A recently-qualified nurse has won a Howells competition and moved into her first house without having to pay any conveyancing fees.
Emily Kitt, who grew up in Carmarthenshire, won the competition after giving our panel judges the most ‘compelling and worthy’ reason to benefit from the free service. Since qualifying as a mental nurse, Emily has been staying with her Grandmother in Glyngaer, Caerphilly and helping her care for her Grandfather who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
She won the prize after explaining on Facebook that her new house would allow her time to be close to her Grandparents and her place of work. The location of her new house – a two-bedroom property in Beddau, Pontypridd – means that she can still help to care for her Grandfather and cope with the disturbed sleep patterns that are often inherent in Alzheimer’s cases as well as take shopping to her Grandparents.
Emily said: “We’re a very close family. I want to carry on spending the time with my Grandparents, and helping them as well as have my independence and remain close to work.
“I’ve been saving to buy my own house and had an offer accepted on a two bed property in Beddau, Pontypridd. When I saw the Howells competition on Facebook, I thought I’d enter and was delighted when they got in touch to say that I had won.
“The money I’ll be saving on conveyancing fees will be used to buy some furniture for my new house.”
Andrea Coombes, Partner and Office Manager of the Howells Talbot Green office, has been conducting the conveyancing on behalf of Emily.
She said: “Emily is such a deserving winner of our competition. When we read her entry and learnt about what she does for her grandparents whilst working as a nurse we were really impressed.
“We’re close to completion on the purchase of Emily’s first house and expect her to be in it for Easter and her new start.”
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by Tristan Lewis
