What I Rent: I’m in my 50s and trying out intergenerational living for the first time

This weekend, we’re in Canary Wharf visiting 52-year-old Wendy Hilliard (Picture: Nick Edwards)

Welcome back to What I Rent – Metro’s tenant diary series exploring what renting is like in the UK and further afield.

For years, 52-year-old Wendy Hilliard went about her everyday life barely talking to her neighbours, an experience she describes as typically British.

After a relationship ended and she started looking for new digs, she realised she wanted to connect with the people in her area a little bit more.

Now, she lives in a building designed just for that purpose, and is best friends with people in their 20s and 30s. She may live in a studio flat, but there’s a shar...