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!

Ha!
Bought ours in 1983, for £24,000, when we had 1 toddler - medium-sized 3-bed terrace with back yard & attic.
Probably worth £200,000 now. (Up north.)
Had no forever house plans, still here after 4 kids have grown & gone. Too much Stuff ever to move now so this is it.

Nearly, the next house will be. We might as well be now as the one we are going to buy will be the same size as this one.

Yes, I was 37. We bought a site, designed & built it, a nice 5 bed detatched in a gorgeous area with a stunning view. The only slight problem was that we had to leave the UK to afford it. The DC are grown & mainly flown now, so we might think about downsizing, but neither of us want to because this house is everything we've ever wanted & I can't bear to think about leaving it.

Bought first and only home at 21. I can't see us moving.

Yes, 30

Yes, I was 25yo when I bought it. Had paid off the mortgage on my first home the year before and then saw this one so had a good deposit.

Though it is a 3 bed semi, but a large Victorian one. Nothing wrong with 3 bed semis! 😁

For us there's been no such thing.
We just moved into better each time, always had four bedrooms, now looking to downsize so no house is forever.

The phrase “forever home” makes my arse clench but I guess we are. 3 bed semi and 2 kids, older than yours, I’m mid 40s. I don’t really care about houses, if it’s big enough and half decent it’ll do me. It’s only a house. I’d rather live here than stretch myself financially for the sake of a house.

This was supposed to be our forever home. 5 bed detached purchased 12 years ago (I was 36 partner 45). Separating amicably in next couple of months. I've come into a reasonable sum of money and buying what I know will be my forever home. Half a mile from current home which partner will keep as I will relinquish my share of equity.

I was 30 when we moved here and that was over 20 years ago . It’s a fairly large 4 bed detached with a decent size garden . Mortgage was paid off about 8 yrs ago and we’ve had an extension built in the last year. It’s our 3rd house , we had a 2 bed semi and a 3 bed detached new build before this one .

We moved to this house 13 years ago - a three bedroom detached house and spent a lot of money three years ago making it suitable for our future needs as I am 67 and dh 73.

We started in a 2 bed flat, moved to a small three bed semi and then a large 5 bed Edwardian semi where our children grew up and then we moved from the south east to the south west to free up some up some money as we were semi retiring.

I hope to spend the rest of my life in this house as I live near dd, sil and gorgeous dgs and I love the area.

Maybe, 4 bed modern detached in a lovely location. It’s a great family home but with three kids could do with an extra bedroom really( one room is a box). We always imagined a big period property with substantial land. Now not sure if we can be bothered. By the time we can afford it the kids will be a fair bit older and won’t be in it for long, then we would prob want to downsize again. Whereas I can see us being retired in this house, it’s not so big it would feel silly with two and is such a lovely area.

We bought our long-term family home two and half years ago, when I was 35 & DH was 37. It is the second house we have bought.

It is probably not our “dream home”, but it is a large 3 bed cottage in a desirable commuter village. Although dH is likely to get a promotion in the next year or so, and I will go back to work, the jump to the next rung here is so enormous, that we anticipate staying in this house for at least twenty years.

23 Years old when I bought
Been here 44 years
It’s large spacious, stunning view of mountains out of back window and a beach cove out of the front.

Err no, it’s a moderate size, in a town, view of courtyard at front. Small patio at rear

But it’s home, paid for and I won’t be moving

Yes we are in our forever home at age 50. I hope we can stay here for a long time ( have been here five years) as I will never have such a house again. It's an old French farmhouse but loaded with impracticalities for later years. Kids will start to leave next year. I love thinking about grandchildren here but I think that is wistful. So I am just bloody enjoying it while it lasts.

We love our house! Bought it age 30 and hope to be here forever!

Agree with above. Our 3 bed semi is fine. It's never going to feature in a magazine but it's lovely inside and out because we've work hard on it. It's big enough. It's not my perfect house but it is perfectly sufficient, it's affordable and I love the village so..... I'm very happy to stay on it.

I don't really understand forever home. Our house works for us now despite being filled with too much junk. As the kids get older I would like to have an extra bathroom, bedroom and larger garden, but they are all just nice to have's. If finances don't allow and we stay here, then that is what we do. Then as we get to elderly stage I would prefer a ground floor flat close to amenities. This house has too many steps and no downstairs toilet, so when mobility issues kick in it would be a challenge.

I was 33. And it’s an epic house. Absolutely beautiful and has everything I always wanted.

No such thing as a forever home. It suits now while kids are at home, but is not where I want to grow old. DH would stay forever, I don't want to. We are talking 5 bed semi- in a naice street, bought age 41ish. I dream of fields, rural space, how I grew up. Whereas this is more than DH ever imagined, coming from 3 bed council owned.

One day, even if it is a down size, I want peace and countryside, no more traffic and noise.

I think we are unless our needs dramatically change. Does anyone really know? We are happy here but who knows where life may take us. We moved in age 33 I think having bought it around a year before. Total renovation job which is nowhere near finished.

No and I don't think I will ever be able to afford it. House prices are high here though and I have grand aspirations! Only a lottery win would make my dream house possible. So our house is always a 'for no' house.

I hope we are. We bought it when we were 35, 42 now. Needs a lot more work but dc1 & 2 delayed that a bit. Really lovely community, sea views, good village school.

I moved a lot as a child, lots of schools, lots of houses none of which were really homes and I want my children to the stability I didn't.

Moved to our new home two weeks ago which is definitely our forever home as I'm never going through the stress of buying and selling again! 4 bed detached so wont need to ever move again hopefully! I'm 28 (29 next week) Dh is 32. One DD 9 months old. And hopefully another in a year or two x

Definitely no such thing as a forever home imo. I would have been in mine I suppose but I had to sell up when I got divorced, now I'm in a 2 bed shared ownership house which has only ever been part of my 5 year plan. Looking to move to a longer term home in 2 years (age 34) which will hopefully be big enough for our family til the kids move out. Or the location no longer works for us depending on careers etc. I certainly have never bought into the 4/5 bed detached ideal, I long since came to terms with the fact they take a lot if upkeep and cleaning and I'd rather have spare money and time for other things.
I expect we would look for another long term home after that around our late 40's early 50's which might even free up some equity to buy a second house for rental income/kids to rent/rent to buy off us.

I expect we might want to reevaluate again in our 70's depending on health and mobility and look into a retirement property or bungalow which I can't imagine wanting to do before then.