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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.

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'What I Rent" Hazel Waite and Simon McNair in their 14th floor one bedroom flat in Kidbrook.. SE London ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

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

Channel: Property Property December 7, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - James Baley - Hackney

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

Channel: Property Property November 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own/Rent feature in Aberdeen Picture of home owned by Fiona and Tim McKay 22 Sutton Circle Craibstone South Bucksburn AB21 9PZ PIC DEREK IRONSIDE / NEWSLINE MEDIA

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

Channel: Property Property November 2, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own.... Lauren May in her small and very neat one bedroom apartment in west London. photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

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

Channel: Property Property November 1, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Metro- What I Own. Emily Hadley and her property in Paignton, Devon. September 30th 2024.

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

Channel: Property Property October 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Shoreham, September 25th 2024: 'What I Own' feature, at the house of Natalie and Rob Brown, here in their living-room

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

Channel: Property Property October 5, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Gill Ross and her apartment at Wessex Lodge on London Road, Bagshot, Surrey are the subject of a What I Own feature. This picture shows Gill Ross on her balcony overlooking the private gardens. Pic: September 16th, 2024 by Ben Gurr / For Metro 07979 604343 bengurr@yahoo.co.uk

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

Channel: Property Property September 28, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own case study Biro Florin inside the kitchen of his Brighton townhouse.

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

Channel: Property Property April 26, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

The best of What I Rent and What I Own: Hall of fame homes from Metro's property series

Channel: Property Property September 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own.... The home of Anna and Paul Moynihan and their two children in South London. ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Own: We renovated our £590,000 Tooting three-bed but it's getting too small for us

Channel: Property Property August 17, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own. Liv Conlon and her one-year-old son Cash in Holmwood Grove, Glasgow.

What I Own: At 25, I own two homes — including my £158,000 Glasgow bolthole

Channel: Property Property April 30, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
15.06.24. Pari Pande, Royal Wharf Walk, London, E16 2HF

What I Own: I purchased my £592,750 East London two-bed flat at the age of 22

Channel: Property Property July 29, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Metro - Emily Smith, West Bridgford, Nottingham, What I Own, May 31 2024.

We bought our £298,000 Nottingham new-build using a little-known loophole

Channel: Property Property July 22, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
'What I Rent" Hazel Waite and Simon McNair in their 14th floor one bedroom flat in Kidbrook.. SE London ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Own: We swapped a difficult landlord for our vibrant £460,000 London flat

Channel: Property Property December 7, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Angmering, June 24th 2024: 'What I Own' for Metro - The house of Georgia Ray (pale top) and Molly Carpenter (dark top) in Angmering, West Sussex

What I Own: We saved for 10 years to buy our first home in West Sussex for £415,000

Channel: Property Property June 29, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - James Baley - Hackney

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

Channel: Property Property November 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Pictured: Mok O???Koeefe poses with his dog in the living room. Wednesday 05 June 2024 Re: Mok O'Keefe lives with his husband Joe in their home ???Twr Mihangel??? just outside of Abergavenny, Wales, UK.

What I Own: I live in a £965k 'baby castle' in the Brecon Beacons with my husband

Channel: Property Property June 8, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own series - inside the home of Dr Muhommed Patel and George Wood at St. Albans. Pictured: Muhommed (Left); George (Right). In the patio. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Own: Our blended family's £875,000 four-bed forever home in Hertfordshire

Channel: Property Property June 3, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
? Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 - all rights reserved . 17/05/2024. Horwich, UK . Master bedroom. The new-build home of couple Jake Cohen (29) and Sean Smith (27) . Photo credit : Joel Goodman

What I Own: My partner and I bought our own home before we were 30 — through a loophole

Channel: Property Property May 25, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Rent Brighton, April 17th 2024: Flat 5, 29 Norfolk Road, the home of Lorelei Mathias - as a mermaid in the living-room / kitchen

What I Own: Lorelei's £207,500 mermaid-inspired guesthouse in Brighton, East Sussex

Channel: Property Property May 2, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce