Welcome to our home
Caroline and Gustavo Ordonez-Sanz, a medical physicist and financial risk manager, live here with their three children.
THE PROPERTY
A five-bedroom Victorian villa in Stirling, Scotland
WHAT IT COST
Extension........£132,000
Landscaping.....£18,000
Central heating...£12,000
Rewiring..............£7,000
Window repair.....£16,500
Fireplaces...........£8,000
Damp proofing...£8,000
Other works......£54,720
TOTAL ..........£256,220
When Caroline and Gustavo Ordonez-Sanz decided to leave London after living and working there for seven years, they chose to return to Caroline’s hometown of Stirling in Scotland. ‘We yearned for a less busy lifestyle, less commuting and more space for our growing family,’ says Caroline. They were lucky enough to buy a handsome, Scottish category C listed, Victorian semi-detached villa in a conservation area of the city.
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