It was love at first sight. Interior designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen had only to see Hollywick Farm from the outside to know that they wanted to buy it. The timbered and ivy-clad property – half Tudor, half 19th century – is in West Sussex, just an hour by train from the couple’s London base, making it ideal as a weekend retreat. As for the inside, Paolo and Philip were confident that they could shape it to perfection. And with a starry client list taking in everyone from Valentino’s circle to that of the late Amy Winehouse, they had every reason to be confident.
That was 15 years ago. Since then, the
