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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Martin Robinson

'I can be guilty of romanticising London renting'

As the capital’s property market stabilises (a bit), like many in the grand heave of London folk scrabbling for a better patch of ground, I’m wondering about our young family’s next options and stressing over the way children tend to grow and take up more valuable square feet on the floor-plan.

But it has also made me reflect on my 25 years living in London, the first half of which, pre-family, I spent renting on the semi-squat scene in Camden.

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