Life in colour
Despite moving to Edinburgh to be near my parents when our boys were babies, we never intended to leave London for good,’ says Emily. ‘And once they could walk and talk, we were ready to come home. We looked at properties in our old North London stomping ground, but anything we liked was more than we could afford. Friends suggested we venture across the river, where we found Honor Oak. This house backs onto a five-acre private woodland, shared with neighbours, so we knew we had to check it out. When we first viewed it, the house was bland and half-finished, but the incredible views over
