Am I having a serious wobble about moving or is this normal?

[loveka]

We are relocating to another part of the country (hooefully) in a few weeks.

Everything about the move is exciting- it's a totally fresh start after my partner got made redundant 4 years ago and hasn't been able to get meaningful employment. Finances have been very difficult and it won't get any better if we stay. The new house has a business attached to it which my partner will run (related to his old job). I will work part time from home as we will be mortgage free when we move.

Another reason we wanted to move was we had a new next door neighbour raise a boundary issue with us the day he moved in. Due to not having the money to fight him we ended up giving in and his vile extension now dominates our garden. This has all been declared on the property form, and the buyers love the garden the way it is now, they are a young couple not hugely in to gardening.

So moving away really is the best thing to do. We love the house we are buying and the area we are going to.

I have been away on business all week, which is a very regular occurrence. But this time I felt properly homesick while I was away (in a posh hotel in a very desirable location!)

When I was coming back from the airport I was thinking how much I love the area where I live. When I saw my house I felt so happy to be home, and though how lovely it looks. Its a very pretty house!

I just don't know if this is normal, or if I am genuinely wobbling.

It doesn't help that the buyers are trying to knock 10k off the price they agreed, which has seriously pissed me off!

What do you think?

I are having a wobble but trust me go my partner and me are in a similar situation apart from we rent private not own how ever my boyfriend cant get employment now work dried up about 3 months ago and now we are living on the breadline as works so hard to come by in Shropshire! So we're going to relocate to a new area think positive op go ahead

I think it's about it being 'home' for you, but home really is wherever you all are, that's what we are telling ourselves anyway!

So I think it's normal. We are about to go on the market also with the aim of being mortgage free and our house looks gorgeous as we've cleared out, painted, cleaned and tidied and I'll be sad to leave. Dh however said he'd be glad to go as "it's a money pit with shit neighbours" and he is right.

I think it's pretty normal - it's such a huge move and life change that a wobble is understandable & just a way of starting the adjustment. It's like you're experiencing the loss before it's happened. I felt the same when we left the city for a new start in a rural area. I loved where we lived in the city & loved the area & my friends there - massive wobble before I left. But the reasons for leaving were sound - better schooling, bigger property, good quality of life for DC - that it kept me going. It has been a good move & I don't regret it.

Totally normal, you are leaving a house which you have decorated to your choice, once you update new house it'll feel like home

Watching with interest, good luck with your move op.

Perfectly normal to have a wobble with such a big change. I posted a similar thread - love our new house to bits but still wobbled that we were doing the right thing. I can't imagine ever living anywhere else now.

My OH was mystified when we sold our last house, and I was so upset I was packing up and crying at the same time. It soon passes, and although I will always love that little house, the extra room in our new house made me feel better quickly. You will always have your happy memories though. Good luck.

I've relocated three times and it takes a while for a new house and area to feel like home, but it does eventually. It sounds like a good move for you OP. Good luck