first time home owner error...

dizziblonde

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.

When we moved I sat and sobbed - missed the old place and area so much and felt like a fish out of water... took time, but I grew to like the place so much that we bought the house three doors down the street when we moved from renting to buying.

dboyce15

dizziblonde wrote: »

When we moved I sat and sobbed - missed the old place and area so much and felt like a fish out of water... took time, but I grew to like the place so much that we bought the house three doors down the street when we moved from renting to buying.

I hope I can grow to love it, it is a tidy place and we are closer to our friends now.

it's still getting sold to make way for a house with room for kids in a couple of years though

pinkteapot

There are lots of space-saving storage solutions these days due to the number of people living in small flats/houses. It might just be that you need to organise your belongings better and then it won't feel so cramped?

Like the others, I suspect you got a bit carried away with the excitement of it. It's easily done, especially the first time you buy. Getting the keys can be a bit of a let-down because the place is bare, there are furniture dents in the carpets, marks on the walls that were previously hidden etc.

I would also try and live there a few years if you can. How does your partner feel about it?

If you do sell, you'll have wasted all your buying and selling fees which are a fairly sizeable amount of money. If you really hate it, it's possible, but it'll cost you.

Take it as a lesson for the future. First viewings are about "do I like the house?" Second viewings have to be with practicalities in mind. For example, I was wowed at first by the show-home on a new-build estate but when I took a closer look I had several thoughts like "Hang on, where would I store my ironing board?" The storage was atrocious. Instead we bought a 1990-built which has built-in cupboards galore. Hubby and I have both bought a couple of properties previously now though so we're getting better at knowing what to look for when viewing. It takes time. Even at this stage we brought a parent along for our second viewing to get their view on what it would be like as a future family home (we don't have kids yet).

dboyce15

pinkteapot wrote: »

There are lots of space-saving storage solutions these days due to the number of people living in small flats/houses. It might just be that you need to organise your belongings better and then it won't feel so cramped?

Like the others, I suspect you got a bit carried away with the excitement of it. It's easily done, especially the first time you buy. Getting the keys can be a bit of a let-down because the place is bare, there are furniture dents in the carpets, marks on the walls that were previously hidden etc.

I would also try and live there a few years if you can. How does your partner feel about it?

If you do sell, you'll have wasted all your buying and selling fees which are a fairly sizeable amount of money. If you really hate it, it's possible, but it'll cost you.

Take it as a lesson for the future. First viewings are about "do I like the house?" Second viewings have to be with practicalities in mind. For example, I was wowed at first by the show-home on a new-build estate but when I took a closer look I had several thoughts like "Hang on, where would I store my ironing board?" The storage was atrocious. Instead we bought a 1990-built which has built-in cupboards galore. Hubby and I have both bought a couple of properties previously now though so we're getting better at knowing what to look for when viewing. It takes time. Even at this stage we brought a parent along for our second viewing to get their view on what it would be like as a future family home (we don't have kids yet).

Thanks, I think you're right in that we did get carried away, my partner seems ok with the place though.

If we make a loss on this place it will have to go down a lesson learnt!

hazyjo

Give it time - add homely touches and redecorate as and when you can afford so it feels like 'yours' rather than 'theirs'.

You're probably there for at least 6-12 months now anyway as mortgage companies generally don't lend on something that's only been owned for less than 6 months (I think that varies, am sure I used to be told it was a year).

Good luck!

Jx

dboyce15

thanks, I think we will be there a minimum of two years whilst we save a deposit for something a bit bigger.

DRP

dboyce15 wrote: »

thanks, I think we will be there a minimum of two years whilst we save a deposit for something a bit bigger.

Don't let it get you down.

You now have something to immediately aim for - saving a deposit and making your current house your own (whilst making it as 'sellable' as possible).

A year or so will pass in no time and it is better to be looking upwards and to the future than resting on your laurels in your current place!

dboyce15

DRP wrote: »

Don't let it get you down.

You now have something to immediately aim for - saving a deposit and making your current house your own (whilst making it as 'sellable' as possible).

A year or so will pass in no time and it is better to be looking upwards and to the future than resting on your laurels in your current place!

very true, just two football season and I can move in to the next place

COLOURBOUNCE

A good, slighty whacky mate of mine had this issue with his first flat. He filled the lounge/diner with everything he could think of, bikes, bins, extra coffee table, even stone oranaments from the communial garden ! After a month he cleared it out and said it felt like he was living in a palace. Worth a go just for a laugh if nothing else.

dboyce15

COLOURBOUNCE wrote: »

A good, slighty whacky mate of mine had this issue with his first flat. He filled the lounge/diner with everything he could think of, bikes, bins, extra coffee table, even stone oranaments from the communial garden ! After a month he cleared it out and said it felt like he was living in a palace. Worth a go just for a laugh if nothing else.

Yeah that could be fun but I think the OH would kill me!