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‘We had a very SHAKY START’

After being so excited to get the keys on moving day and begin our new life in our new home, I cried with disappointment when we finally walked through the front door,’ says Laura. ‘Seeing the house stripped of the previous owner’s furnishings, with its damp bathroom, skirting hanging off the walls and silverfish in the kitchen floor, my bubble burst and I started to realise the full extent of the work needed – it was so much more than I’d ever anticipated it would be.

Before moving here we'd spent a full year renovating a flat on the other side of town from the foundations up, reinstating period features along the way. However,

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