After making the big decision to move to England from Hong Kong, we chose St Albans in Hertfordshire as our base,’ says Meko. ‘We had friends living here already, there are good schools and you can get into London if you need to easily, but you also have the countryside on your doorstep. There’s actually a sizeable Chinese community here too.
We rented for four years to make sure we’d made the right decision and give us time to save up and then it was finally time to buy a place.
Finding a home
All the properties we viewed that were already done up were at least 30 per cent more expensive, so it made sense to take on a project. We saw this house, which was a typical mid-terrace with a small kitchen,
