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Series 6: 4. West Country
Nicki Chapman is in the West Country, catching up with two couples who have found a better quality of life for themselves and their children. Nicki makes her way to Somerset to call in on a family she went house hunting with in the autumn of 2020. Up a sweeping drive, she is greeted by a magnificent Grade II listed Georgian property, but she finds out that a owning a full-sized doll’s house isn’t all child’s play. Later, she meets a couple at their new Dorset address to learn what happened to their seaside dreams after their 2020 house hunt with Jules Hudson.
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