Little thing that made you love the house you were looking at to buy?

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With me it was some old pink stained glass windows.

The price primarily! But other than that, looking onto a little park was an attraction

I bought a new build and I loved the size of the garden, not too big and not too small. I love gardening, but didn't want something that would over burden me.

Oddly, it was the owners. Well, Dh loved the view (it’s beautiful), but the day I viewed - we had to view on consecutive days due to school run and dog - it was raining and cloudy.

But the owners were lovely. The wife came to find me after the viewing and sat me down at the table so she could tell me all about the house (they’d been there 40 years) and fed my son biscuits and gave him a little gift. She made the next viewing wait outside for half an hour (this was during COVID so one in, one out) so she could chat to us.

They really wanted to sell to a family and we were the only family who viewed and they said later that they really hoped we’d offer. It probably helped that we made a stupidly high offer! 😂 We’d been looking 18 months at that point.

We still keep in touch and send Christmas cards.

• quiet cul-de-sac, so no through traffic
• lovely, welcoming and helpful neighbours (even before we'd moved in)
• open fields at 1 end of road and seafront 15min walk away
• It was mainly the house potential and garden. It had been derelict nearly 10yrs and completely overgrown, so finding things within the undergrowth was sadly exciting.

I don't really know if it was one thing. It just 'felt' like it should be our house. Been here 20 years now.

No neighbours, in the middle of fields, in our price range.
We feel very, very lucky to live where we do.

The steps going down to the garden, just stunning and the view of a meadow and sea
The house just felt right

The history of it. It was a complete project but the elderly lady was desperate to tel us all about its history when we visited, she clearly loved the house and knew so much about it (it's Edwardian). Also all the original features made it slightly easier to overlook the terrible decor.

Large kitchen diner with a conservatory attached with double doors, has been great for entertaining. Plus the garden for a suburban garden is very private. We have two large trees and next door has six large trees and a mature hedge on one side so lots of birds visit.

@mindutopia when it comes to selling when we have both retired I only want to sell to a family and I will definitely be like that old lady, been here for 24 years.

We both had the feeling of “this is the one”. Not sure what exactly made it, maybe something about the way the sunlight came in.

Three original coal fireplaces and built-in dwarf cupboards on either side of the sitting room fireplace. Big windows. A balcony and a garden.

With ours it was (stupid I know, first time purchase) the Laura Ashley wallpaper in the dining room. We knocked them down from 45K to 40K (in 1995) and then spent £5K putting right what the paper was covering, and other things.

Only had neighbours on one side and there were not any neighbours opposite.
I decided that I wanted the house before I even stepped in

It's a simple thing that lots of houses have but it was the fact that the living room is at the back of the house and looks out to the garden
In our old house we lived on quite a busy road and living room was at the front and I could never really relax in there without the curtains shut

Balcony! We don't use it much but it is lovely to have

It was during a market downturn and this was the only house we could afford in our area. However, when we stepped in the garden we both looked at each other and smiled. It's in a lovely safe cul de sac and we've spent thousands making it our home. We both love it & don't ever want to have to move.

The driveway and garage that I've never had, an extra bedroom, a downstairs toilet, three reception rooms instead of our previous one... Lots of things! The neighbourhood was quieter, lovely views out of the back bedrooms windows onto fields - previously used to look onto shops on a main road. It's not what my dream home would've been but it ticks most of the boxes and I could afford it!

So not so much little things but lots of things!

The stairs turn a corner. No idea why I like this, but I do.

Potential! There was absolutely nothing I liked about the house, but it had huge potential to be lovely. It's cost a huge amount to do it up and it's not finished!

It's still not my dream house but it is in an amazing location, so that's another factor.

We have just bought it and we’re looking for a year, saw about 15 houses and it was the only one that felt like home. There isn’t really one thing but I absolutely love the garden, the hallway and what will be our kitchen. The previous owners were there for over 40 plus years and although very dated it was obvious it had been well loved.

Had the keys for just over a week and still can’t believe it is ours every time I go round (doing work before we move in).

It wasn't a little thing that made us love the house (in fact, the estate agent rang me before the viewing to apologise as she'd never had to show a home that was in such a state - rotting food on the floor, kitchen counters couldn't be seen due to all the dirty dishes etc).
BUT, we loved the location (tucked away on a corner plot with access to only 3 other houses) , the garden, the fact it had a double garage and huge potential to be our family home.
We were moving from a city centre maisonette, with a tiny garden that was overlooked all around by blocks of flats (with tenants who blasted out music 24/7 and swore at us for having a garden) so the fact that our new house is in a green and leafy semi-rural location, with nice neighbours is fantastic!

For us its the ideal combination, an open outlook with a great view but close to neighbours and only ten minutes walk to town. Normally round here to get a view you have to live more rurally which we would never consider doing, we are town types and like having people all around us and being able to walk to everything easily.

For me it was the bedroom sizes and the garden.

3 dc meant I needed 4 bedrooms (due to SEN, ages and sexes of dc) and as a single parent was worried I wouldn’t be able to afford this.

However, as soon as I saw the listing for my house, I knew I had to buy it. it’s 3 story (so cheaper) and has 4 DOUBLE bedrooms! It feels lovely to know my children can stay at home into early adulthood, if needed. That felt important.

The garden is teeny and is half decked and half artificial grass. I suspect that is what put other people off the house tbh but it suits me perfectly.

Life after separating from my dh has been tough but I absolutely adore my house and love coming home to it every day.