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AT HOME WITH...

The fabric

of a family home

How one family found their dream home in a townhouse rich
with Dunfermline’s weaving past.

enior university lecturer Neneh Rowa-
Dewar and her husband Stuart loved
Stheir former family home in the Fife
countryside, but as their two children, Jonathan
and Hannah, grew older, they knew they
wanted to find a property somewhere more
central. The family found their dream home,
a Georgian townhouse in Dunfermline, on
espc.com in early 2017, and Neneh documents
the renovation of the property on Instagram as
@thelinentownhouse.

“We used to live in the countryside outside
Dunfermline, but as the children grew older,
we wanted to be somewhere more central
– close to cafes, the train station and other
people,” explains Neneh. “We also needed
more space for our children, especially more
bathrooms, and a good-sized garden for our
two dogs, Otto and Angus. I also wanted
space for guests to stay; I’m from Sweden and
it was always a squeeze when my family came
to stay at our last property. We considered
moving to Edinburgh, where we bought our
first property together, but our requirements The property, a stunning Georgian townhouse
were much more feasible in Fife. Our daughter in central Dunfermline, offered the family the
found this house on the ESPC website, and we feeling of space and light that their previous
didn’t look at any other properties – we fell in property couldn’t match, plus it was close to
love straight away.” Stuart’s family and the children’s school.

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