To wonder what it felt like when you had 'the feeling' when viewing a house?

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What did it feel like for you???
I think I just felt it for the first time!

Actually we didn't get a feeling, initially we weren't that bothered but wanted to be in that village and it ticked most boxes so figured we'd go for it, it's only when waiting for the offer to be accepted then going through the process we realised how much we wanted that house, thankfully it worked out and now we've decorated the odd room that we're didn't like and started improving the garden we're so so happy there, love going on holiday but now feel a little sad that I'll miss my house, not had that before.

I just knew it was our home. I could see and feel us living there. I bought recently so I remember the feeling very well (and very fondly)! Hope it all works out for you.
We actually viewed another house at the same time, and although the other needed much less work done, I just didn't get the feeling at it.

We weren’t planning to move at all but we saw one house out of curiosity, but it wasn’t the one. The agent suggested we saw another house round the corner that was over budget. We walked in and it was like a time machine, hadn’t been touched for 40+ years, totally over furnished, very dated. But I just remember thinking ‘oh shit’ - I just knew. We put in an offer that was our absolute highest but still a fair way under asking and we’re quite sanguine that it might not be enough. I was astounded when they said yes (and turned out to be a fair price once we considered the survey).

I am generally completely overwhelmed by this ramshackle old place, I’m dreading our winter bills, but it’s home and I love living in the space.

Nope - my current home was empty, needed floors levelling, completely new kitchen and bathroom, new carpets, plastering and the garden was an overgrown mess full of tomatoes - but it felt like home - I still love it

It happened to me twice. Once a flat we bought and loved and lived in for 10 years (and I still wish we could somehow have kept for no reason whatsoever other than I loved it); and once in a house we were far, far outbid on.

We ended up buying something we didn’t love after we lost the lovely place and it’s never felt quite right - even though, objectively, I know it’s nice…

We plan to move again very soon. I feel nervous about not finding “the one” - or finding it and not being able to buy it because of house prices being what they are!

I walked in and I just knew !
It felt like being home , I knew I belonged here ... then 9 months of worry that something would go wrong

Realising very quickly it was head and shoulders above everything else we’d seen.
Being excited, quite a few of the others we just felt apathetic about. Perfectly fine houses but nothing to shout about, but this felt ‘special’.
Both having a clear image of ourselves living there and what that might look like.

best of luck with your purchase!

Our last house I walked in the front door to a spacious hall, and I could see the huge light-filled space of the landing, and I knew. It needed a fair bit doing to it but it was a wonderful home for two decades

I knew once we were in the door that, "yes, this is the one". Even though it was dated and needed updating, we planned to renovate everything, it was perfect. Great location, big rooms, decent garden. I got the feels 😍

Probably a bit annoying of me to put this in, but for me it was honed after seeing plenty of houses that were the opposite and knowing immediately. Knowing I absolutely couldn't live there.

We'd seen a few houses but I was always a bit meh and I thought we'd never find anywhere. Went to look at the house we've just moved into and it was owned by two 85 year olds, really old fashioned and needs loads of work doing but I could just imagine living there with my DP and future kids. Got pregnant (by accident I may add 😂) after we put an offer in and we've literally just moved in and are getting settled before baby comes in November. Can't afford to do much so it's still old fashioned but I still love it!! I never want to move from here, it feels so homely and like a happy house 🥰

Ps the offer we put in was lower than previous offers they'd had but the vendors said they just knew it was meant for us and accepted our offer straight away which I will be forever grateful for!!

We walked through the door and saw the inglenook. That was it. Job done.

The moment I got out of the car and saw it from the outside.

Absolutely gorgeous, gorgeous!

I got lost trying to find it so was about 20 minutes late to meet the estate agent. He wasn’t happy. Went on to ask me about 4 times if I was sure we could afford it….it was the very top end of our budget.

It was stunning.

Had been rented out for 15 years, the owners lived across the road from it, it was the owners mothers house who had died.

It was 100% love at first sight. Needed loads of work doing on it.

As luck would have it, my house sold for full asking price 2 days after going on the market. My buyers were 1st time buyers. New house had no chain. We were moved in in 6 weeks.

Absolutely love our house.

