Really confused about what I want :(

Crashy_Time

hazyjo said:

I hope you've got a bloody good pension!

Rent will only go up. At least you'll pay a mortgage off and own the house. Rent will go on until you die.

Just don`t treat your house as your pension and you will probably be fine.

hazyjo

Crashy_Time said:

hazyjo said:

I hope you've got a bloody good pension!

Rent will only go up. At least you'll pay a mortgage off and own the house. Rent will go on until you die.

Just don`t treat your house as your pension and you will probably be fine.

My house is a home. Not a pension. Fortunately my actual pension can be spent on myself. Not my landlord

Crashy_Time

RelievedSheff said:

MFWannabe said:

This thread needs to get back to what it was really about or end 😔

Agreed. Yet another topic ruined by Crashy

Could have been worse?
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/savers-put-47m-minibond-firm-163604574.html

Crashy_Time

Have you viewed any more properties OP, how are mortgage rates looking?

Crashy_Time

hazyjo said:

Crashy_Time said:

hazyjo said:

I hope you've got a bloody good pension!

Rent will only go up. At least you'll pay a mortgage off and own the house. Rent will go on until you die.

Just don`t treat your house as your pension and you will probably be fine.

My house is a home. Not a pension. Fortunately my actual pension can be spent on myself. Not my landlord

Hopefully this "homeowner" can tap some pension funds?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55060294

trix-a-belle

Crashy this can't be argued as anything but trolling now, digging the thread up when its been dead and buried for a couple of days. Stop trying to provoke and go elsewhere.

bolwin1

I do wish everyone would ignore, or at least not quote crashy. I added him to my ignore list ages ago as I was fed up of his trolling. If more people did the same, he'd eventually get bored and less threads would get ruined. 

Crashy_Time

trix-a-belle said:

Crashy this can't be argued as anything but trolling now, digging the thread up when its been dead and buried for a couple of days. Stop trying to provoke and go elsewhere.

Why do you have any interest in who posts what and when on an internet thread?

IslandLife

@danlightbulb Apologies if the topic has moved on, I read the first few pages.
Have you considered speaking to a counsellor or motivational interviewer? Perhaps they can help you explore the "stuckness"/indecision you've experienced over the last year. Also perhaps some space to talk about the enormity of the decision as a single person, and the other considerations you've mentioned? Such as walking away from this idealised version of a home you have and what that means? It seems you aren't really struggling with the house search per se, but all the stuff around it. 

coachman12

IslandLife said:

@danlightbulb Apologies if the topic has moved on, I read the first few pages.
Have you considered speaking to a counsellor or motivational interviewer?

Yes, thank God, this thread had mercifully gone away. If you have started it again, we'll all need a counsellor.