If you live in a period property in St Margarets, you already know the charm is in the details: the sash windows, the original floorboards, the little bits of history tucked into every room.

Big events leave a footprint. That is the simple truth of it.

If you live in a flat near Church Street in TW1, you already know the rhythm of the place: busy mornings, shared entrances, awkward stairwells, a bit of road dust by the end of the week, and the constant battle against clutter in a smaller footprint.