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Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

Leaving London: this family swapped East Dulwich for Yorkshire and a ‘much, much smaller mortgage’

The Hedley family were dreading the logistics of a London school run

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Kat and Mark Hedley were of the opinion that if they were going to leave London they were going to seriously leave; they were not interested in compromise or half-measures.

“I had no interest in moving out to Surrey or Hertfordshire and spending three hours a day on the train commuting back to the office,” said Kat.

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