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Buying a house across the road

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BootsScootsAndToots · 10/12/2021 21:41

Dh wants to buy a house that's for sale that is across the road.

I know we need to move for more space, but when I think of moving, I imagine a total change! How weird will it be coming down the road and instead of turning right into our driveway, we'd turn left into the new house

I like the road, the house looks good (going for a second viewing today) so why do I feel disappointed?

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Isseywith3witchycats · 11/12/2021 12:11

we moved one street from the house we were renting because having lived here for four years we know the area is a nice one and the price was right as it needed some work on it we did go from three bed to two but as there is only two of us it was a compromise we were happy with as couldnt afford to buy in the street we originally lived in

Clambering · 11/12/2021 12:21

We moved from a flat in our street 10 doors up to a house, for some more space. We loved the location and didn't want to be anywhere else so it suited us very well. We don't often go past the old place, though - certainly don't look at it every day.

Galliano · 11/12/2021 12:29

How confident are you your house won’t cause someone hassle. We sold a 1970s house that we hated in strong winds because it was noisy and just didn’t feel solid. It was a generous house on a big plot and everything we could do was done so new boiler, bathrooms, decor etc but we couldn’t change the basic construction. I wouldn’t have liked to stay around to face the buyers after a storm even though we did mentioned it was exposed and noisy for the good of our consciences. (We live in an area famous for being quite bleak so it probably didn’t seem an odd thing to say!)

time2tork · 11/12/2021 12:42

We did this at the beginning of the year, we needed a bigger house.

We spent a lot of money refurbing, we sold and the buyers requested we "finished this" and "finished that" so that they could move in hassle free.

6 months later, they ripped everything out! They decided to knock a wall down and everything we did like new light fittings, flooring, tiles everything ripped out.

Found it hilarious. We did a lot of the refurb ourselves 😂

OwlBasket · 11/12/2021 13:14

We moved two doors down, to an identical house in the same terrace. Been here 4 years now and so glad we did it!

House one was rented and run down, we bought house 2 which was really nicely renovated with a lovely mature garden. An ideal solution for us TBH. The landlord of house 1 was keen to sell to us but it’d have been much more expensive (and inconvenient) to renovate than to move.

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BootsScootsAndToots · 11/12/2021 23:00

So we went for a second viewing. DH still very keen, I'm keener now also having had a good look around.

But there is a lot of interest and an offer has already been submitted, although they're not proceedable at the moment.

I don't think we're going to get it.

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languagelover96 · 12/12/2021 03:40

Do not do it. It is actually easier in a way to move away completely.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 12/12/2021 03:51

If you love the street & area then just go for it.
Have done the same myself with moving from one end of the street to a bigger house at the other end of the street.
Our cat at the time did the same as Laughsandgiggles cats did - just sauntered into the front garden of the new house as we were moving everything in.

sunshinesupermum · 12/12/2021 16:24

Are you proceedable, OP?

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BootsScootsAndToots · 13/12/2021 02:41

@sunshinesupermum yes we are proceedable but I think it will go way over asking price. The prior offer was before the house went on the market.

The house is in a great location, big and recently refurbished.

Just what everyone's after!

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sunshinesupermum · 13/12/2021 08:42

Best of luck 🤞

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BootsScootsAndToots · 15/12/2021 11:24

Our offer was rejected. Just trying to decide if we should offer more or not.

One minute I think I'd be happy enough living there, next minute I'm secretly relieved 🤐

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emmathedilemma · 15/12/2021 11:31

If you like the area and the neighbours and you're moving for more space / better house then I'd totally do it! Better than a leap into the unknown IMO. One of my friends has just moved along the street, they hired a removal van but some things the guys said it was easier to just carry down the road.

Roselilly36 · 15/12/2021 11:33

@Kendodd

Might be difficult if you've got a cat.

😂 yes! Indeed.

Wouldn’t be for me, we moved 300miles the last time we moved, we wanted a complete change, and very glad we did too. Where we lived before, it would not have been unusual for people to move across the road though, the look on their faces when we said where we intended to move to was priceless!

popapoppadum · 16/12/2021 22:24

My parents moved 4 doors down when I came along to get more bedrooms. Worked wonderfully for them and they've lived there happily for many years now!

I suppose it depends how much you like your neighbours

MrsBobDylan · 16/12/2021 22:59

A relative of mine moved to a house across the road for more space. A couple of years down the line, new neighbour's daughter moved back home and clearly had serious mental health issues.

Anyway, it prompted them to emigrate many 1000's miles away.

Sadly, who you live next to is mostly pot luck.

Catname · 17/12/2021 19:14

My partner sold his house to his next door neighbours. They had outgrown their house and loved the area. We were happy to make the sale without having to get it ready for viewing. No idea how they feel about living next door to their old house. No idea how they feel about living next to the strange (but harmless) man on the other side either 😊

LuluBlakey1 · 17/12/2021 19:27

I loved our last house. We moved about 500m away to a much bigger house - which I also love. SIL and BIL bought our old house and I was delighted because I knew they would look after it and I'd still see it.

Now they are moving up to Edinburgh because BIL has a new job up there- starting in April. They are talking about either renting the house out or putting it on the market after Christmas. I said to DH if they sell it, we should buy it back- not to live in- but he thinks I am mad. He wants to convert our basement/cellar (big kitchen/family room with french doors onto a patio and the garden and a bedroom and ensuite) and the garage into a proper office room and the old garage at the bottom of the garden into a better garage with an electric door and a door at the other end that opens into the garden.
I know it's not clear thinking to buy the house back but I am really attached to it. It was our first house together and we loved living there. I'd move back like a shot when the DC have left home.

blueberryporridge · 18/12/2021 01:18

We have done this twice - ie we have bought and lived in three different houses within about 500 yards of each other. Second one was only 50 yards from first one. This current one is a bit further away. We did it both times because we like the area but needed more space. Only difference from you is that we couldn't see the previous house from the one we moved in to next; not sure if I would like that!

urbanbuddha · 18/12/2021 04:03

"Our house" will quickly become "our old house" if you move.

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