Living in London, once considered to be a city of joined up villages, little did Charlotte Partridge and her husband Jamie Legg expect to find a remaining enclave of friendly community life. Delighted to discover one such place north of Clapham Common, they were inspired to start house hunting there. “Walking around the area, it felt unusually relaxed,” Jamie recalls. “We spotted a traditional family butcher, fantastic fishmonger, wine shop, florist, Gail’s bakery, a gastro pub, and a children’s nursery all within easy walking distance of each other. The location was pretty near perfect.”
However, their whirlwind move from rented accommodation to the house they now live in, was far from perfect. After months of disappointments, and with Charlotte being eight months pregnant with their first baby, an estate agent…
