
“I sleep better when it’s just me,” admits Vannessa Viljoen, 23. “I need my own space to rejuvenate and not to be disturbed.”
The writer and speaker rents a two-bedroom flat in Warlingham, south of Croydon, with her fiancé, musician Josiah, and 17-month-old daughter. “We should be in a three-bedroom and are looking to move in May.” This is to accommodate the fact that Viljoen and her partner, who is due to have a hip replacement, need separate bedrooms.