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If you won the lottery would you stay in your current house?

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Bluemooninmyeyes1 · 19/09/2020 22:00

I was thinking about this earlier. We moved house last year and as much as I love the house itself I wish we’d done more research into the area as it’s quite noisy and we get a lot of youths hanging about etc. If we won the lottery we would definitely move again.

What would you do?

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alula · 19/09/2020 22:25

Hell. No. We rent a flat (social housing so can't afford to just move somewhere else) below a bunch of noisy arseholes in a village where everyone turns a blind eye to the local youths causing all sorts of trouble. I would be gone as soon as the cheque cleared!

Emma1962 · 19/09/2020 22:27

Yes definitely. I love our house and the area, it’s but it would be nice to have a bit more space around us, larger bedrooms & some more downstairs space. We aren’t unhappy here but if I won upwards of £300k I would defo move somewhere a big bigger within this area.

TheFormidableMrsC · 19/09/2020 22:27

If I won the lottery, I'd initially get all the jobs done that I am struggling to do myself..so I'd happily get trades in to finish it off. I think I'd give my house to a friend who would really benefit from it and I would be so happy if I could do that. It would make such a difference to their lives and it would be wonderful! They were forced to move from here because of complicated circumstances and would love to come back. So I'd give my house to her and I'd buy somewhere suitable for me and DS somwhere else as I need to move away and start again. Fingers crossed!

delilahbucket · 19/09/2020 22:29

I would move straight away. I absolutely love my house, it's perfect, but the location is right by a road that boy racers frequent and it drives me mad. Shame because I really do like the house, it ticks every box.

iklboo · 19/09/2020 22:31

Yes but we'd spend a bit on some renovations, extension, decorating etc. It's a nice area and DS loves the school he's in.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 19/09/2020 22:32

Yes but I'd buy next door ) even though it isn't actually for sale !)
Knock through rooms
Turn the kitchen next door into a Utility
Double loft extension.
Orangery out the back
Might keep their cat because it will want the garden still

Pollard their bloody trees Angry

DinosApple · 19/09/2020 22:34

Definitely wouldn’t stay. We should move into our ‘next 10 years’ home before Christmas.
If we won the lottery we wouldn’t stay there either. Nice house, nice location, but we would want more land and less cul de sac. And I’d like a period property I could afford to maintain and heat!

We’d Probably keep the houses though for the DC when they are older.

DigOutThoseLemonHandWipes · 19/09/2020 22:39

I pretty much always have my lottery win house picked out from what is for sale locally. I love where we live and am happy in our house but it has its limitations. Nothing massive but detached and with a second reception room and bigger garden and garage/workshop. I would love to be able to buy my mum something local to us and to make several friends/ family members mortgage free.

exLtEveDallas · 19/09/2020 22:39

Nah. I’d buy land and build the perfect house. I mean I like my home, and intend to leave in a wooden box, but with a couple of mil I could go crazy and have everything I’ve ever wanted in a house.

mrscatmad31 · 19/09/2020 22:40

I would want to stay, I love my house and it's the only place I've been settled for a long time. My husband would immediately want a flash house abroad or near the sea though

ShivD · 19/09/2020 22:45

No way, it’s late 1920s and every bit of beauty and character was ripped out by a previous owner circa 1988. No fireplaces, doors, tiles left.

It also has no right angles at all, not sure why, maybe the builders didn’t have an angle measurer?! This really stresses me out.

potatoofftheblock · 19/09/2020 22:45

Probably, it's depends on the amount.

ZarasHouse · 19/09/2020 22:46

In a flat, which I don't own, with no out door space. Absolutely we would move. I'm trying to now but a lottery win would make it much easier!

Gooseysgirl · 19/09/2020 22:47

Would definitely move... I like our house but don't love it, no off-street parking, and batshit crazy psycho bullying neighbours in the adjoining semi-d. Would move to a nearby less right wing area where most of our friends are.

dalrympy · 19/09/2020 22:51

I'd keep this place as it's very central city centre etc and it'd be perfect for DD when she is a bit older and does uni etc.

In the meantime though I'd stay in the same location but I'd love to be somewhere a little bigger.

RubixMania · 19/09/2020 22:51

We’d stay.

But we’d spend a fortune on making it perfect...attic conversion, reconfigure downstairs slightly (just changing toilet/utility. AstroTurf the back garden (I’m not a fan of Astro but our grass is unusable for a week after rain as the drainage is so poor).
Lots more...but overall I love our house and area.

Hawkmoth · 19/09/2020 22:52

Yes, we love our house. We'd get all the improvements done that we need then just relax.

BackforGood · 19/09/2020 23:09

I'd move.
What I'd love is being able to just buy the house I want, rather than having to sell first and get caught in that whole chain thing.
Then being able to move on the day I want, probably a while after buying my new house, but I could get any new carpets or decorating or other work done first, then choose the day I move, etc.

We'd have moved 2 years ago if there were a sensible system in place for buying and selling and moving.

In fact, I might set up such a company if I won loads Grin

Cacacoisfarraige · 19/09/2020 23:15

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JorisBonson · 19/09/2020 23:17

We're in the world's narrowest, mid terrace 2 up 2 down with paper walls.

So no.

Kpo58 · 19/09/2020 23:21

Absolutely I would move! I'm currently trying to as I hate living in this pocket sized house with a micro garden.

FlamingoAndJohn · 19/09/2020 23:24

I love my house. I thought about this the other day and I would only move if I won enough money to build my own house.

user186428036428936 · 19/09/2020 23:30

Assuming this is synonymous with "if you had unlimited funds", I would design and build my ideal house. Small, easy to maintain, and not flashy, but without all the flaws and annoying things of most small homes.

prettybird · 19/09/2020 23:47

Yes but we'd spend a load on renovations. We might buy out our downstairs neighbours (we live in a large Victorian stone villa that has been split in two, ground floor and then our first and attic floor) but we like them Smile

Would prefer to spend additional money on, eg, a fancy home office in the garden, the chalet in Meribel we like, the ruin on the Greek island that we've had our eye on.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 20/09/2020 02:13

Yes cos I love it here. However, I would feel the garden, replace the garage with a summer house or possibly a pool (!) install a hot tub, knock a cupboard out to make the bathroom bigger and get an extension for an extra bedroom. So not much Blush