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Wendy & Fred Butterworth

“We love having friends and family over. With kids, dogs and sand everywhere, it makes it feel like we are always on holiday.”

URING A HOLIDAY AT ANGLESEA IN the summer of 2007, Wendy and Fred Butterworth, with their two-year-old son Noah and soon-to-be-born Mia, stood staring at the real-estate window checking out all the beach houses for sale. “We saw one in the window that really caught our eye,” says Wendy. “There was an opening that day, so we went for a sticky beak.” It was love at first sight when the gang stepped into this retro shack with its light-filled rooms and ’70s charm, complete with apple green counter tops. “I

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