When Hazel Davis craves peace and quiet, or some uninterrupted time to practise her violin, she takes refuge in her own personal place
Hazel, 42, a writer and media trainer, is married to Bob, a warehouse worker. They have two daughters, Clementine, seven, and Gilda, five. They live in a three-bed, end-of-terrace, Twenties house in Huddersfield.
‘We moved to this house pre-children, so having a space of my own wasn’t an issue until they were born. I needed to work but didn’t want to leave the house for long periods and so spent a lot of time doing conference calls in noisy cafés or else with kids in the background. It was quite stressful trying to act professional and I became desperate for my own space. Also, I’m in a folk music duo and needed somewhere to practise my violin. A shed was the ideal solution, but it took us a while to make it happen.
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