‘We’ve put our STAMP ON IT’

David and I had been living just a 10-minute drive from our current home, but it was time to move again as we craved more room both inside and outside,’ says Annabelle. ‘I loved our old house, but the front door literally opened onto the high street and I was living in constant fear that my eldest son, who was three at the time, would manage to open the door and run out into the road.

I’d seen this house advertised online, but the photos didn’t really sell it, so it didn’t appeal to me. We viewed another