Ideal Home

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After 20 years in their Essex home, Angela and Neil Smith were lured by another house on a better plot just five minutes away. ‘We loved where we were but it had a small garden,’ says Angela. ‘If we could have picked it up and moved it to a bigger property, it would’ve been perfect.’ The couple didn’t hesitate and were first in line to view the detached Nineties-built house.

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‘The interior was dated, with a small, unworkable kitchen and an old conservatory,’ says Angela. ‘However we fell in love with the plot and immediately saw

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