House Buying Regret

Davesnave

PaceThePixie wrote: »

. Unlike you we bought brand new. I persevered living there for a year before I sold up! I have never bought another property since and never will.

It chilled my soul to death the whole experience of that.

Be brave it may workout for you.
Pace

As an older person, it would scare me rigid to be in a position where my home could be taken away on the whim of a landlord, or where a local authority might one day decide that I needed re-housing.

MFWannabe

PaceThePixie wrote: »

Hi,

You're not alone. I bought my first house 20 years ago after 6 years of renting with my then OH. I like you broke down in tears the minute we walked in the house . Unlike you we bought brand new. I persevered living there for a year before I sold up! I have never bought another property since and never will.

It chilled my soul to death the whole experience of that.

Be brave it may workout for you.
Pace

Really?! So you'd rather pay someone's mortgage for them and live with the risk of them telling you at any point that you need to move?!

MFWannabe

Get a handyman in to fix the problems; so they are sorted out of the way
Then concentrate on making your house your home. Get some magazines and get ideas of what you can do to the property and things you want to do with each room and what you want to buy to furnish your home and make it yours.
The great thing is it is yours, no landlord can tell you that you have to me; you don't have to ask permission if you want to paint a room bright orange, purple or decorate it with spots; you can do it because its yours!!
Then if you still decide you hate it in 12 months, 2 years etc then you can plan to sell and move and your property will have increased in value anyway to enable you to move on to another.
You say you had a tough time with the whole buying process; my guess is that tainted your purchase and negative feelings going through the whole process have lingered longer.
Try to concentrate on the positives of owning your own property and making it your home x

PaceThePixie

FREEZ, yes I would. I am aware of many horror stories about unscrupulous landlords etc but I have been very lucky. No rent increase in 8 years. I am not saying it will never go up but I have absolute peace of mind in the private renting sector. I am 45 almost 46 and I am quite at 'home' with renting.

It suits my needs. I hear that everyone will say what about when you're old......blah, blah, blah! I'm quite contended with my choice of life.

leespot

We got the keys to our 'new' house on 15th January, previous owners said they'd 'give it a clean' before they left...

Kitchen - needed 3 days of cleaning, bleaching etc etc before we could use it.

Bathroom - not quite so bad, but still dirty when we got the keys

Shower - something before my time (and I'm 35) but it works, just about

Boiler & heating - boiler 2 years old, heating system over 20 years old. Rads don't get hot in all of the rooms, so we close the doors. Can't wash the dishes and then run the little one a bath - so use the dishwasher.

Carpets - every one stank of cats, don't think a single one had seen a hoover in 20 years, had to get them cleaned as little one has allergies

Hall floor - parquet, got damp and is bubbled beyond saving, shame but it's got to go.

Front door - they shaved the corner off it to 'miss' the bubble in the floor, need changing.

Back door, draughty as heck, slightly damp at the bottom, bit of DIY will sort that until we replace it.

Floor joists - bouncy and need fixing, will be done with the damp course work. Damp course is needed ASAP.

Loads of other stuff to do as well, but it is home. Honestly couldn't be happier. Take a bit of a step back, start a list with the things that you need sorting straight away and a list of the things you can't do yourself, then another list of the things you can. Just chip away at things bit by bit and it'll slowly start to feel like home

Barry_B

The day I moved into my flat, the front door latch broke and I was trapped inside. Luckily, the man painting the windows on scaffolding was able to open the front door from outside. On day 7, the bathroom extractor fan stopped working. Then the roof leaked and the freeholders did very little to help. The noisy bathroom extractor fan in the flat below kept me awake at night and I had to wear ear plugs for 4 months.

Apart from all these problems, I'm very happy living in my new flat. And I can sleep at night now that my neighbours have agreed not to switch the bathroom fan on at night.

ERICS_MUM

Iamred wrote: »

Hi Fairylights, thank you for the pep talk.

Unfortunately my husband is comically awful at DIY. I barely trust him to help with flat-pack furniture. :-)
Luckily we do have some savings and they will cover most of the stuff that needs doing asap.

I guess it just doesn't feel like home... and I'm not sure it will

You can afford to get work done so enjoy the process - your design and choices and turn it into your home.

The only property I regretted was a new-build. This was in the 1990's when anything other than basic fixtures and fittings cost the earth and I just couldn't afford an upgrade. I was miserable about all sorts of things - muddy patch as a garden, just one row of tiles round the bath which meant I couldn't use the overhead shower. Builders quoted a fortune to supply matching tiles. I felt so pee'd off because I felt the developers were being mean with me.

Perhaps you feel how you do because the previous owners have played a "dirty trick" on you by leaving all these crappy problems. Whenever I've moved house I've gone to great lengths to leave the property clean and tidy, looking as good as it can, out of respect for the buyers. Not everyone is that considerate.

Give yourself the rest of this year - once the longer warmer days arrive you can enjoy your garden, complete your decorating and then decide if you still don't like it.

Good luck, don't despair !

EM

Davesnave

leespot wrote: »

Can't wash the dishes and then run the little one a bath - so use the dishwasher.

:eek: What will you do when he/she grows too big for the dishwasher?

leespot

Will stand her outside and use the hosepipe ����

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leespot wrote: »

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Can't wash the dishes and then run the little one a bath - so use the dishwasher.
Originally posted by leespot

” What will you do when he/she grows too big for the dishwasher?

Will stand her outside and use the hosepipe

Thank you so much, made my day
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