Spotting Kevin’s curtains had been closed for several days, and worried he had been struck down by the virus, Jenny stuck a note through his door to check he was OK. “Kevin replied to say that he had Covid but he was all right – and we began messaging from there,” says Jenny.
Newly single architect Jenny Fleming moved into Kevin Palmer’s street just before the first lockdown hit in March 2020, unaware of what life-changing events were in store for her.
Jenny walked past Keeling House on the way to work (she is director of architecture and design practice Carter Fleming) for almost a decade and had always admired it.
The pair found an L-shaped sofa on eBay for £90, resold one half of it and reupholstered the other in leather to recreate a Heal’s design Jenny had fallen in love with but couldn’t afford.
With the flat in an unliveable state, Jenny moved in with Kevin temporarily so he could nurse her while she recovered from surgery.
