The English Home

Finding THE ONE

‘Most important is that the house feels like it’s been here forever. Everything has patina, everything has a story and that makes you feel welcome’

he first time Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen set eyes on the Grade II listed Tudor farmhouse in West Sussex they now call home, they knew it was ‘the one’. “The house was in a spectacular location and looked like it had been dropped onto a field,” recalls Philip, who was compelled to make enquiries. “When the day came for the viewing, we were early for the estate agent. As we stood at the gate waiting, we looked at the house and each other and decided that we would buy it. The agent thought

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