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How to get over the dream house?

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Unicornbaker · 18/04/2023 08:16

Looking for any advice really. As the title suggests, we missed out on our dream home last week.
We do not need to move right now but have been looking since last May…this place ticked all the boxes and more. I can’t stop thinking about it 😢

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BarrelOfOtters · 18/04/2023 08:19

So did we, not long after a better house in a better area turned up. The other one was lovely but this suits us better. It helped that I’d been so upset by missing out on the other one the estate rang us after he’d valued something similar that he thought we’d like.

another one we loved had roofers all over it for many expensive months after it sold…

user1471505356 · 18/04/2023 08:23

Honestly there will always be an even better house, speaking from experience.

SorePaw · 18/04/2023 08:24

There's NOT one 'dream house'. There are lots of houses that will tick the boxes for a dreamy house! You just need to wait until someone else want to move to another house. It sounds simple, but really think about it.

you missed out on A house that would have been nice, but it's not THE house.

why did you miss out? Was it a processing issue or were the other people able & willing to pay a lot more? Are you in a position to progress or do you still need to sell yours? Could you have offered any other benefits, such as flexibility?

think about what you could have done differently, what you could do better next time then let it go.

reframe it in your mind & keep looking. Another (possibly better) house is out there for you, then you'll wonder why you were so upset by this one!

(im looking too, have been for a couple of years, but it's a big jump from what I have to what I want, there's F all coming in the market where I am & I need to stay local for work). I'm fed up of it, but that's life.

BarrelOfOtters · 18/04/2023 09:02

It's a bit like thinking there's 'the one' for a relationship....in my experience there's the right one right now, but if it wasn't that one, it would be someone else....(ref Tim Minchin).

If I Didn't Have You by Tim Minchin

'If I Didn't Have You' as performed at Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball at the Royal Albert Hall in October '08.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAzodf69rfk

Evelynbrown · 20/04/2023 11:30

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