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AT HOME WITH

                        A
                  hidden gem







                                                   in The Jewel





             Ayeisha Mohammad gives us a glimpse of buying her two-bedroom
           house in The Jewel, and how ESPC and her solicitor estate agent helped
                               her on her buying journey.




                                                                                                     ince the pandemic many people have   didn’t have to move out,” she says. “My
                                                                                                     been looking for more space when   solicitor estate agents were really good at
                                                                                                  Sthey buy a property, whether it’s to   keeping me updated through the process.”
                                                                                                  accommodate  home  working, a  growing
                                                                                                  family or simply a re-evaluation of their lifestyle,   Ayeisha then started looking for her dream
                                                                                                  and this trend doesn’t look to be slowing.   home: “Once I started actively looking
                                                                                                                                    I found lots of places. I used both the
                                                                                                  When Ayeisha Mohammad started her   ESPC website and Watermans to look for
                                                                                                  search for a second property, she knew she   properties. I used the website filters – such
                                                                                                  wanted a garden for her dog and an extra   as the number of bedrooms, a garden and
                                                                                                  bedroom as she had been living in a one-  set my price parameters. I wanted a home
                                                                                                  bedroom flat in Musselburgh for four years.   that was between £200,000 to £250,000 –
                                                                                                                                    this is on the higher end but I also looked at
                                                                                                  Ayeisha says: “I was looking for a house and   lower priced properties so I could do it up
                                                                                                  I expected to see something I liked, put an   and go over the asking price.”
                                                                                                  offer in and then put my property up for sale.
                                                                                                  However, my solicitor estate agent said my   She soon found a two-bedroom house in
                                                                                                  property should already be on the market   The Jewel, a small district of east Edinburgh,
                                                                                                  (ideally sold) before I found my next home.”   between Bingham and Niddrie.
                                                                                                  Ayeisha was initially anxious about the   Ayeisha added: “I was open to a house that
                                                                                                  prospect  of  having  to  sell  her  flat  before   needed renovating because I had done
                                                                                                  making an offer on her new home as she   work to my flat but then Vexhim Park came
                                                                                                  had never sold a property before. However,   up. When I went to the viewing on the
                                                                                                  her home sold within 11 days.     Friday, I thought it was perfect and the sale
                                                                                                                                    was confirmed on the Tuesday. My flat sold
                                                                                                  “This  made  me  feel  more  confident  as  I   on the same day.”

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