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The Swan room, May 2017

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The Swan room, May 2017

There were cracks all over the walls and the paper ripped and stained from the flood that happened 15 years ago when the tiles flew off the roof in a big storm.

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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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Celebrations and Jubilations!!

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Celebrations and Jubilations!!

We hugged and cried, screamed and panicked all at the same time.

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Fingers and Toes crossed..

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Fingers and Toes crossed..

What if there are termites we gulped, there’s got to be something wrong with it we chortled, fear rapidly dissolving my confidence.

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Decisions, Decisions...

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Decisions, Decisions...

After an hour of gawping and trying not to look too excited, we said our goodbyes to Madame and sat in the car staring at each other speechless. We were then thankful for the freezing cold and It coming on the market in the middle of winter... Madame had told us that someone had made an offer a few months ago which was accepted but they needed to sell their house and failed to do so in the required time so it was only just back on the market. We decided to drive through the town, which had been built...

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