A family AFFAIR

IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR STEPH AND JAMES WRIGHT WHEN THEY MOVED INTO THEIR FIRST HOUSE – AND THE RESULT IS STUNNING

FEATURE ALISON JONES

“We did not have a pot of money to do up the HOUSE, so carrying out most of the work OURSELVES was a huge help. It’s been a massive LEARNING curve for us, but it has kept the budget down”STEPH WRIGHT, HOMEOWNER HOME NOTES WHO LIVES HERE? Steph Wright, an assistant principal of a secondary school, and husband James, who works in clinical research, live here with Mabel, a miniature dachshund. THE PROPERTY A three-bedroom detached house built around 1925 near Reading, Berkshire. When Steph and James began looking for their first house together, they had a few non-negotiables: it had to have character, be a property they could put their own stamp on, and something they could tackle themselves. And this 1920s detached fixer-upper, with original parquet floors, proved to be the perfect find. WHY DID…

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