What I Own: We downsized from our family home to buy a £550,000 retirement property mortgage-free

We’re in Aberdeen this week (Picture: Newsline Media)Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder.For last week’s sister column, What I Rent, we visited Lauren May at her one-bedroom flat in Isleworth, West London. Having previously lived at home with her mum in Ealing, she decided it was time to fly the nest in 2020.When Lauren came to buying her property just before the pandemic, she wa