When my children, Anthony, 11, and Mia, eight, and I moved into our new house in the Wirral, Merseyside, in February 2019, I knew it would need quite a lot of TLC. It was perfect for us – just the right size, yet there was room to grow if we needed it, but I was under no illusion that it needed some work. In my head, I was already removing a few walls and upgrading some of the electrics and plumbing! As I
