Manningtree in Essex sits on the River Stour
(Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)Moving to the countryside, with its pretty landscapes, quaint cottages for half the price of a London flat, and rustic pub lunches sounds lovely. But the trouble with life beyond London is that after a while all that wide open space and bucolic charm can get a bit, well, boring.
Especially since, during the pandemic, people exiting the capital have started getting younger. Traditionally it was a move to be made when children were in their teens. But today six in 10 buyers of properties outside of London are in their 20s, 30s or 40s, according to research from Knight Frank. And almost 70 per cent of buyers in the home counties have yet to celebrate their 50th.
