‘New look for a NEW BEGINNING’

Duncan and I had been trying to find a bigger Victorian property with elegant period features we could renovate,' says Katy. ‘We were looking in West Bridgford, a lovely part of Nottingham with great schools, a pretty high street, and brilliant connections into the city and the surrounding countryside.

Annabel, our first child, had just turned one, and I was expecting again, so it was the right time for us to make the move. This house ticked all the boxes and seemed like the perfect project. A Victorian semi-detached, it had been converted into seven student flats years before and needed a heap of work to turn it back into a family home, but it was within our budget, so