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The essenece of SPRING

Gavin and Ann Hayhoe live on Braemar, a glorious 1,6-hectare property at the end of a little Nottingham Road country lane. Ann’s family has lived there for over 82 years, so the gracious Cape Dutch home and garden is redolent with history.

“My maternal grandfather built the house for my parents when they married in 1936, and my sister and I were born here,” she says. “Gavin and I moved

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