“When we found out I was pregnant again, we knew we needed more space. We spent around six months looking, constantly checking ASPC. I’m originally from Torphins and Diderik is from Maryculter, so we always knew we wanted to stay close to family. We did consider Torphins briefly, but we were pretty set on living in Banchory – we absolutely love it here. The schools are great and it’s only 10 minutes away from family.

“Initially, we considered an older home, but with life being so busy, we realised that having a new build again would be so much easier. As we already owned a Kirkwood home, this was the only new development we looked at! It just made sense – it’s warm (which is important because I hate being cold), and with the part exchange option, the process was so much smoother for us.”

"The whole buying process with Kirkwood Homes was fantastic – everyone was so friendly and patient with us. It all happened really quickly, in just under two weeks, and having Aberdein Considine as our solicitor, who Kirkwood already worked with, really helped move things along smoothly. It was also lovely that they remembered us from our previous home at Countesswells.

“Our site manager, Melvin, has been great – we’ve had him for both houses and he’s always been quick to sort any minor issues out. The process has changed a bit since our last home – it’s all done through an app now, which makes things really easy.

“Overall, we’ve felt really lucky as Kirkwood have been brilliant. The team is always responsive, and even when we called them out because we thought a switch was broken – but it turned out we just hadn’t switched it on – they were so polite about it! No judgement, just a friendly ‘have a nice day!’ That level of service really makes such a difference.”