Do you have to love a house to buy it?

Errata

I moved into a house which was right for me in every practical way, but it took me ages to feel settled and feel some affection for it.

Redbedhead

wecanhelpu wrote: »

Well done and best wishes.

We got there in the end

:T

just waiting for redbedhead to make her mind up

:rotfl: This has helped me as well and we put in an offer on the house. Unfortunately the first and second offers were rejected and we have decided not to offer higher as we think the 2nd offer was fair and the house isn't worth more, so it is back to looking at more houses.........

wecanhelpu

best wishes to you.

I hope you find a house you love AND at a good price

Sugarplumfairy_2

Errata wrote: »

I moved into a house which was right for me in every practical way, but it took me ages to feel settled and feel some affection for it.

I have lived in my present house on and off for the last 20 odd years and still don't feel settled !!! Only ever felt settled in my first ever 2 bedroom council flat, I loved it !! Would go back if I could.

Gorgeous_George

I love my home now but didn't when I bought it. The problem with buying a house that you love is that you will be competing with other househunters who also love it.

Our house has taken a new bathroom, kitchen, fireplace, double-glazing, driveway, lawns and lots of work to make somewhere that we love.

If the area is right and the house about the right size, buy it and make it home.



GG

HugoSP

You have to be happy with the area, and see the potential in a house.

GG touched on the subject here. The right house can be made into a dream palace but you can't change the location.

Go for the cheapest house in best street. Then you can adapt it to your needs.

bylromarha

neither I nor OH loved this house when we bought it June 2006.

Our FT buyers were pushing us to move or they'd withdraw, I was pregnant and the idea of renting whilst looking for the right house was not fun with a newborn and a toddler.

So we made a business decision and bought this brand new house. Bedrooms are what we wanted, living space sucks. However, we negotiated hard, got it at a great price, builders paid our buying legal fees and it's in a SD exempt area.

We are looking to move again in the next 2 years with our increased equity, as this house value has gone up over and above the local area.

Hope to love the next house, but am only midly warmed to this one.:rolleyes:

vansboy

Certainly you need to have a 'feeling' about the house &AND the location.

I know it sounds crazy to lots of people, but often I can 'fee'l, or have a subliminal thoght about where I am,that something just isn't right.

If anyone read my previous posts about one house we were considering, it ticked all the boxes, but just wasn't 'right'.

In fact, Mrs V actually said something made her feel like crying, as she stood outside, with the really nice old guy, showing us around. So the goosebumps noted & agreed with.

Not just the £$£$£ having this effect!!

& the appearence & condition would all have no real influence, as all that is easily changed to the way you want it.

VB

frivolous_fay

We put our first offer in on a house that we both loved. (2 bed cottage, tons of character, cute little hamlet, big garden, loads of potential) Up to that point we'd been agonising about whether we needed a house that was practical, or whether it also had to be one we really liked. My opinion was that we couldn't afford 'wow factor'!

Anyway, the vendor
turned around and sold to his next door neighbour. It was annoying, but then the location would have been pretty awkward for us A few offers later, and we've found a completely different property, which we hope to exchange on next week. 3 bed, modern terrace in a cul de sac, more convenient location, same price though

My mum will probably hate it 'No, you can't buy a house you don't love!' (the family home is a huge, sprawling Victorian semi in the sticks with a massive garden) but on the practical side, it's ideal, and it's smart enough to be aesthetically pleasing without being too soulless.

You just have to find a compromise... or get lucky!

Headintheclouds_3

I lost out on a place I absolutely fell for the first time I saw it, but it was so unique I realised that I would be looking for a very long time if I wanted to find something on par with that one.

Fortunately, I've found somewhere which ticks all of the boxes (but doesn't have the same character) I know that I can grow to love this place and - even better - it's about 50 yards away from my dream house, so I can still walk past it and have a nosey on my way to work!

As others have said, I think you can grow to love a house - it just takes time.