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Do you love your house?

151 replies

Goodnightjohnboy · 18/12/2021 22:07

Just that really, do you love your house or is it just a roof over your head? Has anything made you change the way you feel about it?

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PhilCornwall1 · 19/12/2021 03:50

I haven't ever had an emotional attachment to the houses we've owned (3 of them).

When we moved from the last two, I shut the door on the place, handed the keys over to the EA and forgot all about them.

I could do the same here. It's a roof over my head and nothing more.

vampirestockingfiller · 19/12/2021 06:21

I love mine. It's a 60s council flat on a notorious estate but I love it. It's warm and cosy and I've decorated it as nicely as I can. It's got a view of the trees in the park and it's light and it's got everything I need. I moved here after being homeless and it's lovely.

PurBal · 19/12/2021 06:24

Yes I love it. Fortunately I’ve never lived somewhere I didn’t love.

tangyandsalty · 19/12/2021 06:27

No I don't. We bought it when the kids were younger as it was really convenient and practical (could walk to school one way and town the other)

We had all the work done in the first few years but now 20 years down the line most big things need doing again - it's also in dire need of decorating and we can afford to do it, but I'm just lacking motivation.

I want to move tbh, but the thought of trying to sort out a house with twenty years of crap in it is overwhelming so I'm trying to do it bit by bit over the next year or two, at least then I feel I'm moving in the right direction!

MasterGland · 19/12/2021 06:48

I love my house. It is in a lovely village full of lovely people. I intend to stay here for the rest of my days.

I sit in my living room at night with a book and just get such a warm feeling. I stare up at the main beam that runs the course of the room to the inglenook. It is so thick, probably 400 years old. I run my hand along it and think about everyone else who has ever lived here who has done the same.

Iwab82 · 19/12/2021 07:04

Yes, I do, it's taken a lot of work and time but our house is now just about perfect for us. Moved in 11 years ago with young children and the house which was built in the 30s needed a complete refurb, we only completed everything 2 years ago! Hated the house when we moved in due to the amount of work but loved the feel of the house, the period features, the south facing garden and the location. Still have bits and pieces I would do if I had more money!!

Our previous house although it needed less work was in a horrible area and really close to the pavement so had to have blinds tilted nearly closed at the front. There was a rough pub at the end of the road and lots of fights and noise. I didn't really feel safe there and none of the neighbours even said hello.

MrsDThomas · 19/12/2021 07:21

Yes. I love it. Family home. DH’s grandparents lived here. Proper traditional welsh cottage. Extended by us but its perfect, we have documents going back to 1812 but it’s older than that and we exposed the original inglenook

Tayegete · 19/12/2021 07:34

We had a bedroom and en-suite put in the loft and I love that - it’s my sanctuary. The newly decorated lounge and dining room is also cosy. Also love the big utility room. Don’t love the broken downstairs toilet and falling apart kitchen (only 5 years old), but don’t want to keep ploughing more money into it as we want to retire early. Also don’t like the location- we moved to be near my parents who died in 2016/2018 rather than actively choosing it iyswim. We are tied to the area because of the DC but will probably move when DS is 16/18 depending on what he wants to do at that point.

LizzoBorden · 19/12/2021 07:35

I absolutely love it - an 1800s rectory. Bags of space, huge amounts of character. Freezing though!

justgivein · 19/12/2021 07:37

Love it.Three bed detached in nice area but wife wants to move,so got to move.

Camomila · 19/12/2021 07:38

I don't, no (rented flat when just about all my friends with children have houses with mortgages).

However, my brother and his girlfriend were telling me how nice it was yesterday - they are looking at somewhere to rent, so I guess of the available, affordable flats in our city, it's not bad.

Verbena87 · 19/12/2021 07:39

Love our last house deeply (1750s stone cottage) but we outgrew it so badly we had to move. This one is ok, but in a fab location and with lots more garden. Feels like it’ll be worth it when it’s finally done how we want it.

ListenLinda · 19/12/2021 07:41

We have recently moved from a damp, cramped uncared for (by the landlords) 2 bed house on a crappy council estate, to a homely, airy, bigger 3 bedroom terraced in a quieter area. So yes, now I love my house, even if it is rented.

