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Did you miss your old home after moving?

13 replies

Madmog · 15/07/2014 16:52

Moved house three weeks ago. We moved as we need more living space as a family and an extra toilet, but gave up fantastic neighbours and a nice road. We are only two minutes from our old house (great for us as there's so much locally we would never have given up for more space) and bought the only house we really wanted on our viewings.

Having said that, part of me feels a bit bereft for the old house, neighbours, road. I know I can still keep in touch with the neighbours - one lot I've seen properly twice and another one phoned me last week. Sounds silly, but I miss things like our conservatory, colour scheme of kitchen when we had it refitted, a decent integral cooker and the outlook. The new neighbours seem generally pleasant and have made a point of saying hello if I walk past their garden. Also, this really could be a house for life as it gives us what we need now, but can easily be lived in as we get older. I'm decorating my daughter's room next week and I guess as we start to buy new curtains etc, re-do the garden things will improve, but ...

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LizzieMint · 15/07/2014 21:29

I did, and still do (certain aspects - could never have stayed there cos way too small. we moved house 7 years ago!) but only that one house. All the others I have never given a second thought to.
However, the bits that you miss sound like you can recreate most of them - colour scheme, oven etc. And if you are only 2 minutes away, then you can still see your old neighbours.
When you have a bit more chance to get settled and appreciate what you moved for, I'm sure you will find that you miss it less.

foxdongle · 15/07/2014 21:52

No not one little bit. I love the house we're in now. I did bring the paint that I had from my old dining room though and used it here.

tumbletumble · 15/07/2014 21:56

No I didn't, but I think some people get attached to houses and places in general and others don't.

For example, my friend was feeling very emotional recently when her parents downsized and sold the family home she had grown up in. My parents have lived in their house since before I was born, but I don't think I'll be that upset when they decide to move on.

MumOfTheMoos · 15/07/2014 22:04

Yes, I miss bits from my last two houses. The last one which we rented I miss the fabulous kitchen and the area and the one before, which I owned and lived in for 13 years (we had to move as it was not suitable for having a baby) I miss the garden and the birdsong most and the area.

Our new house is going to be lovely, when we've finished it!!! But it is a bit of a project and the kitchen is a nightmare and in the living room and our bedroom the plaster is off part of the walls! It'll be another 9-12 months before we can start on getting it the way we like it!

Not much I can do about the birdsong though Hmm

ClariceBeanthatsme · 15/07/2014 22:11

Yes I really did I felt a little bit cross that these people were living in MY house. It felt very strange to think they were using my built in wardrobes, my kitchen etc.
We were only there a short time but it was our first home and held alot of memories like bringing home our 2 DC.
Like you we didn't move far and I'd always have a little look to see if they had changed anything but we have been in our new house nearly 6 months and it's definitely starting to feel like home.

ogredownstairs · 15/07/2014 22:52

Only while our new house was in utter building work chaos and I was washing up in the bath etc - I definitely missed the nice clean kitchen, bathrooms and shiny new loft conversion in the old place! But since this house has been finished I've never looked back. I found it helped to remember the reasons we wanted to move in the first place. (In my case it was that the old house was in a location that made my heart sink when I turned into the road!)

runningonwillpower · 15/07/2014 23:01

We have been in our present house for 25 years.

I still sometimes dream about our two previous houses.

Your home is your own little space in life. And it's weird to walk away from that and leave it to someone else.

It's more than a colour choice or the shape of a window. It's a corner of the earth that was once your haven.

No matter your reasons for moving on, if you ever loved your home, it will always be a part of your history and you will always have a little bit of it in your heart.

HauntedNoddyCar · 15/07/2014 23:10

Yes. We moved from our toasty done house to a draughty unmoved house. It's huge and will be wonderful but I miss the stuff we had created and our secluded little road.

But we are sorting this place out and it's sarting to feel good.

HauntedNoddyCar · 15/07/2014 23:11

Unmoved? Unloved. Bloody autocorrect

FidgetPie · 15/07/2014 23:19

The first night after leaving our completely renovated house and moving into our run-down second house which had no hot water and hadn't been decorated since the 1970s - I really missed the old house and questioned whether we had made a mistake but since then, I haven't really thought about it. I love this house so much more, on many levels.

SoapySudsy · 16/07/2014 10:36

DH kept going back to have a look if they'd mowed the front lawn! They hadn't and he kept going on about it.
He's stopped now.

Monkeymummy1 · 16/07/2014 14:56

No - I don't really miss the old house at all at the moment. We've been moved for 3 weeks and I was just so ready to go after months of drama. New house needs a LOT of work, but we were just so desperate for the extra space that even in it's current state it feels wonderful to be there. I really really disliked our previous house though, so unlike you I have very little to miss. I think I was wowed by amazing decor and interior design when we bought it, and I don't think it was ever really right for us. Because it was all done out when we moved into it, we never really made it our own. It sounds like you will have to opportunity to do just that in your new house and I'm sure you'll create an even better place than the one you miss over time.

allotmentgirl82 · 16/07/2014 18:26

Yes. I miss my old house. It was a 2 bed Victorian terraced house with high ceilings, big spacious rooms and ornate plaster cornices.
However, we still own it- we have a tenant living there.
We have moved into a 4 bed cottage. I like it because we have more bedrooms and a garden. I dislike it because we have no parking, slanted floors and 4 noisy dogs next door

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