Job: Recruitment manager
Age: 31 years old

"I’ve lived in Pimlico for about ten years. Originally I wanted to live in Notting Hill. But after living in Pimlico I decided to stay. It’s really central, you can get to anywhere in London really easily.

It’s ‘villagey’, lots of families live here, there’s a nice mix of young and old. It’s actually quite undiscovered, lots of people don’t even know where Pimlico is! It’s quiet; you can come home and just relax. And there’s a sense of community, I see people I know when I go out and there are community events, Bring n’ Buy sales at the church and the annual Pimlico fête every summer with fairground rides.

I enjoy going out for dinner with friends, I try to do that once a week. There’s a couple of nice places in Chelsea. I like to have a little bit of variety. The Ebury on Pimlico Road is good for drinks. It used be a real working man’s bar which was then shut down and revamped. It’s always heaving when you go past now, lots of trendy people. You get a mix of people from Pimlico and Chelsea. Baker & Spice is good for ‘breakfasty’ foods. And there’s a great cheese shop called Wapping Cheeses.

There’s a few nice local restaurants. There’s a really old fashioned one that’s been going since the 1970s called Grumbles. And a typical French restaurant called Poule au Pot, where it's nice in the summer to go and sit outside. Olivetto’s on Elizabeth Street does the best pizzas in town.

Up at Pimlico Road there’s a Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning. It’s great if you’ve got people coming round for dinner, you can get lovely fresh meats, cheeses, jams and honey. Moreton Street is great, it’s got a new deli called Khallouck & Taylor, a great Turkish restaurant called Kassam. A couple of Italians I know, Georgio and Mario, are opening a restaurant on Rochester Row called Due Amici.

There are a few things lacking in Pimlico – bars is one. I go to a pub called The Page and The Clarendon on Cambridge Street, which has recently been turned into a wine bar. At first we didn’t like it but we’ve started going back now! And there’s no cinema or clothes boutiques. This area could really do with some boutiques – there are enough people who would appreciate it.

I’ve just signed up with a personal trainer, just a few weeks ago, so it’s early days. I’ve had two sessions, out in the gardens next to my flat. Last Sunday evening there I was, in full glare of the public with boxing gloves! I’m also keeping a food diary, which really makes you think about what you eat. You can be really lazy with food. When I was little I wanted to be a hairdresser or a greengrocer –my plan was that everyone would buy from me because I would sell cheaper than everyone else!”

Photograph: Richard Jones