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PROFILE

THE OWNERS

Sophie Hannah Stanford, a content creator (@sophiehannah; @sophiehannahhome), and her husband, Robin Stanford, an editor, live here with their two French bulldogs, Luna and Shadow

THE PROPERTY

A four-bed Victorian semi-detached townhouse in Colchester, Essex

PROJECT COST

£150,000 (includes gifts and PR discounts)

Accidental renovators Sophie Hannah and her husband, Robin, certainly weren’t looking for a project. ‘We’d outgrown our little two-bed and wanted somewhere near transport

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