A TYWYN bungalow with a unique garden feature left a local estate agent speechless when he was asked to value the home.

Estate agent Michael Williams could not believe his eyes when he went to value the home on Bishton Walk.

The bunglaos comes with a 900ft model railway line complete with 10 engines and up to 50 assorted rolling stock in the garden.

Model railway enthusiast Cyril Aspley and his wife Mary are selling up and downsizing due to ill health after living at their three-bedroom bungalow at Bishton Walk for the past seven years.

Despite Cyril’s love for model railways, they are selling their home through estate agents Morris, Marshall and Poole with Norman Lloyd complete with the G gauge 45mm railway and a workshop.

The property is just 250 yards from the famous Talyllyn narrow gauge railway.

“When we moved to Tywyn I was introduced to a model railway and it got me hooked,” said Cyril. “I used to fly model aircraft, but as my wife said, it was costing too much if you crashed a model aeroplane compared to a railway engine.”

Cyril has built up the railway which has four loops on the 900ft track and is capable of running four trains at once with 32 sets of points.

“I had to build a bridge to get the line from one side of the garden to the other. It also has a waterfall and a suspension bridge.”

The property sale includes between eight to 10 battery operated engines and between 40 and 50 rolling stock which are housed in a workshop at the property from there a hatch in the door allows the trains to travel into the garden.

Michael Williams of estate agents and chartered surveyors, Morris, Marshall and Poole with Norman Lloyd, said: “It’s an ideal property for someone who might have a keen interest in the famous and nearby Talyllyn Railway or just someone with an interest in model railways.

“I hadn’t seen anything like this in 30 years of working as an estate agent. The bungalow itself is modern and spacious, but when I stepped into the immaculately kept garden at the rear I wasn’t expecting to find a model railway. The couple have decided to leave the working railway in the garden and believe it will be of interest to someone who is already a keen modeller.”

The property is on the market for £220,000.