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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What I Own: We got on to the property ladder in Berkshire for £4,000

I paid a £60k deposit to live in a notoriously 'stinky' village

We bought a new build in Nottinghamshire with just a £7,700 deposit

I won a £250,000 flat on a TV competition show but refuse to live in it

'I pay £400 a month for the mortgage on my two-bed flat in Manchester'

What I Own: ‘We put down a 98% deposit on our £1.2million West Sussex home’

What I Own: 'We live on a £5million Cheshire farm and didn’t need a deposit'

What I Own: Gabriel, who put down a £13,000 deposit on a two-bed flat with Help to Buy

What I Own: Deirdre in Woolwich, whose fixed-term rate has gone up from 1% to almost 6%

What I Own: Entrepreneur Charlie, who put down a £350,000 deposit on her Chelmsford home

What I Own: Will, who put down a £18K deposit on an Ealing flat using crypto investments

What I Own: Michael, who bought his Birmingham home age 26 with no help

What I Own: Second-time buyers Charlotte and Alex, who live on Liverpool’s historic docks

What I Own: Dario in Stratford Upon Avon, who pays £1,540 a month on his mortgage

What I Own: First-time buyer Srekanth, who bought a flat in London with Shared Ownership

What I Own: Head of sales Darren, who put down a £100,000 deposit on a Tadworth home

What I Own: Mel, who bought her Lincolnshire three-bed this year with a 10% deposit

What I Own: Business owner Gaby, who bought her Wirral home with a £20,000 deposit

What I Own: Anna, who has lived on a London houseboat for 10 years - but is moving on

What I Own: Jessica and Ollie, who spent £250,000 renovating a former Methodist Church

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