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Flat broke: my Help to Buy disaster

Help to Buy has been a disaster for me

10 September 2022

9:00 AM

10 September 2022

9:00 AM

‘Do you want a cup of tea?’ The surveyor shook his head. It would take me longer to boil the kettle than for him to do a valuation of my 400 sq ft, one-bedroom flat. I paced awkwardly around. A minute later, he gave me the thumbs-up. Valuation complete, he left.

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