What did you learn from your first ever own home?

Woolsery

MalMonroe said:

Hmmm, this OP (purported newbie) has at least one other post over in Employment asking 'what did you learn from your first job?', where their integrity has been questioned. . . . just saying.

But it is a good question, though personal experiences will vary. For example, despite renting in many places and owning a few houses too, for 40 years I'd never had a significant neighbour problem until living in a detached property!

comeandgo

Never have a toilet coming straight off a kitchen.

comeandgo

onylon 

4) Never live in a property with only one toilet. You can manage without heat or washing facilities but everybody poops.

Yes, but not all at the same time, but our first bought house had one bathroom, second house had two and third house has three.  Wonder how many our fourth will have.

MysteryMe

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

It's much easier to weed a garden with just a few weeds.... only takes a couple of minutes.

Ha ha, 30 years and several house moves down the line and I still haven't learnt this lesson

Ramouth

Woolsery said:

onylon said:

2) Anyone can DIY in the age of internet tutorials. It drives me up the wall when women claim they can't put up shelves or change a fuse without a man. It's particularly galling when the woman in question is otherwise successful and self reliant.

Obviously this statement excludes anything to do with silicone sealants, which are second only to eels in their ability to cover everything in a horrible goo that resists all attempts to remove it. 

Try WD40 (not relevant Tito the original question but something I wish I had known earlier in life!)

t1redmonkey

I bought my first house without knowing anything at all about the area or what the morning/evening commute to work and back was like.  Big mistake!  Whilst the house was great, I absolutely hated the train journeys every day.  Not enough carriages, people being stuffed in there like tinned sardines, loads of pushing and shoving to get a space on the way back, and the journey was over an hour.  Granted it's probably not as bad anymore with the prevalence of remote working, but there's no way I'd have been able to put up with that until covid.  Bought in 2012 and had sold it again by the middle of 2013 to be closer to my workplace.

bobbybiscuit1952

Bought a new 3 bedroom house with my new wife. 

Moved in on 1st May 1976 (cup final day and tv went to reception). We saved up our 5% deposit and went without a lot the previous two years. Very proud of our achievement. Cost £8000 !  Moved several times since. 

We have just celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary. I don’t think we will move again. 

eidand

2 things, home ownership is a beautiful thing and never live in a flat again!

Slithery

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

We have a council worker who insists on parking his truck in the bays outside our house, because his neighbours apparently complained that he parked it outside their house and wants to avoid an official dispute.

It doesn't matter if the dispute is 'official' or not. It still has to be declared when selling.

comeandgo said:

onylon 

4) Never live in a property with only one toilet. You can manage without heat or washing facilities but everybody poops.

Yes, but not all at the same time,

I believe that onyion's point was that if it breaks then you are left with no toilets at all until it's fixed, not that someone may just have to wait for a few minutes.

koalakoala

RelievedSheff said:

Our first house taught us that we will never live in an attached property again.

Me too !