Her one-story beige house, on a hillside surrounded by oak and birch trees, has only three small bedrooms, but there are two beds in the living room and more in the basement to handle the occasional overflow.

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But they have very, very small bedrooms.

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Three apartments have small but cosy bedrooms and sitting rooms, and fully equipped kitchens.

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It was a small house, and they were all cramped into the three tiny adjacent bedrooms.

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Set in a restored Portuguese-Hindu mansion, the hotel's six bedrooms and separate cottage (endearingly named The Chummery) are ranged around a gorgeous small pool.

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