What did you compromise on when you bought your house?

[Tinker]

Street?
Size of rooms?
Aspect of garden?

Nothing? (lucky barstards)

We lost an en-suite and now only have 1 small main bathroom. We lost a utility and also a playroom. But it was on a new estate with a tiny garden not overlooked as such but very crammed in. We also lost countless neighbours with too many cars for their own drive so they parked over ours - very frustrating.

But gained a fab village location, a fantastic garden and views for miles and miles.

we sacriced:
-A paid off mortgage for mortgage prostitution.
-A life
-A finished house

sacrificed:-
and also sleep - hence current poor spelling and grammer.

we compromoised on area, we bought an ex council property as it had a massive garden and the room sizes were all generous, we moved from a non council estate, loads of people thought we were doing the wrong thing, now everyone spends their summer in our garden!

Area...otherwise our house is pretty good...especially considering the priceWe have a 4 bedroom semi, with upstairs Bathroom, downstairs loo, hallway, big Kitchen (which could be used as Kitchen Diner), Diningroom and Livingroom, and a massive huge garden...all for just under 92K...we had nothing really that needed to be done urgently and nice Kitchen to booth Decor downstairs was just our taste aswell...so...really hit the jackpot for first time buyers

We didn't have to compromise too much, we could have had a flat with a better view but they are South facing and I hate being too hot. I would quite like to have a bigger master bedroom but I love my sitting room as it's really huge. Now that we have ds and are considering a possible 2nd child I would rather have 4 bedrooms than 3 because I work from home 2 days a week and dh does lots of work in the evenings so we really do need a dedicated study. We don't have a garden, but I hated it when we did, not we have a huge terrace instead. We also gained a sense of community, which I wasn't even looking for. So many people have said to me that they would hate to live in Docklands because they would feel isolated, but I've found it's the friendliest and most inclusive part of London I've lived in.

I'm dreading our move to Dublin in 3 years time, the prices there mean there will be shed loads of compromises to be made. I'll really miss this flat, it's the first place I've ever lived that I didn't get itchy feet after 2 or 3 years.

I think opposite park = got to be good unless an obviously unsalubrious one? The girls would like it, no? I would love to be able to say "oi children of mine- piss off to the park for a while and leave me in peace, there's good lads", personally. What do man and older daughter think? Maybe love will come in time for you? Or do you always and only do the head over heels you are the one thing?

We don't have our own garden, its communal.
But we live in a lovely neighbourhood in a central part of London, dh cycles to work in 10 minutes instead of a long commute, and we are on the doorstep of a lovely successful school.

Which park, Tink? Give us a clue.

(btw, I never really did shag on a climbing frame as a teenager - I was a very good girl and would have been at home revising or somesuch)

We are currently moving and its looking like we'll have to lose two bedrooms, playroom, second lounge, ensuite and a 2nd bathroom to move from the north to the south. (and triple our already quite big mortgage!)

But, we are hopefully gaining a very nice location, a nicer town to bring the children up in, very good schools (though current ones are quite good) and walking distance to commutable train station to london.

we wanted and got, acres, no neighbours, very nice - compromise was nearish power lines and long long trip to school. Still i love it.

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nO central heating - still relying on a coal fire 2 years later

About living opposite a park...

Our old house was opposite a very pretty Victorian park and we had lovely views and it was the best street in the area to live on, very handy for taking the kids out etc BUT after 7 years I got cheesed off with having our cars vandalised (keyed/wing mirrors kicked off/broken into) and having gangs of kids wandering around late at night. It was good for us with very young kids but wouldn't have been so good once they got older.

That's a lovely post, essbee - I'm happy for you

living under the flight path

we lost
en suite
4th bedroom downstairs in an extension instead of with everyone else
whole place needs redecorating as it is a bit dated
no parks or shops within walking distance

we got
massive private garden
detached
bigger house
drive
conservatory
very quiet cul de sac as opposed to busy bus route outside front door
much nicer area

CD

we used to live under the flight path - went back recently wow what a racquet - don't really notice when you live with it everyday!

nothing...

the bathroom, small separate loo and bathroom with very dull quite old tiles.

I was 5 months pregnant when we started looking for somewhere to buy - we'd moved up from London, were first time buyers and I was determined to have my own place by the time ds2 came along!

So, given the lack of time, we compromised on the garden - we had a huge garden in our rented house in London but have no garden here. Miss it sorely and wouldn't ever want to not have one again.

We also compromised on space upstairs - ds's have got tiny bedrooms (was 1 bedroom now split into 2 teeny ones) - literally not enough room for an ordinary sized bed + furniture.

All of which means we'll be needing to move soon! Will hopefully put this house on the market in the Spring and want a 'standard' 3 bed semi with garden and 2 good sized bedrooms.

Also don't like being on a corner (end terrace) - feels very exposed.

We didn't really compromise on area - still want to live round here, so we were really lucky with that, and we moved in when I was 36 weeks pregnant so the timing worked out as well!