Today I sold my Gornja Lastva ruin.

I have been concerned for a while that the property had been sitting there untouched since I purchased it in 2018, while the rapidly growing vegetation in Montenegro continued to engulf it, damaging the stonework.

The main reason, however, is that a neighbour in Gornja Lastva has started building what appears to be a small apartment block, visible in the photo above, right next to my ruin, where there used to be beautiful trees. This suggests that almost any type of development will now be permitted, and that the area is not as protected as I had previously been led to believe. It will probably end up being very different from the authentically beautiful old village it was when I first bought the property.