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GOLDEN DAYS

estled in the idyllic countryside of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with its picturesque yellow façade that gleams in the sunshine, Holly Tree cottage was, for André and Lisanne, like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. While driving around the countryside they would often stop to admire the thatched cottages with their wraparound gardens, and dream about happy summer days there with their family. Never did they expect it to become a reality,

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