ON THE WRITE SIDE OF ANDY MURRAY

Tennis player Andy Murray’s decision not to play at Wimbledon following a recent hip operation was a huge disappointment for fans – and his biographer, award-winning writer and journalist Sue Mott, who helped Murray complete his 2008 autobiography Hitting Back.

It was written just four years after he was crowned the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2004, and two years after he beat then No.1 player Roger Federer and claimed his first ATP tour win.

Mott is an awardwinning writer and regularly works on television and radio programmes.

And she knows Murray better than most, having established a close working relationship with both him and his family over the years.

The house where Mott helped write Murray’s autobiography is now for sale, should any die-hard Murray fans want to feel a little closer to the famously ‘nice’ tennis champion.

It’s a Grade II listed thatched cottage with features from Elizabethan times in the Horsham, one of the largest ever featured on the programme, was commissioned by cleaning company boss Clinton Dalland cost £1.5 million to complete.

Now the house is on the market for £3.5 million.

As anyone who watched the Grand Designs programme may remember, Pavello features five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a mirrored gym, a two-car village of Henham in Hertfordshire.

As well as three bedrooms, it includes a studio/office in the garden built by Mott to complete her writing duties.

■ It’s for sale at £495,000 via Savills in Bishops Stortford on 01279 756800. garage, two utility rooms, an electric security gate and a huge drawing/kitchen/dining room.

Other highlights include its outdoor swimming pool, health spa and five-acre garden.

All the key rooms have sliding glass doors to the garden and pool.

■ For more information hamptons.co.uk or call 01403 290283.

Sue Mott, above and Andy Murray, left