We’d always wanted to live in this area of Wales,” says Xanthe Dewsnap. “The dream was somewhere with big windows and a large garden, so when this house and grounds turned up, it was so exciting to finally find somewhere that ticked all the boxes. I remember first setting eyes on it, it looked quite beautiful within the hilly Carmarthenshire landscape, a colourful blot of pale yellow on the outside and all white on the inside.”