
Rachael Partleton, 41, and Steven Wingrove, 49, are neighbours but they’re also a couple. “Our front doors are 16 inches apart and you can hear when each other is up and awake,” says Partleton, a personal trainer.
The pair live in a house that’s been converted into two flats, each with two bedrooms and a shared garden, in Crystal Palace. They got together in January, after bumping into each other out and about, going for coffees and being friends for seven months.