Couple Convert Cave into Cute Home

When Alexis Lamoureux was 23 he returned to Amboise, an idyllic town once home to Leonardo da Vinci that sits on the banks of France’s Loire River.

He heard about a troglodyte (cave) home that had once belonged to his great aunt and went to check it out. The abandoned space, left in ruin for the past 25 years, was a crude network of unstable rooms carved out of a large rock face. Littered with trash and having no electricity, running water or sewage system, it was a dream come true.

Lamoureux headed straight to the government agency that handles abandoned dwellings and was excited to discover it was up for auction the very next week. He offered the princely sum of 1 euro, which the agency accepted. Here's what he did with it.

Source: www.vocativ.com