Real life stories

For many first-time buyers, the journey to owning their first home is not a smooth one. But that couldn’t be further from the truth for first-time buyer Charlotte, who described finding her dream home as an “easy and quick” experience with Legal & General Affordable Homes. And that’s just one of the ways Shared Ownership

Buying your first home isn’t just about bricks, mortar and stylish interiors. It’s also about feeling part of your community, from finding your new local to meeting up with your neighbours. That is exactly what awaited Daisy at The Moorings from Legal & General Affordable Homes, where she found a brilliant place to live, all

Having moved out of home for the first time in 2016, Ros Addai found herself living back with her parents in North London. Follow her journey to home ownership. 

With a deposit of £5644, Becky (29 years-old) and Dave (30 years-old) took their first step onto the property ladder in March 2022 at Merrielands by Latimer in their home town of Dagenham, east London.

Like many first-time buyers, Mehreen Faryad saw lockdown as the perfect time to start saving for a home. Before March 2020, life kept getting in the way, preventing Mehreen’s ability to save for a deposit.

Originally from Birmingham, midwife Sophie had spent five years building her life in Reading, but never thought that she would be able to afford her own home, until a visit to L&Q at Huntley Wharf changed her mind.

Since moving to the UK from America in 2016 to study floristry, Business Office Manager, LeAnn, initially located herself in chic south west London, where she rented a ground floor apartment in Lurline Gardens.

Council Project Officer Lucy Thomas and her partner Christian Silver, a full-time Firefighter at Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, have recently taken the first step towards their long-term goal of home ownership by using Shared Ownership

As we celebrate life starting to return to a new normal, the focus placed on our homes over the last two years has markedly intensified the desire to have access to outdoor space, with 44% of homebuyers now prioritising this in their property search.