LEAP OF faith

Claire and Nick Harvey had initially put their Southsea house at the bottom of the list when they started their search for a new project in 2019. ‘It was across the road from our old home, and it seemed crazy at the time moving such a short distance just to start all over again,’ says Claire. Having lovingly restored their existing house, the couple were keen to reinvest in a new property and began to explore other parts of Southsea, but quickly found themselves back to where they had started. ‘We soon realised that this house had so much more going for it than any