having grown up in rural Norfolk, Sophie and her husband Simon always planned to return one day with their family. ‘We love the pace of life, the sense of community and being close to nature – and we wanted our children to have the same upbringing.’
With lots of renovation experience, and having recently put their stamp on a new-build house, the couple felt ready for a bigger project – but hadn’t quite planned on building a home from the ground up. ‘We’d been looking for a detached property that needed renovating and eventually spotted a plot of land for sale in a village with beautiful views across the countryside,’ says Sophie. ‘It had outline planning permission to build a three/four-bedroom cottage with enough land for a large garden, carport…
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