Haraka, idle question, what would be the effect on your State pension if you returned?
One major factor for Repats is house prices.
There are places where you can get a reasonable apartment for £300k and further north a house too. Increasingly though New build south of the Trent/Severn (roughly) are 20 + to the acre with drive access rather than roads. In contrast we have room for 12 on our garden.