Inside abandoned ruins of failed luxury Barbados resort with crumbling villas bought by celebs including Simon Cowell

STUNNING white beaches, plush properties and 24-hour room service - this Barbados resort had all the makings of the ultimate millionaire's escape.

But it was never to be for the wealthy investors including Simon Cowell and Eddie Jordan who splashed out millions for pads at the sun-drenched site as the complex was deserted before completion.

Slowly being reclaimed by nature, the failed £470 million development - masterminded by two Brits - has been abandoned for more than a decade amid a lengthy legal battle.

The dilapidated 32-acre site is a dent in Barbados' glittering tourism landscape, a concrete skeleton among reams of shiny hotels on the Caribbean island.

Just a few years into the construction of a 110-bed Four Seasons hotel and 35 private villas, building work ground to a halt as the original developers ran out of cash.

Since that moment in 2009, developers have been scratching about for money in a bid to fund the completion of the ultra-luxury resort on Paradise Beach.

Jake Williams, director of YouTube channel , explored the eerie site and said it has been totally taken over by the jungle and wildlife.

He told The Sun: "Paradise Beach really lives up to its name. It's surrounded by crystal blue waters that borders a thick forest.

"You'd never think that there is one of the largest monuments from the 2008 financial crash beyond the forest.

"Truly, it's pretty surreal to think there is an abandoned Four Seasons Hotel that's sitting abandoned. It's the only one in the world that I'm aware of.

"Monkeys now climb through the planned 5-star hotel which is probably the harshest juxtaposition you can possibly imagine for what this structure was intended to be.

"Sounds you can't quite put your finger on emanate through the ghostly villas."

Jake said the ruins create a "creepy and unsettling feeling" when walking through them.

He added: "I really couldn't fathom the waste here.

"These opulent and nearly finished luxury villas are just rotting away on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

"Sitting alongside an abandoned infinity pool, within an abandoned Four Seasons hotel and watching the sunset is quite possibly the most surreal moment of my entire life. I'll never forget it."

When then-minister of tourism Richard Sealy did an extensive tour of the site in 2009, he insisted it would bring an influx of jobs to the area and "do a lot for us as a destination".

He said: "This is the type of project we would like to have.

"There is a high demand for villas because there is a market out there that finds that type of accommodation to be very attractive."

Despite his claims that villas were in demand, more than half the properties - priced between £8.6 million and £14 million - failed to sell before the entire project flopped.

It left a real headache for celebrities including Brit mogul Simon Cowell, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and ex-F1 team owner Eddie Jordan who had already made sizeable payments towards their grand condos.