WHO LIVES HERE?

Vicky Payne lives here with her husband Gareth, their son Leo, six, daughter Olive, one, plus dachshund Bumble and Moose the cat.

Longing for more space and a quieter life by the coast, Vicky and Gareth Payne bought a run-down four-bedroom Edwardian seaside villa in Leigh-on-Sea and transformed it into their dream family home.

‘Gareth and I had been living in a small three-bed with our two-year-old son, Leo, and we all felt squashed in. We dreamed of a larger home, with a big garden in a quieter area close to the beach, and as we knew we wanted to extend our family, it felt like the right time. The first thing I noticed about…

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