I last updated our house buying journey at the beginning of June when we had just had our offer accepted and the solicitor was in the process of doing the relevant searches. Ten long weeks have passed us by since then, weeks which have passed by rather quickly but with each day filled with stress…

We are literally days away from completing on our first ever owned family home and my brain is full of plans and ideas of what we need to do and what is to come over the next months and years.

Since the launch of the Lifetime ISA over a year ago, I have championed how great they are for first time buyers and have told anyone who will listen that it’s one the best ways to save for a deposit for their first home.

Once we had put an offer in for our dream home and it had been accepted, the property was quickly taken off the market and on Rightmove it showed as SOLD STC. I was so, so happy and couldn’t help but tell the world on Instagram. I was soon living to regret this when the…

So, a few weeks ago we decided that it was time to start the mortgage application process. As I have previously mentioned, we have Lifetime ISAs which are ready to be used in June and with me just having a significant pay rise, we thought why not try now? The thought process was if we…

We’ve just spent the past few weeks viewing multiple properties while trying to find our dream home and the first thing that really surprised me was the fact you are usually shown around by the vendor as opposed to the estate agent. I suppose it’s from watching way too may American TV shows that I…