Isobel Perl earns £40,000 but says she was told by a mortgage advisor she wouldn't be able to get anything better than a flat or garage
A young professional told she’d “never get a mortgage” on a £40,000 salary is getting on the housing ladder - by turning her parents barn into a house. Isobel Perl, 28, left London when she lost her job at KPMG and set up her own cosmetics company while living at her parents.
But she said it was the only option for her to move out and buy as a single self employed person. She said: “Mortgages just aren’t set up for single people - I had this crazy idea about converting our barn, and my parents gave it a hard yes! Despite this, she was told by a mortgage advisor she still wouldn’t be able to afford anything beyond a one-bedroom flat. Isobel’s parents, Ruth, 58 and David, 64, both used the barn attached to their home as an office, working as therapists.
“I did think it would be a no - but it was a hard yes!” So far, Isobel has spent £20k from her savings on fixtures, white good-fittings, and furniture. “My dad’s in his sixties and he’s doing it all himself,” she said. “He’s a machine! He loves it so much.
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