Love Island winner Liam Reardon has said "things couldn't be better" after purchasing a home with his girlfriend co-star Millie Court in Essex.
The couple triumphed on the latest series of the ITV2 dating show and split the £50,000 prize money.
Former brick-layer Reardon, from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, admitted it had been challenging moving to Essex with his partner, who is a fashion buyer's administrator.
He told the PA news agency: "I have left Wales and I am living in Essex now. It has been pretty tough leaving Wales because all my friends and family are here, and it is the place where I grew up.
"Now I am in Essex it is a big change but it is going very, very well.
"Obviously, I am with Millie. We have got a new apartment and things couldn't be better really.
"We are taking things day by day and growing day by day. It is going well."
Reardon said his family and friends from Wales had not been able to visit yet because the property had no furniture or beds.
He and Court are currently staying at her house close by.
"Right now it is just a shell," he said.
"We need to fill it up with all of our life really and get all our furniture inside.
"As soon as we do my family and friends will come stay with us."
Source: Press Association
