The right location was of the essence when Sarah and Martin were house hunting, so they were open to buying a fixer-upper if it helped them land a prime site that was within budget.
“We wanted a house that was liveable for a few years, but something we could renovate to make it ours,” says Sarah. The home they bought very much fit that bill: a villa built in the 1950s and last renovated in the 1990s. Although the couple loved
