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Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

How I bought my first home: 10 years of saving, cheap rented house shares and Help to Buy got me on the ladder

Thrifty living: Clara Ramsdale has finally been able to buy her own flat, in a new development in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow

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Clara Ramsdale moved to London when she was 21, fresh from university and excited about her new life in the capital.

Back then she was more interested in her social life than bricks and mortar, but always had her long-term eye on home ownership and got into the habit of saving regularly.

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