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WELCOME HOME

Looking for a home and a major project to keep her busy, Melinda thought she’d struck gold when she found an old brick and flint vicarage. ‘It was a handsome house from the outside, but inside it was unloved,’ says Melinda. ‘It was freezing cold and draughty as a church hall, but it had potential.’

The only snag was that it was in Oxfordshire, 7,000 miles away from Singapore where Melinda and her

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