What I Own: My £345,000 house is 99% pink — my sons roll their eyes

This weekend, we’re in Uckfield in East Sussex visiting Emma Simonetti (Picture: Andrew Hasson)

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

Emma Simonetti and her family rented for 15 years, and all that time, she hated having plain white walls.

So, when the opportunity finally came to get on the property ladder in 2025, she jumped at the chance to decorate. By the time they’d settled on their £345,000 Uckfield home, she already had a plan.

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