
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.