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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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