in some coastal villages such as abersoch on the llyn peninsula nearly half the housing comprises secondnation. on this picturesque part of pen llyn, almost half of the houses are holiday homes. the average property price is now £700,000. tom grew up here, but is priced out of his community and living in a caravan. he is a plumber, charlotte is a hairdresser, and they have been on the list for a council house for over a year, in which time little tom has arrived. this is where they will spend their first family christmas while most of the houses in abersoch will be vacant. it's just heartbreaking, really, seeing them so empty. and we are here, trying to raise ourfamily. you try and get into the community, and then you can't live in the community that you want to live in. we've got as much right as anyone else to be living here. but the prices are just way, way beyond us. the problems here on the llyn peninsula are acute, but they are not unique. like parts of cornwall and the lake district, over decades it's become a haven for holiday homes, but during the pandemic issues have exacerbate

in some coastal villages, such as abersoch on the llyn peninsula, nearly half the housing comprises secondt hywel griffith reports. winter, and abersoch is in hibernation. on this picturesque part of pen llyn, almost half of the houses are holiday homes. the average property price is now £700,000. tom grew up here, but is priced out of his community and living in a caravan. he is a plumber, charlotte is a hairdresser, and they have been on the list for a council house for over a year, in which time little tom has arrived. this is where they will spend their first family christmas while most of the houses in abersoch will be vacant. it's just heartbreaking, really, seeing them so empty. and we are here, trying to raise ourfamily. you try and give to the community, and then you can't live in the community that you want to live in. we've got as much right as anybody else to be living here. but the prices are just way, way beyond us. the problems here on the llyn peninsula are acute, but they are not unique. like parts of cornwall and the lake district, over decades it's become a haven for hol