Michele Akester-Marsh and her husband moved 550 miles from Dorset to Scotland to afford the rural property of their dreams.
Three years ago, they bought a Victorian farmhouse with around 6.5 acres in Angus for £405,000. In their home county, an equivalent property would have cost more than £1.2m.
But the relocation has come at a steep financial and emotional cost, leaving them “cash-flow poor” after spending £30,000-£40,000 on moving alone and taking on further borrowing to renovate their new home.
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The costs of maintaining their new home are also high, leaving them “struggling to make ends meet”.
