How long did it take you to settle in?

NicNicP

We fell in love with our house at the first viewing. Not only was in nicely decorated throughout but it also felt right. That first night I felt at home. I spent the next couple of days completely unpacking and immediately felt settled.

Hermia

It honestly took me about 18 months. I loved the place from day one, but I did not feel settled. I think it was partly because I rented before so was so used to not be able to make my mark on a place. It took me a year to actually put a picture up!

Trixi

We left a 6 week overlap and I'm so glad I did because the new house was filthy when we got the keys. I couldn't even bring myself to eat there for a few weeks! But once we were in and had fitted a new kitchen I felt relaxed pretty quickly, despite the amount of work that needed doing. It's a good thing really because 2 years later there's still loads to be done!

I'm not sure I'd call it settled exactly as I do see us moving again in the forseable future so all changes are made with some consideration of the effect on the house value (for me, anyway)!

firebird082

It felt like home the day we moved! Friends helped us move, so we had sofas in place, bed sorted, pictures on existing hooks in walls and then all stayed for beer and pizza that evening. There was lots of stuff we wanted to change and deal with in due course, but none of that was necessary to feel 'at home'. We're still working on much of it, 2 years later! Mind you, we loved the house from first viewing, and there's nothing obnoxiously awful (previously rented, so beige everywhere - not my choice, but not so awful that we had to paint everything the first week after moving in!).

rosyw

It's never taken me long to feel settled in a new place, even in places we only bought as something to do up and move on from. I think the quickest was my current and probably "forever" home, half an hour after the removal men had left I had my feet up on the sofa, cuppa in hand, watching the news and felt "home" . I must admit to being picky about buying though, if it doesn't feel right when I walk through the front door I walk away.