eciding to return to the UK after a decade living in France, in 2019 Sally Braithwaite was having no luck with her online property search. She spotted a Dutch gable cottage in Norfolk but initially discounted it, as a great deal of costly renovation work was required. Needing a home in a hurry and with no alternative properties appealing either, Sally flew to England for just 24 hours for a viewing. “I wasn’t impressed,” she recalls, “the cottage was in need of a vast amount of restorative work. I could see potential
