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Chris and Roberta Hodder recently moved from Forest Hill in Lewisham to Eastbourne in Sussex with their children, aged six and 11.<\/p>\n
They told BBC London that for them it was the prospect of never being able to own a house that drove them out of London.<\/p>\n
Their former three-bed rented property has now sold for \u00a3600,000 as they settle by the seaside in a house the same size they bought for \u00a3200,000. <\/p>\n
“As we were planning to leave, we noticed quite a few kids disappear off the books at our local primary. While visiting a house in another coastal town, there was a couple next to us who were also planning to move out of the city; it definitely seemed like the trend around us,” Mr Hodder, a lobbyist, explained.<\/p>\n
“Long term, we need security for our family. I don’t think it’s healthy that London is becoming a city without children – it’s becoming a necropolis.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n