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MEET & GREET

Eric Murray (sports coach and business development manager) and partner Thea Lyle (teacher).

THE PROPERTY

Four-bedroom 1912 villa in Cambridge.

Double Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray knows a thing or two about setting goals and working hard to achieve them. Now he’s applying the same attitude and focus that won him countless international rowing regattas to a mammoth DIY renovation - and we’re following in his wake with a comprehensive series of articles tracking his progress.

It hasn’t been long since Eric took ownership of the run-down four-bedroom villa not far from the centre of Cambridge. Built in 1912, the house had changed hands only twice in 110 years, and

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