A property can enhance a family’s life, help nourish it, though it is the people within it that really make life work.

There’s the adrenaline of the deal, the thrill of putting something together – knowing it’s a good match and that you’ve done a good job. GG (my business partner) and I have been at various stages of the cycle with various clients over the past week.

I’m content with my lot and quite happy to stick with my property dreams – they’re so much easier to live with.

The self-styled Bonnie and Clyde of real estate have been in town for a 24-hour visit. They are clients who came to me initially through this column and were soon affirmed friends. One of the many reasons for our friendship is a shared love of property. While I dream, they acquire, and have places dotted across the most charming capitals of Europe – Rome, Paris, London, as well as a Mill House in the south of France to recharge away from the furore of bustling cities.