Following the estate agent around the house, I was excited.
Having been with my partner Martyn, 48, for seven years, in 2015, we were buying a house together.
We’d always known of each other but had never been single at the same time.
Meeting by chance in 2008, it became clear we wanted the same things in life – to settle down and have a family.
And by August 2015 we’d found the perfect property for us – I couldn’t wait to move in, in the autumn.
When I met Martyn back in 2008, he was a bit of an action man, he played cricket at a high level and he enjoyed football.
Working as foreman, he was physically fit, too.
At the time, I was working in London and living in Yorkshire, meaning I spent the majority of time working from home and commuting to the city every couple of weeks.
