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Fairy-tale CHARM

An email from Claire McFadyen’s father was the reason she and her husband Jamie moved to this pretty country cottage surrounded by lush paddocks. ‘We had renovated our house when my dad emailed me and said he had spotted a house for sale that he thought would suit us,’ said Claire. ‘His words were,  “this house looks like a belter.”’

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