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ne Real Estate Walk This Way 2 Heartbreak Hill, Ipswich. Empty Nest I their dream home and one of the most architecturally significant houses on the North Shore. By Andrew Conway Heading for California, an Ipswich couple bids farewell to t all started with a casual stroll in the country. "My husband had a day off and nothing to do, which doesn't happen very often, and decided to go wandering 112 nshoremag.com January/February 2012 around Ipswich," says Larraine, co-owner of 2 Heartbreak Hill, recalling the ser- endipitous morning in 1996 that laid the foundation for the next 16 years of their lives. "He stumbled across this piece of land up here on Heartbreak Hill, climbed on a large boulder, looked at the views, came home, and announced he wanted to build a house." The fact that they were only then just putting the finishing touches on a home they'd bought in nearby Essex a couple of years earlier did nothing to faze the couple. They quickly bought the land on Heartbreak Hill, hired a local architect, and began planning their dream home. The re- sult was one of the most distinctive and ar- chitecturally significant private residences