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WHO LIVES HERE?

Marina Calland, an events organiser, lives here with her husband Tim, a barrister, and their two children, Lyova, 15, and Sasha, 12, plus Marina’s mum, Tetiana.

THE PROPERTY

A five-bedroom Edwardian terraced house in southwest London.

Marina and Tim had lived in their home for 11 years before they started renovating in 2021. They had always planned to make changes but when they first moved in, they had a two-year-old plus a baby on the way, so the timing wasn’t right.

‘We had been looking for a house which would

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