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An illustrated limestone path climbing past leafy cottages, a blue basin and a lemon pergola.

Neighbours & Rooms

A few familiar
faces next door.

A first invitation. A small favour. An afternoon that becomes a friendship. Meet the people of Orchard Court, Garden Steps and Waterside.

Website illustration

An invitation inside

Everyday rooms.
Personal little stories.

You arrive as a new neighbour. The people you visit have gathered things for an afternoon they want to share with you. Help them make room, hear what matters to them, and get to know the person behind each door.

Someone has lent the linen. Someone is drawing the invitations. There is a place for you at supper.

Around the courtyard

Orchard Court

Mira’s first welcome grows into a circle of familiar faces. Mending, cooking, listening, growing and drawing connect five neighbours on the way to a shared supper.

The cottages and leafy shared garden of Orchard Court.
Orchard Court · website illustration
Mira’s illustrated portrait

Mira

Textile mender

Witty, generous and easily carried away by a project. Mira is making room for a mending afternoon, with a place for a new neighbour among the sewing things.

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Leon’s illustrated portrait

Leon

Home cook

A confident cook and a less certain host. Leon’s generous portions and affectionate fussing connect a kitchen full of everyday things with the neighbours’ supper.

Esmé’s illustrated portrait

Esmé

Radio enthusiast

Dry humour, decisive opinions and unexpectedly varied music. Esmé is choosing records for supper, with a repaired radio and familiar comforts close by.

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Jules’s illustrated portrait

Jules

Plant enthusiast

Sociable and impulsive, Jules shares cuttings around the neighbourhood. His sunroom makes space for growing things and for learning what other people actually need.

Noor’s illustrated portrait

Noor

Reader and illustrator

Observant and quietly funny, Noor often finds words easier on paper. Invitations, drawings and curious books bring the neighbourhood into her workspace.

Along the garden path

Garden Steps

Invitations carry you along limestone steps between planted terraces. Ada shares what she is making, Rafi offers tea and useful opinions, and Neri knows a shady place to pause together.

Garden Steps neighbourhood artwork with planted terraces and a blue basin.
Garden Steps · neighbourhood artwork detail
Ada’s illustrated portrait

Ada

Ceramicist

Patient with things still taking shape, Ada makes useful vessels and botanical patterns. Her work moves between Clay Court and a separate drawing and specimen studio.

Rafi’s illustrated portrait

Rafi

Neighbour and gardener

Active, opinionated and amused by useful things. Rafi’s citrus shelter and garden kitchen make space for plants, everyday tools and a cup of tea with company.

Neri’s illustrated portrait

Neri

Bus dispatcher

Practical, observant and dryly funny, Neri lives beside the lower blue basin. Her reading corner keeps work things findable and leaves room to unwind.

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Down by the river

Waterside

Follow the steps towards the water and meet Ivo, Derya and Sacha. Boats, book repairs and music bring you into their rooms, then together in a shared quay room where there is already a place for you.

Waterside neighbourhood artwork showing riverside homes, a moored boat and the shared quay.
Waterside · neighbourhood artwork
Ivo’s illustrated portrait

Ivo

Ferrykeeper and model-maker

Practical about the crossing, cheerfully less certain about his model boats. Ivo welcomes company in his quayside workroom and puts the kettle on aboard his moored galley.

Derya’s illustrated portrait

Derya

Bookbinder

Derya repairs well-loved books and lends the ones she cannot stop recommending. Help her make room around the binding bench, and stay to talk about a story.

Sacha’s illustrated portrait

Sacha

Musician

Sacha keeps a violin near the river window. Gathered scores and cases make room for another rehearsal, which often turns into a conversation with whoever comes to listen.

A little more to explore

Room for your way.

Find out how physical fit, useful places and a little freedom to change your mind shape the arranging.

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