Has lockdown made you want to move house/area?

[Wondermule]

Just curious whether it’s only me that feels this way!

Nope. It did make me want to buy a second property/cabin.

I fantasise about moving back to where I grew up (average suburb of an average town) mainly to be able to see my mum.

I’ve spent my whole adult life living hundreds of miles away and never wanted to move back before. I really don’t think I actually will tbh

No, the opposite actually!

We moved here in January 2020, so most of our time here has been spent in lockdown. It’s made us realise what a great decision we made when we bought this house! It’s detached with a sunny garden and we each have our own office.

We also have lots of lovely walks on our doorstep, but we’re not in the middle of nowhere and are within walking distance of some decent shops and supermarkets.

I’d have hated lockdown if we were still living in our old house. We had neighbours from hell and both our house and our (tiny north facing) garden were extremely overlooked so I would’ve felt really claustrophobic.

Lockdown has made me appreciate that we’re very, very lucky.

Yep and we did it!
Moved house on Friday just gone after realising what a bunch of selfish arseholes our neighbours were.
Now in a quiet detached house with no screaming , no constant hammering and drilling and no 8-10 extended family members over day and night .
Haven’t moved area though as we live it except now the woods are behind my house and I can watch muntjacs out the window

It's made me realise how very lucky we are and appreciating being somewhere nice
2 of my friends moved from being in town further out tho from flats to houses with gardens and outdoor space

I think it's made afew people have a re-think x

wonder not for the foreseeable, sadly. It's not dangerous (so far) just depressing. I've been guerrilla gardening and litter picking to try and cheer it up.

No, but we moved 3 weeks before Covid all kicked off last year and had we not and had to spend the last year at our old house, then yes, I’d be screaming to move!

I’m very, very, very lucky to live in a lovely big house in the countryside, with a lovely big garden and in a pretty, rural village with good community spirit (mainly because there’s only 300 of us that live here )

My heart truly goes out to people, especially people with kids that are trapped in small houses/ flats etc. Fingers crossed normal life can resume for us all soon and take some of the pressure off!

Thanks! Exciting but also quite scary! And I’d forgotten how much tidying / cleaning is involved in moving!

I want to move to Oz!!! I have an intense desire to escape - and don’t want to return to ‘normal’ here!! It makes me wince!! I want fresh air, space and to have fun with my kids somewhere warmer!!

Oh yes. If I don’t get a million miles away from London I Will Explode...

@Lisyloo725

I want to move to Oz!!! I have an intense desire to escape - and don’t want to return to ‘normal’ here!! It makes me wince!! I want fresh air, space and to have fun with my kids somewhere warmer!!

We are moving to be by the sea (and family), not quite Oz but so desperate to be moved by summer. Another heatwave in our gardenless house with a high energy toddler will finish me.

No, but it's made us glad we moved here.

@megletsecond

wonder not for the foreseeable, sadly. It's not dangerous (so far) just depressing. I've been guerrilla gardening and litter picking to try and cheer it up.

Shame! Hope things chance for you. Hating where you live is such an oppressive feeling.

We moved last year after the most miserable first lockdown to get away from selfish people that didn't understand we were still working! Where we are now isnt perfect but I love the area. Next up is a detached with more room and decent neighbours!

No. We have a garden, great view for a city house. We are by a great park and playing fields. Cycle path close by, NT property with walks on the cycle path, sea 15 minutes walk away. We get on with our neighbours. Brother, SIL and their DC close by, as is my DM. We have moors and beaches close by as well. Could definitely be worse!

Yes! But to a city.

I love the places we can easily drive to (beach/forest/etc) so in that sense I loce where we live.

I hate our house though. Tiny tiny house on estate, no parking or garage, overlooked garden, and just so small. And realising this last year that in our 40s this is likely it rather than thinking in the future it will change. We wont ever have the nice house or nice garden or nice neighbours.

We can drive nice places though so it wont ferl so claustrophobic once the restrictions lift.

@HelplessProcrastinator what city are you in? Sounds fab
@1morewineplease were you always just waiting for retirement to move? Do you regret staying? What about it don't you like?

No. It's made us appreciate what we have even more. I'd like to decorate and get the DIY done, but that's not looking likely at the moment.

I’ve been thankful everyday for our house which has been big enough for all of us to find space indoors and outdoors during the various lockdowns. Before the pandemic I dreamt of retiring to the countryside and now I’m more determined to do this as soon as the kids are old enough to be turfed out! I’ve enjoyed more time for gardening, bird watching, pottery and really want to get out more to enjoy nature. And being able able to work from home means I can do this much sooner.

Yes, but I wanted to anyway. It's highlighted that our house is too small though

Yes, partly because lockdown helped us have the time to “finish” our last house, so we sold in Jan and moved this week

Absolutely - experiencing lockdown in an area that I despise has been awful!

I wished I still lived in the stunning area of London from my student days; I used to wake up feeling happy and thankful I lived in my favourite place.

I imagine staying in the local area would have felt more natural and fun, as opposed to the gross, isolating area of inner city Birmingham I spent the majority of lockdown in. I moved as soon as I had the chance!

We want to move, our area has been 'discovered' by the dog walkers, the walkers and the cyclists - can't move for them outside the gate (and if the gate is open on our lawn well the dogs are) So very noisy, with kids shrieking etc. Used to be quiet countryside, never see a soul sort of place. Final straw is our favourite neighbours are moving, lovely family, they too are fed up. Not sure we'll get round to it, need to finish the bathroom and do lots of tidying up to sell.

Bit of a mixed experience for me.

I bought a very nice house in a very nice area a year before lockdown so I'm not bored of the house or the borough I'm in. I'd done enough decorating for the house to be a pleasant place to be locked down and lots of room for study/ separate bedrooms etc. But being locked down in an urban bit of a big city and unable to get to sea / countryside proper has made me feel a bit crazy. I'm going to wait and see if lockdown has had an impact in the long term on my feelings.

V unsure that remote working is the future so don't want to gamble on having to commute either.

Going to give it some time.