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to ask how old you were/how long you'd been with DP when you bought a house?

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Sadface1 · 22/02/2015 20:21

As it says above really.. how long did you wait until you bought a home? and at what age? or do some people prefer to keep renting? We can't afford a mortgage but it doesn't stop me spending all evening looking on Zoopla :(

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FickleByNurture · 23/02/2015 09:30

About 18 months, I was 24, he was 26. We'd known each other since we were in short trousers though.

Showy · 23/02/2015 09:38

I was 29, DH was 28. We had been together 11 years, married for 5 and had a 3yo dd.

We lived in a house share with other people for a few years whilst studying but rented together once we'd been a couple for 5yrs or so.

sqibble · 23/02/2015 09:41

I was 32 and dh was 35 - high house price area. We'd been together about 5 years by then.

Live in house shares up to that point.

ElectraCute · 23/02/2015 09:53

I'm 41, he's 39. We have been together for 4 years. We rent and always will, I expect. Despite both of us being in good jobs with decent salaries, we can't afford to buy.

Hypotenuse · 23/02/2015 09:58

We bought our home 6 years ago with no deposit, sold it last year and made enough to pay a big deposit on a bigger house. I was 22 when we bought our first home, we had rented for a year before that. Married with two kids now, hence the move.

We were pretty jammy really to make so much profit on our first home after paying no deposit! (Government scheme HTB)

LittleMiss77 · 23/02/2015 10:04

I was 33, he was 37. We'd been together 10 years and lived together for 5 in the previous house that OH owned.

We aren't married, but wanted to start a family so moved last year to somewhere bigger with parking. Baby arrives in July.

bubalou · 23/02/2015 10:17

I moved in with now DH into his house when I was 20 and him 29.

We then bought our own place together when I was 21 and him 30 - the same year we married.

That was almost 10 years ago now.

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cuphat · 23/02/2015 10:21

Around 7 years. I was 26. But we got together while at uni. We'd have carried on renting for longer but in our last place the landlord decided to sell up so gave us notice, but then led us to believe we could buy the house. They decided to sell to a relative at the last minute and didn't extend our notice which was a nightmare. We decided to buy elsewhere to give us some stability and I'm glad we did as if we'd left it much longer we'd have struggled to get a mortgage. Plus we ended up with a much better house anyway.

OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 23/02/2015 10:25

We were 26 and had been together for 2 years. We'd also lived together for 2 years in rented (because we'd met as flatmates... Blush)

bubalou · 23/02/2015 10:31

Oh sorry - We'd been together 2 years but known each other a lot longer.

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Sadface1 · 23/02/2015 10:39

wow there's definitely some trends here, quite a few people waiting to get married before actually buying a house. We're hoping to buy before marriage, just because weddings are bloody expensive and a house is kinda more important to us. I just want to have the freedom to decorate, and then redecorate haha. Agree with the poster who said renting gives you freedom to move around though, there's no guarantee that i'm going to stay long-term where i'm working and I suppose that's a big chance compared with the past, where people kinda had a job for life, or could walk out of one into another. thanks for all your replies Grin

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SomethingOnce · 23/02/2015 11:14

because weddings are bloody expensive

Only if you want it to be Confused

babygiraffe86 · 23/02/2015 11:22

been in ours 1 year next week, had been together 2 years when we reserved the plot - just under 3 years when we moved in.

i rented when we met and he moved in with me after 3 months (by accident, just didn't leave)

we moved into his dads for a year before the move to save as much as possible - furniture went into family garages and storage (was supposed to be less but house build was delayed)

i'm 28 now, hes 27.

RawCoconutMacaroon · 23/02/2015 11:22

21, had been engaged about 6 months. We had a 10% deposit and even at 15.4% interest it was cheaper to buy than rent in our city.

We both had a "rent is money down the drain" attitude and bought the moment we were able to... Easier then than now of course but still a bit of a struggle.

VeryStressedMum · 23/02/2015 11:27

Together 3 years I was 25 he was 28 we had 2 children already. We rented before and took out a loan for the deposit.

OvertiredandConfused · 23/02/2015 11:32

I was 28, DH was 31. Both owned properties that we sold to buy together. We were engaged and had known each other for about 7 years but only been together as a couple for a year. That was 17 years ago.

Apatite1 · 23/02/2015 11:32

35 and 37, together 6 years. Work meant we have only lived together for the last two years (despite being married for 4) and we bought last year.

We bought in London and it took us a very long time to save a deposit on a home that was large enough to have a family in, should we decide to, and had a decent sized garden. I'm not moving any time soon!

bigTillyMint · 23/02/2015 17:29

I bought a flat aged 28 I think, having saved up the deposit, lived there with my ex.

DH moved in with me after a year or so together, when I was 32.

I sold and we bought our house when we had been together 3 years and I was 34 (he was 30). We got married about 9 months later.

Cottonmouth · 23/02/2015 17:32

Married 2.5 years (hadn't lived together pre-marriage).

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