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The renovations begin!! 17th September 2016

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The renovations begin!! 17th September 2016

It is more beautiful than I remember.

All I can utter as I throw open each shuttered window is, oh my god!

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OMG!!

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OMG!!

Madame opened the huge old heavy carved door with her large antique key, to total blackness. There is no power she said (I think) or maybe there is nothing inside, or it’s haunted… For the price of the house, I imagined a huge ruin, cobwebs, torn walls, broken beams and dripping Mold. I sniffed at the blackness and smelt no familiar mustiness, which was a good start. Madame had a huge torch in her hand as she had anticipated the blackness.  As I peered into the house with great trepidation, the torch fired up. I blinked to focus as my...

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2nd March 2016, Far far away

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2nd March 2016, Far far away

 We stood outside in the pouring, freezing rain looking up at a very beautiful townhouse that looked a little out of place in the street of other plainer houses. Little bubbles started fizzing around my heart...

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