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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ruth Bloomfield

Leaving London: why one family swapped their east London home for an ‘uninhabitable’ doer-upper on the coast

Leanne and Andy with their son, Noah

(Picture: Handout)

Everybody has a pandemic tale to tell, but the ups and downs which Leanne Fraser has endured over the past two years are more dramatic than most: a job loss, a career change, a relocation, a renovation project and a new baby, all within barely two years.

In the first few weeks of lockdown 2020 Leanne was informed, on a conference call, that she was being made redundant from her job as a childrenswear designer for a major high street retailer after ten years.

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