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Sum of Its Parts

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- Love that house, well ventilated, well design for our cold winter, just wonder, when it rain, is there a gutter along the facade? pierre leduc
  
  Pierre leduc 10/14/2009
- Beautiful home. I just wanted to make a correction to the first sentence of this article. Vendelsö (at least the Vendelsö of which I am aware and the one that is shown on this website's map) and Stockholm are on opposite sides of the country, certainly not 20 minutes apart.Perhaps the author is confusing Göteborg with Stockholm.
  
  Isaac 01/25/2010
- Wonderful home....l love the blue oriental rug ...mind sharing your source?
  
  mandy 03/29/2010
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