What some people treasure…..
What some people treasure, and wouldn’t part with in the world, means nothing – even to immediate members of the family…. You see it all the time. I always had a great interest in people’s homes. I … Continued
This is my time…. I came here to paint.
I sold my house. It was a nice house, the children grew up in it and they were very happy. But this is my time.. I came here to paint. I liked the house because it had a conservatory, … Continued
As a priest, the parochial house is not your home. It’s the place where you work.
This is where I work. I live in this house. It’s unique when you are talking to a priest because it is not a family home…. Sometimes a priest would bring an elderly parent to live with them… … Continued
High-rise home: I love colour … I just think it makes you feel good.
I became a priority because I had 2 children – a boy and a girl. They offered me this flat – in a high-rise block – on the top floor. It was filthy, really… I … Continued
The house has completely transformed our lives ….
N: We lived in 7 different homes….. and were so tired. I wanted to put down roots.. maybe 4 years before we actually could. We lived up the road in number 10 – and were renting. The boom … Continued
Home is somewhere to feel safe and loved …and to love my children.
There’s just me, my three children, 2 cats and 2 dogs. This was a re-possessed house. I liked it because it was affordable, close to the school for the children…it had a small garden. It needed … Continued
My mother really created that welcome….
There were 4 children and my parents …..and the last 10 years there have been various dogs. … They moved in in 1983 … 33 years or so…. So it’s nice that it has kind … Continued
I’ve independence here…..
I fell the day I moved in… I lay for 18 hours on my back, couldn’t get up…I was starting to hallucinate…. The maintenance guy came to clear my shower drain in my bathroom. He knocked the … Continued
At my age I’m quite happy with the way things are…..
I’ve been here 16 Years, 5 years in this flat. We had a bit of trouble with the downstairs flat. …..So I couldn’t really stand it any longer so I put in for and managed to get … Continued
House: “In need of some modernisation……”
It takes a lot of people involved on a daily basis, to keep my dad in his own home. We have someone to cut the grass; someone to cut the hedges; a cleaner who comes twice a week; carers … Continued