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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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