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First-time buyer Alice Parr shows us around her dream
Edinburgh flat, that she found using ESPC’s email alerts.

eterinary nurse and social started looking at smaller flats in
media influencer Alice Parr, the surrounding areas that fit the
V32, bought her first property, criteria, and when a property in my
a flat in Edinburgh’s Merchiston, price range and desired location
after over a year of searching became available, I would view it
for the perfect place in just the immediately.
right location.
What was your property
Almost three years after getting the search experience like, and
keys, Alice has lovingly renovated how did ESPC help?
her flat and created a space that My search ended up taking That’s great to hear. Did the email alerts
truly reflects her personality and just over a year. I viewed nine help you to find your flat?
interests. Here, she shows us properties, and bid on three that Yes! I’d gotten an email notification on the
around the space that she’s made I missed out on, before finally Thursday when this flat came up for sale, and I
into her ideal first home.
getting this place. Before I started called the agent and booked a private viewing
looking, I remembered a friend for the Saturday, ahead of the open viewing the
What was your criteria for saying she would check ESPC daily next day. It allowed me to view on my own, take
your first property purchase? for new properties until she found my time and build up a rapport with the seller. I
I always wanted an older property her place, so I always knew I was ended up asking them if I could make an offer
– I love Edinburgh flats for their going to use ESPC to find my flat. before the property went to closing, and they
character and period features. As I used ESPC’s email notification were thankfully open to the idea. I’d lost out
well as that, I had very specific feature, adding the street names many times before, as well as finding out I was
criteria for the location of my of where I wanted to live, and the second-highest bid multiple times with
flat – having rented in Bruntsfield then I got an email notification previous flats, so I was getting disheartened
for 10 years, I really wanted to every time a property was listed, with the process. On the Monday morning after
stay in the area, but I couldn’t so I could be on top of what was the viewing, I made an offer to the seller to take
afford the Bruntsfield price tag. I happening in the market. the flat off the market, and they accepted!

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