Don't downsize, upgrade! Meet the empty-nesters who finally got the home they always wanted
telegraph.co.ukstamp-duty cuts are as an incentive to move, there’s an older generation of homeowners who have decided that nothing’s going to persuade them to downsize into a smaller property.
That doesn’t mean that these refuseniks are happy to stick with the same old layout and decor they’ve always known: instead, they’re ploughing funds into making their existing home a playground for empty-nesters – knocking the kids’ old bedrooms together to create hotel-like master suites, carving home cinemas out of playrooms and redecorating in a more grown-up, luxurious style.With six children having grown up and left, Bee Allison and husband Rupert decided to stay put instead of moving from their Northamptonshire home, turning the place into an amazing property.
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