3 bed detached to a 2 bed cottage? I'm mad, aren't I? :(

[Baddz]

Hello!
Have been in my current house for 3 years now.
It's 30 years old and a 3 bed detached. Garage conversion and conservatory.
Off road parking.
It's a nice house.
We have had to spend quite on it since we moved in :( and I think it's coloured my view somewhat.
I would say its worth about £30k more than we paid for it.
There is a 2 bed grade 2 listed cottage that has come up for sale.
Garden, garage, summer house, private garden.
There is no way in hell dh would agree, but I have always abated to live in a period property.
It would mean the dc sharing a bedroom which dh is very against.
Come on....give it to me....I'm mad, aren't I?
:(

It's a very bad idea. You are romanticising it terribly and would live to regret it

Apatite that sounds like a library to
me! I'm very envious, we are hoping to move in a couple of years and I'm looking for houses that have scope for a reading room style conservatory.

You are completely mad!

I live in a 3 bed semi detached cottage ( not listed but v old) we are looking a moving to a modern detached 4 bed for more space, as the dc get bigger they just seem to take up more space and make more noise!

I loved this property when I was single and had small babies but now we've just outgrown it... I can't imagine wanting to go smaller!

And may you soon achieve all your library dreams thehumanjam!

You are mad. Mad.

The romantic in me thinks it would be lovely, picture perfect and ever so sweet, and I can practically smell the butter melting in the croissants that you would be enjoying for breakfast in the ever so pretty little garden.

But really. Where would you store things and keep it looking quaint and pretty and picture perfect? Essential things, like the suitcases, Christmas decorations, toys and clothes that your DC1 has grown out of, but you don't want to throw away because your DC2 will have use and wear out of them. Is there enough practical space eg for the vacuum cleaner, ironing board, clothes airer and all that mundane but essential stuff?

Listed is a nightmare. You will definitely pay more for anything that you want or need to do to a listed house than you will any other house. if you don't like the feeling of how much you've had to spend on your current home, then you have already had a taste of what spending on a listed building is like.

Have I helped?!!

You have.
:)

I'm so glad

I agree Tidy. Good storage for boring stuff like ironing boards it very close to the top of my house buying list. Dull, but you need it. Houses where I couldn't see where to keep the ironing board and vacuum cleaner were rejected.

Yes.
Spot on.
My house is dull :(
I am very lucky as we have loads of storage and (inc conservatory) 3 reception rooms but....I just don't love it.
80% of the stuff in this house is either Dhs or the dcs.
I yearn for minimalism!

Can't you give one of the reception rooms a total makeover, give it a different feeling, make it yours? Some period colours and pictures perhaps, a project just for you.

Rusty's idea is a good one. Get thee a Little Greene Company colour chart and transform a room!

Baddz, what you want is a nice Victorian/Edwardian place. They have oodles of charm, nicely proportioned rooms and no one complains when you make them warm and watertight.

If you find that you still have too much disposable income, go for some kind of renewable energy system, a ground source heat pump will take up as much financial commitment, emotional energy and day to day upkeep as a challenging small child.