Waiting for the 'perfect' property to come up

[JoJoSM2]

Has anyone done that? How long did it take to get what you wanted? Are you happy with it now?

We're considering moving from our 'forever' home. We still like it very much but we've been here for a few years and our list of 'nice-to-haves' has grown.

@JoJoSM2 - I did get frustrated in some ways as I really did want a garden and some parking, but in other ways it reminded me how lucky I was for the home we were living in and where it was. In that if it was bad in someway we'd be compromising more and quicker! So I tried to view it as a reflection of how well our living standards were. This wont work if you are not living somewhere remotely ok though and there is just nothing available. Put it this way if our first home had been somewhere where wasn't safe putting the bins out - I wouldn't have faffed around for 3 years looking for a garden.

Grasspigeon, our house is also perfectly lovely and we don't need to move. I suppose it's a case of waiting to see if anything comes up before we get tired of waiting

Am still looking 9 years and two houses later.

Both the two houses have been interim boltholes whilst I wait.

It has become demorilising and very draining.

I had the perfect house 15 years ago, but had to move for family reasons. I do now wonder if I will ever find that much house happiness again !!

@Flyingsouthwiththeswallows

OMG... What’s wrong with all the houses?

OP, my mum's NDN has been "looking" for over thirty years! They are in the house that will do til they have the second child. The second child left home a decade ago!! They view a couple of places per year, and then decide against. Occasionally they do a bit up , but you know, with a view to sell it when they find somewhere.

Difficult to explain OP.

15 years ago I had a perfect house in a perfect location. I loved it from the moment I saw it and that feeling never changed. I honestly thought it was my ‘forever’

A bereavement dictated that I needed to move several hundred miles away and I have never found anything that made me feel that way again.

I think perhaps finding the perfect place is about a lot more than bricks, mortar and location.