Leaving London Behind: The Personal Struggle and Unexpected Joy of Starting Fresh in Italy

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor six and a half years, Rackton Road in West Kensington was home. A modest two-bed flat with a terrace, tucked between Fulham Broadway and West Brompton, it offered just enough space to live comfortably, at least until London’s housing market decided to remind me who was really in charge. I moved in March 2017, […]

The Real Cost of Staying in London: Why I Chose Italy for Space, Savings, and Sanity

Reading Time: 5 minutesGoodbye Rackton Road, Hello Lake Viverone View of Lake Viverone from our window From March 2017 until October 2023, I called a two-bed flat on Rackton Road home. Wedged neatly between West Kensington, West Brompton, and Fulham Broadway, it was the classic London rental: functional, small terrace, and forever teetering on the edge of “cosy” […]

How Post-COVID London Forced Me to Rethink Home, Work, and Life — and Move to Italy

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe London Years: A Two-Bed Flat and Endless Council Tax From March 2017 until October 2023, I lived in a modest two-bedroom flat with a terrace on Rackton Road, tucked between West Kensington, West Brompton, and Fulham Broadway.  It wasn’t palatial, but it did the job.  At £1,600 a month in rent, plus another £500 […]

From a Crowded London Flat to a Spacious Italian Villa: My Journey to Better Living

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen people ask me why I left London, I usually say: “Because I was paying over two grand a month to share a tiny terrace with pigeons.” That normally gets a laugh, but it’s also not far from the truth. Let me take you back to Rackton Road in Fulham, the place that shaped my […]