INTVEEs live with their two sons and wife's brother in a three apartment house. They had previously lived in a six apartment basement flat in town but had to leave as the building was unsafe. Wife would like to leave this flat has it is too overcrowded but otherwise likes the district. She thinks the balcony would be more useful as part of the interior and just makes the rooms darker. INTVER agrees that the balconies on the ground floor serve no function other than an aesthetic one but aren't particularly beautiful. A main complaint is the lack of cupboard space and the coal cellar in the hall is full of trunks and boxes. There are hooks in the hall for coats but when the coats are there is no room to pass. The living room is a reasonable size but it has a large three piece suite sideboard, dining table and chairs, bookcase it is very cluttered. The older son sleeps in this room on a put-up settee. The kitchen is off the living room with fitted cupboards, a small table, new washing machine and a new electric cooker. INTVER comments that the house is "was quite middle class in its furnishing. There was a large unworn carpet in the sitting room, and the moquette suite was rather typically suburban, as was all the other veneered walnut furniture". The wife used to be against the Unions but is for them now that she realised they can increase her wage from that of an unskilled worker to semi-skilled worker. INTVER notes that he has heard from another researcher that the family fly to Spain every year and stay in Tossa del Mar. This is their big expense and they save all year. Male INTVEE occasionally goes to the Episcopal Church. They think the house is pretty quiet because of the layout, the only noise is the rubbish going down the chute which falls just outside their bedroom window. Female INTVEE is satisfied with the district and is quoted as saying "They're rather like us - they're all middle-class, I should say". She liked to watch the children playing outside but told them off if their ball came into her garden. She once kept the ball and said the child's father would have to come and get it, she was surprised when he did as in her day father's wouldn't get involved. She was not allowed to look at the house before taking it and was told "If you take the keys you take the house".

INTVER's thoughts: Impressed with INTVEE's willingness to bring her neighbours up to her level of middle class and the lack of hostility towards them given she had previously lived in a large house with no neighbours.