From Our Canal in Uxbridge to the Good Life in the Atlantic ; Tony and Charlotte Found a Secret Haven and Kept a Narrow Boat at the End of the Garden, but Theyve Traded It in for a Bb in the Azores

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Sandwiched between Hayes and Heathrow, and with an Uxbridge postcode, Tony and Charlotte Heathcote's four-bedroom house may not have the most promising of addresses. But tucked away behind a retail park in Yeading, Willow Tree Marina, on the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal, seems to be miles away from the tawdry sprawl of its surroundings.

'It's unique. I call it an oasis because it's so quiet,' says Tony, looking out to the multicoloured narrow boats crowded in the marina at the bottom of his garden. 'It's like being in the middle of the countryside even though we're only 20 minutes from town.

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From Our Canal in Uxbridge to the Good Life in the Atlantic ; Tony and Charlotte Found a Secret Haven and Kept a Narrow Boat at the End of the Garden, but Theyve Traded It in for a Bb in the Azores

'The house used to be the show home when Laing Homes built the development 13 years ago because it has one of the best aspects in the marina.' The houses here have a Scandinavian feel with their dark wood-clad exteriors it's certainly a far cry from the modern 'Brookside-s...

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