Originally from Worcestershire, Alison Tysom, moved to Deanshanger, South Northamptonshire, as a teenager when her father moved jobs. She settled in the village with her three children, but with Alison’s youngest having special needs, he needed a room of his own so the three bedroomed house they lived in just wasn’t suitable. In September 2018 Alison and her family were…

Bob and Marion moved into their gorgeous two-bedroom apartment in Kings Sutton, South Northamptonshire, just before Christmas 2017. Marion, 66, had seen an advert online for Astrop Grange, a development of 10 shared ownership apartments for over 55s on the site of a former Georgian manor house and, despite being happy with their apartment overlooking the Grand Union Canal in…

Ghislaine Watts, 56, had been privately renting a two-bedroom house in Letchworth for herself and her youngest daughter since her divorce. The rent was rapidly eating into her savings but she didn’t know what else she could do. Seeing an article about shared ownership, she thought it was a good idea but wondered if it was possible at her age.…

Alex, 27, and his partner Trish, 24, had been living together in a two bedroomed, privately rented house in the centre of Northampton since 2015. They were happy living together but felt that they were wasting their money on renting. They also couldn’t make the house their own. Alex says: “We were keen to get on the housing ladder sooner…