Country Homes & Interiors

ALL IS CALM

Buying a holiday home can often be a tug from the heart: you choose somewhere you’ve fallen in love with because you’ve spent so many happy times there and feel like a local. Other times it’s a decision led by the head, a shrewd investment based on a location with year-round attractions. Clara and Mark Trussler were hoping for a bit of both – but they certainly weren’t expecting to find the perfect house so close to where they were already living.

Having spent several years renovating their

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