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Home sweet home...for now

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Greetings from 10/1 Corsica, London N5 1FT.   I thought I’d show you how we live here. It’s a new experience for us as we have never lived in an apartment together. We have a newer 2BR/2BA flat.   Probably built around the 1990s.   The kitchen, dining and living room are all in one room. We have a patio area that connects to a courtyard with artificial turf. We play fetch there with Reiver. There is even a great potty station behind the flat. While it’s pretty comfortable here, it has none of the charm of the homes that England is known for. There are plenty of those around -- some built centuries ago. Of course they’ve been upgraded through the years but some things simply can’t be changed. Like stairs so steep that you have to climb up them like a ladder. Low ceilings and door frames from when people were much shorter. It doesn’t take much height to hit your head on a door jamb like this. I’m 5’5” and I do it. Drafty windows, floors that you could never play marbles on,...