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Picture perfect

It takes a huge amount of vision and a sprinkling of good faith to take on a ramshackle Georgian property that has been left untouched for decades. But luckily Sarah and Andy Farr have both in spades.

In 2016, the couple were living in a small village in Hampshire when they decided they wanted a new project. They were keen to be nearer Sarah's parents, further along the south coast.

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