Does your house feel like home?

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Just pondering today as I have been off work so I have been pottering around the house!
Previous house was a large end terraced property, ideal on paper for a family of 4, 3 huge bedrooms, massive kitchen diner, epic ceiling height etc. Lived there for 15 years, redecorated every room multiple times and it never felt like it was 'my home'.
I couldn't take it anymore and rather than redecorate (again) we decided to move. We bought a mid terraced property with exactly the same floor plan as the old house but it is much smaller (most would see this as a downside!?) The kids still have their own rooms but they are about half the size of the old house and we are now on a main road. Sounds awful right?
I absolutely love this house, from day one it felt like it was 'mine'! Like I have always lived here, I didn't need time to settle, I never pined for the old house - in fact I couldn't wait to get out and move here.
I never even think about my old house, the amount of money and sodding hard work we put into the place and it's like my brain has just blocked it out!
I was wondering, as there are a few threads about people that move and miss their old place if there are others like me that have moved without a backwards glance to their 'real' home?

DH inherited our house while he was a student; it felt like home from the minute I set foot in it. We've been here over 30 years and wouldn't want to live anywhere else (although I never say never).

Home for me, is where my heart is. So basically, DC, DH and the dogs! I’ve felt at home in tiny, shitty damp rentals and massive detached. Any that we’ve owned, I’ve always knocked the shit out of (fortunately always made money too!) to make my own. We’ve recently moved again and I am knocking shit out of said house. Again 🤣 Will be fabulous when it’s done though (she says from a lime green bedroom with purple swirly carpet and a navy blue bathroom suite 🤦‍♀️) and honestly? I think I’ve peaked! I love it and this will be it for us until age/health/finances say we need to downsize.

You don't know when a house is your home, a gut feeling and confirmed when living there. I absolutely loved our last home, didn't want to leave, we have a bigger house. I still hate it after 3 years whereas the first night in our last home I was fully content. Xx

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Home for me, is where my heart is. So basically, DC, DH and the dogs!

Oh no. I'm pretty sure I would fight my husband to the death for my house, like Kathleen Turner in War of the Roses. We would definitely come to blows over the studio pottery collection.

Been in this house nearly 20 years and have done various things to it but since the divorce and buying him out (and moving lovely DP in) I’m very slowly making progress on making it feel more homely. It’s always been my home, which is why I fought so hard for it, but I have ebbed and flowed on how homely I’ve made it. Currently putting all of my energy and money into it as we both WFH a lot and stay in a lot so I’m really enjoying it. But the main thing that makes it feel homely are the inhabitants and the general warm and calm atmosphere.

Yes, ours is definitely home. We moved in 30yrs ago and never intended to stay more than 5 yrs but it is in a perfect location, rural but not isolated, a modern build so cheap to heat and maintain and since we were unable to have anymore children after DS its a perfect size.

I always dreamed of a larger house but when we inherited a much larger house in the lake district I realised that working full time size really matters. When we spent time in the lakes I would be cleaning all the time. Our home takes a couple of hours if that. The garden is better than most new builds and I’ve recently remodelled it to make it easier to maintain.

I think the fact that DS would be really upset if we moved says everything. He’s grown up here so it’s his home. It smells of dog and fabric softener from drying clothes on the radiators. It’s full of a lifetimes junk that we can’t bring ourselves to throw out but it’s loved and well maintained.

Im glad you've found 'home' now! Sometimes smaller is cozier, that could be it.
We are a family of 4 (young kids) plus a large lurcher, so 5 really. We moved out of our 50m² home in July. It was my first home that id bought before I met my husband. It was so ridiculously small but it had felt like home. The kids still miss it. We are now renting a huge farm house. Its a temporary solution while we wait to move into our new build. I do love the space and I have not looked back. Looking forward to moving into our forever home this year though 🤩

@Setsquares - I'm really interested to know where you would consider 'home'. For me it's always a feeling, very driven by my childhood holidays and experiences.

Love my home. Love the cosy smell when I put my key in the door. No place compares x

Yes I love our house, it’s the perfect size for our family and we won’t have to extend or move as our kids grow. We’ve spent a lot of time making it perfect for us, lots of trips to second hand shops and vintage shops but it finally feels like ours.

No . I only bought it last year but I bought it to get onto the housing ladder. It isn’t my forever home or dream home. The plan is to do it up we are slowly doing and out onto the market next year. Need a new bathroom and some carpets first but it’s do able. The area isn’t what we wanted either but obviously didn’t know it at the time. It’s a shame as it’s a semi detached with a nice garden and a drive etc and amazing neighbours but the wrong area and a 2 bed.