Tell me if you missed out on your perfect house... what did you do next?

[littlecrystal]

I did not realise that the first house I saw will be the one. Or I did realise but it was too late. It had some drawbacks and was on the market for a year, so I was hesitant initially and only put a low offer which wasn't accepted. Later I realised my mistake but it was too late, it has gone STC. The houses we viewed later were not right for us. I am desperate and beating myself up for this mistake.

I wonder those who missed out, did you eventually find another dream property?

You know there's never only one right property.
Unless you're super wealthy compromises have to be made unless it's why shall I keep my chopper.
We've missed out on a couple but looking back at least one was a lucky escape, a doer upper that ended up costing far more than we would've afforded.
It's really disheartening but keep looking with an open mind.

If you were hesitant and put in a low offer, it can't have been that good. Maybe a question of grass looking greener..?

I blamed DH, which is what I always do in these situations. Another house will come up, without so many drawbacks.

The house was backing on a residential road (drawback No.1) and did not have a garage (No.2). I wanted to buy it but for the "bargain" price taking into account these drawbacks.
The prices went up ever since last year and I cannot afford a house without drawbacks in the area anymore. Feel really really bad about it.

In the hindsight as this was the first house I viewed, I could never be sure what next I am going to view. Blame on me.

We have missed out on several properties which with hindsight may or may not have been our dream houses.

It's only now we are in our perfect house that I know that they just were not meant to be for various reasons.

You might always look back and kick yourself a bit. But once you are settled you will reason it was for a good reason.

We made a serious almost asking price offer on a lovely house, beautiful inside and out and was perfect except that it was a decent 20 mins from the station and in town where trains less frequent than where we live now, was also on a busy road. Where we live now is nice but not as big nor pretty but dh can get to the station in five minutes, roads are quieter and if he misses a train there are plenty more. I agree with someone above that unless your budget is unlimited there will always be a compromise!

We missed out on what we thought was our perfect house as we couldn't offer as ours hasn't sold yet, but we went on to buy one that is about 100 times bigger and better so I'm glad .

We thought we'd missed out on the ideal house. A year later another one came up in the same road for the same money that was much bigger inside and outside had a much bigger, nicer garden. Fate!

Buy one that's not perfect and I'm still gutted we hadn't sold so nothing we can do, trying to think we can make the one we have bought as nice but think it will always be the one that got away...only positive is neither are forever home!

We were due to buy what I thought was our perfect house until our buyers pulled out 2 days before exchange. We now have other buyers but nowhere to buy. Nothing that comes up is quite right and we have a very small search area due to DD1's school. I try to remain positive that a house much better for us will come up but at the moment I'm not doing a very good job of it. I hate this house buying lark!

We missed out as hadn't sold ours. What we got was less of a stretch financially and in a different area - much better for us than the original one. All's well. .

I missed out on a dream house as couldn't justify paying the full asking price (which is what they wanted). I waited and a much better place came along several months later. There is always another house.

We missed out on a house we really wanted in May. After a couple of weeks we put in a low offer on a bigger house in a worse area. I'm still not completely sure its the right thing, but since then not a single house in the right area has come up for sale.

You can only buy what is on the market when you have sold. We urgently need more space so can't wait around and see what might or might not happen in the future.

You could rent for 6 months vj?

Never bought a house, but we have had similar experiences renting. Luckily the house we are in now is my dream house, we have a landlord who wants to rent it for the next gazillion years, we can do what we ike to the house and the gardens... the only issue is that it's not ours to pass down to the kids! :)

Same thing happened to me expect I purposefully put in a low offer as I knew vendor was desperate got knocked back and their agent didn't tell me the next day when someone put in asking price. Was so upset it was my ideal home in my ideal location which is tiny. Had resigned myself to another house in the same location but a modern one which wasn't what I wanted but the day I put an offer in on that a house like the first one came up but in a better part of the street (less busy) and cheaper. We should be in it within the next 6 weeks I'm so glad we didn't get the first house now as we've ended up with something better so I hope same thing happens for you

I missed out on my absolute dream perfect house and then two years later it flooded. Phew!

I do think on the whole if you find the right house you will happily pay the asking price. So if you could bring yourselves to then it probably wasn't your dream house.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I am glad to hear that most of you found somewhere better. I do agree that if I really wanted the house, I would have offered the asking price straight away. Unfortunately, decisions don't come easy and quick to me.

They say about 1/3 purchases fall through and I have been waiting for 4 months and it hasn't fallen through. In the meantime I have even considered resorting to cast spelling .