The English Home

Coming HOME

Having spent almost 20 years living happily in America, English couple Tracy and James Verrier started to yearn for their homeland. “We were living in Michigan, and the original plan was to retire to South Carolina, but the more we came back to the UK for visits, the more we started to appreciate being home again,” says Tracy.

‘As the property is quite grand, I felt I could do something on a symphonic scale’

So, in August 2016, Tracy and James flew over for an initial whistle-stop tour of potential properties. On the second day of the search, an estate agent told them about an impressive

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