A tech entrepreneur bought a ruined Welsh island fort for £500,000, but after £2 million and a decade of work it became an 8,000-sq-ft off-grid home
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September 18, 2026
Representative Image of a restored Victorian fort on a picturesque Welsh island with solar panels and scenic ocean views (AI Generated Image) In 2017, British tech entrepreneur Mike Conner bought Thorne Island, a ruined 19th-century fort off the coast of…