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‘We are so lucky to be the third generation to live in this wonderful family home. It’s the house we plan to enjoy and grow old in together’

hen it was time to create a new environment for their family, relocating from their home in London was never an option for Alex and Andrew Barnes. “Other than moving out when he was a young man, this house has always been Andrew’s home. His late parents bought it for their family in

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