AstroBunny · 19/12/2021 07:43

My house is my dream home, a beautiful cottage with gorgeous garden in stunning countryside. We live on the outskirts of a village so it’s very quiet and peaceful and very safe indeed, we go out and leave our door unlocked, it’s like living in the 1950s! So yes, I LOVE my house ❤️ DH and I say it’s part of our family, it really has so much heart and soul. Everyone who visits, including workmen and delivery guys comment on how lovely it is 😊

merryxmasmelodies · 19/12/2021 07:45

I love my house because it's home. And I'm grateful to have it. When I think of how many people are homeless, I can't feel any other way. I'm terrified of being homeless.

It's not my dream home and there are so many things that need doing or changing or fixing but I can't complain.

FindingMeno · 19/12/2021 07:49

I love my house, and actually all the places before.
I'm not a homeowner, but I turn anywhere into a home, even if I have to make the best of things.

SportsMother · 19/12/2021 07:50

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Foreverlexicon · 19/12/2021 07:52

I love my house. It’s beautiful and beautifully decorated (mostly not my credit, we only had to do two rooms when we moved in!) with some beautiful features but I don’t like the area. Despite being suburbs, there’s no easy escape to real countryside; I can always hear a road.

I didn’t realise how important this was to me before we moved so I’m gagging to move again.

awesomekilick · 19/12/2021 07:56

Saw the photos on line and fell in love. Walked inside and could have wept with happiness. Offered asking price and was accepted on the spot. Moved in and wept with relief and gratitude.

That was four years ago and I still feel a surge of happiness every time I'm walking down the drive. Im so lucky.

Pegasussnail · 19/12/2021 07:57

Yes love our home.
It's open plan with wall panelling. Light white walls and a few antique pieces we've collected.
I bought an upcycled a lot of the furniture and I am replacing all shop bought with prints/ textile canvases from a local artist of the area.
My home is my hobby really.

FutureHope · 19/12/2021 07:58

I love my house. It is my safe and happy place. Moved here after leaving an abusive marriage and was in a pretty bad way.

It is warm and safe. Have found peace and happiness here.

But I worry about how much work needs doing to it (issues not picked up by survey) and also about selling in the future. Kids are 14 and nearly 16 now, and really a smaller new build would have been a lot more sensible (have a big mortgage). DD is only here for 2.5 more years before uni.

hotmeatymilk · 19/12/2021 07:58

I hate ours with a passion and have done since the day we moved and realised what a terrible mistake we’d made. It’s a fixer upper and stolen all our money, still isn’t done, and doesn’t have good bones to reveal, or space and light, and it’s on a main road.

I don’t actually think it’s awful – friends say it’s beautiful, but having lived through the renovation, including dust and horrors left abandoned during lockdown, taken the financial hit, and had awful life things happen while living here, I HATE it. Someone else can love it, we’re leaving as soon as we finish the last DIYs.

::looks at current state of housing market and our paltry budget, weeps::

TravellingSpoon · 19/12/2021 07:59

I am exactly the same as @Mistymoors. Had my dream house but it was sold so bought a smaller house after my divorce. The house i am in is okay and having peace makes up for it but I do miss the house I had.

SpeedRunParent · 19/12/2021 08:02

@MadMadMadamMim
I hear you. I've only had this place 8 years and it's a proper do-er up-er. This us our third renovation and my bedroom is always the last place to get any attention. I look forward to the day I get it done. However, I am raising my kids here ( all teens now) and our animals are here and I love it. (My late friend also used to call me 'mad madam mim', it made me smile).
@Hellocatshome I hear you too - I have a hundred and one repairs to do to my house and no disrespect cash to do them but it's our house and it is a happy place. We have also always considered it our sanctuary and means everything to our family.
Merry Christmas to both of you.

Papertrail392 · 19/12/2021 08:08

Ours is a 3 story new build town house. Certainly not our dream home and there's lots I'd change about it but it's in a lovely street and we've nearly finished the mortgage in our 40's which will be a huge relief as I have significant health issues. I can take the small garden and poor layout for a secure roof over our head. Had we of stretched ourselves to our dream home we would be seriously panicking now as I need to reduce my hours.