Do you regret buying your house?

black_cat

marlasinger wrote: »

We regret buying our house, and I think we were very naive in doing so.

It's a corner house on a main road into town, so we get loud traffic and also the late night drunken yobs, who have often staggered into our front garden (because it's the first house you see as you come up the hill and must catch their attention for some reason). There is no parking, and our neighbours get funny if you dare to park outside their house (even though they have spaces out the back). It needs a lot of work and modernisation, and all the DIY has been done very poorly.

We are hoping to sell up soon (though if other houses are anything to go by, it may be on the market for a long time), and will be much more careful when buying our next house.

We will definitely want parking, a decent garden, preferably detached and not on a main road. Also, nothing that needs major renovation!!

Are you living in my house?!
We don't get people in the garden but they used to sit on our wall waiting noisily for others. Fortunately we planted fast growing trees that hang over so we don't get that problem anymore.


If only the botched DIY was easier to resolve...

Dhrucku

This is a gamble for the first house I will buy as it's going to be a 200k one which is the entry level for a lot of FTB.

I'm hoping my next one will be in a more affluent area hopefully reflective in the neighbours.

I know this is not a guarantee but I will be minimising the likelihood.

Grylls

I think despite the research you may do before buying a property, the truth is you never quite know what you're going to get. The neighbours may be nice initially - but their attitude can change or the neighbours themselves can change (as has been pointed out). Plus, despite the care you take to check - having surveys done etc. - it's my experience that you never know what will turn up. Unlike any other purchase though, with a house you can't just pick it up and take it elsewhere. So my sympathy for anyone who feels there home has become a prison.


Fortunately, my neighbours all seem ok. But as I am living in a large house converted into flats, I'm very conscious that this could change at any time.


Returning to the original posters question though - do you regret buying - then today my answer is yes. I bought 18 months ago and still haven't yet made it a home. Seemingly everything that could go wrong has and the place has become a money pit: kitchen rotten and needed replacing (inc. rotting floorboards and beams), plasterwork requiring extensive repair, new floor in hallway, windows all needed fixing, radiators replaced, big bay window rotting and needed expensive repair, fireplace restored, internal doors renewed - all this in a listed property so had to be done sympathetically (and expensively). Maybe today is just a bad day - but I woke up this morning wanting to sell up and walk away!