For various reasons, the best option for us as a family now is to settle for a house that maybe isn't quite perfect for us. We probably can't afford what we would really like at the moment but even something a bit better may not come onto the market in time for us not to lose our offer. We can't rent and don't want to stay with family. So we have agreed to accept a counter offer for a house we are interested in. It is a little more than we wanted to pay, but our upper price and their lower price were close enough to give in!
How do you accept settling, especially when it involves down sizing a little? We will have the same number of rooms, but all smaller and we will have to get rid of some furniture, and try to weed our possessions. The garden is also smaller than we hoped for, although big enough to play in. It's quite a pretty house I suppose, but newer than we wanted, which means that both the road it's on and the house itself feels more compact than we are used to. It seems a friendly road, which is nice.
We saw a lot of houses and this is the best at our budget at this time. It's a great location, with a good school, nice parks, and most importantly, in the same town as all of our extended families (we are moving from several counties away). It feels a bit sad thay we're going into it thinking it's not our forever home. It would be nice to make some changes, but we maybe don't want to spend too much if it's only for a few years. But maybe by the time we fan afford our lovely garden our kids will be too old anyway, so we want to make the most of it and enjoy living there! We won't have a mortgage, but also wont have jobs to begin with so want to make small changes to start off with.
Has anyone found ways to feel happy about a house that you settled for? How did you make it feel like home? It is nice, if I try to forget what I was hoping for. (I will be deleting the right move app as soon as our offer is accepted!).
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