Mr. Pat Montague:

It is a very different model. Living in a multi-unit development is a very different model from living in a house. Your neighbours are not just side by side - they are below and above you. Noise is a much bigger issue than it tends to be in houses. My son likes to play the guitar. Thank God, his bedroom does not adjoin another house, which helps, but it is a loud electric guitar with loads of pedals, reverb and all the rest of it. That is not the way you can do it if you are in an apartment.

Mr. Lambe mentioned information. We have a massive journey to go on. It is a very different culture and model of living but it is also a very good one. I will go back to my parents' experience because they are old. My father is aged 93 and my mother is 88. Their neighbours have been fantastic to them in helping them with things. Their mobility is impaired but the fact they can use the lift to get in and out gives them huge freedom. They do not have to do big maintenance work. They have a beautiful balcony that overlooks the grounds of All Hallows College. They have an incredible quality of life that they would not have if they had stayed in the house they had.