Thinking of owning your own home or buying a new build, but not sure how to go about it? Find out how Alice and Daniel Milner did it, with the support of Help to Buy.

1. Alice and Daniel Milner
Help to Buy

2. Alice 26, Daniel 28
Renting for 6 years, an old damp cottage. Alice has
asthma and it was making her ill
She works for Key 103 Radio Station and heard an
advertisement for the Help to Buy
Manchester show at work one day
They weren’t planning to buy, but decided to go
along and see what their options were….

3. “It was really great to have people to
talk to about Help to Buy and to
see all the upcoming developments
in our area. The mortgage advice
was so helpful too, we were able to
sit down with an advisor one‐on‐one
and assess our affordability so we
knew what was in our price range.”
(Alice)

4. At the show they were
introduced to Birkacre
Park, a Miller Homes
development in Chorley.
They decided to take a look
that day…

5. “After the show we drove from Manchester to
Chorley, and as soon as we drove onto the site we
fell in love…
We’re quite outdoorsy so the fact it was surrounded
by fields really appealed to us, and the location
meant we would be closer to my parents too.
It ticked all the boxes.”

6. After looking around
the show home and
speaking with the Sales
Advisor, they decided
they wanted to go
ahead…
…2 months later they
were back living with
Daniel’s parents…

7. “…we knew we had to get the money together
for the deposit so we moved in with Daniel’s
parents in order to save….Help to Buy has
made it a lot easier for us and means we’ll
have our deposit much quicker.
Although we weren’t looking for a new home,
the Help to Buy Show really gave us the push
we needed, and it came at a really good time.
I’m really looking forward to moving into a
brand new house!”

8. They don’t have long to wait; their new home will be
ready in September, and they’ve enjoyed watching it
being built for the last couple of months…
“We keep going down every week to take pictures of where
it’s up to, we can’t wait to move in!
We had no idea that by going along to the Help to Buy Show,
we’d be walking away with a new home,
but we’re so glad we did.
We would definitely recommend it to
anyone thinking of buying a new home.”

9. • Through the Help to Buy scheme, you only
need to raise a 5% deposit
• you can access the support of up to 20% in the
form of an equity loan from Government
• There's nothing to pay on the loan for 5 years as
it’s interest free until year 6
www.ownyourhome.gov.uk