Nestled in the picturesque Norfolk countryside at the end of a white gravel drive sits Juliette and Tom Bowes' impressive Georgian farmhouse. Surrounded by pretty, wild gardens with willow trees framing a small lake in front of the house, this idyllic setting prompted the couple to move from their Norwich city home in 2017.
'At the time, we were keen to leave our city life behind,' Juliette recalls. 'We wanted to connect with nature, and craved more space and land. Our children, Henry, who's now 10, and Arabella, eight, were still young, and it seemed the perfect time to move before they were settled into schools. However, no properties were really hitting the mark until they came across the 19th-century farmhouse. 'Before we had even reached the end of the drive, I remember turning to Tom and saying this was the one,' says Juliette.
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