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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sophie Vening

How we bought our London home: ‘We swapped a tiny rental for a two-bedroom flat in Deptford’

Will, left, and Chris are delighted their new flat at The Scene has plenty for room for them and their two cats, Caju and Ara

(Picture: Richard Eaton)

Buying a property wasn’t originally on the cards for Will Mota, 40, and his partner Chris Ver-Haest, 41, who, at the beginning of 2022 were living in a tiny one-bedroom rental flat in London Bridge, next to the Shard.

“While we enjoyed our flat’s central location, it was too small for both ourselves and our two cats Ara and Caju,” says Will. “They were bored and needed more room to run around in, as well as outside space.”

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