We told my parents we were hoping to move house, and my mum is now doing what we predicted she would - telling us exactly what we need in the next house.

Remarkably, this always sounds exactly like what she needs us to have - four bedrooms, so we can each have an office and there will still be a guest bedroom.

Or, if needs must, a 3 bedroom house with a room downstairs that could be used as an office, leaving us with… a guest bedroom!