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‘This house will GROW WITH US’

This definitely wasn’t our perfect home to start with,’ says Pippa. ‘I was looking for a period place, but when Stuart and I came to see this house, we could both see its potential. The tucked-away location was brilliant, there was space to extend out to the side, and the back garden was gorgeous.

We knew with a bit of work we would be able to turn it into something quite special. Unfortunately, several other buyers clearly thought the same as us as it went to sealed bids, but amazingly, we got lucky and our bid won!

Taking it slow

Although it was very dated, the house was in good shape inside, so

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