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THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR

There can’t be many people who realise their dream home is the house next door, but for Jill Dax and her husband William, that’s exactly what happened. ‘Our neighbour, a lovely Austrian lady called Hertha, became a dear family friend and her house felt like a second home to us,’ says Jill. ‘At Christmas, the children would pop round and Hertha would let them light the candles on the tree and regale them

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