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This is the dream Portuguese house a British family has been forced to abandon mid-way through renovating - after locals branded them 'English pigs' and allegedly killed their dog before threatening to come after them.
Pictures show the partially refurbished home in the Guarda municipality of the country - with bags of packed-up belongings littered across the house as the family plotted their escape amid racist abuse from locals.
Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco escaped to Portugal in 2016 with plans to start a more 'affordable' life with their two young daughters, appearing on Channel 4's Our Wildest Dreams sharing the story of their new beginning.
But since then the family has faced a 'storm of resentment' from locals, who are said to have killed their cats and later attacked their dog, which died of its injuries.
They have since returned to the UK - which is presenting a fresh set of challenges; the heartbreaking images, shared online, show the dream home they had hoped to restore, only to be forced to leave it behind.
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The entrance to the Appleby-Brisco's Portuguese home - which they have been forced to abandon after a 'storm of resentment' from locals
Bags and boxes are stacked on top of a mattress inside one of the rooms - but the family says Portugal has now 'taken everything we had'
The living room, still undergoing renovation, with a sofa, TV and some basic furniture
A teddy bear sits on the settee in the living room in the dwelling - which the family has been driven out of over alleged resentment from locals
Furniture and mugs sit on top of a table in the farmhouse - with a child's play oven underneath
The farmhouse, which the family is hoping to sell as they relocate to the UK so they can start life again
The Appleby-Briscos' move to the remote village was filmed for Channel 4's Our Wildest Dreams. They are pictured on the show in 2018 here
The images, circulated by Mrs Appleby-Brisco in a bid to sell the house, show the living room and several bedrooms - with still-wrapped mattresses and furniture lining the walls.
Carrier bags full of personal possessions are stacked on top of a mattress which is still inside its plastic packaging.
The living room has a TV on the floor, and opposite it a sofa and rug - with a teddy bear sat in the corner of the plush settee.
Elsewhere, drawers and coffee cups sit on top of a table in another room, surrounded by bags and boxes of hurriedly gathered belongings - including a child's play oven.
A video also showed a converted attic, accessed via a ladder, with a large unused space that the family was never able to fill - and access to a balcony space.
The Appleby-Briscos have returned to the UK after being chased out of Portugal - but their problems have not ended after touching back down on home soil.
A close friend of the family has told MailOnline authorities did not deem the family's situation 'desperate enough' for them to be deserving of help after they touched down in Britain.
Denny Lewis, who has launched a fundraiser to help her friends, said: 'She (Lynn) landed at Heathrow with her two young girls and had to get the night bus to Bedford and went to a local Premier Inn.
'I went to see her and we got her some clothes sent down by a friend and by other people. But the local housing authorities said, and I quote, that their situation 'wasn't bad enough'.'
Ms Lewis added: 'She wasn't in a desperate state enough to be helped apparently, so she started to go to food banks and we have now started a GoFundMe page.
'Lynn had no money, nowhere to live and she would have been on the streets. The local government would have left her on the streets with two young girls and they still won't help her now.
'She had paid her taxes for 30 years before she went to Portugal. She was literally on the streets and with very little money.
'So as they wouldn't help her, a friend and me found her a little place in Kempston. It is like a little holiday
