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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Ruth Bloomfield

London leaver: 'Our move to the Cotswolds has saved us £17k a year in rent'

Sam Whigham and Mike Perry began to feel that London wasn’t working for them anymore when they considered how mad it was that, in order to take their dog out for a good long walk, they first had to drive him out of Zone 1, often spending more time on the road than they actually out walking.

But they also didn’t want to compromise on the little day-to-day luxuries of London life – a proper flat white, a great dinner.

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