We moved back to Shropshire after fifteen years away to raise our family close to home. Finding the right property meant a three and a half hour round trip for every viewing, full time jobs, and a young family to manage around it all.

We arrived at one home to find the seller had been given the wrong time by an agent who had not bothered to show up. At another, the agent spent the entire viewing talking about his holiday. He never mentioned the water coming through the ceiling.

When we found the right property we were told three to four months to completion. Two months in, the timeline became nine. The current owners were moving overseas. The agent had known and said nothing.

What followed fell entirely on us. Chasing the solicitors. Chasing the surveyors. Chasing for updates that never came unprompted. We kept asking the same question. What exactly are they doing for their money?

vestd is our answer to that. Built in Shropshire, for people who deserve better than thousands of pounds and a shrug.