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THE OWNERS
Stephanie Murray (@housfolk), a full-time mum, her husband, Tom, a chartered surveyor, and their children, Millie, eight, Alfie, five, and Phoebe, four
THE PROPERTY
A 400-year-old four-bedroom extended cottage in Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire
PROJECT COST
£150,000 When Tom Murray spotted a ‘for sale’ board outside a barn, piggery and thatched cottage while strolling in the Cambridgeshire countryside, he presumed the properties were being sold as one big lot. However, after a bit of digging, he and his wife Stephanie discovered the empty dilapidated cottage was available separately – and was potentially within their budget. ‘It was a musty house of horrors with
