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Arguments over moving house

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Green3 · 04/01/2025 16:20

AIBU? Long story short , a house came up for sale in the village over from ours. It needs work but it’s the perfect house, ticks every box. Bedroom each for the children, big garden, walking distance to school, walking distance to the husbands local pub, to the rugby club to his parents etc . It’s where my husband grew up. I love the house and I don’t mind a renovation project. It’s still up the road from my family too. Love the area. Financially we would be better off too. The husband has gone along with it all, wasn’t keen on the work to be done but said a year from now when it’s done he will be happy just dreads the thought of all the work. Now that we are like 3-4 weeks away from the actually move and it’s real(we get a completion/exchange date next week) he’s upset we are moving. Loves the house we are in and says I’ve dragged him to move and can’t be happy for it. I will admit I have pushed it as it’s literally an amazing home and I can see the potential it has without having to extend. The house we’re in now is a 3 bed semi , and the house we’re are moving to is a 4 bed detached . Same price. It’s causing huge arguments now and I’m unsure what to do? My mentality is hard work pays off, anything you want in life worth having will be a little hard. Love him to death but he’s the opposite 😂 he is happy to plod along in life and isn’t one for change . AIBU?

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KimFan · 04/01/2025 16:43

He’s a grown man with his own mind. Presumably if he was that strongly opposed to the suggestion of moving, he should have voiced it during the preliminary discussions around the possibility and not let it get to 3-4 weeks before moving to voice his reservations!

I’m not a believer that anyone can be ‘pushed’ into anything unless they are completely submissive with no backbone - especially in a healthy marriage/relationship where decisions are (or should be) made jointly.

He’s just daunted about the amount of work required to get the house to a liveable/comfortable standard.
I bet he’ll love it when it’s all done. Don’t feel guilty for seeing an opportunity that will better your family. As I said, if he was that against the idea he should have said. You haven’t orchestrated this move alone. He must have agreed to it in the first place!

Tricho · 04/01/2025 16:43

WiseLurker · 04/01/2025 16:41

Is he going to be the one doing a lot of the renovation work, or are you outsourcing it or doing it yourself?

Great question.

What happens when you see the next shiny thing and lose interest?

Tricho · 04/01/2025 16:42

Sounds like you've pushed him into this and he's gone along with it for an easy life.

Until the contracts are exchanged either side is able to do this and it looks like he's finally found his voice.

This might be a lesson for you, when someone tells you how they feel about something- listen to them instead of steamrollering over.

If he doesn't want to sell you can't sell. Simple

WiseLurker · 04/01/2025 16:41

Is he going to be the one doing a lot of the renovation work, or are you outsourcing it or doing it yourself?

Green3 · 04/01/2025 16:39

He would love for something to come up so it falls through, our home now is beautiful . But I can see the new home will be even more so eventually , he says he will follow me and it is what it is. But I don’t want this attitude towards a move when it’s going to be hard work as it is without having felt like I’ve dragged him along . His feelings are valid but I can’t see why he can’t be on the same page.

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BlueMum16 · 04/01/2025 16:34

What does he want to do? Pull out of the sale/purchase and not move at all?

Green3 · 04/01/2025 16:33

Reading that back I feel I need to add I did push for the move and he didn’t want to. 😂 but can see the potential . It’s just the hard work putting him off . Like what do people do when one half wants to move and the other doesn’t ? What compromise actually is there?

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