UP TOWN GIRL

For weeks, Chloe and Nick scrolled past the Gatehouse in the property listings because they’d always imagined their family home to be Victorian or Georgian in style, with high ceilings and full of original features. But after months of searching, the couple decided they needed to broaden their criteria and started to look at almost every property within their price range, which included this modern townhouse. ‘Never before was the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” more prominent,’ says Chloe. ‘From the outside I’d never given it so much as a second glance, but the inside told a whole different story.’ The house had so many quirky features that they couldn’t resist a viewing. ‘We were drawn in by the