Liz and Dave Murphy left their 9-to-5 jobs and traded their city home for a 17th-century hamlet.
My husband, Dave, and I traded our detached house in Manchester for a 17th-century village in the French countryside in pursuit of a better quality of life.
We both had 9-to-5 jobs in copywriting and marketing, and life had become a mad rush of food, baths, and bedtime.
We split the cost of the hamlet with my mom and her husband, who were joining us.
We renovated 2 buildings while running the businessOur family moved into the biggest gîte, while Mom and Terry took the old owner's home.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Service, Charlotte
Locations:
Wall, Silicon, Lac de Maison, Manchester, France, de Maison, Poitou, Charentes, England