Essentials South Africa

‘IT WAS THE ONE NO ONE WANTED’

When Sarah and Jon first saw this house, there were beer cans in the bedroom and an old casserole still on the stove! 'But we were desperate for more space,' explains Sarah, 'and we could just about afford this place after selling our old flat.'

Apart from the beer cans, Sarah says small leaded windows at the front of the house, which made it very dark inside, were another deterrent for other buyers. ’But after taking advice on all the practicalities from my

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