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Drawn to the rugged coastline and sandy beaches, Jane Banbury and husband John had always loved the area around Ilfracombe in North Devon. But with busy careers and their two young daughters happily settled in school, the couple didn’t feel like they were in a position to relocate lock, stock and barrel from their home in Kent.
However, when a cottage caught their eye in the spring of 2018, they knew they couldn’t let it go. ‘We had to ask ourselves whether we should pour our love and money into this little place to make it the best it could be, even though we couldn’t be there all the time at that point,’ recalls Jane. But there wasn’t really any question –their hearts had been won over.