How did you feel going from living in a house share full of random people to living in your own house (that you bought)?

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Lonelier? Happier? No different?

Amazing. I loved living on my own for those years before I met DH.

Lovely, but I did have a friend as my neighbour.

not the same, but having rented with DP for years when we split up I bought my own place and I love it, absolutely love it. It's all mine!

Amazing, I loved it, still have so many fond memories of first house on my own.

Actually missed the company of the randoms, so much so that I got one, and then two lodgers.

Loved it! Lived alone for years and realised how stressful a house share of untidy, nocturnal, party animals had been for my mental health.

Now I'm married with DC I yearn for the occasional night alone in my home. DH is more of an introverted home bird than me so that's never likely to happen!

My randoms followed us. I think we had about 2 days on our own in new house before someone moved into our spare bedroom.

Living alone has been the best thing I’ve ever done. I’m renting at the moment but buying soon (put on hold due to lockdown) and I think it’ll be even better when I can paint the walls and make it look exactly how I want

I much prefer living with other people, if I wasn’t a parent I would have stayed in a houseshare.

I loved it. The feeling that it was my little flat and I could do what I liked was wonderful. I liked living alone. It was another 9 years until I met DH and although I had other relationships in the interim, I always had my own flat, then house and they were my place of peace and sanity.

It was amazing. I did 4 years on my own before moving in with my now husband. Best thing I ever did. I grew up so much. Loved having my own space.

Amazing. Freedom to walk around naked, don't find the bathroom in use when you need it etc.

It is bliss, everything is clean and left as it is. No more piss in the toilet when I wake up or crumbs on worktops.

Have lots more space and no longer have to make small talk, no more having to have timeslot for shower in the morning or kitchen to cook. I can cook and shower whenever I like!

Also if I clean my house it stays cleaner for longer so I end up doing less cleaning as there is noone else to make mess!

I have tried to have lodgers - each one lasted one month and I just wanted my house back haha

Thanks everyone so far

Love love love it. Just being able to make a cup of tea when I'm still half asleep without chatting to strangers (I'm a bit of an introvert), and not having to worry about people stealing my bread.

The first night was bad, even though I’d moved out of a really shitty houseshare. There was nothing on the prepay meter and I’d moved in with just my mattress and an ironing board (??) so I bedded down on the living room floor, hungry. It got much better pretty quickly though.

Blissful. I loved sharing in some ways but after 10 years I was SO ready for my own space.

A million times happier. I could never fully relax in a house share, even one I shared with two good friends.

I loved it even after having lived with my best friend previously, but I was a teacher when I moved so had a ton of human contact every day. If I had done it earlier when I was a student, or in my former job that was a lot more solitary, I would really have struggled. When I was younger and used to living with lots of people I found it hard even being alone in the house for a weekend.

If you can, buy a lot of lamps, and maybe some ornaments or other decorations - one of my favourite things about living alone is that the whole house is mine to decorate rather than having to cram all my things into one room. And it feels a lot more home-y when your stuff is everywhere