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Staying at the inlaws!! should we hang on??

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Hi,
I know im asking the same as many others at the minute but i just would like a few opinions based on my situation.

We sold our house last april and got a good price( i think !! )
We sold it fast and didnt find anywhere we liked in that time so we moved in to my partners parents house. They are fine with it and say we can stay as long as we want.
So we are saving a good bit at the minute.

I am desperatly searching for a house but they say i should try and wait abit longer!

What is your opinions??

Thanks

Lauren

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  • Phirefly
    Phirefly Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    lauren1983 wrote: »
    we moved in to my partners parents house.

    **shudder**
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Rent. Say "thanks very much for being there for us, but you are right, we should wait a bit longer... and I know you love having us here, as we have loved being here, but I think it's time we rented somewhere before we get too comfortable. And I'm sure you'd appreciate having your house back to yourself again. So I've got the paper here and we will start looking around to rent because with prices falling it could be 2-3 years before we're gone otherwise."
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Phirefly wrote: »
    **shudder**
    Now, don't tell me that lovely looking Mr Phirefly could possibly have come from stock that was anything less than perfect and divine!

    :P
  • SquatNow
    SquatNow Posts: 2,285 Forumite
    Rent or Squat.

    Only an idiot would buy at the start of a crash.
    Bankruptcy isn't the worst that can happen to you. The worst that can happen is your forced to live the rest of your life in abject poverty trying to repay the debts.
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    SquatNow wrote: »
    Rent or Squat.

    Only an idiot would buy at the start of a crash.

    Only an idiot would move in with outlaws for prolonged periods of time......;)
  • emmy05
    emmy05 Posts: 2,085 Forumite
    awwww what is it that we pick on in-laws? haha!
    if youre happy with where you are, then whats the rush? make the most of it and enjoy doing things that you normally wouldnt once paying for a mortgage etc. go off out, take a holiday abroad, i dont mean to overspend and waste any profits you have, theres time enough to tie yourself to another property, and i think its best to wait as well, but thats my opinion x
  • Phirefly
    Phirefly Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    Now, don't tell me that lovely looking Mr Phirefly could possibly have come from stock that was anything less than perfect and divine!

    :P

    If you class

    kua03_17.jpg as perfect

    and

    wilsonDM1604_228x256.jpg as divine

    then maybe
  • emmy05
    emmy05 Posts: 2,085 Forumite
    lmfao! i call my mum hyacinth - but she really isnt that bad though, honest :shhh:
  • Phirefly
    Phirefly Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    emmy05 wrote: »
    she really isnt that bad though

    Well she really is
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