North East estate agents Pattinsons might have started out selling houses in Heaton - but it’s now spreading its wings to sell tropical islands almost 8,000 miles away.
Pattinson Estate Agents’ auction business has put a Chilean island up for auction in northern Patagonia, with flora and fauna fit for a BBC wildlife documentary – and with bids starting at a cool £4.9m.
The private island – Isla Los Conejos, which translates as island of rabbits – will give its new owners 23.6 acres of secluded space and two furnished cabins, set in the Pumalin National Park which has been described as one of the world’s last remaining unspoilt landscapes.