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What made you sell your house?

54 replies

peaches36 · 28/06/2021 17:58

We moved into our house in October and I’m already ready to sell up 🤣 the two factors for me are that we’ve realised it’s too small for us, and the road we live on is so narrow that it’s near impossible for me to get on/off our driveway if someone is parked opposite it/next to it (something we didn’t really notice much until we actually moved in, stupidly) Very small thing that stresses me out massively Confused

Intrigued to know what were other people’s ‘deciding factors’ on selling up and looking for somewhere new?

OP posts:
bananananadakrie · 28/06/2021 18:09

Neighbours that shagged really, really loudly in the flat upstairs most nights. 😁

This time just to get a nicer house a bit closer to the secondaries we like.

Echobelly · 28/06/2021 18:13

We were in a two bed flat with two kids - we had wanted to move about 3 years earlier, but then when we were ready, DH lost his job, then, after DC2 was born and we might have been ready, I lost my job and then it was another 6 months until I was working again and DH actually lost another job while we were in the process of buying current place but there was no bloody way we were telling mortgage lenders that (I know you're supposed to), but luckily he was working again by the time we moved in!

Saltyslug · 28/06/2021 18:15

Finding the upkeep of an old high maintenance house annoying

Lookdeepintotheparka · 28/06/2021 18:22

Oh dear OP!

We rushed into a house purchase (early 2000s and prices were going up daily) and I immediately realised it was not ok for us. The house was a small, cramped Victorian terrace right next to a noisy pub. Local school was in special measures and when I got pregnant we put the house in the market!

We were only there 18 months but it was the best decision as I was honestly so miserable there. The downside was it did take us another 7 years of renting before we could afford to buy again as we were then priced out of the market!

Livingintheclouds · 28/06/2021 18:23

Many different reasons for each move, but I'll do the last four: husband died so couldn't afford the house so moved to a smaller house but still near kids school; decided to move out of London for fresh start; then decided needed bigger hoyse walking distance to there new school, and now moving back to London for yet another new school 6th form)!
Nothing really wrong with any of the houses, the one before last was too open plan maybe and would have worked better as a holiday home.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 28/06/2021 18:24

Bought a house in the same area of our town after the sale fell through on the house we really wanted. With the benefit of hindsight, we rushed into this purchase. House itself is lovely, but…..

  1. I’ve realised living in a close is not for me.
  2. If you have a niggle on first viewing that you’re a bit overlooked, and that’s going to be an issue for you, probably trust your gut instinct Hmm DH won’t move now and spend out on SD for a few years 🤷‍♀️
AfternoonToffee · 28/06/2021 18:43

I lived in the last house for 16 years and was never truly happy, we also wanted a 4th bedroom.

There wasn't really anything wrong with the house, I just never settled and it took that long to wear down dh

Toebean · 28/06/2021 18:45

We always planned to move if possible after 5 years, took 6! It was too small, akward for Dd’s school.

StiggyZardust · 28/06/2021 18:46

Hoping to put our house on the market soon. New neighbours have noisily built a big ugly box extension all through covid. Time to move on.

NatMoz · 28/06/2021 18:49

I moved into my husband's first time buyer house in a not so good area and we always planned to move after we got married to a bigger house with a garden suitable for a future family.

trevthecat · 28/06/2021 18:58

We moved 2 years ago. We simply outgrew the old house. 3 bed terrace with us and 3 kids, all the rooms were small. We had no storage and if we did a loft conversion we would lose the box room so wouldn't gain much. We are fortunate to live in a low house price area which is up and coming. Next door to our new house sold recently for £60k more than we paid 2 years ago

Roselilly36 · 28/06/2021 19:15

My disability, we had a very large house that we moved too when we had a toddler & a baby. It was a fantastic family home, but too large for just 4 of us, and I was finding the upkeep really difficult to manage,, especially as I had to let my lovely cleaner/friend go due to shielding when COVID hit. We are now in a bungalow, no regrets, it was definitely the right time to move.

user1471538283 · 28/06/2021 19:34

I sold my favourite house because the area wasn't as good any more. I sold the next one because of truly awful neighbours. What I've learned is that if it isnt right, it isnt right.

oohmyback · 28/06/2021 19:40

Lived in old house for 14 years.

Moved because...

  1. We could afford it!
  2. We could finally get a spec assessment mortgage big enough
We needed more living space
  1. We had 2 preteens in 1 room and wanted them to have their own.
  2. The area was getting run down as more and more houses became rentals

The main reason was space! But we'd wanted to move for years there was always a reason not to. Mainly due to crappy job circumstances!

Whattodo121 · 28/06/2021 19:41

Sold our last house because of the ridiculous too hot conservatory/living room, terraced townhouse with noisy intrusive neighbours, crap garden and parking round the corner. Also in catchment for a crap secondary school that we didn’t want for DS.

New house has a proper drive way, is detached, has a lovely garden and is walking distance from outstanding secondary. The compromise is it’s only three bedrooms not four, but you can’t have everything. It’s going to cost us an arm and a leg and two kidneys for the next 27 or so years but I don’t care. Worth every penny.

Terrazzo · 28/06/2021 19:46

Saw a house in same neighbourhood (so no need to move school) which had lots of potential. So we went to see it, had an offer accepted and then estate agent sold ours quickly so it could all go through smoothly. That was 2 weeks before first lockdown and we moved July last year so perfectly timed around the restrictions/stamp duty etc 😁 Now we have a lovely project to do 😃

coogee · 28/06/2021 19:46

I got married and we didn’t need two houses.

BunnyRuddington · 28/06/2021 19:47

We wanted another child and a third bedroom but really, we could have made the old house work, it just never felt like home. The house before had such a welcoming atmosphere at that house always felt a bit odd.

Oh and next door used to cook something every Thursday that smelt like she was boiling rotting sheep heads all afternoon. Try though we did, we could not stop the smell permeating our house Envy not envy.

BarkingUpTheWrongRoseBush · 28/06/2021 19:53

Moved because it was a mid terrace with a tiny back garden I’d filled. Also the neighbours got a hot tub. A rowdy hot tub. Parking was also a pain. But mostly the rowdy neighbours

Other than them it was a lovely street and lovely house.

We moved to a semi that needs work, has a bigger garden but still small…frankly I’d move again but dh says he’s never moving again.

Andthenanothercupoftea · 28/06/2021 20:01

A few things

  • this house has been a bit of a money pit and we've got it to a reasonable place
  • I'm pregnant and the layout isn't really conducive to a baby and two cats
  • we can afford it
  • and more recently the house next door has been turned into flats. The soundproofing is relatively good, but it's enough to be a bit annoying
  • the location is ok, but not ideal for schools (thinking ahead)
Didicat · 28/06/2021 20:01

We moved to reduce DH’s commute so that he could cycle a couple of times a week. Where we lived before was 2.5 hours one way!

TableNiner · 28/06/2021 20:06

To get outside space and to be able to walk to work, not that we go that much these days!

BirdsandBeesmakinghay · 28/06/2021 20:06

Wanted to move since literally the day we moved in. It’s dark inside. One side of the house never gets any sun. The garden is too small. The neighbours are too close and the roads around us are very busy. There’s a huge building project going on up the road which will make it every more congested. I’ve been literally counting the days till we can sell.

TheGriffle · 28/06/2021 20:08

We sold because we had dickhead neighbours (not noisy but ones who had an issue with our children and used to bang on the wall every time they had a tantrum or woke in the night) we also wanted grass for the kids as we only had a block paved yard.

Detached all the way!

Sunnyday321 · 28/06/2021 20:09

Moved for a new job , 250 miles away from home town.