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DIY disaster

Dee Gall, 39, Callander, Stirlingshire

Watching as my two girls did flips on the trampoline as the sun shone down, I smiled.

They loved being in the big garden – it was one of the main attractions that pulled us to our new house.

And I loved the gorgeous views towards the hills in the Trossachs national park where I’d often go out running.

Seven months earlier, in September 2020, me, my husband Rick, 39, and the girls had moved to our Victorian, threebedroom semi and we were

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