Selling house

[JustEllie]

Just want your opinion or similar experiences. We bought the house at the beginning of April this year. After receiving the keys, we have been so disappointment in the house. We did some decorating, now the house looks better but the are plenty of things that need doing.
I know that we live in this house only 2 months but I know I want to sell it.
How quickly you sold the house after buying it?

I read the forums and its advised to wait 2 years before putting it back on the market.

Did you not realise this before you bought it?

No, I wouldnt say we loved it but we definitely liked the house and the baby on the way was one more reason to buy it.
We did level 3 survey but now when we live here various problems start to show up like problems with chimneys, drains and other stuff that no way survey can point out. We wanted a big house with big garden and now we realized that we don't need any of that

Every house has problems. And all fixtured have a shelf life and usually need replacing every 10 years or so max so unless you buy an off plan newbuild there will always be something.

Is it the hassle of work needing doing which is spoiling your enjoyment, so if a magic wand made them all better right now , how would you feel about the house?

If you put it back on the market now, so quickly, everyone will be suspicious that there's something wrong. You might even make a loss.

That just sounds like normal maintenance though?

We are thinking of living here for a year or better 2 years before putting it back on the market and I want to make some work to make it attractive.
Its not only the works that spoil my enjoyments, the house is old, very old, it was build in 1930. Before moving in we lived in quite new flat and we didnt think that this could be an issue but obviously it is

House built in the 1930s is not 'old, very old'! Many British homes were built long before then.

Agreed on the age our house is Edwardian so 115 years old.....a house we viewed and fell anted was built in 1680 so yes that was old

What did the survey show up? I would be very concerned if you had a full survey and they missed issues like you have found. Did you not have other checks done prior to purchase?

I do think you need to actually spend time in a property decorate it to how you want it etc and then think about if you want to sell.

One important thing to remember you legally have to tell the prospective buyer if asked any issues you have with the property, also when they have a survey it's bound to show these problems and it's going to be tough to sell

The cost of moving house is also something to consider - agents fees, solicitors and more stamp duty. Im sure you could make the house lovely. Older houses are much better than new ones. Does your house have any of the 1930s features - fireplaces, staircase, stained glass, picture rails? These are things to treasure. All houses need regular maintenance. I think you should reconsider.