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Regret exchanging my flat

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Dantepeak · 26/02/2022 00:46

Hi I’m new here so please be kind. ☺️ Ive just completed a social housing homeswap and know Ive made the wrong decision. When I went to visit I didn’t like the area but thought the property although small was nice and My two youngest seemed to like it. I put in the papers and the process took 5mths with me wanting it one min and could careless the other. At one point myself and the exchange partner, had a misunderstanding and I thought it wasn’t going to go through and I felt nothing, until the next morning and but now I’m sure it was I felt bad for the misunderstanding and not the lost of home. The day before the signing I decided I didn’t want to do it, but was talked out of declining. So I went to to sign the paper. got to the house (all paper work was done at the house due to covid) I hated it!! But felt forced to complete the signing as the housing manager was there waiting on me. I know Ive made a huge mistake and then all my children have now said they don’t want to move 😳 I sent an email asking to withdraw my application as the tenancy hasn’t started yet, but got know response. So now I’m stuck here and don’t know what to do if I can’t find someone to swap with me again. 😢😢

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AwkwardPaws27 · 26/02/2022 01:01

What was the reason for swapping? Sometimes it helps to focus on the reasons for moving i.e. if you need an extra bedroom or step-free access, then in the long run it will be better for your quality of life.

Plenty of people get "buyers remorse" (whether buying renting or swapping!) and hate their new home for a bit until they've cleaned it to their standards, unpacked, made it home. Change can be scary!

Saying that, location is so important. You can redecorate, even put up a stud wall to divide a bedroom into two, but you can't pick up a home and move it!

Twiglets1 · 26/02/2022 05:33

I think you need to follow up the email with is phone call to get an answer. You need to know if you can withdraw at this stage or not

70kid · 26/02/2022 06:03

Did you actually sign for the tenancy so that It will start in a few weeks and you agreed a moving in date
I think if you have signed the tenancy then you won’t be able to back out

illyawasthebest · 26/02/2022 06:43

Why did you want to move, what's changed?

Why did you hate the house?

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