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Sarah Beeny has admitted that she shares bathwater with her husband and four sons
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One of the most unusual revelations at the weekend came courtesy of property makeover star Sarah Beeny.
Describing her experience of lockdown in Somerset, where she has an ambitious plan to build a “contemporary take on the classical English stately home” on her 220-acre former dairy farm, Beeny revealed that she often shares bathwater with her husband – and their four teenage sons.