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AT HOME WITH

Stockbridge or

Scandinavia?

Hannah and Stuart found a home in their perfect postcode on espc.com.

hen social media specialist “We weren’t even really looking at the time,
Hannah Fairgrieve and her but a relative sent us the listing knowing
Wfiancé, communications expert how much we loved Stockbridge,” says
Stuart Rutherford decided to buy their Hannah. “The flat was on at a fixed price,
first home together back in the summer of which in the area and at the time was kind
2021, they knew that there was only one of unheard of, so we knew we needed to act
location that would do: leafy Stockbridge, fast, and viewed it the next day. ESPC was
to the north of Edinburgh’s city centre. super helpful; the website was easy to use
and provided us with all the information we
“We’ve always dreamed of living in needed on the flat before viewing. We loved
Stockbridge. We’re both in our late the handy mortgage calculator too!”.
twenties and early thirties, and we wanted
to live somewhere central in Edinburgh Hannah and Stuart decided very quickly
where we could go for dinner nearby on a that the property was indeed the one for
weeknight, or grab a coffee on a Saturday them, with it ticking many of their boxes,
morning,” explains Hannah. “Stockbridge alongside being in their perfect postcode.
is perfect for this, and we love the small One of their key requirements was that their
community feel too.” future home had lots of natural light, while
the other was that it had good bones and
Luckily for the pair, a prime property in this the opportunity to create a home that was
highly sought-after neighbourhood came perfectly personal to them – something that,
their way in fortuitous circumstances, two years on, they have certainly achieved.
after a relative forwarded them the ESPC
listing for a top floor, two-bed tenement “We both really loved the layout and the
flat in their ideal location, that they simply general feeling of the flat,” Hannah tells
couldn’t resist. us. “Our style is very stripped back and

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