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Rosie Peppiette gives us a glimpse of buying her three-bedroom
house in South Queensferry, and how ESPC and her solicitor
estate agent helped her on her buying journey.

ith beautiful sea views, easy access I love the number of filters you can add on
to the city centre by train, bus or ESPC – we wanted a house instead of a flat,
Wcar and picturesque countryside and a garden, so we added those in.”
walks, it’s no surprise that lots of first-time
buyers who want homes with more space are Rosie and Jess loved the South Queensferry
moving to the historic seaside town of South house as soon as they saw it, with their
Queensferry. favourite part being the views of the Firth of
Forth bridges from every room in the property.
Rosie Peppiette and her partner Jess started
their house hunt last year, viewing several However, several weeks of tough negotiations
homes in Edinburgh city centre before realising followed after the couple put an offer in.
that properties in out-of-town areas like South Rosie says it was “invaluable” having a solicitor
Queensferry opened up their property search estate agent to help with the process: “It was
as they tend to be more affordable to buy and a daunting experience. The negotiations to
offer more space. purchase the house weren’t straightforward
and took a few weeks. We took a lot of advice
Rosie says: “We looked on the ESPC website from our solicitors at Gillespie Macandrew as
and viewed a few houses in central Edinburgh there were lots of parts to it that made it a
and then began to look outside of the city complicated purchase.”
centre to see what we could get for our
money. We saw our South Queensferry Rosie and Jess got the keys to the house in
property online and after that we sacrificed a October last year and started a series of
city centre location as it was hard to go back renovations. They are saving up to redo
to viewing smaller spaces. the kitchen and in the meantime they have
been painting and adding panelling to the
“The ESPC property search is great, and we bedrooms and home office. The garden is on
viewed four properties advertised with ESPC a slope which deterred a lot of buyers but with
– booking in viewings is very straightforward. the help of her stepmother who is a garden

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