{"id":1643,"date":"2020-08-14T17:18:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessofbuilding.co.uk\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2020-08-14T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:18:34","slug":"size-doesnt-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessofbuilding.co.uk\/size-doesnt-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Size doesn&#8217;t matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist the headline about the refurbishment of Lord James Russell&#8217;s mansion that seems to have gone horribly wrong. 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