Does anyone ever find their forever home?

[Dorothyredboots]

Or have I spent too much time watching Kirsty & Phil? We don't want to leave the City we live in. We have lived there forever and know the housing stock really well. Plus I used to work in an Estate agent's. I'm finding it really hard to find stuff I want to look at and am terrified of putting my house on the market, selling it, then having to buy in a panic. This would be a choice move but would be for the long haul... What say you?

Bought ours in 1992.

Apart from hating the phrase "foerever house" I just don't see why it matters. Don't you just buy a house because it suits your needs for the longish term? I like loads of different styles of house, can't iamgine thiking this is it for ever

We have lived in the same village for 12 years. It has everything you could wish for, including a great village school, private swimming pool, country pub and post office.

We like the house but it's not our forever house. I also know the local housing stock really well and can't find anything I want. We are about to put our house on the market because I'm a great believer in fate. Worst case scenarion, we'll rent rather than panic buy.

As fate would have it, I just heard a rumour that a house I like is coming up for sale 2 weeks after ours. Funny how things like that happen - ask around locally (that's how I found out). Local knowledge is dead handy - I een asked our lawn treatment man about the house for sale and it turns out he knows the neighbours on either side and they're lovely.

You are where I was about a month ago. Just take the plunge!!

(WRT not thinking it's forever, it's going to cost us about £30k to move - not money you want to shell out every few years)

We bought our current house in 2005 - it is down the tiny country lane where I grew up and my Dad lives. My sister lives on the lane too. We just finished converting the barn and I love it - for us it is definately "forever".

we're currently looking for a 4+ bed house with a large garden within 1 hour commuting distance from work and near good secondary schools we plan to stay there until the children leave school and we retire then we'll upsticks and live where we like so we're not thinking forever just for the next 15 years or so

Just bought ours, 4 months ago. We plan to be here 10 years at least. It is a house that will grow with us so in that sense I suppose it is our "forever" house.

We won't have to move for secondary schools (my eldest is only 7) we are about to convert our double garage into a "playroom" and we still have parking for 4 cars on the drive.

We have a spare bedroom which DH uses as an office type space, the garden is big enough to allow 2 rampaging boys to run round and enough space for there to be a more grown up area.

So in that sense it is all good.

We were prepared to move into rented to find a good house to buy.

Only in my head (ie on Right Move). Other than that I seem to be in it. But since I haaaate it, it doesn't count. I like where it just not what it is iyswim..

We live in our forever house. It has all the space we need in a lovley village,near friends and excellent schools.

As a child I remember moving house to dp forever house. It was a wreck of a place but mt DM could see the potential and loved the area. Df said he could see his grandchildren playing in the garden. I was only 7 but he is still living in that house and yes his gc play in the garden.

I can't bear the phrase either. It sounds overly sentimental and romantic. You cannot possibly know what is going to happen to you in 10, 20, 30 years time. Just buy a house you like for the foreseeable future like most people do.

I lived in so many houses growing up and pre marriage the idea of a forever house is very appealing. We bought DH's grandparents' wreck of a house 5 years ago, moved out for most of last year whilst it was modernised, extended etc. It was a serious amount of grief not to mention cash. So I blardy hope its forever!

Love it here.