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The living room is my favourite part, it has windows on both sides which means there is always plenty of sunlight,\u201d<\/em> says Jim, \u201c<em>I have also really enjoyed decorating and making it my own. I\u2019ve painted the walls and purchased brand new furniture; that\u2019s one of the great aspects about Shared Ownership in comparison to renting, you can make your home your own.<\/em> <em>\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely community here, with plenty of green space on the doorstep. The location is great too \u2013 <\/em><em>whether it\u2019s commuting to work or going on a night out. I love the night life that London offers, so I regularly head to places like Soho, which is 25 minutes door to door via the Piccadilly line!\u201d<\/em> <em>\u201cIt was the most affordable way for me to get back onto the property ladder in a sought-after location, and I plan to staircase up to 100% again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","cta_link_type":"none","cta_link":null,"cta_file":false,"cta_email":"","cta_link_text":"Find Out More"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","background_colour":"secondary","text_text_spacing":["top","bottom"],"text_text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>All homes at Acton Gardens are now 100% reserved. <a href=\"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/regions\/west-london\/ealing\/\">Find similar developments in Ealing here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","component_margins":["bottom"]}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Jim de Whalley - Testimonial - L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover more about Jim de Whalley, who after staircasing to 100% on his first shared ownership home, decided to look for something bigger.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Jim de Whalley - Testimonial - L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover more about Jim de Whalley, who after staircasing to 100% on his first shared ownership home, decided to look for something bigger.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T10:11:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Jim de Whalley - Testimonial - L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens","description":"Discover more about Jim de Whalley, who after staircasing to 100% on his first shared ownership home, decided to look for something bigger.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Jim de Whalley - Testimonial - L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens","og_description":"Discover more about Jim de Whalley, who after staircasing to 100% on his first shared ownership home, decided to look for something bigger.","og_url":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/","og_site_name":"L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens","article_modified_time":"2026-03-31T10:11:12+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/","url":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/","name":"Meet Jim de Whalley - Testimonial - L&amp;Q at Acton Gardens","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-01T16:46:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:11:12+00:00","description":"Discover more about Jim de Whalley, who after staircasing to 100% on his first shared ownership home, decided to look for something bigger.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/meet-jim-de-whalley-testimonial\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lqhomes.com\/actongardens\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Jim de Whalley &#8211; 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