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Phoebe Jobling & Luke Weir

First-time buyer discovers surprising family connection to £185,000 six-bed house

For many years, it has been notoriously difficult for first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder. The recent news regarding mortgage repayments becoming even more costly could make life even more difficult.

Sometimes, looking in the right place at the right time is the key for first-time homebuyers. That is one way Georgia Urmson managed to buy her first home, in Runcorn, Cheshire, with her partner at just 22..

Speaking to Manchester Evening News, Georgia, who has lived in Runcorn all her life, revealed she bought an 1800s property with boyfriend Karl, 27, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But even then, she wasn’t aware of an unlikely family connection which would make her first home all the more special.

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