Reasonable difference in housing requirements

Has anyone recently gone to court and argued housing particulars? The stbx currently lives in a small town way outside of London where a 4 bed house within the current area costs between £235-£250. I want to move to London to be closer to work, cut my 4hrs of travel down to 1.5 and still have room to accommodate my kids (when I finally get a court order to obtain access).

My solicitor has said I need to look at housing in the same price but that is just not possible in London. I want to be near an overland station and near M4 as that is the right side of town to get to my kids. A 3 bed (ex-council) in a ‘safe’ area starts at about 320- 325.

To recap there is 270K equity in the house-I am going for 70K of it.

Advice?

There is not enough equity for you to be able to get what you would like and live where you like (same applies for the departing spouse).

There is not enough equity for either of us to live where we want. Ex-council is not what I want but it means being closer to work,saving on commuiting costs, and not spending 4 hours a day in transit.

I am looking for others who have been in a similar situation?

She insists on living in a particular part of the village so I see no reason why i should not fight my corner on this.

The equity split remains as it would if I would remain far out.