Are you 'in love' with your home?

beccad

Been thinking about this lately as we're looking for houses. People on the telly-box always seem to find a house that they love and I appreciate this makes good TV, but friends have talked about this sort of feeling too.

We've viewed 20 properties in August and I've felt a bit indifferent about all of them. I can see potential in houses, see past other people's crap lying around a house, weigh up pros and cons, been into several houses where I've thought "This would be a good, practical house. It meets all of our requirements." But that's obviously not falling in love with a house, is it. Just being practical :rotfl:

*sigh* I hope the market picks up in September.

Gwhiz

I have to fall in love to buy!

klizw

I LOVE MY HOUSE!! I fell in love with my house before even viewing it, then when I went to see it, i was quite critical about it because I had already decided I wanted it. I've been here 2 years now but its not my 'forever' home as the only downside to it is it doesn't have a garden so I will be moving on at some point but I think I'm worried I'll never find somewhere I love as much as here!

maryjane01

I think I have better taste in furnishings than most other people so I don't view houses expecting to fall in love :rotfl:

I didn't fall in love with my current house when we bought it, it was a house and we could afford it rather than a flat so we bought it and it was really grim looking. Having done it up there are some rooms I now LOVE (I will be so sad to leave my wonderful bedroom with floor to ceiling windows looking over a quiet park in zone 2 London, that is in a loft conversion we added to the house). The living areas are not big enough for our current needs now we have a little one. I expect I will not love the next house we buy but will fall in love with it as we do it up.

abc1989

I loved my old house, If I hadnt been for my "ex" boyfriend for owning it, I'd happily be living there!
It had its own quirky character a large garden, huge conservatry.
Gosh I do miss that place!

It was one of a kind!

Badger_Lady

I fell in love with a house, then bought one down the road because it was bigger and "I could make it as lovely as the other one". But three years later I actually regret that decision... I hadn't appreciated the amount of effort it would take to get a pale imitation of the house I'd loved (and how many spare bedrooms does one person need?)

PasturesNew

I started off wanting a lovely house .... after 2-3 failed full surveys, and becoming close to being unmortgageable again, I went with "it's got the right number of rooms, it'll do" - even though it was so disgustingly shabby and minging from the kerbside that it looked like a squat - and the hallway was painted in Jaffa orange hand-sculpted artex.

sammyjammy

I don't love my house although I do love the privacy and freedom it gives me. When I bought it I could only really afford a fixer upper, in some ways its a bit of a money pit and although I have done a lot of things to it in the 11yrs I've been in it there are aspects of it that still need fixing up.

Next time I'd like to move into an it's all done property or at least have the cash to do it all immedialty on buying, what I would really love is a big south facing garden!

lincroft1710

I've lived in 8 houses (3 with parents, 5 of my own). Haven't loved any of them!

celyn90

OP, I'm the same - we have been looking too and I can't say I've ever had the "I love this" feeling! I'm just looking at the practicalities as well - how easy is it to get to work, what is the area like and stuff like that. The house is almost inconsequential really, as long as it's structurally sound then that's fine!

kirwell81

We bought our first house last year and I am now in love with it. We bought it because we could see its potential and it ticked the majority of boxes i.e right number of bedrooms, good size garden not overlooked by neighbours, lovely area etc. Cosmetically it was a mess (why would anyone paint an entire room bright orange???) but size wise and more importantly financially it was perfect. I've really enjoyed decorating each room just as I want it and ripping out the horrible fire, kitchen, bathroom. I feel like I've made it into a home and fingers crossed added value to the place in the process. Now I love my house.