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Should I sell this or take it on? Inherited house. link included.

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usernamenotaccepted · 18/02/2023 20:14

I have inherited it, probate is granted so I put it on the market; it has lots of interest and went under offer straight away but the buyers lost their buyer and after giving them 3 weeks and they still hadn't got another buyer for theirs, it's gone back on the market. 10 viewings have been booked in since it went back on the market on Thursday late afternoon.
I have my own home which is ok, and I've done quite alot to make it mine but there is a bit of me that knows it really needs a small extension so that I can make it more right than it is now.
So the other option would be to just sell my house and move into the house my DF has left me. But it needs alot of updating and would be more expensive to run than my current house. Also - I'm 63 and pretty much every house I've lived in has needed quite alot of work so I'm also a bit unsure as to whether I want that again. However, here is the link: House
I think it needs about £100,000 when you factor in how much things cost nowadays and that wouldn't include things like the drive, repairs to the garage, replacing the roof over the dormer extension windows etc.

Any thoughts would be very welcome. TY

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UsingChangeofName · 19/02/2023 14:48

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 19/02/2023 10:33

Sell it OP - in the kindest way, what you think the house needs is most likely not what the person who buys it wants.

Let it go... and enjoy the money you get for the house. You father's last gift to you.

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TheHillsAreAliveWithTheSoundOfEtc · 19/02/2023 17:51

@usernamenotaccepted my apologies, I should have said that I'm sorry for your loss.

For me, I found it difficult to make clear-headed decisions when I was bereaved, so I understand your thinking. Also, as your Dad lived there, would you feel guilty about making changes? As though you would be doing things to 'his' house that he wouldn't have chosen?

IMO you have answered your own question, you say that you have previously lived in Whitstable and you don't want to live there again.

I'm younger than you, but not so much. If you were in your 20s or 30s with a young family, my answer might be different, or maybe not!
You sound happy where you are.
Living somewhere you are happy is everything.

It is not compulsory to live in a bungalow as we age!

good96 · 05/03/2023 21:03

Well done on selling it!

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