Welcome to Paul’s Property Podcast, the podcast that answers all your questions about property, whether you are buying, selling, letting or just wanting to stay on top of what’s happening in the market. In this episode, we talk to someone who has just purchased their first property about their experience.

Your host is Paul Bott of Paul Bott and Company, a multiple gold award winning estate agency in Brighton. Paul has been in the business for nearly 30 years and has a second-to-none knowledge of the property market in the Southeast of England.

This week, Paul talks to Sam who completed on her first property here in Brighton just a few weeks ago. We walk through what she has learnt and what she would do differently in the future. This episode is an example of one first-time buyers’ experience. If you listen to this and the previous two episodes, you should be able to avoid some of the common pitfalls that first-time buyers fall into and set yourself up for a smooth experience!

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Paul Bott and Company

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What’s in this episode?

01:20 Meet Sam, who has just completed on her first property

01:30 When did you first start looking at properties?

04:20 How did you go about finding your mortgage broker?

05:54 Did you start looking at properties straight away and how did you find the agents?

09:32 Paul discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to viewing properties

11:08 How does the viewing process help you narrow down what you want to buy?

18:45 How did you find your solicitor?

23:26 Paul talks through what a solicitor is actually doing between exchange and completion

25:20 What would you do differently?