Are you in your forever home and if so how old were you when you bought it?

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I feel like I should be in our forever home by this stage in my life ( early 40s dc7) but I'm not

Tell me there is still hope!

I have a nice 3 bed semi but it's not what I dreamed of a 4 bed detached with a big garden

Maybe I'll never get that! Who knows!

we will be staying in our current house both in our sixties moved in July this year due to OHs redundancy package from work at Uni and being able to draw down on pension were able to pay cash so no children at home no mortage, very modest two bed semi in a nice street

Yes, we are in a two-bed terrace, one bathroom, small garden. Raised three DC here. It’s a great area in London. Lived here for over 20 years. This is the only place we’ve bought together.

It's the place I've lived the longest in my life. I'm 60, have lived in this house for 20 years. But it's not a forever home. The DDs are in their 20s. As soon as they've moved out we'll probably downsize.

Yes, this is our third home we've lived in together and this one is the forever one. It's the home I always dreamed of as a child with the beautiful garden and thatched roof. It's in a lovely village with a great school. We all love it here. Mid 40s when moved here a year ago.

Last house was 3 bed semi near London, practically it worked but no-one of us loved it. Even the cat started purring 24/7 when we moved to this house.

Yes, absolutely! I was lucky to buy my first house aged 18. It was £79,000 in 2004. I lost money on it, then moved into a tiny ex-council house when I was 21. I met my husband and we bought what we thought was our forever home: a stunning 5 bed detatched farm house. However, I missed my home city so after nearly a decade, we've finally moved into a gorgeous 3 story 6 bedroom victorian house. My first two property buys were huge mistakes and my best advice would be to buy a property at your highest mortgage price as we've found the rate of equity has increased so much more on the higher value homes.

I hate the concept
We have always had houses to fit our needs. After several false starts, bought a 3 bed semi when I was 30. Moved to a 4 bed detached at 35. Stayed there 14 years whilst dc 1 and 2 became adults. Then moved to another similar house 120 miles away. Never once have I thought any of them a forever home.

I think so. Unless we cant do stairs when we're old.

Bought when i was 24. Nothing spesh though its a 1930s 3 bed semi but in a nice area. Needs a lot of work which is what makes me think well stay because i wouldn't want to do it again!

Who knows.
Oh feel this is this forever home, I am not so sure. We are in our 50s. Mortgage almost paid off.
Two adult children, an elderly parent, 5 bedrooms, bathrooms, big downstairs space. Garden. Lots of rooms. I feel it will be too big for us as everyone moves out, and costly to maintain.
I would like to sell up and move to a smaller place and free up some equity to have fun.

4th home. First was an upper floor flat. 2nd was a 3 bed new build. 3rd was ground floor flat after splitting up with husband.
I'm now in a 2 bed Bungalow. Just me and DD. Yes, I yearn for a 4 bed Victorian, but I don't need one. And I'm happy. And mortgage free. Depends on your circumstances and needs. Never been happier, even though I'm single, and earned 3 times my current salary 20 yrs ago.

I was 40 when we finally got our 'forever' home. Both of us had our own flats which we let when we had DC and we rented houses for ten years waiting for a shift in the housing market. We now have a 4 bed with garden in a lovely area of London and wont be moving...

4 bed detached, bought at aged 35 about 15 years ago.
Raised the kids and now are empty nesters and can't see us moving unless we need through frailty when we're older.

Loving the stories.
I bought my first city centre flat in 1982 for £24K, I have moved and bought 5 or 6 places since then.

Yes we are. I was 38 and Dh 40 when we moved. It was our second home together. We were in our last house longer than expected.

Yes because I love it in a warm and fuzzy when i come home kind of way still we have been here a year (bought at 30) we will never need larger or a better location and im obsessed with being mortgage free by 50. I used to think we would downsize once the kids left but actually its not offensively large for two people and I like the idea of hosting all the dc and dgc at Christmas etc.

Not sure. Moved in in May, I was 42 dh 41. It’s the 4 bed detached with garage and conservatory and nice garden ...done a lot in it already, more to do. Plan is to hammer in on the mortgage and use our rental income from our other property too to clear as much ASAP while adding value from doing up - can see is going for one more bigger move in 10 years if things are working as planned for us both. I like big houses. So much easier to keep clean and tidy when you have space.

