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THE PROPERTY Detached 1990s double-fronted house
ROOMS Kitchen-diner/living area, sitting room, study, utility room, cloakroom, four bedrooms, dressing room, three bathrooms
LOCATION Essex
After 20 years in their Essex home, Angela and Neil Smith were lured by another property on a better plot just five minutes away. ‘We loved our home but it had a smaller garden,’ says Angela. ‘If we could have picked it up and moved it to a bigger plot, it would have been perfect.’
With demand for property outstripping supply, the couple moved quickly. They were first in line to view the 1990s-built house, which they share with children Ellie, 22, and Luke, 19, plus three dogs and a cat.
‘The interior was so dated, with yellow walls, a small, unworkable kitchen with a…