Renovating Is Rarely Easy. During a Pandemic and a Divorce? ‘Unbelievably Stressful.’

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The rear facade of Zoë Cave Hawkins’s 18th-century home in the English cathedral city of Winchester. Zoë Cave Hawkins turned a dated, centuries-old house into a modern family home while dealing with some pretty big personal hurdles

By Ruth Bloomfield | Photographs by Harry Lawlor for The Wall Street Journal April 24, 2024 12:00 pm

Renovating a house is rarely an easy process, but when Zoë Cave Hawkins took on the job of making a centuries-old house fit for modern family life, she had no idea what lay in store.

Amid the backdrop of the pandemic, she was helping to home-school her teens, dealing with a marriage breakup, and learning all about Britain’s strict building regulations, all while her original budget spiraled upward. LEARN MORE…

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