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'We swapped the city for life on a remote Scottish farm'

Leaving Singapore to take on the challenge of her grandparents’ farm in Scotland brought big changes for Jane Manifold and her family

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'We swapped the city for life on a remote Scottish farm'

Banchory Farm, in eastern Scotland, is where Jane Manifold, who grew up in Australia, spent three months every other summer as a child, returning with her father and siblings to help her grandparents with the harvest. Now she has her own family, and the working farm has become their home – a vast change from their previous life in Singapore but, five years in, one that they are fully embracing.

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Nine delightful bedroom ideas to brighten up your home

Nine delightful bedroom ideas to brighten up your home
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We lived with our unfinished renovation – for 10 years

When interior designer Juliet O’Carroll and her husband bought their home, they soon realised that their dream restoration was unaffordable

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How to cut the ballooning costs of living in a listed historic home


How to cut the ballooning costs of living in a listed historic home
These properties cost on average 22pc more than non-listed equivalents, and their maintenance can be pricey
8 March 2021 • 6:00am
Standing in more than 30 acres of land, with views across the River Frome, Merfield House in Rode, Somerset, comes with four cottages and a pool. It is a Grade II listed building. It is £4.5m with Knight Frank
It was the neo-gothic window in the hallway that made Nancy Parker fall in love with her home, a Grade II listed house built from honey-coloured Cotswold stone and dating from the 17th century.

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