{"id":54701,"date":"2017-05-14T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-bright-side-a-colourful-restoration-in-whitley-bay\/"},"modified":"2017-05-14T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T05:01:28","slug":"on-the-bright-side-a-colourful-restoration-in-whitley-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-bright-side-a-colourful-restoration-in-whitley-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"On the bright side: a colourful restoration in Whitley Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHow one young mum turned a nondescript Victorian terrace house into a cosy family home, and herself into an interior designerWhile buying even a studio flat is a pipe dream for many first-time buyers in London, living in the most affordable region of England has enabled first-time buyers Steph and Si Lumsdon to leap several rungs up the property ladder. In 2011 the pair swapped their rented Newcastle flat for a four-bedroom Victorian terrace in Whitley Bay, costing \u00a3189,000. They have spent the past few years transforming the period house into a colourful family home which they now share with their children Phoebe, five, and Reuben, two.I don\u2019t like everything to be too matchy matchy, like a catalogue Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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