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Charlotte Duck

LAT winter? Why London couples are now Living Apart Together

London couple Rachael Partleton and Steve Wingrove who live in separate flats in the same house. - (Lucy Young)

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.

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