What I Own: Our teenage son found us our £535,000 three-bed flat in Barnet

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Adam, their 13-year-old son, helped them choose their home (Picture: Nick Edwards) Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting…

Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder.

When Iqbal Ahmed and his wife, Asia, started looking for new homes, they enlisted the help of their 13-year-old son, Adam.

The family had been living in a one-bedroom flat together in North London. And while a small space had just about worked when Adam was little, they knew they needed to upsize.

It was at school, when Adam’s friend told him about some new flats that had been built in New Barnet. When he went home and told his parents, the family went along to look.

Iqbal and Asia fell in love with the complex, and secured a three-bedroom flat with plenty more space for £535,000.

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I have a full-time job in the hotel industry, where I’ve been for the last 25 years, and I’m also a writer. My sixth book came out earlier this year.

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