Leaving London: one couple’s move to Sheffield halved their Brixton rental costs — and saw them buy a home within two years

The story of Jordan Lovell Ambler’s exit from London has an almost Dickensian ring to it.

It was almost Christmas when her landlord dropped the bombshell news that the Brixton flat she called home was going to be sold. She and her partner Jonathan Davis found themselves suddenly facing the prospect of homelessness. And they had just had their first baby.