'We feel in love with the house and were mad enough to take it on!'

Dining room in a medieval house with wall and ceiling beams. floral wallpaper and dark panelled doors.

Building a spacious, modern family home in a rural setting had always been the plan for Luciana and Shaun. They found a plot near Guildford, Surrey, sold their previous home and were renting as they waited for their land purchase to go through.

Then a crumbling medieval manor house changed everything.