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Having rented ever since she left home for university, Aga Tomaszek had lived in all sorts of problematic houses. ‘I lived in a new build long enough to know I didn’t want to buy one, but I also rented a neglected 1930s home that had so much potential and I wished it was mine,’ she says. ‘I’ve been saving ever since I can remember and was finally able to buy my first home in

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