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AT HOME WITH
 Tickled pink  return to the village where I grew up, which   properties; I think they have a warmth to

                                              them,  and they’re packed  with character.
        wasn’t very far away but feels a lot more like the
        countryside, with an active village community.”
                                              Brian wasn’t so sure but this house won him
                                              over – I was really surprised to learn that he
                                              loved it as much as I did, especially the high
        Before the couple even began their property
        search officially, a happy twist of fate meant
        that their dream home practically fell into
        their laps.                           ceilings and the spaciousness of the rooms.”
                                              Everything happened so quickly that Heather
                                              and Brian’s house wasn’t yet on the market,
        “We were unusual and very lucky in our search   and desperate to secure their onward
        – the house found us. A family friend knew we   purchase, the couple did everything they
        wanted to move to the village and told us about   could  to get  things  moving.  “We were  able
        a house that had just come onto the market,”   to pull together a deposit and were approved
        says Heather. “I walked past that house every   for a second mortgage – we were prepared to
        day on the way to school, and I’ve admired it   potentially have to pay two mortgages for a
        since I was a child. It’s a 1940s villa which is   short time,” Heather explains. “Thankfully, our
        quite unusual for this part of Scotland, with   house sold quickly so we didn’t have to!”.
        only a few of them dotted around the village.”
                                              While  the  conveyancing  process  went
        Heather and Brian immediately booked a   through, handled for Heather and Brian by
        viewing on the property, and to Heather’s   local ESPC solicitor estate agents Maloco,
        surprise, it was love at first sight for both: “We   the couple referred to the original espc.com
        saw it and we loved it, so we made an offer   listing regularly to help them plan out the
        the  same day.  It was  an impulsive  decision,   future look and feel of their soon-to-be new
        but it just felt right. I have always loved period   home.









 ack in 2017, Heather Craig and her
 husband Brian were happily settled into
 Blife on a new-build development close to
 Dunfermline, with their two young daughters,
 Rosie and Olive. After Heather moved into the
 property in 2009, which Brian already owned,
 the  couple  had  built  their  life  there,  but  were
 Content creator Heather   starting to wonder if they needed a little more
 space for their family, while beginning to crave a
 Craig is certainly enjoying
 more rural lifestyle too.
 a rosy existence in her
 charming, colourful family   “We had been talking about moving to gain
 home in Fife.   more space for a few months,” Heather explains.
 “We were very happy in the estate, but we were
 craving more green space. I really wanted to

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