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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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Sashwat Bannick sits on the sofa inside his Woolwich flat.

What I Own: We bought our £500,000 London two-bed before 30 — we saved for two years

Channel: Property Property 2 days ago By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Dagenham. 39 Greenwood Avenue. Dagenham RM10 7DL Pictured: Nick (L) and Mark in the kitchen. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Own: We bought our £260,350 London home through a government saving scheme

Channel: Property Property 5 days ago By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own Watford - Heron Place, Watford WD18 0LQ. Roy Hamilton with wife in the living room. Image shot on 11th June 2025. ?? Belinda Jiao jiao.bilin@gmail.com 07598931257 https://www.belindajiao.com/about

What I Own: We pay £450 per month for our £409,950 mortgage-free Hertfordshire flat

Channel: Property Property June 28, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
James Soper at his home in Crawley, West Sussex.

What I Own: I'm a millionaire with eight properties – my home cost just £396,000

Channel: Property Property June 21, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Robert and Joe in their living room in Weston-super-Mare.

What I Own: We paid £360,000 for our commuter town three-bed by the sea

Channel: Property Property June 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Ant Cushion and Nick Toteda sit on the bed inside their house in London.

What I Own: At 22 and 23, we bought a run down London four-bed for £910,000

Channel: Property Property June 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Phoebe Miller and her partner Owen Nichol sit on the sofa inside the living room in their two-bedroom house in Whitstable, Kent.

What I Own: We bought a £315,000 home at 23 and 25 after three years of saving

Channel: Property Property May 31, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Property investor and The Traitors contestant Nathan Khider inside the kitchen of his two-bedroom flat in East Canonbury.

What I Own: I have 8 properties in Central London but live in this £750,000 flat

Channel: Property Property May 17, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own case study Swapna Narayanan Maniyatan sits on her sofa at her two-bedroom flat in Rotherham.

What I Own: I got on the property ladder at 38 with my £180,000 Rotherham flat

Channel: Property Property May 20, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own. Liv Conlon and her one-year-old son Cash in Holmwood Grove, Glasgow.

What I Own: At 26, I own two homes — I didn't see my flat in person before buying it

Channel: Property Property May 3, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own case study Biro Florin inside the kitchen of his Brighton townhouse.

What I Own: I bought my first home for £1,000,000 with no mortgage or deposit

Channel: Property Property April 26, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Nitish Kumar sits on the sofa in his living room in Poplar, East London.

What I Own: I'm a first time buyer — I paid £620,000 for my London two-bed flat

Channel: Property Property April 19, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Harry Matuszewicz-Milne inside his two-bedroom flat in Bristol.

What I Own: A maximalist makeover means my £148,000 Bristol flat is now worth £300,000

Channel: Property Property April 14, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
W8media. W8media SE6 Flat feature . The home of Alan Brownlee 2 Ferdinand Court Adenmore Road SE6 4BG 31/03/2025

What I Own: I ditched my London flatshare for a £340,000 shared ownership home

Channel: Property Property April 10, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Homeowners Ben and Dorottya smile in their kitchen.

What I Own: We saved £90,000 while renting in London to buy our Barnet two-bed

Channel: Property Property March 26, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Kat Sanders stands in the kitchen of her Victorian barn conversion.

We bought my in-laws' house for £350,000 — and spent £130,000 transforming it

Channel: Property Property March 10, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
"What I Own"...... Lexie Carducci and her dog Bali at home in the flat she owns in West London.. ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Own: I'm a property personal shopper — I bought my £442,000 Chiswick two-bed at 24

Channel: Property Property March 1, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Billie-Jane Whitbread of Weston Court, Uxbridge, London. Pictured: Billie on the living room couch. Pictured on 6th February 2025. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Own: I purchased my £267,000 London flat for £33,000 under the asking price

Channel: Property Property February 22, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Emily McAllister and Ciaran Dennis are pictured with their corgi, Padron, in the living room of their Upminster maisonette.

What I Own: We lived rent-free to afford our £278,000 flat in the London suburbs

Channel: Property Property February 15, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Patrick McAleenan in the kitchen at his home in St Leonards-on-Sea.

What I Own: I quit London at 48 and bought my first home in Sussex for £325,000

Channel: Property Property February 1, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce