A Fresh Outlook

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Jess Platt vividly recalls the moment she wondered if perhaps she and her husband David might have taken on a bit too much when it came to renovating the run-down 18th century Dorset cottage they'd just acquired."We'd only moved in a few weeks" previously and were lying in bed surrounded by buckets to catch the rain that was dripping through the roof: there were even chinks in the tiles that revealed the night sky! I remember feeling daunted by everything we had to do to renovate it properly - and worried about what horrid surprises might lay in store.".But things as they say usually look better in the morning they knew that the view alone would surely make the entire project worthwhile.