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‘We’ve embraced island life’

Buying a home on the Isle of Wight seemed a natural step for SJ and Justin Biddle when they made the decision to move from their home in West Sussex back in 2016. ‘Justin had spent his childhood holidaying on the island,’ explains SJ. ‘And after his parents retired there, we began to spend most of our holidays there too with our own children. Justin was working on a new career path at the time, and we wanted the flexibility of a larger family home in a great location, which also had the potential to work as a holiday let.’

When a house became available a few

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