Do I need to have the 'feeling'?

[24again]

Seen a house - it is big and roomy has fantastic gardens and an amazing view. But I don't have the 'feeling' about it, nor about any of the other houses I have seen (7) My head tells me it could be a great house but should I really love it if we are going to buy it? Only negative about it is that it is next to a road (but aren't most houses - not a very buy road either)

Any ideas?

Mmm, I meant busy road. I do really like it and can see many popsitives but haven't 'fallen' for it.

I'd say yes, you do. Although this feeling is something you feel rather than any vibe the house gives off, I'm a total non-believer in that.

I've spent the last 13 years I'm a house dh picked but never gave me any 'feeling', we're close yo putting it on the market and I'm insisting on the new house being perfect!

It does help, especially if you have a complicated and long exchange.

Not sure, dp and I have just moved to our second home. We liked both and they ticked all the boxes thats it.
Wouldn't say I had 'the feeling' about either tbh they just had everything we set out to find in a home.

Although how excited can anyone be about a 1970s semi??

How much does it bother you it's next to a main road? Three things to think about, does the noise of the traffic really bother you (you'd probably get used to it), if you have young children can you make the back garden secure so they have somewhere safe to play, do you have any cats who are used to going outside and likely to leave garden?

No house is ever going to be perfect, but there's obviously some kind of feeling otherwise you wouldn't be asking about it over others. Go back and have another look (even if you've already visited more than once), that will probably help. Do you come out feeling positive about it, or with too many concerns.

I do think you need to have some kind of unexplained "feeling", that's more than the sum of location is ok, size is fine etc.

Having said that, it won't necessarily be the same "falling in love with a person" feeling

Thank you for the replies. I fell for the first house, even though it wasn't anything grand - a three bed 1920's semi. I saw the view it had and thought 'This is the one'. Now we are house hunting again and nothing I've seen has done that yet. I don't know if it's because I'm older and more wary or if we are now looking to spend more money so I'm nit-picking.
House I like isn't on a main road just on a road to the next village.

We are in rented and so could wait a while for new houses to come on the market but there really isn't much in our price range. Everything is either really cheap or very expensive!

I had the "feeling" very strongly about our second house, I remember DH joking "You are in love with a house!" We moved in,discovered we had eccentric and noisy neighbours,and life became a nightmare,we had moved out within the year. Ever since I have looked at the practical side - does it tick the right boxes? will this work? Don't trust my feelings any more!

I suspose it isn't the sort of house I'd thought we'd buy next as it faces the road and all of the garden is to the side, feel like we might be display a bit if that makes any sense as there isn't a front garden to separate us from the road.

Why not stay in your 1920s house if you thought it was the one?

Because it's an hour and a half away from where I now live and we sold it to someone else! Also what I thought was 'the one' at 24 was good for a few years but now two children down the line and, with a bigger budget, I would rather have a different house. Just want one that I also have a feeling for!