Do you live in your "perfect" house?

[JustAnotherCountryPumpkin]

Not the dream house you'd buy if you won the lottery, but the most ideal house you can afford. I'd say mine is an 8/10. I keep thinking of moving, but realistically I think I would only be trading one thing for another. For example, my perfect house is detached, but I could only afford one of those if it was somewhere less pretty than my current street. Living somewhere less pretty than this would not be ideal to me. I really need to stop browsing Rightmove

My perfect house would be

Detached, nice quiet neighbours!
Master with en-suite and dressing room
3 double bedrooms for the kids with an en-suite for DD.
Family bathroom and a guest bedroom
Large kitchen diner with walk-in pantry
Utility
Downstairs toilet
Lounge
2nd lounge for kids, games consoles etc
Study.

Not asking a lot

Perfect house, really beautiful
BUT we moved out of the city (which is the only way we could ever ever afford a house like this) to a small rural town
And after 3 years we just don't feel settled and I miss the city so so much
So we plan to sell our stunning 5 bedroom Edwardian detached house for a big standard semi purely for location 😭

I'm so sad but also excited to go home x

Bog standard
Hoping it's a big semi mind hahah

I'm not sure there's any such thing as a perfect house (although a few people here say they have found theirs!). I love so much about my house, and a few things are less than ideal, and a few things drive me nuts. If I stay here for the rest of my life, which is more than likely, I won't complain.

Yes. We moved into it two months ago. Lived in a nice suburb of a major northern city but it was quite urban. I had a couple of requirements for moving (a view and character) and it has it in droves.

Moving away from the northern suburb (only half an hour further north) has given us more for our money and the semi-rural life we'd wished for.

It's a house we have been able to move into and not have to do a thing to. Even our furniture and tastes fit in perfectly. I feel like I'm on a permanent holiday, so it's perfect.

Surprisingly yes, I had a huge house (money pit) on the South Downs before my divorce and was devastated when I had to downsize and move to Somerset for work.
But my new house which is quite modern is perfect.
The garden is very small but I simply cannot go on on mowing a 100 foot garden with my spinal problems so its perfect.
The house has new double glazing, a new boiler and three bedrooms which is just perfect for me and my occasional guests.
Its easy to mainrain, has a lovely atmosphere, is near all the clinics I work in, the neighbours are lovely and I have beautiful countryside on my doorstep. I am surrounded by lovely grade 2 listed houses but don't have that maintenance hassle myself.
I downsized by £50k and I'm really happy. I never thought I'd be this happy here in a modern home but I am.

Yes. I love my house. Love the period of it (1906) love the high ceilings and its peaceful quiet location. I don't ever plan to move unless I have to.

Currently the stairs are in the living room, and we have a porch rather than a hall. I'd like a small hallway with the stairs in

We had this and changed it! Feel free to message me!

8/10 - detached, off street parking, 5 bedrooms, desirable London suburb, walking distance to absolutely everything, station, shops and cafes 2 minutes away, loads of lovely period features, green space and the river close by. Things I don't like are - proximity of neighbours (it's still London), Heathrow flight paths, house is always chilly despite insulation, double glazing etc, and we've lived with various bathroom and kitchen choices made by the previous owners as they were too expensively and recently done to rip out. But I'm aware these are very 'are your diamond shoes too tight?' quibbles!

We’re about to move to a modern house (about 20 years old) which is perfect for us - near shops, GP, not a terrible commute to work, and crucially a 5 min walk to school. It needs nothing doing, has a new boiler and carpets, and has been recently extended and fully renovated.

But my heart lies with an older property - I love Art Deco so something from that era would be wonderful, and I also love Victorian/Edwardian houses with the large hallways, tiles, fireplaces and high ceilings.

No. Despise it with a passion, and am miserable.

Yes - its huge because we are empty nesters but I secretly love rattling around in it. We've talked about moving but can't face it.

Yes, I'm in love with my house. We moved in in Feb, a month before Covid, and I still can't believe my luck! We are in Australia, and five minutes from the most glorious empty beach. The house is big for us, as there is only three of us (Aussie houses are massive though). We have four bedrooms, two living rooms, large kitchen diner, study, double garage, laundry room, covered alfresco, beautiful hardwood floors, lots of solar panels, and best of all an absolutely gorgeous swimming pool with built in spa. And the layout is perfect for us. I will dock half a point because one of the bathrooms needs updating, but honestly, I still pinch myself that we own such a beautiful house! It really is a pleasure to live in. I've lived in a few right shit holes in my day so I reckon I deserve it!

Bought a project 5 years ago but couldn't afford to finish it. When finished it will be 10 but we're still only around 6!

It's highly imperfect like us - too many steps, wobbly paving slabs, leaky windows - and we have a plan to sell up in ten years - but it's also where our kids were raised, we've improved and extended and gardened, we know all its quirks and we love it more all the time.

@alwayscrashinginthesamecar1 that sounds incredible. Have you had any spiders yet? That's my biggest fear with Australian houses haha!

It's a 7 out of 10. I'd like it detached (it's semi), a slightly larger garden, a view, it faces north so is dark at the front and there's no windows at the back!

But it's in a location that really works for us, is surrounded by trees, has huge rooms and we are correcting the windows at the back situation.

If I was building a house, it would be somewhere with a view, have lots and lots of light and be super ecofriendly. And then I wouldn't mind if it was tiny!

My house is 7/10. I love it in every way and have just had it redecorated with new kitchen, bathrooms, paint and carpet etc. But the location is a bit meh. If I could pick the house up and put in a more leafy suburb with more greenery and less litter on the streets then I'd love it. I'd also love it if I had some grass at the back. It's paved atm and can't really afford the time and hassle to redo it. And if I was really pushing it, I'd like an extra bedroom that I could keep as a guest room.

But I guess all that is being ungrateful and fussy. I should probably give it a 9/10 instead.

I'm keen to move but don't have enough of a pull anywhere else just at the moment, with teenagers settled in education and job uncertainty. I like many things about my house and garden and if I could pick it up, make it detached and put it somewhere else that would be ideal. We've spent so much on it I feel we'd have to spend that all over again, or pay a premium to get a house that doesn't need work.

However, I hate the location. Lockdown proved to me that I need to live in a quiter area, with places to walk to on my doorstep.

Really loving the posters who are happy with "less". It is so much at odds with what I grew up with (upwardly mobile parents in the 80s) but honestly I think that is the key to happiness. Being happy with "enough" can be the difference between dissatisfaction into contentment in exactly the same house.

If we had 100-200k burning a hole in my pocket, I could move closer to the centre of town and add about a metre to most of the rooms. But we have decided to just enjoy & appreciate what we have.

Nope. I would need to double the garden, put a toilet in downstairs, be detached and have offstreet parking.

@notheragain4 I haven’t seen any bad spiders yet, although in our last house we had some redbacks in the garage. But I usually get an annual pest spray which sorts the little blighters out! You do soon learn not to stick your hands into any dark corners though! Oh when we viewed the house there was an absolute MASSIVE Golden Orb spider out on the porch which was hideous but completely harmless, thankfully he relocated himself when we moved in.

@alwayscrashinginthesamecar1 I have no intentions of googling those spiders they sound horrific haha. I'd get therapy to enable me to live somewhere as beautiful sounding as that though!

10/10. We moved in last year. We've got loads to do inside and outside but it makes my heart sing to come home here. The only way I'll be leaving this house is in a wooden box!

Yes, but my perfect home is a city center garden flat . I love it. I'd love it even more if it were in a better catchment area, but we'll figure it out.