Q&A: Everything you need to know about buying property in the Cotswolds
Watch Sebastian Hipwood and Lindsay Cuthill of Savills share their expertise on property in the Cotswolds in a live Instagram chat with Country Life.

On Monday 28 September at 6pm Country Life hosted the third in our series of #asktheagent live chats on our Instagram page, @countrylifemagazine.
For this chat we'll be turning our attention to the perennially popular Cotswolds, with our property editor Annie Elwes — coming back from maternity leave for one day only — talking to Sebastian Hipwood and Lindsay Cuthill of Savills.
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