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Real estate in London is so expensive that a fixer upper—with water running down the walls thanks to its leaking roof—was the best option for a couple with a growing family and a seven-figure budget.
With two young children, Matt and Charlotte Goodsall had outgrown their home in leafy, affluent Barnes, a neighborhood in southwest London. “We wanted what everyone wants—lateral space, a bigger garden,” said Mr. Goodsall, 43. “The only way we could afford it was to do a project. Buying ‘off the shelf’ wasn’t an option.”
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