‘It’s neutral but FULL OF STYLE’

Originally, we’d put in an offer on a house the next street over,’ says Shani. ‘By the time that fell through, we’d already fallen in love with this area of north London, and knew this was where we wanted our first proper family home.

‘Luckily, this house came onto the market almost immediately and we snapped it up. It had already been converted back into a single dwelling after decades as flats, but the renovations were cheap. The kitchen was flimsy and much of the Victorian character inside had been stripped away, but we saw that it had