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Decorating your Shared Ownership home || SO In The Know #12

In this last episode of our second season, we're meeting with interior designers Tori and Freya from Vesta to learn all about home decor. Buying all the right furniture and stylising your home when first moving in can be dauting and stressful. However, once identified the key pieces that you want to carry into your new accommodation, determined a budget, and chosen a particular style, things can get easier and start being enjoyable.You can find more information about their work at https://www.vesta-london.co.uk/ and about Shared Ownership at sharedownership.co.uk.SO Resi Huntingdon is also an upcoming development Vesta has been designing. You can learn more about this scheme:SO Resi (Shared Ownership): https://soresi.co.uk/find-a-property/so-resi-huntingdonSO Flexi (Rent To Buy): https://soresi.co.uk/so-flexi-huntingdon--Follow our Spotify podcast channel SO In The Know to stay updated with the latest property conversations

Rochelle's Journey to Her Shared Ownership Home - SO In The Know #11

Rochelle, a SO Resi customer, joins us in this episode to talk about her journey from renting to buying a Shared Ownership property.We’ll explore what it’s like to go through the buying process from beginning to end, and share the best tips for embarking on this life-changing move to get onto the property ladder.We’re also joined by Jacqui Corrigan, an experienced Senior Consultant at SO Resi, who has helped hundreds of customers get their keys. She’s here to share her insights from another point of view.You can also read Rochelle’s full story on our website: https://soresi.co.uk/about-so-resi/what-our-customers-say/rochelles-story--SO In The Know is BACK! Follow our second season of this Shared Ownership podcast with more episodes coming up by following our Spotify channel

People With Disabilities: Owning a Home Is Possible || SO In The Know #10

In this special edition dedicated to the Learning Disability Week, we delve into the world of managing accommodation for individuals with disabilities and learning differences. One of our customers, Malcolm, joins the podcast to share his and his son’s story. We're also joined by David Abbey from My Safe Home, who explains how the government benefit system works and how home ownership can be made possible for disabled individuals.Calum has lived with learning disabilities and autism since birth, which means he faces challenges with traditional employment. While the conventional approach often involves placing individuals in specialised institutions, his father decided to find a Shared Ownership home for his son, with a dedicated support worker.Thanks to this arrangement, Calum has been able to reduce his stress levels, which has helped ease his mental health difficulties, and make great progress—such as making independent decisions, choosing his own lifestyle, and setting his own pace for daily living.Malcolm was also able to obtain a specialist mortgage—an option that remains little-known even among professionals and experts. Reworking government benefits to make Shared Ownership affordable and, most importantly, sustainable is something that can last virtually forever, even when Calum’s parents are no longer able to provide support.We'll talk through it all in this episode: how to arrange private accommodation and home ownership for disabled individuals, applying for specialist mortgages, the HOLD scheme, and much more. If you’re currently supporting someone with additional needs, we really encourage listening to this episode until the end.----SO In The Know is BACK! Follow our second season of this Shared Ownership podcast with many more episodes coming up by following our Spotify channel.My Safe Home website: https://mysafehome.info/

Solving the housing crisis and helping young people with Cllr Joseph Vambe || SO In The Know #9

"Housing is a human right." Joseph Vambe, one of the youngest councillors in the country residing in Southwark, South London, joins us for a special edition of SO In The Know. We talk about the Gen Z generation and their most pressing problems, with housing being the foremost issue. While social housing is essential for providing a safety net, Shared Ownership is the real aspiration for residents who look to move away from the expensive and unstable private rented market to property ownership.We also explore Joseph's story, including his achievement in winning Stormzy's scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge.Do you have any questions? Feel free to drop a comment below and we'll do our best to answer. You can also visit our website sharedownership.co.uk to learn more about Shared Ownership housing in England.----SO In The Know is BACK! Follow our second season of this Shared Ownership podcast with many more episodes coming up by subscribing to our YouTube channel

Understanding mortgages: a beginner's guide with Barclays || SO In The Know #8

In this podcast episode, we're deep-diving into the world of mortgages and where to start when buying a home. Accompanied by Frances Cassidy and Matt Aston from Barclays, we're going back to basics to explain interest rates and credit scores, how swapping to lower rates works, and explore green mortgages.We're also talking about alternative ways to open a mortgage, such as Mortgage Boost from a family member or opportunities for the self-employed.Have you got any questions? Feel free to drop a comment below and we'll do our best to answer. You can also visit our website sharedownership.co.uk to learn more about Shared Ownership housing in England.----SO In The Know is BACK! Follow our second season of this Shared Ownership podcast with many more episodes coming up by following to our Spotify channel