For me it was the fact it was easily attainable. It was under budget so the worst house in the best area type of thing. Straight away I was thinking about how I'd like to decorate it and what could be done with it and it wasn't pie in the sky this was actually a home I could own. I just got a nice feeling of being home

My first house- went to view show homes for a new build. The developer offered to show me round a house they had ready to go. Went in with boots and hard hat and just knew it was my home.

Second home- I had always walked down a particular street in town and pointed out to my husband how I'd love to live in a particular house. Well... a house on the street came online. I didn't want to view it. Saw it online and thought it was awful. Husband persuaded me. I walked into the hallway and said "yep, this is it". We offered and then had to work out how to set my first house. We've been in the second house seven years and it's been home to our two little ones.

We are now ready for house three. But both times so far just walked in and knew it.

Mine is exactly the same. The whole list of criteria I had went out of the window. I just liked it so much. It felt cosy.

Walked through the front door and it was an instant yup, this the one. Saw straight past the dated decor and disaster area garden, which in other houses had put us off. We walked round visualising our stuff in each room. Planned the alterations we’d make. The previous owners showed us round then let us go into the garden alone. We spent at least an hour out there, planning it right down to the last blade of grass. When we left we were so excited, talked about it non stop all night, made endless excuses to walk past it over the next few weeks. Love our house so much.

For me it was walking in and seeing in my mind what it was going to look like when we eventually get all the work done and it was exciting! Plus having most of the major extensions done and still had a massive garden. I think after seeing a house prior to this one which was £20k less but had a quarter the size garden, on a corner plot and had no extensions, we just put in full asking price offer.

We viewed it at lunchtime on the hottest day of the year. I stood in the middle of the huge, beautiful garden (that we absolutely did not want and was the main point against that house on paper) in the baking sun, and listened to birds singing and otherwise utter silence, and thought 'I have to live here'.

I’m in the process of buying my first home.
i saw some bigger ones , some in a better area , some cheaper …
walked in one and just went “this is it” before I even looked upstairs .
i can’t explain it it just felt like “home”.

Love this thread about ‘the feeling’! My husband denies it exists 🙄
Like many others we had viewed a few houses that on paper were very good but always something didn’t feel right. After viewing a beautiful house one evening that left us cold we decided to go over our rightmove search again and looked at this one. It was in a street we knew well but always discounted because the houses have strange layouts, plus this one was in terrible condition and the photos were awful! I just felt drawn to it and made my husband come out for a drive by with me in my PJs at about 11pm 🤣! We then realised from the way the windows were it couldn’t have the strange layout of it’s neighbours so we booked a viewing. As we walked back to the car my husband said ‘what did you think’? and I answered ‘I want that house’ I just knew. Little things came into my mind as we walked round - where we could have a play space if we had children (we now have a DD) how we could change the garden to have some lovely sunny seating areas etc. The chain was chaotic and it nearly fell through many times, the most stressful 4m of my life but the relief when it went through confirmed it was for us, when we got the keys I came in and just lay on the floor. Been here 6yrs now and won’t be moving unless something catastrophic happens!

It was the first house I walked into that I could see myself living in. It just felt like it was my house. Every day after I saw it, I visualised what it would be like to walk into that house when I came home and when it sold to someone else, I cried. Then that fell through and I bought it :) never had second thoughts about it!

We've just bought our first home (mid 30s!!! Finally got there!) It wasn't the house I fell in love with which I'm not sure is normal.

We walked round the streets and area before viewing the house, the little village school at the bottom of the road with a big willow tree on the front - I could picture walking the kids there, the tidy roads and curbsides, people walking dogs, and stopping to say hello. The woods the kids could bike ride too from the house without crossing any roads. I pictured summers with the kids playing out on the front, winter sledging and a place we could be a family in.

We knew it was going to be "the house" before we stepped foot in the front door.

The house isn't as beautiful, walk in ready as some of the houses we viewed, has no real curb appeal and the garden is lacking oodles of space but it's what we need and the area is a breath of fresh air.

We've just bought a house from a friend and didn't view anywhere else, so it wasn't really a viewing feeling - they said it was going on the market and I thought, hmmm - the layout works, the location works. Then over the space of a week or so I started picturing how it would look when we decorated, what my new garden would be like, and I just started picturing it as home. DH had been thinking the same, so we went for it - kind of a slow burn love, ha!