The property expert and TV presenter, 49, lives in Somerset with her husband, Graham, an artist, and their four sons, Laurie, Rafferty, Charlie and Billy, aged between 11 and 16I like to wake early (usually at 6.30am) when the house is quiet, as it gives me a longer day.
The children are always still in bed; one of my constant frustrations is that they’re happy to wake at midday. I let our cockapoo, Maple, out – she recently had puppies in our bed and they squeak a bit – then I’ll spend 20 minutes emptying the dishwasher, hanging the washing out, and shouting at the children to wake up.
Sometimes, I’ll play classical music, like Carmina Burana, at full blast to get them out of bed.I take a cup of milky coffee back to bed and check my.
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