At first I was appalled that my sister had dismantled the green bathroom. In a single afternoon she had wiped out all the efforts of the past three months that I had put in to enhance the bathroom’s appearance. She had also emptied the spare bedroom of most of its furniture, which was now littered elsewhere throughout the flat.

However, I was also secretly pleased that she had stripped everything back because she had made it obvious that both the bathroom and bedroom were in serious need of a complete upgrade. Even TPR would be persuaded when he saw the extent of rot around the avocado bathtub.