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‘We’re living our dream’

WHO LIVES HERE? Jean and Renée Daneel with their dogs Bonzo, Loki and Maggie

WHERE Napier, Western Cape

SIZE 163m2

When Renée and Jean Daneel started looking for a house in 2005, they came across an old barn with a chicken coop, tractor shed and cowshed in a backyard in Napier and immediately fell in love with it.

These days, when you dine at the chic restaurant that Renée has been operating in the original house on the property since 2005, you'd never guess that it was the once unsightly old barn behind the house that was the biggest drawcard for this couple.

The building in the backyard consisted of three

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