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Evelyn and Simon Burton had very particular criteria when they began to look for the house they now call home. ‘We wanted a period property with good parking, a level garden and last, but not least, a view,’ recalls Evelyn, as she gazes out from the terrace, taking in the rooftops of Dartmouth below and the sea beyond. ‘But while some people might think all that should be fairly easy to achieve, it proved quite a tall order here,’ she explains.
The beautiful riverside town in Devon is