Jenny Stevinson doesn’t rattle around her new house, she “flows” between rooms. This is thanks to the adaptable broken-plan layout she designed to solve the occupational hazard of the empty-nester. She can accommodate her three grown-up children and their growing families when required, but she can also adapt it so it doesn’t feel cavernous when she’s on her own. The retired lawyer has proved that you really can have it all…

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