'London kids hold the keys': meet the families where children call the shots when it comes to moving house

“My London-born daughter was instrumental in insisting we move back to London from a pretty cushy perch we had in Switzerland,” says editor Sally Peck, 45.

Along with her husband, Giles, and their children, Antonia, 12, and Henry, 10, Peck had moved from south London to Lausanne during the pandemic.

“In Switzerland, we lived in a Haussmann-style apartment. We could go to France a lot and ski in the winter,” she says.

“I miss the place and the community feel in Switzerland — it’s not the same in the UK and in London especially.”

The family regularly have meetings to discuss big decisions together.