Just feel like giving up

Doozergirl

avenida wrote: »

Thanks Doozergirl, I think thats the kick up the backside I needed!

You know there's loads you can do to your place for even the basic costs of buying and selling a house - it's lovely as it is actually but a change is as good as a rest, they say You have lovely views from your windows as well and if you like the area, why go? I'm the queen of wanting something else.

I want a Georgian house and a cosy cottage with roses round the door and a striking new build with grey aluminium windows. And I want to live in a village, with views of open countryside on one side and a view of the Thames running through central London on the other. But what I have is just fine.

A conservatory or a single storey extension for the meantime if you really feel you need extra downstairs space which might allow you some extra space inside to put a downstairs loo? Use one side of that double garage for something? New fencing to make that side garden more useful as a larger back garden? Knocking through from kitchen to dining room to create more of a family space - I'm not sure exactly of your layout but eg. use the big window in the dining room as doors, block up back door in kitchen, replace with units shifted across, hopefully turning two spaces into one could create a bit more space for a cosy dining table and a sofa as well maybe?

Maybe even just some fancy wallpaper,some new tiles for your bathroom or new bedlinen? No criticism of your place intended - just a simple refresh for the simple sake of it rather than any great need.

It could be fun We could turn this thread into a decorating one, see howe it all pans out!

avenida

SHOCK!!

I have just had a call from my agent, I have a viewer tomorrow night and they have their house sold!!

TOBRUK

Well good luck, but out of interest what will you do if they make an offer you would accept seeing that they have sold their house and you have no place to move to?

lincroft1710

Would anyone move from a detached to a semi?

Have done so as moved to more expensive area

Gwhiz

avenida wrote: »

SHOCK!!

I have just had a call from my agent, I have a viewer tomorrow night and they have their house sold!!

I wonder if your agent reads these posts?

Milliewilly

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Would anyone move from a detached to a semi?

Have done so as moved to more expensive area

Yes so did I.

avenida

TOBRUK wrote: »

Well good luck, but out of interest what will you do if they make an offer you would accept seeing that they have sold their house and you have no place to move to?

I guess will have to contact agents, look at properties out of our price range and see how long they have been on the market for and if they are on at a realistic price.

But its a big IF they make an offer

Cannon_Fodder

Gwhiz wrote: »

I wonder if your agent reads these posts?

Was before, so probably is...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=30670949&postcount=41

seven-day-weekend

jenner wrote: »

yes, i did giggle about the 'old house' thing, ours is 1929 built, and i would love a georgian house, this feels too modern for me!!!

My UK house is dated 1857. My Spanish house was built before planning permission and registration was needed, so I don't have a clue how old it is. Forty years old to me is a modern house!

ETA: If I liked the area and the house was big enough, I would not move to get a downstairs loo and an ensuite. No way. My house in the UK only has a bathroom downstairs, I would love one upstairs, but there is no room. However, I would not spend money moving just to get one.

carefullycautious

You can fit loos nowadays anywhere. Understairs being one suggestion, in the garage or maybe put a porch on the rear door with one in. Friends of ours had one installed into a large conservatory they had fitted.

Ensuites do not need to take up too much room either. You need a fresh pair of eyes to look at utilising the space in your home.