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AT HOME WITH ESPC BUYERS

A SPACE OF
ONE’S OWN

Creative Director Katie Brigstock found her
dream home in Edinburgh through ESPC.
Here, she shows us around her new flat and
talks to us about her experience as a
first-time buyer in the middle of lockdown.

27-year-old Katie Brigstock has become
well-known in the Edinburgh interiors scene,
after launching her creative studio Style Your
Spaces in 2019. Offering everything from Congratulations on purchasing your first
wedding floristry to event styling, the studio property! What was your experience like as
recently diversified to add homeware into a first-time buyer, and how was it impacted
the mix, unveiling an online shop stocked by the lockdown restrictions?
with Katie’s signature linens, crockery, and Thank you. It was a long process! I’d been
accessories, as well as an antique furniture renting in Edinburgh for a few years, in
sourcing service, Sourced by SYS. different parts of the city, including New
Town and Stockbridge. I had a fairly good
Katie’s also been busy documenting her own understanding of the different areas and
interiors journey online, after purchasing her communities in Edinburgh, so I used this to
first property, a flat in Edinburgh’s Trinity help narrow down my search.
neighbourhood, at the beginning of 2021.
Sharing her renovation progress with her We were looking for about a year and saw
11,000+ followers, we’re delighted to get a around 20 properties. Then lockdown
little glimpse into this very stylish space with happened, and the experience was quite
the lady herself. stressful to be honest. In-person viewings
weren’t allowed, and I wasn’t prepared to
offer on anywhere I hadn’t seen. Then, once
the restrictions started lifting, there was an
influx of buyers looking and pent-up demand,
which meant prices got higher, and it became
a real fight for anything good! We made offers
on three other properties but were outbid on
all of them.

I used the ESPC website throughout my
whole search, which was a great help in
finding suitable properties with good, clear
photos and all the relevant information I
needed. I found that properties were being
snapped up so fast, that I was constantly
You can follow Katie’s interiors journey on refreshing ESPC for the new ones! It was on
Instagram @styleyourspaces. ESPC that we found this particular flat.

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