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Completing soon on house and having serious doubts

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 25 February 2021 at 3:18AM
    Thanks for your honest reply.  Having no garden for my children growing up makes me feel bad at times but people say well it mustn’t have been that bad if you stayed for 24 years.  Our house is in a great location on a hill overlooking the city.  We stayed because we like living here and put up with the lack of space But lockdown provided us with a realisation it’s not now ideal (no garden to sit in when you needed it!) and we finally did it.  We are as others have said nervous of being out of our comfort zone but staying here will not solve those problems.  Doing it actually during covid was probably not the best time to finally be making that decision but nothing we can do about that.
    When lockdown ends though you won`t need a garden?
    The lockdowns have given people the pause many needed to evaluate the way they've been living; hence the sudden increase in demand for country property. For some, just a garden hasn't been enough, particularly if they've considered where things might go when the true economic effects of the whole Covid debacle come home to roost.
    No one talks about what will happen when the money printing stops, or the inevitable consequences if it doesn't. You, of all people, should have some idea about potential problems in the immediate future, or do you think only in the narrow terms of house prices?
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