Affluent Londoners flee city for rural idylls amid fears of lockdown
Rural England has always been the ultimate touchstone for the wealthy. This therefore leaves me with little in the way of surprises about such folks flocking to the country. As a number of articles to follow indicate they are currently not very welcome. This story tells us:
The rural luxury rental market has “gone mad” as affluent Londoners scramble to escape the capital, willing to pay vastly inflated sums to secure the best properties.
Holiday letting companies are struggling to keep up with a surge in enquiries for coastal or countryside properties as city-dwellers move to escape the crowds and self-isolate “comfortably” with plenty of space.
Experts reported frenetic activity in the past few days as families desperately try to secure desirable properties ahead of a possible lockdown.
The most popular locations for those seeking to escape the capital, as well as those who have had forthcoming skiing and Easter breaks cancelled, include the Cotswolds, Norfolk, Devon and Cornwall and the Lake District….