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ADDING CHARACTER

Living in a four-bedroom terraced house in one of central Durham’s student neighbourhoods suited Sara Colclough and David Brass just fine, until their two sons came along. ‘The house was only 10 years old but it was designed to look Georgian with high ceilings and sash windows,’ says Sara. ‘However, it was on a main road and didn’t have a garden.’

Then Sara heard of plans for a new development on a former golf course, just a

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