Arranging an off-market deal can be a great way to get the home you want in a heated market, as first-time buyers Amelia and Damon Barrett discovered.
‘Period homes always sell super quickly round here, so after we were outbid on another house, our mortgage advisor suggested putting notes through doors on the same street,’ says Amelia.
‘It was a bit of a waiting game, but four months later, the owner of this four-bedroom Victorian semi got in touch. They’d already done a loft conversion, lowering the first floor ceiling to gain more head height, but there was ample scope to knock through the middle lounge, toilet and small kitchen and extend…
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