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‘We really love this SCANDI VIBE’

It was a short trip for the removal company when we moved four doors down from our two-bedroom terrace into a four-bedroom Victorian villa,’ says Kate.

‘I first noticed the house when I was walking past it chatting to a friend about it being the only wreck on the street. Luckily for us, one of the students who lived there overheard me and told us it was up for sale. I soon discovered that it had been rented out for 20 years and we arranged an off-market deal with the family of the late owner.

Luke and I had our work cut out for us, as there was damp everywhere, the rear windows were falling out, the garden was just a mound of grass and there was a grimy galley kitchen upstairs in our master bedroom! However, we

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