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AT HOME WITH

After
A step up

the ladder

For second steppers Nicole and Jamie, it was definitely a
case of ‘right house, right time’.

W hen the time came for business the market, but it would be July before their Before stressful: “I think that, because we bought our
development
future home popped up on their property
marketing
and
manager Nicole Henderson and her
fiancé Jamie to sell their first property, they radars. somewhat serendipitous. “We originally offered first flat from the developer, that all felt very
straightforward, but buying and selling at the
weren’t sure what their next step would be, “We were searching using the ESPC website, on another property, but we didn’t get it and I same time was a very different experience. I
but felt sure that the right home would come which was so handy,” Nicole says. “It meant we just fell out of love with looking,” says Nicole. think we underestimated how many people
along for them. Their gut instinct was correct, could narrow down our search to our desired “One day in July, we were going to a friend’s there would be to speak to, and how much
and in September 2022, the couple moved into areas, and the filter options were so great at birthday party and on the way, I noticed a cute paperwork needed to be done while meeting
their second home, a two-bed terraced house making sure we were only looking at home little house for sale. Jamie sent me the link to all the deadlines – it was intense.” Another
in the ever-popular Corstorphine. which had everything we wanted.” the listing a few days later, and we decided to reminder of how important it is to have a good
organise a viewing for the following Saturday, solicitor estate agent on your side to help you
“Our first home was a one-bedroom new-build And what exactly did the couple want to which led to offering on the Monday morning through the process!
flat,” explains Nicole. “When we decided to put find? “With the house, we were looking for and having our offer accepted later that day!”
it on the market, we hadn’t seen anything else something with at least two bedrooms, a Once they’d signed on the dotted line, the
that we liked, but we were sure something bathroom big enough for a bath, open plan “I thought when viewing other properties, ‘I couple immediately launched into a full-scale
would come up. We were eager to know how living and dining, and a lovely big garden. In could see myself here’, but when we viewed renovation project to turn the tired two-bed
much money we’d have to spend on our next terms of the area, we wanted somewhere that this house, it felt like it was mine already,” terrace into the home of their dreams. Luckily
home, so we just went for it.” felt safe and had a big sense of community. We Nicole continues. “It didn’t feel like we were for Nicole, she had a secret weapon in the
wanted to live near to our friends and family looking at someone else’s house, it just felt like form of her dad, who helped them turn the
It sounds impulsive, but Nicole and Jamie had and have some good options for nurseries and ours already, which was a feeling I’d never had renovation around in record time. “My dad has
been thinking about selling for a little while, schools for the future.” before. It was crazy!” had his tile company, Henderson Tiling Ltd., for
beginning a casual property search in January 37 years, so he’s always been in business with
2022, which became more serious in March. Luckily for Nicole and Jamie, a property came The couple got the keys in September, great tradespeople, which meant we could
By the time June rolled around, the couple onto the market that offered them everything putting an end to their nine-month journey, enjoy working with a reliable and trustworthy
decided the time had come to put their flat on they were looking for, and the timing felt an experience Nicole says she found quite team. We moved into the completed house

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