Retired couple Patricia Lynch and Gwen Williams had been living in their north London terrace for more than 20 years when they realised they had a tough decision to make: renovate or relocate. Lynch bought the house in 1999, the year she met Williams, who moved in with her two years later. They had both fallen in love with the Tottenham area over the years, but the house wasn’t working for them in its current state. The pandemic lockdown finally prompted them to make a decision: to either spend their twilight years in the house they’d grown so fond of, or move and start afresh.
“We loved that we could walk our collie on the nearby marshes, and go to the theatre and be back by 11 – there’s a lot to be said for that,” says Williams, a retired solicitor. “We looked at other areas, but the housing stock was more expensive and it just didn’t make financial sense to move; plus our social life was here in Tottenham.”
