I just read all the comments on the original article. Apparently she is a reporter for The Sun and has never spoken to a single local. She made up all the things people are supposedly saying about her to get a story. Yes, they hate the housing prices being driven up but could not give a f**k about her specifically. And to answer my own question below, she does claim to have done all the renovation work by herself. I do find that a bit hard to believe as well.

Tourism only brings income to the locals if they are the ones receiving the rent. Also people renting holiday houses typically do their own cooking and just go out to eat a few times. But in return the housing market goes up.

What's with the duck face selfies? And what's with BP classifying this idiotic whinging Londoner's opinions as "news"?

She immediately comes across as very dislikeable.

Of course she needs pulling up about this, as does everyone who buys a second home in a desirable area and then complains that they don't have a shop / pub / doctor / friends within a 20 mile + radius. Stop second home ownership (this is by far and away the main reason for the decline of reasonably priced hotels in places like Cornwall ). I once had a blazing row with a stuck up cow who'd bought a second home in Somerset and was whinging on to her bunch of equally stuck up chums that she couldn't find a cleaner despite paying 50p over the minimum wage - I did get somewhat fruity with my counter argument and eventually asked her to leave the hotel - I was the manager and, thankfully, the owner of the hotel agreed with my stance and kept me on, she and her chums, however, were banned for life. The house went on sale later that year. People who but second homes do NOT contribute anything but a tiny, tiny amount to a local economy and will, of course always attract hatred and opprobrium.

Governments need to start regulating this if they have not already. People suffer tremendously from the commercialization of residential homes.

Tourists do need somewhere to stay, but it should be in manned hotels, or manned b and bs. It doesn't always need to be an actual home, or and air b and b. If people invested in doing up hotels and b and bs then they'd be living there full time as well and contributing more to the local area whilst not taking up housing amd charging it out at a ludicrous price.

-says she renovated a nice new house while unable to afford to renovate her own. Nutjob.

Where is the important question. How do you open the kitchen cabinet with a shelf in the way in her "impossible high standard" kitchenette? Is it the angle of the picture so it's fine IRL?

Some people have really fkd up priorities. She bought a house and spent all of her money doing it up to rent out to pay the mortgage on the London property she lives in with her child. Her home, which she says she hasn’t repaired / redecorated because she spent all her money on the rental property. And all her time too if anyone believes that she plastered it herself and plumbed in a new bathroom and kitchen. Why not spend that money on the home she is raising her child in like most parents? Like I said, fkd up priorities.

How does she open the wall cabinet door without it hitting the shelf?

My friend an I travelled from Australia in 2019 and travelled to visit St Ives during our trip around the UK. We hired a lovely car and all I asked for (booking it from Australia) was that it had to be an automatic as I hadn’t driven a manual vehicle in years. Because of this the car was very new (apparently most UK people prefer manual cars). However during our 3 day stay the comments we received from shopkeepers, people in the street etc was so derogatory as all they saw was an almost brand new car and we got comments like “you bloody Aussies can afford everything. Well first all I was born in the UK and migrated in 19666 and my friend was a New Zealander who had only lived in Australia for four years. It was the worst three days of our wonderful six week trip, the funds for which I had saved for three years.

Yeah, Cornwall should cornxiting the UK and they will be happy for ever.

Lived in Cornwall 10 years,housing is so competitive as it's really sparse,and rent is expensive. St Mawes is a tiny village and seeing a house the locals can't afford, sitting empty when there's no tourists must be really frustrating. Also Cornwall is full of health conscious hipsters,there's definitely oat milk 😂

Her lip filler…… 🤔

Did she pay people to renovate it or do all the work herself? The wording seems like she did it herself but the work is really well done. It confused me