The English Home

The lure OF THE SEA

A number of happy coincidences lie behind the reasons why, despite their initial reservations, property developer and interior designer, Sarah-Jane Cousens and her husband, Matt, could not resist buying a cottage with spectacular sea views, nestling in a secluded Cornish cove.

“Although we’d both holidayed regularly in Cornwall over the years, neither of us had ever visited Port Gaverne,” Sarah-Jane says. “However, from the moment we discovered this pretty hamlet, we fell in love with it. Every day during our week’s family holiday we’d pass a pretty stone house that was for sale, directly opposite the little beach,

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