiday homes.
In 1995 the village became the fictitious town of Lambton for the BBC‘s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice, which Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle starred in.
Arthur Armitt lived in Longnor when the filming was underway – he’s called the village home his whole life.
But he said in that time holiday homes had been what altered the area.
Arthur told StokeonTrentLive: “It’s the same as it has always been. However, it has changed in one aspect.
“There are a lot more holiday cottages. At one time in the past, I knew everyone in every house. Now it’s like I don’t know anyone.”
He said the holiday homes were causing issues for first-home buyers, adding: “I am sorry about it in one aspect I guess. Young people in the village cannot buy any properties and to be honest, I can’t see it getting any better.”
Rachel Kempster, who has lived in the village for 20 years, said there was still a good community in Longnor.
She said: “It is very nice on the whole. There is a good community spirit.”
Rachel said that she owned a “small holiday let” in the village and while she saw similar issues to Arthur, she did think the town benefitted from tourism.
Rachel said: “There is the capacity for holiday homes in the village, holiday homes do bring in money and business.
“The issue is people who have second homes in the village. People don’t use them.
“But sadly I think that is the case with most villages like Longnor in the Peak District.”
Steven Hitchen, who is the subpostmaster at the Post Office, has called Longnor home for 15 years and said he loves how it is “very peaceful”.
Steven added: “It is becoming more holiday lets. It can be good in some ways but not in others.”
Longnor is not the first town to run into issues with holiday homes.
Locals at one seaside resort said the rental homes were even leaving locals homeless – and their streets like a ghost town.
Another town said second homeowners were ruining their town, and they were forced to take desperate measures.
Residents in another village even said property prices were skyrocketing as a result of greedy second homeowners.
Residents say Longnor is full of holiday homes[/caption]
They say second homeowners are playing a part in that, too[/caption]
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I make £50 an hour as a nude cleaner & it’s my favourite side hustle – you wouldn’t believe who has the cleanest homes
A NAKED cleaner who earns thousands buffing homes in her birthday suit has revealed a dark secret about clients with the cleanest homes.
Lottie Rae charges £50-an-hour for her services and only started the job to earn a bit of extra cash.
Lottie Rae charges £50-an-hour to clean clients’ homes naked[/caption]
The Brit does it to earn a bit of cash on the side[/caption]
Since launching in October 2017 she admits it’s the best side hustle she’s ever done – allowing her to bank far more than when she flogged second-hand clothes.
The 32-year-old Brit said: “I’m always looking for ways to make extra money and I quite like being naked, so I though ‘okay, I’ll try it’.
“The first job I was booked for I didn’t end up going.
“I freaked myself out after looking at the house on Google Maps and seeing it backed onto woodland and I was supposed to be there in the evening.”
Lottie has had a range of clients since she first pulled on the marigolds: including nudists, older men and some blokes who just want a bit of company.
But there are always those who “hope for something more” and she admits she can spot the pervs a mile off.
The clothe-less cleaner revealed that “creepier” clients have the cleanest homes.
She said: “The people who are slightly creepier tend to have perfectly clean houses so it’s kind of an indicator.
“I’m clear I’m there just to clean but they’ll say that other cleaners have been strippers or given massages.”
Lottie said one seedy client switched porn on his TV as she arrived and she had to get out of there.
But other clients are perfectly innocent and friendly.
Lottie, who doesn’t want to reveal her real job, said: “One of my clients I cleaned for three times altogether, and his house was the dirtiest house I’ve ever come across in my life…
“Teeming with dirt and grime… But when I got there he didn’t want me to clean it at all.
“He wasn’t creepy or pervy, he just wanted some company.”
Another bloke – a nudist – even gets naked with her and they have a coffee before Lottie gets on with the house work.
Incredibly Lottie – who runs a blog about her unusual money-earner – doesn’t even wear gloves for most of her jobs despite knowing she should.
And in the six years she’s been spick and spanning starkers, she’s had partners who have been completely fine with her side-hustle.
Her friends and family know what she does too.
The cleaner added: “My current partner is sound with it which is refreshing as I know a lot of my friend’s partners wouldn’t be okay with it.”
Lottie said one seedy client switched porn on his TV as she arrived and she had to get out of there[/caption]
In the six years she’s been spick and spanning starkers, she’s had partners who have been completely fine with her side-hustle[/caption]
But Lottie admits there are always those who ‘hope for something more’[/caption]