3 January 2023
Evening Standard It had taken almost two years for the kind of house Mundae was looking for to come to the market: a 5,000 sq ft home arranged laterally, with parking and, crucially, in the Richmond Hill area. When he had told his estate agent, Xavier Marqués-Wicks at Chestertons, that this was the kind of upgrade he wanted for his four-bedroom Victorian semi nearby, he was told that it could take up to three years for a house of that specification to become available. He would need to get himself into the best possible position to move quickly when the opportunity arose.
When Gush Mundae, his wife, three children and two dogs moved into their new house in Richmond, south-west London, in August this year, they felt a sense of relief.
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