When did you tell people (friends etc) that you'd bought a house?

[Neptuneia]

I'm a bit nervous in case something happens! Got offer accepted on a house and just got mortgage approved. Getting keys in a few weeks hopefully. I haven't told anyone apart from close family yet because I'm worried about the sale falling through. But I'm thinking I should do so before I get the keys.

Depends how close they were / if I saw them, etc.
So, when I bought my first place, people at work knew, as I saw them each day and they knew I'd been looking for ages and I was excited to tell them and they were lovely and asked how things were going etc etc. Lots of people started to collect things for me, to start me off in my first home. It was an exciting time to share with friends.
OTOH - this was long before social media - friends I didn't see were told when I had the keys and I sent them all my new address.

We bought one at the end of last month. Having had lots of vicarious and unnecessary worrying from all of our parents (late 70s, have lived in same houses since the 1960s, my parents have never had a mortgage) when we pulled out of a previous house purchase in the spring, we didn’t tell anyone until the day we moved in.

We’ve moved around a lot in quite a few countries, so I always think people shouldn’t be surprised.

In your shoes I’d wait. Have you had it surveyed yet?

I’m a worrier, so was constantly worried the sale would fall through. For that reason, only close family knew. It was only once exchanged and completion date set was I able to feel relaxed and tell others.

I've had 4 sales fall through over the year so I'd say definitely wait

As soon as offer accepted. I can’t understand keeping it a secret. In fact we told before, ie putting an offer in.

I meant over the years!!! Not just the one year.

@Bluntness100

As soon as offer accepted. I can’t understand keeping it a secret. In fact we told before, ie putting an offer in.

But that’s a different piece of news. Saying ‘I’ve offered on a house’ or ‘I’ve had an offer accepted on a house’ is very different, and much more provisional, to saying ‘I’ve bought a house.’ Sales fall through.

We had an offer accepted last November. We had to pull out just before exchange when our surveyor discovered a major issue that would have made the house unsellable. A year after that initial acceptance, we’ve only just moved in to an entirely different house. In the interim, we put in two other offers.

I told people when things seemed to be progressing well. I really wouldn't of been bothered about telling them it had all fallen through though. If you're a worried then wait I can't see anyone being too offended by that decision.

I’d update them with the current situation next time I saw or spoke to them. They would ask.

I’d tell people if I made an offer that was accepted just that. After exchange, I’d say I bought a house and when we’d be expecting to move. Upon completion. I’d send notification to people of the new address.

I was buying my first place so it didn't matter to me whether I told people or not. I did let people know that I'd offered on a flat and my offer was accepted. I guess I could have waited until completion but that would have been hard as I'd already started making plans and researching purchases etc

I told people as & when I saw them/it came up 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t much believe it would bring bad luck & I certainly wouldn’t feel embarrassed or worried to tell people if a sale fell through. These things happen..

I can’t see the point in keeping it a secret so I would tell family and friends if I’ve had an offer accepted. Some people will be excited for you and if it falls through, you can count on a bit of sympathy.

I felt like I told everyone I met with excitement! Our friends didn't tell anyone until they had moved in and renovated

Thanks everyone. I'm just worried about things going wrong. A friend asked about house hunting at the weekend (we sold our last place recently) and I just said we're still looking because I didn't have the mortgage offer yet. I can't remember what I did last time, probably told everyone right away but the stakes seem higher this time for some reason.