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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Ruth Corbett

A complete renovation of this fifties property has brought this stunning home into the 21st century

An open plan kitchen, dining and living area with slatted roof panels, a dusky pink sofa and a large kitchen island.

Sara is no stranger to renovations. Having lived in her Victorian home for 22 years which she completely revamped herself, adamant she would never move to a house that was even remotely modern, it wasn't until she spotted a for sale sign outside a pebble-dashed 50s home that she had second thoughts.

'It was a two-up, two-down semi,' she recalls, 'built in the 1950s, that for some reason piqued my interest,’ she says. ‘I was working on a very contemporary house nearby and the aesthetic had obviously rubbed off on me.’

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