Family's Big Plan to Make Historic House a Home Once More ; Few Thought Hawthorn House, a Former Library and Council Office, Would Ever Be Returned to Its Glory Days As Family Home. But That Is Exactly What Its New Owners Have Planned for the Historic Mansion. Neil Elkes Reports

Birmingham Post › November 24, 2011

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"We thoroughly believe we have got a bargain. It was designed to be a family home and it will be again."

Harkamal Singh Sandhu is full of pride as he surveys the Georgian mansion which he plans to share with his parents and wife.

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Family's Big Plan to Make Historic House a Home Once More ; Few Thought Hawthorn House, a Former Library and Council Office, Would Ever Be Returned to Its Glory Days As Family Home. But That Is Exactly What Its New Owners Have Planned for the Historic Mansion. Neil Elkes Reports

But before they can even begin to start rattling around the 50- odd rooms of Hawthorn House there is a major restoration programme to undertake, one which could cost at least as much as the pounds 775,0 they p...

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