Things you were really glad about in your new home

hazyjo

RelievedSheff wrote: »

For the first few weeks we were in the new house we kept forgetting about the downstairs toilet :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Same :rotfl: Took a while to remember lol. Still feels strange, like it's not really mine - like I've discovered some hidden room or something. Really don't think the novelty will end :laugh:

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Going from a bungalow with a tiny patio'd garden to a house with a large long lawn was the highlight for me (and for our dog!)

Waterlily24

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

Half an acre garden (plus woodland) that was a virtual blank canvas as the previous owners had only cultivated ground elder and brambles, meaning that we could let loose our inner Monty Don, lol!

Also, having a partly walled garden, the walls being 400 year old stone with tons of character.

Almost twenty months on and we've spent a small fortune - barely scratching the surface - creating a stunning (imho ) outdoor space. My limbs feel exhausted but it's sooo worth it!

It also more than made up for the hideous house (actually a 400 year old cottage with bags of potential) we purchased - no running water/flushing loo for several months, awful kitchen and bathroom, extension with a tarpaulin for a roof and generally appalling decorating schemes - the joys of buying a repossession :eek:

Similar here but just over an acre and no near neighbours. Our garden only had a couple of rose bushes and a Wisteria when we moved in but looks great now (10 years on). We bought the place for the garden. The bungalow was extended to take it from a 3 bed, 1 reception, kitchen and bathroom to a 4 bed, lounge, dining room, study (big enough for a fifth bedroom), kitchen, large utility and 3 bathrooms.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Is a few years since we moved into our palace, but at the time we had a tabby cat who trushed off, through the un kept yard and into the wilderness of the new estate! We heard noting from him for two days as we settled in. BoPsie got worried, and I mentioned he will be home when he is hungry. For two nights she was in tears shouting out his name, only for me on the third night to call him, and he duly ventured back, meowing his head off as he came home.

He didn't go far after that!

ripplyuk

I was glad that the house was waterproof. My previous rental had a damaged roof and flooded every time it rained. This went on for 2yrs. When I complained about it, the landlord got angry and removed part of the roof completely.

Another delight here is the heating system. The old house only got to a maximum room temperature of 15C and it took 3 days to warm up to that. Now I can have it at 18C within half an hour. I still find it a novelty that I never have to wear a coat inside

phoebe1989seb

All this talk about second toilets is making me envious as twenty months in we've not yet installed ours, although the sanitary ware etc has been sitting there over a year

This was a(nother) huge downsize for us - twelve years ago we were in a six bed house two and a half times the size of our current cottage and had four loos, lol - so everything feels quite small. Actually it's not though, as our 1400 sq ft two bed is considerably larger than many people's family homes Moreover, it may be smaller than what we're used to but we adore it and are treating it as our *forever* (not keen on that term)) home, for example finally fitting an antique fireplace we purchased in 2007 and have carried with us through several house moves :D

We only have one resident neighbour - far enough away to feel like they don't exist - and are surrounded by woodland and fields with a variety of wild (and not so wild) life which is something else we're hugely appreciative of.....

Skiddaw1

RelievedSheff wrote: »

We sat down with a beer after spending the day moving in our belongings and both enjoyed the silence of a detached house. No more noisy inconsiderate neighbours. We do still sometimes find ourselves talking to each other in hushed voices as though next door will hear us

Just recently we have been enjoying the vastly superior insulation qualities of our new build home.

I so know what you mean about the hushed voices! We still do that too. We were lucky in that we had lovely neighbours (we were in a mid-Victorian terrace) but nevertheless the peace of our current detached house is splendid. As is living in a village and having a view of the fells.

BookGeek

Misslayed wrote: »

I too was glad the search was over, and when I stood on the back step looking at the fabulous view that came free with the woodworm, 50s decor, along with the need for wall ties, repointing, complete new electrics and plumbing, central heating, bathroom, kitchen . . . I knew that we were 'home'. All that stuff is fixed now (on my second kitchen and bathroom!), but I still look at and enjoy that view every single day. Chicken soup for the soul!

Did you have to get new wall ties, and was it expensive?

trailingspouse

What a lovely positive thread.



For me, one of the best things about this house is the one thing that I thought was a compromise when we first bought it. I'd always lived in the suburbs, or in a village - this house ticked all our boxes, but is on a main road close to the town centre.



I love that I can walk to everything (pubs, restaurants, doctors, supermarket, hair dresser etc etc etc). And it's only really busy during the morning and evening commute, the rest of the time it's not bad at all. We're on a bus route, which means the road gets gritted regularly during the winter. And delivery drivers can find us no bother at all!!

seven-day-weekend

Despite being homeowners for forty years, we had never had off-road parking. So in our new place, what we liked was :

The Drive that held two cars.

Also

The large garden
The area
The neighbours

and the fact that it was a pretty bungalow.