When the last of Catherine's three children left the family home in Didsbury, she and her husband were at a loss what to do with the space.
They planned to downsize eventually, but felt guilty about their number of empty bedrooms. After a friend came to stay for a few months, the couple found they enjoyed the hustle and bustle of having a guest in their home.
So, they decided to open it up to strangers. Catherine has close connections to the asylum-seeking process through her job, and wanted to help refugees in desperate need of a home.
