'We left south Manchester and found a more affordable first home in a pretty chocolate-box village in Cheshire'
When comparing house prices across the north west region, you'd be forgiven for thinking any first-time buyer couldn't afford to live in Cheshire. With an overall average price of £317,300 compared to £260,500 in Greater Manchester, property costs in the affluent county have climbed 14 percent in the last few years.
“After finishing university, me and my boyfriend rented an apartment together in Altrincham. We rented there for a year and then decided that we wanted to get on the property ladder as soon as possible," Lottie told the Manchester Evening News. The first-time buyers came across a three-bed three-storey terraced house on the market for £280,000 which they 'fell in love with'.
"Walking in and seeing the brand new kitchen and knowing that wasn't work we’d have to undertake ourselves was really appealing. We also loved that it was set across three storeys and it had a decent sized garden too. The pair got the keys to their first home just before Christmas in 2019 and began making it their own.
"The bathroom was also quite dated. It's a small space and it had a big bath in it and very orange wood. It just wasn't my style so that we immediately started planning ripping the bathroom out and taking it right back to plaster." “We ripped up all the flooring and repainted and panelled the living room. We now are partway through re-doing the study, we've added cornicing, panelling and wallpaper and we will be putting new flooring in.
"I think that's been driven a little bit by having a new build, I really wanted to make it feel more cosy and bring a bit more character to it. "The whole of the ground floor is open plan so to your left you’ve got the dining space which goes into the kitchen and then to the right we have an open pantry. The back door leads into the garden.
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