Period Living

Seeing the signs

THE STORY

OWNERS Lawyers Brigit and Jon Havard, live here with their children Meg, 15, and Tom, 13 PROPERTY A four-storey house on the Heaver Estate in south London, with six bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property was built around the turn of the 20th century WHAT THEY DID Interior designer Beth Dadswell (imperfectinteriors.co.uk) helped the couple transform their home. The house was rewired and replumbed; the kitchen was updated; the basement was panelled and a new en suite was

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