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LOVE AT FIRST sight

Peering into the empty Swansea house as they waited for their estate agent to arrive for the viewing, Sally and Owen decided there and then: this was the one they would buy. But it wasn’t the first they’d fallen for. Weeks prior, they’d put in an offer on a property nearby, only to be gazumped by another buyer. Devastated, they kicked their house hunt up a notch, determined to find their dream

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