The blog suggests that being "sales director" would put her on the "kind of salary & potentially lucrative directorship where she would be unlikely to need government assistance to buy her first home".

But, rightly or wrongly, the scheme helps anyone - rich or poor - who wants to buy a house worth up to £600,000 in the UK.

Critics and opposition politicians warn that the Help to Buy scheme may be inflating an already giddy UK housing market and does little to deal with the underlying issue of a lack of supply of new UK housing.

But there's no restriction on participation in the Help to Buy scheme based on background or income. Sharon was taking advantage of the policy, whatever its flaws.