How much are the houses you REALLY want?

MobileSaver

Thrugelmir wrote: »

More to life than chasing a pile of bricks with an empty space inside.

For most people a home they love is so much more than a pile of bricks with an empty space inside...

Grenage

About 200k more than I have!

We just bought at £340k, and I have no intention of increasing our mortgage (relatively) ever again.

Not unless we inherit a monstrous amount of money, but I hope our parents will have spent every last penny by the time they meet their end.

Double_V

550,000 - 650,000
I am currently in a flat.

cloo

The ones we *really* wanted were about 150k out of our range; although we only especially wanted those as they had bigger gardens. Otherwise most houses we were looking had pretty small gardens - that said, I reminded myself that this is England and we don't get very much time to use it every year, and we are round the corner from a park!


And TBH, a lot of those in the 150k+ range weren't very desirable around where we are - near a motorway, postage stamp garden, ugly extensions...

moneyistooshorttomention

MobileSaver wrote: »

For most people a home they love is so much more than a pile of bricks with an empty space inside...

It must be nice to have a "home one loves" and something probably few people manage to get.

However - it is necessary to have a house and location that, if possible, match the lifestyle you always "knew you would have". You can't garden without a garden. You cant really have cooking as a hobby with a tiny kitchen. You cant enjoy your "peace and quiet" and lack of worry about having someone else's house attached to yours that comes from it being a detached house - if it isnt a detached house and so on.

So - I dont think its a case of having a house you "love" (though you can consider yourself very lucky if you do) - but just having one that functions for "your" lifestyle - rather than hindering your attempts to live "your" lifestyle iyswim.

Worst case scenario being someone who is a keen cook and gardener and used to lots of privacy in their home and it being well-maintained having to buy a house that's galley kitchen/no garden/no privacy and a right dump. The house and person are obviously going to be extremely incompatible.

There are people who will just eat ready meals/really dont want to do gardening/would hate "peace and quiet" and arent bothered about privacy - and they have a much bigger choice of potential homes than many do (as so many more would be suitable for them).

MobileSaver

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It must be nice to have a "home one loves" and something probably few people manage to get.

A home is what you make of it, whether it's a flat, terrace, semi, detached or palatial mansion. I would think most people love their home and returning to it after a hard day's work is one of the highlights of their day if they stop to think about it.

My point was that it is so much more than just a pile of bricks; it's what you put into it, whether that be other people, nice items or simply time and effort.

Flosmum_2

About double ;-)

csgohan4

There's a house in Kensington, Cheslea that i want to buy for 37,000,000 but sadly won't even earn that in my lifetime.

cloo

I mean, if you're talking total dream house, it would probably big a big terrace in Barnsbury (Islington) which I presume is £3m+.






Which I definitely don't have.

moneyistooshorttomention

Well - I was taking it as a perfectly standard/ordinary type house myself and not a luxury one.

Thankfully, I dont even want a luxury one and wouldnt have it if I had the money to do so personally.

Just a 3/4 bedroom, 1/2 bathroom standard size detached house with reasonable storage space (eg decent size garage) with reasonable garden in reasonable (or, preferably, nice area) in location of choice and that would do me.

I just look at "luxury" type ones and think "All that housework - or careful interviewing of cleaners to do the housework for me etc etc" and I'd feel very "conspicuous" in a luxury level house.