Recipe For Success

Restaurateurs Caroline and George Dodds cooked up a stunning renovation of their Victorian terrace by the sea

- Jemma Paugh

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY Victorian terraced house

LOCATION Kent

ROOMS Sitting room, family room, kitchen-diner, cloakroom, three bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms

PURCHASED 2012

PREVIOUS PROPERTY

‘We lived in a tiny fisherman’s cottage nearby,’ says Caroline.

Caroline and George Dodds were living in a fisherman’s cottage on the East Kent coast when they decided they needed to find a larger family home. ‘We saw this house online while we were on holiday and as soon as we got home, we arranged to view it,’ says Caroline. ‘It was in a terrible condition, overrun with cats and hadn’t been touched since the Fifties.’ Nonetheless, they loved it so much they put a bid in, which was accepted.