Location versus size: househunters discuss the compromises they've made

Trade-offs will always be part of a property search, but that doesn’t mean you won’t find happiness in your new homeWhen Arabel Lebrusan’s husband found a new job in Derby, his two-and-a-half-hour commute home to London quickly took its toll. “It was a really hard commute,” she says. “He would spend a couple of nights in Derby, and then come back on a Wednesday and go back again. It wasn’t very sustainable. In the end, we decided to move halfway.”