I escaped to the country and regretted it - life is so dull! Hackney hipster who bought a £2m cottage in the hope of joining the Surrey elite soon realised the food is bland, people are boring and there's nothing to do

The debt consultancy CEO, 44, had lived in London his entire life, first in Tower Hamlets and then in Hackney from 2014, but recently realised that he could no longer tolerate the 'overcrowded' city life.