What I Own

Welcome to What I Own, Metro's weekly series where we take you inside the home of someone who's managed to buy one. We'll also look at how they saved up for it, and how they manage their money now they're homeowners.

What I Own

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We bought my in-laws' house for £350,000 — and spent £130,000 transforming it

What I Own: I'm a property personal shopper — I bought my £442,000 Chiswick two-bed at 24

What I Own: I purchased my £267,000 London flat for £33,000 under the asking price

What I Own: We lived rent-free to afford our £278,000 flat in the London suburbs

What I Own: I quit London at 48 and bought my first home in Sussex for £325,000

What I Own: I bought my £820,000 Nine Elms flat through a little-known saving scheme

What I Own: I spent £130,000 renovating my £225,000 Victorian three-bed in Exeter

What I Own: My £210,000 Birmingham apartment is a shared ownership bargain

What I Own: Our £320,000 Leeds cottage has a country feel, but it's almost in the city

What I Own: We relocated from New Zealand for our £550,000 St Neots home

What I Own: We saved £26,000 to escape a nightmare landlord and buy our Greenwich flat

What I Own: We bought a two-bedroom ex-council property in Hackney for £400,000

What I Own: We downsized to buy a £550,000 retirement property mortgage-free

What I Own: I paid the deposit for my £320,000 Isleworth one-bed by borrowing from my boss

What I Own: We bought the worst house on the street for £325,000 — now it's the best

We're freelancers with four kids, it was tough getting a mortgage for our £410,000 home

What I Own: I swapped my South London home for a £484,950 retirement community in Surrey

What I Own: First time buyer Biro, who bought a £1m home in Brighton with no mortgage

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