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Ruth Bloomfield
Turning a rundown north London house into a pink palace helped me heal
In desperate need of serenity, Claire Papadimitriou put her heart into making a colourful family home
London leaver: 'People are so much friendlier beyond the M25'
This family found their dream renovation project and a love of the outdoors with their move out of the capital
The best commuter towns less than an hour from London
Cornwall? Wales? That’s so 2020. Londoners moving out now don’t want to be more than an hour away by train
'My five-bed house in Scotland cost the same as a London flat deposit'
Kestral Gaian was nervous about leaving London as a non-binary queer person. They shouldn’t have worried...
We swapped a £695k London flat for a €1.2m villa near Lisbon
Seeking more space but not wanting to move to the London commuter belt where they didn’t know anyone, this family made a bigger leap to the Portuguese seaside
Inside the battle for London's parks as residents take on festivals
For many residents, huge music events are an affront to local life, while others welcome the party vibe
'We lived with parents to save a £34k deposit for a house near Dover'
With plans to marry and start a family sooner rather than later, Amy and Ben wanted a house and realised they would have to leave London to afford one
North London area that's underrated, understated and outperforming
Celebs and politicians love it, the pubs are perfect and house prices just right
'We left creative jobs and a Streatham rental flat to farm in Devon'
A former south Londoner, Leah found farming isolating at first, but over time has become part of her rural Devon community
How to save a deposit or cut housing costs without lifestyle sacrifice
From micro-saving to renting out a room or parking space, here are top ways to give your finances a boost this year
The big slump: Is London's property market in crisis?
Homes languishing on the market, prices plummeting — what’s going on?
Off to Wuthering Heights: Yorkshire Dales towns with homes from £290k
Margot Robbie’s travails are piquing interest in the Yorkshire Dales. Here’s where to start your search for a home
'I swapped a Holborn flat for a £550k Suffolk house and new career'
Moving to Suffolk from central London helped Charles Allen find his sense of purpose thanks to his new career as a teacher
From Gwyneth to the Gallaghers — inside London's celeb home swap shop
Liam, Noel, Gwynnie, Nicole...why do they all sell to, buy and rent from each other?
Inside Ellen DeGeneres's minimalist home in the Cotswolds
Traditional Cotswolds cottage it is not. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s spectacular courtyard house has transatlantic appeal
London leaver: 'We paid £390k for our fairytale house in Suffolk'
The couple swapped flats in Fitzrovia and Hackney for their timber beamed medieval house in Lavenham
'We lived in a van in south London to save for our move to Portugal’
The couple saved as much as they could on rent while living in a converted van in a storage yard in Norbiton, showering at work or the gym
How this couple swapped Putney for Essex and halved their living costs
The couple left London for a bigger home for their dogs and haven’t looked back
'My £400k Glastonbury home cost a third what I sold for in Camberwell'
Katie Young says swapping south London for Somerset offered an affordable new start post divorce
How one couple's dream home renovation ended up £200k over budget
Vicky Winner and Jake Holloway may have bust the budget on their £600,000 renovation – completely with a disco bathroom and garden studio record store – but they don’t care one bit
'Living in Clapham, we were stressed before we even got to work'
Having expected to live in Clapham and work as a lawyer, Charlotte Hunka has instead found herself travelling the world with her husband’s job