Relocating from a rustic house built of logs sited on 15 acres opposite a forest in Canada to a Victorian townhouse with a postage stamp-size garden in southwest London is a bit of a lifestyle change, to put it mildly.
"Yes, it was quite a culture shock," laughs Krista Hargrave, who made the move with her family when husband Eric’s private equity job brought them to the capital. "The children were only six, five, and three, and they had never even walked on a busy street," she adds. "We chose a leafy, gentrified area and gradually adjusted, escaping to the countryside when we could."