Agree with @Velveteenfruitbowl too. We just move to suit our needs from time to time. My favourite home was a mobile home I rented when I moved out of my parents house. I loved it for the freedom it represented and a fab location.

We are in our fourth owned house (bought it when I was 42, DH 45) and have no plans to move until circumstances change (ie much older, can’t deal with the garden etc or maybe if kids are miles away and we want to be nearer to them)

It’s a very large six bedder with a 6acre plot and at some point we won’t manage it i suppose but whilst all the kids (and a million of their friends) are still at home it fits us brilliantly and I love it the most of all the houses we have lived in.
House before was similar but it just never felt right.
We are welsh border/Bristol way

Yes, I mean you can't predict the future, but I hope so. Moved here when I was 33.

Well I live in a 2 bedroom, 4 in a block with 2 kids and my mother currently living with us and not much chance of it ever changing. Just be thankful for what you have.

We have had our dream house for 3 years. Just the garden to finish off in 2020 and it's all done. It's a 4 bedroom semi detached house with a large garden and a drive, and it will do our family of 4 for life. It is big enough for when our children are teenagers and we love everything about it. It is located less than 10 minutes drive from both sets of parents and the childrens schools. Our first home was bought when we were 24, a 2 bedroom first floor self contained flat. Next was a move to a 3 bedroom edwardian terrace which I hated. Parking was awful and there wasn't really any storage space. This house ticked all the boxes, plenty of space, private drive, large garden and plenty of rooms so the children have their own playroom and I have my office. Cannot see us moving again, which I am so happy about. Hate boxing up and moving everything. We got this house at 33.

Yes. It’s not a massive house, 4 bed 1930s semi. Been here 10 years. Decent size lounge & kitchen. The bedrooms aren’t v large (one double, 2 3/4 double & one box) bathroom quite small but we love the area & it’s quiet. We’ve spent a lot of time over the past year debating if we should move but we decided it’s not worth it & we would rather spend the money on getting this house done a nicely as we can & having great holidays. Unless we get a major windfall I don’t see that changing. There’s nothing worth moving for without borrowing more than I’d be comfortable with.

We are and we were 31 when we bought it. We lost money on our starter home and had to save like crazy for 2 years to get here but I love it and wouldn’t want to move now.

It’s in the north which helps, nice village, countryside views, 4 bed, 4 bath, detached. We bought for 190k and it’s worth about 260k now. Long term plan is to downsize cos I don’t want to be rattling around a big house when I’m old and it’s a lot of cleaning and maintenance.

Having said all that though, I wouldn’t ever buy another big house because of the maintenance element.

Hope you get what you want op.

This is out second owned house, i'm not sure, I think it's our forever home (it was supposed to be) it's a 3 bed detached with the possibility to extend in the future. We live in a pretty cheap area though and the house was a 'do-uper', although I really do love the part of town we are in.
We were 24 when we bought this one.

No as much as I love my house will be way too big for me to look after, I struggle keeping on top of everything now let alone in 30 years when I’m 80, I have just come back from staying in a holiday cottage for a week and have decided it was the perfect house to retire to, detached period cottage but done up to a high modern standard, with open plan lounge/kitchen and dining room, 2 large bedrooms both en suite (one being downstairs so future proof) small wraparound courtyard garden plus parking in the centre of a beautiful vibrant village that was well connected by public transport, a house has to suit the stage of life you are at so I don’t believe in this Kirsty and Phil invented phrase at all.

This is my forever home. It's a 3 bed mud link ex council house in the North West. I was 30 and dh was 40 when we bought it as first time buyers. I sometimes look enviously at other people's bigger, better houses, but our mortgage will be paid off before I'm 50 and I'm willing to take that as a compromise over the bigger house. We quite like spending time together in the living room, have a small dining room too use for dining, homework, etc, and enough bedrooms for the kids to have their own (although dd2 is in a box room, but bigger than a lot of box rooms I've seen). It will do for us now as a family, and will be small enough for us to cope with as we age. It's got good facilities close by, with a supermarket 5 mins walk away and bus stop just a few doors away.

So my house is not what some people would call a "forever home" but it's ours, we like it, and we hate moving so refuse to ever do that voluntarily ever again! I shall die in this house, unless someone needs to put me into a home, at which point the hassle of packing for the move won't be my responsibility.