The ideal house doesn't exi-

[Thefearagain]

Or maybe it does exist. Where is your ideal house? Where is your ideal street? We're putting our house on the market very soon and while my partner and I were searching on Rightmove last night, it surprised me how much fussier I've become over the last few years.

For me, there is a tucked away cul-de-sac we regularly walk around which seems to completely shut off the outside world and it's noise as soon as you step into it. It's not too far from my parents, son's pre-school, my work. The houses are 1930s semi detached with drives, 3 bedrooms. This is in budget so while I don't think these are the highest expectations you'd see on a wishlist, we are also being realistic.

I'd love to hear what kind of things you would look for in your ideal property. If you have postcodes, it would be great to see some inspiration ☺️

There is a lovely house near me. White painted brick, double fronted, with a red roof. Gorgeous well kept front garden, which then wraps around the side of the house to a fence with a gate into the back garden. I've looked on google maps and the back garden is massive (and I assume as immaculate as the front), and it is south facing.

I've never been inside so it might be horrible. But I love it every time I walk past. And if I could afford it, I could probably also afford to redo the inside if I didn't like it.
I hope they sell just so I can have a nose inside on Rightmove, but I'd never be able to afford it.

There’s a flat on the 176 bus route between East Dulwich and Denmark Hill, and I must have stared through their kitchen and living room windows hundreds of times over the years because it’s opposite the bus stop. The people who live there will be cooking, or reading, or once, doing an excellent piece of couple teamwork on hanging a shelf whilst standing atop a rickety stepladder. It’s nothing remarkable, just a nineteenth century townhouse, but I think there’s a certain romance and draw of having seen over and over its cosy, ordinary bustle as the setting of the cosy, ordinary lives of its inhabitants.

To be fair, when it comes to to houses I am really quite easily pleased. I’ve owned five homes and all of them were either the first or second property I viewed. I have too short an attention span to traipse around dozens of places, and once all my stuff is inside, anywhere is home.