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first time home owner error...
dboyce15
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Hi, this is my first ever post!
Me and my partner graduated from university a year ago and have just bought our first home.
I was desperate to move out of our local city so we bought a two bedroom flat in a nice little village near by.
When I went to view the flat I fell in love with it straight away, but when I picked up the keys like week my heart sank and I realised that I really didn't like the place at all.
Our original plan was only to live in this place for 3 years before buying something more permanent and more suitable for starting a family in, now I want to move sooner.
Any suggestions?
Me and my partner graduated from university a year ago and have just bought our first home.
I was desperate to move out of our local city so we bought a two bedroom flat in a nice little village near by.
When I went to view the flat I fell in love with it straight away, but when I picked up the keys like week my heart sank and I realised that I really didn't like the place at all.
Our original plan was only to live in this place for 3 years before buying something more permanent and more suitable for starting a family in, now I want to move sooner.
Any suggestions?
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How many times did you view the place before you offered/exchanged?
Why don't you like it?0 -
we went to view it twice.
It just seems to small and impractical, it is nicely decorated though and doesnt need much doing to it.0 -
You really have only two options.
1. Learn to like it and live in it.
2. Sell it, making a definite loss on your agent's and solicitor's fees, and potentially a loss on the sale price as well.
Your call...Retired in 2015.
Moved to Ireland September 20170 -
This may not be financially viable, but you could rent it out and buy somewhere else..You were only killing time and it'll kill you right back0
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Hi, this is my first ever post!
Me and my partner graduated from university a year ago and have just bought our first home.
I was desperate to move out of our local city so we bought a two bedroom flat in a nice little village near by.
When I went to view the flat I fell in love with it straight away, but when I picked up the keys like week my heart sank and I realised that I really didn't like the place at all.
Our original plan was only to live in this place for 3 years before buying something more permanent and more suitable for starting a family in, now I want to move sooner.
Any suggestions?
Your best option is to follow this original plan. You may be able to shorten the timescale a bit but you need to just get on with it or face a considerable cost.
Three years will pass more quickly than you imagine.:)0 -
Has the flat shunk since you viewed it??"You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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You were probably so excited about the thought of buying a place - you just took the first one to come along! Give it a bit longer, you never know,you might fall back in love with it. Try to put some of your own style on it - so it doesn't feel like your camping out. It's YOURS after all!0
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When you say `JUST bought a house` how long have you been there?
It took me a good year to fall in love with my new home, I felt very uneasy in it when we moved in and it just didnt feel like home at all.DebtFree FEB 2010!Slight blip in 2013 - Debtfree Aug 2014 :j
Savings £132/£1000.0 -
savingmummy wrote: »When you say `JUST bought a house` how long have you been there?
It took me a good year to fall in love with my new home, I felt very uneasy in it when we moved in and it just didnt feel like home at all.
We've been in about a week now, perhaps it just doesnt feel like home yet.0 -
We've been in about a week now, perhaps it just doesnt feel like home yet.
Interesting. I felt rather like that about my first house. I grew to like it though. The other three I've bought have felt like home since the moment I walked in on the first viewing. I wouldn't buy now if I didn't get that feeling.0
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