As many of you know, I’m not the biggest fan of change, especially when housing is concerned. When I was at Manchester, I didn’t just spend three years in the same Hall of Residence. Every year, I got the form for reapplication and ticked ‘yes, I want to stay in Room A14 for another year, thank you very much’.

After university, I returned home to my bedroom (also known to my American friends as ‘essentially Harry Potter’s room under the stairs’) and stayed there for nine years with a brief year-long gap in NC.

But whilst scrubbing the hardwood floors this week, I realized that I have stayed in this house longer than anywhere else except Avon Crescent. Which seems like a big deal. And to celebrate, the house kept the mice away for a few days.

I can’t say that I believe I’ll be staying within these walls for as long as I did at Avon Crescent, but I’m here for now. Also, my family is coming back next June, so the house will be full again for a short time!

Still, I continue to look at Dezeen and dream…