The English Home

TIMELESS APPEAL

‘I never tire of the view of the front of the house as you come into the village’

ike many families planning the move out of London, Christabel and Jasper Boersma found themselves playing the waiting game. “It was 2005 and our daughters Mia, Phoebe and Isabella were all under three at the time. We had already completed the tour of the counties around London, before deciding to move close to my parents, who are very hands-on grandparents, in Berkhamsted,” explains Christabel. “We had seen a lot of houses and made offers that for one reason or another fell

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