Cold Feet or just sentimental?

[upbeatmary]

We put our flat on the market not really expecting it to sell -- but it has, and over offer, with a bit of a bidding war! Very surprising in this climate, but maybe we have just priced it right.

But now I'm having huge second thoughts. This is a flat we have lived in for ten years, had our children here, so many memories, etc. I have painstakingly fixed it up (it was a fixer-upper) and it is now very us. Now I'm wondering why we're moving! In theory, we are looking to get more space (a house) as our incomes have grown and we have saved a lot towards our next purchase. Our kids are no longer little and more space as they become teenagers would be great. But still ... I just can't imagine leaving this flat behind.

Did anyone else have these feelings selling? How do you get over the sentiment?

Yes I still miss my old flat. But logically we couldn’t have a family in it (it was tiny). Logic wins here for me but it’s ok to have fond memories!

We had a beautiful Art Deco house- DH had lovingly restored. Kids grew up there etc etc
Sold quickly
We moved - to a house that needs work and in a different area
Sometimes I wonder what we did - but, don’t laugh, I thanked the old house for the happy memories and the life we had and looked forward to the next house and the new memories - it’s a point in time OP
Life is too short to not enjoy a new chapter

Change is not easy but life goes forward

Oh thank you both! I think it's what I need to hear -- that I can sell the flat and keep the memories. Just finding this prospect so much harder than I thought.

I took loads of pictures - which I have not looked at at the moment
The grown up kids were stunned when we moved - but then liked the new house and the new area as in it gives them a place to come on holiday
I can’t say we haven’t had our moments - so much work needs to be done and it’s smaller than we had but then I think about what we gained - can be on a beach for a walk in 20 mins instead of a 3 hour journey

Life is a story with many chapters and this is our new one - and I will never forget our beautiful family home ( it’s now with people who promised to live it as much as we did and bring up their family there)

Change is hard and takes time

I felt sentimental as we had lived in our house almost 20 years. Bought it pre kids and we moved with them ages 15 and 18 so they’d never known any other home. I was worried I would miss our old house/area/the garden but honestly we were so ready to move and I have no regrets.

I made sure I went around the house room to room once it was empty to say goodbye and to remove the memories.

I think it’s normal to feel like this

Yep moving in 2 weeks after living here 26 years! I feel quite sick but I know that’s normal after so long.

Yes. Moving in 2 weeks and lived in current house 18 years. Had 2 kids here.
Just hoping we've made right decision

30+ years in our old house. Not easy to move 100 miles from friends and my hobbies, (music and riding) 3 years on none of which I have yet been able to resume here to my great sorrow. But if the reason for moving is a good one as it was for us - more space, and closer to vulnerable relatives, thank goodness we did it before lockdown started- well, I just accepted it and focused on the good things (nicer countryside, bigger garden, space for all our stuff, etc.). I regret the specific things I've lost, of course, but all told I don't regret moving as such, you can't have your cake and eat it in this world....