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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

London Leaver: 'People run everywhere in London, no-one walks like in Folkestone'

Like so many Londoners the reality of working from home for the foreseeable future inspired Bianca Claessens and her husband Marco Bettarino to move away in search of a bigger home. But their race for space turned out to be a marathon not a sprint.

It took the couple almost three years to buy a new home in Folkestone, a rollercoaster journey during which they were outbid, undercut, and let down at every turn.

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