The English Home

Seaside HERITAGE

Like many of the new wave of settlers in the historic maritime town of Deal, Nicki Conn and her family arrived by chance. They were on the lookout for a property to invest in but wanted something they could enjoy living in, too. Plus, having grown up in Gibraltar, the call of the sea was very strong for Nicki. “I’d been thinking about the East Kent coast for a while,” she explains. “The children (Gabriel, 12 and Raphael, nine) were getting older

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