3 d. ago London leaver: 'we sold up in Tooting for £635k and spent £1.1m on a house in Hove'

London leaver: 'we sold up in Tooting for £635k and spent £1.1m on a house in Hove'  London Evening Standard

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4 d. ago London leaver: 'we sold our Tooting flat for £635k and have spent £1.1m on a house in Hove'

Initially reluctant to move out of south London, this family ended up upsizing on the coast

Economics

7 d. ago London leaver: 'I was exhausted by London hustle culture — then I met a farmer from the Cotswolds'

Entrepreneur Samanah Duran was paying £1,600 a month on her West Kensington flat

Politics

1 week ago London leaver: 'we moved to Essex to save on rent then realised we could buy instead'

Thanks to a low-deposit first-time buyer scheme this couple discovered they could buy a new home right away rather than trying to save while renting

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3 w. ago London leaver: 'we swapped a Battersea townhouse for 25 acres near the Devon coast'

From a few rodent pets to a smallholding on Exmoor, this family made more than a change of address when they swapped Battersea for Devon

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3 w. ago ‘How did I feel giving the baby away? I never thought of it like that’: inside a weekend retreat for surrogate mothers

They don’t do it for money, and pregnancy takes a toll. So why do women lend their wombs to carry a baby for strangers they’ve met online?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAs I walk out of Hobart airport’s small arrivals hall, I immediately spot the person I’m looking for. My contact, Mollie D’Arcy, is standing at the exit, heavily pregnant. Her baby bump isn’t the only giveaway – she’s holding up a laminated sign in hot pink writing, sticky taped to a retractable light sabre toy. It reads, “Surrogates on Tour.”It’s mid-September 2024 and D’Arcy is this year’s Surrogacy Sisterhood Retreat organiser and captain. Since its inception in 2018, it’s the first time this event, a roving annual weekend away for surrogates past and present, has made it to Tasmania. Continue reading...

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last month London leaver: 'I had to do a lot of calming down when I left London for East Sussex'

London leaver: 'I had to do a lot of calming down when I left London for East Sussex'  London Evening Standard

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