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‘We knocked down a wall to create a landing office’

Charlotte Summers and her fiancé, James Lawrence, were looking to swap busy London life for the calm Sussex coast, and as soon as they viewed this spacious 1950s home, they fell in love with its idyllic location. ‘Although the house was in desperate need of modernisation, it had a breathtaking aspect overlooking the South Downs and the sea beyond,’ says Charlotte.

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WHO LIVES HERE? I’m Charlotte Summers, 29, a Property Manager, and I live here with my fiancé, James Lawrence, a Real Estate Associate, 31, and our Pomsky, Simba. We’ve lived in our semidetached, 1950s home since August 2020, after purchasing it in February 2020.

A large landing space and box room

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