• Your mortgage broker handles the finance.
  • Your solicitor handles the legal work.
  • The estate agent works for the seller.
  • They are all doing their jobs properly, but each one only sees one part of the process.
  • Nobody shows you how it all fits together.

Lloyds, October 2025. Survey of 2,000 prospective first-time buyers.



of first-time buyers say they fully understand how the home-buying process works.

ONLY 13%

Buying your first home does not have to feel overwhelming.

The Bootcamp breaks the entire process down into five simple lessons that guide you through every stage, in the exact order you will experience it.

Watch them in full at home, or listen while you are driving, on your commute, at the gym, walking the dog or out for a run.

Come back to each lesson exactly when you need it throughout your home-buying journey.



Five lessons, in the order it actually happens.

MONEY, DEPOSITS & MORTGAGES

LESSON TWO

VIEWING PROPERTIES LIKE A PRO

LESSON THREE

OFFERS, NEGOTIATION & SURVEYS

LESSON FOUR

THE LEGAL
PROCESS

LESSON FIVE

THE BIG
PICTURE

LESSON ONE

You finish holding the full roadmap. You’ll know exactly who’s on your team and who’s representing somebody else - and what the whole thing actually costs.




Everything you should know before you start this process, so nothing blindsides you. All fifteen steps. Every professional, what they actually do and who’s paying them. And all of the costs involved.




Around 50 minutes



The Big Picture

01

Mortgages stop being a different language. You finish with a savings plan - a real one, with a number on it and a rough date - and the confidence to talk to an adviser about your own situation.




Explained like you’re in year seven - what you should have been taught at school, in the simplest terms there are. How to save. How to boost your deposit and knowing the right accounts and schemes. How mortgages actually work, with every bit of jargon translated.



Around 50 minutes



Money, Deposits and Mortgages

02

You finish knowing what to check, in what order, and what to ask before you spend a penny on surveys. By the end of this one the agent will be wondering if you’re a structural engineer.




Walking into a property like someone who really knows what they’re looking for. All the things to check that nobody tells you about. What costs money, and what just looks like it does. 



Around 50 minutes



Viewing Properties Like a Pro

03

You’ll know what sellers actually take. Not what they ask for.




Everything I learned over fifteen years getting what the seller wanted - turned around and taught to you, so you can get what you want. How to make an offer that’s stronger without being higher, and what to do when the survey comes back.



Around 50 minutes



Offers, Negotiation and Surveys

04

It’s actually really simple - nobody ever tells you that, which is why people never feel in control of it. You will be. And you’ll know how to get the right people on your team, because without them this stage can be horrible.




Most people haven’t a clue what actually happens in this part, and it can take months. So I show you exactly what’s involved, what a solicitor does for you, how to find a great one and how to work with them.



Around 50 minutes



The Legal Process

05

There’s a lot in it, as you’d expect - this is a big process. But it’s explained in clear, simple terms that feel relevant to you, so it’s easy to follow, it becomes obvious, and it gives you real confidence.



Bought one at a time, the five come to £375. But the real reason for the set is that you watch it, and then come back to each lesson when you get there - when you’re setting up your savings plan, when you’re about to speak to your mortgage adviser, when you’re viewing, when you’re putting your offer together and negotiating, and when you’re going through the legal work.

Negotiate £3,000 off the price of a house and you’ve paid for the intro price twenty times over - and there are far more money-saving tips than that in here. Most of them are things I’ve watched first-time buyers spend unnecessarily, over and over.




Two ways in.

All five lessons at the price the first group in pays.

This is an introductory offer and it won’t be at this price forever.

  • All five lessons
  • The toolkits for every part of the process
  • Yours to keep and come back to




£149

INTRO OFFER

£350

For the stage you’re at right now.

Whether you’ll still saving for a deposit, you’re viewing this weekend, or the survey has just landed and you don’t know what half of it means.

  • One lesson, around 50 minutes
  • The toolkits for that lesson
  • Yours to come back to




£75

SINGLE LESSON

For more than fifteen years, I have been on the inside of the property industry.

I have founded, run and sold estate agencies, bought and renovated properties, negotiated property deals and coached sellers through every stage of the process.

Now I am using that same insider knowledge to coach first-time buyers.

Because every seller has someone guiding them through the process. Most buyers do not.

This Bootcamp changes that.

You will understand what the professionals are doing, what questions to ask, what mistakes to avoid and how to move through the process with confidence, from your first viewing to the day you get your keys.


15 Years Inside the Industry

Questions people ask

What is the First-Time Buyer Bootcamp?

The First-Time Buyer Bootcamp is a five-lesson online video course for people buying their first home in the UK. It is taught by Jennie Platt, who has spent over fifteen years founding, running and selling estate agencies. The five lessons cover the whole journey in the order it happens: the big picture; money, deposits and mortgages; viewing properties like a pro; offers, negotiation and surveys; and the legal process.




Am I too old to be starting this?

No. The average first-time buyer in England is 34, and 11% of first-time buyers are now 45 or over - up from 5% in 2019–20 (English Housing Survey 2023–24). If you’ve been renting for years you’ve already proved you can cover a monthly housing cost. The deposit is usually the only part that is genuinely hard.




They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon — but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.






Is this financial advice?

No. Jennie Platt is not a financial adviser, a mortgage broker or a solicitor, and nothing here tells you what to do with your money or recommends a product. The course explains how the process works and what the language means, so you can go to the right professionals and ask them the right questions. The advice on your own situation comes from the regulated advisers. The understanding comes from Jennie.



They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon — but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.






Do first-time buyers pay stamp duty?

In England and Northern Ireland, first-time buyers pay no stamp duty on the first £300,000 of the purchase price, then 5% on the portion between £300,001 and £500,000. Above £500,000 the relief can’t be claimed at all. Scotland and Wales run their own systems. Thresholds change at Budgets, so check the current position on gov.uk - and lesson one walks through every other cost that lands alongside it.




What does ‘offers in excess of’ actually mean?


It means the seller wants more than that number. But it’s a bottom line they’re hoping for, not one that exists in law - you’re allowed to offer under it, and almost nobody does, which is exactly why it gets used. “Offers in the region of” is softer, and often means a seller who has already had a quiet few weeks. Lesson four goes into all of this properly, so you know how to read a price and how to handle it.




They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon — but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.






What does a solicitor or conveyancer actually do?


They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon - but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.





How long does the legal process take?


It can be anywhere between two and six months, and in some cases as little as four weeks. What makes the difference is the chain, the searches and - more than anything - how good your solicitor is at communicating. Lesson five shows you how to pick a good one and how to keep things moving.





They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon — but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.






They do the legal work that transfers the property into your name. You officially need a legal representative to do this on your behalf and to register it with the Land Registry. Along the way they check the title, raise enquiries with the seller’s side, run the searches, deal with your lender, exchange contracts and complete. That can sound like a whole load of legal jargon — but by the end of lesson five it’s all explained really simply, so you know exactly what’s happening.