There is something very liberating about making a fresh start, but you have to be brave to take on a faded old French tower and priory with a roof that is about to collapse.
Paula Dormer rolled up her sleeves and accepted the challenge. She relished the change of scene, even though the tiny village deep in the countryside of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwest France, isn’t where she originally intended to make her home.
‘I planned to buy a house near my cousin in the Dordogne, but the sale fell through,’ says Paula. ‘Then I spotted this priory up for sale. However, it was miles away and far beyond my budget, so I put it to the back of my mind.’
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