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A surprising number of the houses we see at 25 Beautiful Homes are from homeowners who had spent years moving around and were looking to put down roots. This issue is no exception. Nancy Garland was living in Hong Kong when she found a Georgian townhouse in Bath that she knew had the potential to make a perfect family home (p62). Despite having to manage the refurbishment from 6,000 miles away, she has transformed the interior, blending Eastern influences with classic English style. Similarly, Catherine Martel had travelled all over the world and her priority was to ‘settle down and create a family home for generations to come’. See the results on p23. Holly and Al Hartley had also been on the move for years. The farmhouse they settled in…