Purchased the wrong house...

HollySocks_2

There are no doubt hundreds of thousands of people who have bought a house at some point then had doubts as to whether they could have done better.
This seems like a joke thread, all 3 ‘problems’ you would have known about when buying it. Oh dear, the garden needs landscaping..well, landscape it then. Or move if you can’t be bothered. You would have known you can’t fit multiple cars on the driveway when you bought it.
You spent most of your first post, telling us about how much the house was worth. Then barely mentioned any problems, just that it was near a road.
Just do some gardening.

shaunhouse

I’ve already mentioned we can do something about the parking and we will also sort the back garden.

The road however will always be there, before buying there is no way of knowing whether you can live with being on a busy road or not. It might be that me and my wife are ones that can’t. If we move then that’s something we will take from it, we are both only just over 30 so we’lol just take it on the chin if that’s the case.

I was just curious of people’s views and experience.

getmore4less

If you can't make it work long term

Make it work short term, by fixes that work for you and don't cost too much.

Look for ways to add real value.

Think carefully about the next one.

foxy-stoat

If you dont like it then just sell it and move. You just need to know the total cost to move with the ERC's and you will have to pay the stamp duty, estate agent fees, legal fees etc etc.

Then work out if its worth you spending £20,00 - £30,000 to move.

shaunhouse

I guess this is what it boils down to really,

Hassle of moving far out weighs cost to me. If we have to take a 20k hit to move then so be it, but the stress and pressure of someone dropping out of buying or losing a house will stay with me for a long time.

babyblade41

shaunhouse wrote: »

I guess this is what it boils down to really,

Hassle of moving far out weighs cost to me. If we have to take a 20k hit to move then so be it, but the stress and pressure of someone dropping out of buying or losing a house will stay with me for a long time.

Unfortunately the joys of buying and selling.

I have done it 17 times so far.. and although it is very stressful only a couple have actually failed to get to the end...quite a few have come close especially my last move a couple of months ago.
I too was near a main road and the house was beautiful but the road got busier as time went on so after 3 years it was time to go

Thankfully it sold within hours of going up for sale and we knew it wouldn't be a long term house so only worked through my surveyors report and done some remedial repairs ..

We were downsizing and we did make a profit in comparison what we bought it for but only because we never shelled out on any big projects

need_an_answer

So if the road is the issue,how far away from a road would your next house need to be?

Although in my experience roads do get people from A to B and sometimes if you move too far away from them you start to isolate yourself and your house which is another factor that some people find difficult to deal with!


I wonder if you are making the decision too soon and will end up moving too quickly to another property with a different set of dislikes.

Have you ever considered buying a plot and building what you want or is that out of the question?

POPPYOSCAR

I struggle to see how a 'grand large house' only has space to park one car on the drive.

shaunhouse

Agree maybe it’s too soon to tell, also I’ve been down the route of more isolated houses and yes we wouldn’t want that either,

Perhaps there is always a compromise to be had.

LadyDee

Friends of mine had a house with the mainline railway to London running along the bottom of their very small garden. Within a fortnight they didn't notice the trains. I lived on a main road with just a small garden in front - this was the main road to the very busy seafront of an extremely popular holiday resort. I didn't hear the traffic after a couple of weeks.