Penrhyn Castle is a large fake castle in North Wales built in the 18th century from profits from Jamaican sugar plantations.
These days it's mosty a tourist attraction but a job is now being advertised there as a live in facilities manager (I assume that means janitor). You get free roam of castle and ground plus a two bedroom flat within the walls. The hours are 33 per week. The downside is the wage is only £25K per annum.
I’d decide based on a few practical filters I use with clients:
- Net financial picture: Value of the flat + utilities + council tax vs. local rents. If total package ≈ £35–40K in that area, the pay is more reasonable. - Commute and lifestyle: Do you enjoy quiet, rural, tourist‑season living? Are you okay with being “on call” informally? - Career path: Does facilities management in heritage sites align with your long‑term plans?
If housing is expensive nearby and you like heritage work and quiet living, I’d seriously consider it. If you need higher savings or city life, probably not.
No sorry I can’t work in Jamaica at the castle. When I went there on a cruise ship they were all over us as soon as we got on their land they swarmed us. They were real aggressive and trying to sell me all kinds of stuff and marijuana and wooden little toys. One Jamaican guy showed me a little toy 24 inches tall that had a towel on it. Then he lifted the towel up and the wooden toy had an erected penis that was gross 🤮 And then one man asked me if I wanted my shoes if I wanted to trade my shoes for something. They kept pestering me all the time We went to a waterfall with a little elevated rock where you would climb up in the water would come down so they had us doing that, that was interesting near the mountains, Then we wanted to go sightseeing. So we took a taxi and the taxi driver asked me what I did for work I told him I was boxing. Then he told me before we left that he’s gonna have to try me out when we get back Boxing me 🥊 That made me feel uncomfortable because I don’t know him. He’s a stranger and my brother kept teasing me saying sure just put the gloves on with him after we get back from our little taxi drive. So for the past two hours, that was on my mind, me having to box a guy in a foreign country on the Jamaican island out in the street. I had no freedom in Jamaica and the taxi driver that took us around site seeing in the mountains would stop while this man was walking around on stilts looking for a tip. But when we were finished, he didn’t say a word about boxing me 🥊 So No thank you it’s a pretty little country, Island but I’m not gonna live in Jamaica. This is a true story what I’m telling you here.
I had just woken up when I left this message. I guess I got confused when you started talking about Jamaica. My friend told me I made a mistake. It’s not in Jamaica. But that was a true story what I told you in here. The USA plays tonight against Bosnia in the knockout rounds.
Yeah, they weren’t behaved at all. They’re wild and they don’t know how to treat visitors that come into their country. You don’t overwhelm tourist as soon as they step off the cruise ship and start talking about do you want marijuana. They were saying that they have ganja if we want it that’s marijuana.
How can a castle be fake. Even a replica still can be castled along.
I would truly enjoy this thing, but as it happens I took on a new job two weeks ago. Interestingly, this new job involves - among other things- a two-room beach-castle, but without fortifications.
Thinking about it... the building here is not actually a castle in the common understanding of the term. It also is not located in Jamaica and so I can not add an additional and unrelated or irrelevant story here. Although I could make up one of course, just to catch your attention. I'd not want to look like an idiot though.
Back to the castle, which - as per description - is located in Wales: it would truly benefit from a (fake) 'ghost' occupant, run by the 'facilities manager'.
It seems a common income for the area and the hours are lower at 33. Would I do it? No. Would it be good for some people, yes. The house seems like it would a fun place to live. Plus there is probably the opportunity to embezzle some of the landscaping funds, so there’s that.
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Individual full-time median gross: £35,800/year (2025). gov. wales
After housing costs (AHC): ~£28,500–£29,000/year median (gap to UK narrows due to lower Welsh housing costs). icaew. com
I mean err, you're basically being paid 25k to live in a castle. Alright it might be a flat but the castle I presume is mostly free - roam. You won't have any housing expenses.
Plus in Wales that's a lavish salary. Not as much as you get on benefits of course because Wales is even more socialist than England. We can't all have a 100k salary from daddy's farm!
I would not, because it would be hard to buy groceries, and the temperature would be unstable, too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer, and I do not want to kill rats or insects because I hate killing things.
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I’d decide based on a few practical filters I use with clients:
- Net financial picture: Value of the flat + utilities + council tax vs. local rents. If total package ≈ £35–40K in that area, the pay is more reasonable.
- Commute and lifestyle: Do you enjoy quiet, rural, tourist‑season living? Are you okay with being “on call” informally?
- Career path: Does facilities management in heritage sites align with your long‑term plans?
If housing is expensive nearby and you like heritage work and quiet living, I’d seriously consider it. If you need higher savings or city life, probably not.