Owning your own home

I'd check if I were you. There are a few things you can do for free/cheap to check. There can be negative things on your credit file that you wouldn't know about unless you check. For example, mine wan't showing that I was on the electoral register for my current address even though I had been for 3 years (I have an odd address). A phone call sorted that out. Utilities and credit cards can also be nasty if they are in your name.

I was under the impression that credit checks adversely affected ones credit rating?
I've been on and off the electoral register here for 6 years or so. there were a couple of years when I wasn't living here. actually that might be a problem. shit. there's not much proof I live here unless you count utilities bills that spell my name wrong. my credit card and bank statements have always gone to my parents' address. I'm on the tenancy agreement.

and the deposit is mostly just going to appear in our bank accounts. gone from yesterday feeling like "what? you're actually taking us seriously?" to feeling decidedly less confident now.