What do you like most about your home?

I live in a ground floor 42m2 kitchen- diner- lounge in a block of flats for those 55 or or over. It's small, but an ample size for me. I feel safer here than in previous flats I've lived in. I can't think of any standout thing I like about this flat. It's more a general feeling of being safe and secure.

Secret rooms. 

I like to be home.  Its safe from unwanted things like people I don't want to talk to and noise. Has nice family visits memories and plans to look forward to. Has my lovely hubby in it.I miss our lovely dog though. Thoughts of another dog friend joining us one day make me happy though. 

My room 100% i love being here no criticism only designing and work and think

I like the way I decorated my room. I'm very into the log cabin in the woods aesthetic, so I had my floors paneled. I also got two kinds of wallpaper; one that looks like paneled wood, and another that looks like a faint forest canopy. I have two opposite walls in one, and the other two opposite in the other, one of the forest ones being where the window is. It creates this combined feeling of nature and solitude that's more comfortable to me than doing all of one or the other. I also like the cieling fan I added, the additional fan I've got on my window sill, and the mesh framing I'm about to have installed on my window, so that I can have the best airflow I can get shy of an air conditioning unit.

I also really like this stuffed shiba plushie my best friend got me, that sits on top of my record player right in front of me.

Wow how lovely! What a dream. Enjoy

My home is familiar to me. Warm, safe, and with lots of photographs. I like the living room - it has two nice sofas, a great TV with my Wii connected to it, and my lego collection in the corner! I also like the fact that we have several bookshelves around the house: one in the living room, one in my bedroom, three in the attic. We love books! My room has a nice desk as well.

‘Poison of comparison’ is a marvellous term. 

My rent is sky high and I can't afford it.

The views are lovely. You are lucky to have such wildlife on your literal doorstep. 

Scary how dependent we are on neighbours for peace of mind. I had a nightmare situation in my old flat, with the person below (who, ironically, used his own more noticeable autism - I was still some years away from my own diagnosis- as an excuse for some very trying episodes) regularly blasting music and flims at ungodly hours, or even during the day. And shouting, and slamming cupboards and doors regularly. I appreciate he needed to let off steam (an extreme stim I suppose) with some of that, but everything taken together was too much. 17 years into my 13 years there, I finally exploded at him after many more diplomatic attempts to get him to modify behaviour. Especiially the most outrageous one - hammering on my door if I took a day off work to demand to know why my routine was not as normal. He did change his ways considerably enough after my meltdown (buying earphones like I told him to for instance!) to make the last few years there much better. I was then able to sell the place on with a clear conscience about the way more mellowed behaviour that the new resident would be getting. Imagine my disappointment when she got in touch a couple of months in to say he was behaving in all those old ways again, and had I been aware of it? In other words, he'd completely re-set to 'push my luck' mode as soon as I left. It's not my fault, and I couldn't have foreseen it, but it felt weird to be being haunted even after the escape by his escapades.

Oh a river, you're so lucky to have that and all the wildlife it brings. Beautiful photos, you can tell they were done on a good camera.

Must look into some of those. I've been using one called 'cosy night in' (very much my vibe) which seems to be mainly lavender.

I have two now. . Both boys. 

I used to really relate to that fairy tale when I was little. I believed I would be able to pass that test and feel the pea. Now I know why!

I couldn't tolerate an electric blanket as a child, as I could feel all the wires. I couldn't even tolerate flannelette sheets, due to the 'bobbles' on the fabric.

If you do decide to get one it is peak time and highest prices currently. I just checked on Amazon and the one I have is currently 4 times the price I paid during the summer. Not much help for this winter but unsurprisingly the cheapest time to buy one is generally during a heatwave.

Thanks. I’m feeling very tempted to get one. Would definitely need a fleece cover - I’m very sensitive to any kind of discomfort (like that story: ‘the princess and the pea’ ). 

I love the slower pace of life in Cornwall as well as the coast.

Awh sounds a lovely happy environment for you and your family Billy. 

I got one a few years ago and I love it. I wouldn't be without it now.

Modern ones have timers, so that they will switch off automatically after the length of time you set it for. There is no need to turn it off when you get into bed. I usually switch mine on for one hour before bed and then another hour once I get into bed.

If you are sensitive to textures, as many autistic people are, you might want to opt for one with a removable fleece cover attached. That way you won't be able to feel the hard wires quite as much through the blanket.

How many cats have you got? :)