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THE PROPERTY Detached, Grade II*-listed house
ROOMS Sitting room, TV room, kitchen/dining room, boot room, cloakroom, study, five bedrooms, three bathrooms
LOCATION Somerset
Embarking on a major renovation journey takes a special kind of couple, especially when it is a neglected property that many other house-hunters have walked away from. However, from the moment Alison and Daren Hall set foot in an unloved Jacobean house, they were determined to become its next custodians. ‘Since the house is Grade II* listed, we didn’t know whether planning permission would be granted or not,’ says Alison. ‘Although it was a huge gamble, we just had to buy it.’
The couple had been scouring the UK for a suitable area to live with their daughters, Lilybet, 15, Clementine, 13, and Constance, 11,…