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THE PROPERTY Cottage dating from the 1750s with an oak-frame extension that was added in 2002
ROOMS Open-plan kitchen/dining/living room, hall/music room, sitting room, boot room, utility room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one with dressing area and en suite shower room), bathroom
LOCATION Suffolk
When one) and her husband Mark when they started house-hunting eight years ago. ‘We were living in a lovely little cottage,’ says Ali, as she likes to be known, ‘but needed more space indoors and out for our daughters, Matilda, 15, and Scarlett, 12, and dogs, Murphy and Prudence. I also needed a larger workspace for my business. I was convinced we’d only find more quaint cottages in this part of Suffolk and I’d have to give up on my dream of a modern living space so I couldn’t have been more delighted to find this extended old house just 10 miles away.
