“I offered $31,000 (£23,492.42) and got accepted.”

The couple arrived at their new home in June 2024 and noticed that it was largely uninhabitable – so they got to work.

The island had been vacant for 10 years (SWNS)

Oliver said: “We made a frame out of logs that we felled from trees and I got some decking from a hardware store.

“We then built an outhouse and I am now trying to build a shower structure so we can wash while we’re on the island.

“We wanted to get the base camp set up so we have a comfortable place to stay while the big building happens next year.”

They now spend most of their weekends working on their home and are in the process of building a summer cottage with a fancy sauna.

Oliver said: “The ultimate dream is to build a log cabin for the summer.

“But first we want to build a sauna cabin – based on the rules, one-third of the plot has to be a sauna cabin.

“We haven’t set ourselves super hard deadlines as there have been a lot of learning experiences.

“It is a very big commitment, especially now with me and Helena both being students.”

He added that it’s been a challenge ‘getting work done’, but it’s also ‘been fun though’, adding: “Every time we go to the island, it doesn’t feel real that it is our’s – it is so nice to be out there.

“It is so quiet and because it is an island nobody can stumble across it.”