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How many of you live in your dream house?

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Fizzylemonade · 12/11/2008 20:09

We bought our current house knowing it was a stepping stone house and are currently stuck with it until at least next year.

Tell me how great it is to move into your dream house, did you have to take your time to do it up if it cost you an arm and a leg???

Gush away

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MumToJaydenAndArmani · 12/11/2008 22:23

I used to live in my dream house. Grade II Listed, Georgian, mellow stone, walled kitchen garden, orchard, barn converted into ancillary guest accomodation, overlooking village green, stone mullioned windows and arched sash windows, clay tiled roof and now I live in a large detached suburban house with uPVC windows and a 120ft x 120ft garden and do you know what. This house is far more ideal than my ideal house. It's very liberating to discover that.

Waltzywotzy · 12/11/2008 22:28

My home that I had my babies in (when they were born) I LOVED that house. I didn't want to move, but we did.

Not sure if it would be my dream house now. It would be if I could stop time and step back into it.

I think it is more about feeling comfortable and at home than size, cost, larger, bigger, better etc.

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Fizzylemonade · 13/11/2008 07:45

Ah, so we accept that unless we build our own house there is always compromise.

It seems that when people have moved into their dream home that something or someone can upset that and living in your dream home is not only a bricks and mortar thing but also a state of mind.

I think I keep thinking about the move because I have unpleasant neighbours plus we sort of downsized in the relocation so we are bursting at the seams as we had another baby.

I have been watching the property market for a few years as we moved area we had no idea if the property we bought was over-priced.

I have seen a beautiful house and yet it has many things that I always said I wouldn't like they were never deal breakers but it is still strange to change your mind about things.

We have made this house our home but I still never feel 100% comfortable here.

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sweetgrapes · 13/11/2008 07:56

Mum to J and A: That's my perfect holiday cottage. I love staying in those places for a week but I know I'll be really bad at living in them forever.

ajandjjmum · 13/11/2008 08:29

When we used to drive past our house 15/20 years ago, dh always said how much he would like to live there.

When we sold our last house, we were looking for our 'perfect home' for over a year. Eventually we found around 6 houses that we would love, but they weren't up for sale. We put a very polite (albeit cheeky ) note through the door of each, asking that if the owners thought about selling, would they mind contacting us. We got a call from an agent the next day - they had just taken our house on to their books.

So we always think it was meant to be, although dh has probably a stronger attachment that me - he feels a real responsibility for the house.

onceinalifetime · 13/11/2008 13:54

I own my dream house but don't live in it

We temporarily live in an overpriced nightmare just so we can be near the dream school

We move back in 2010 and I CANNOT wait

hollywand · 13/11/2008 14:01

We moved to a 1930 semi in a fab area, back onto a park, good schools from my 'dream home' 4 bed detatched etc. etc. in a horrid area. Our new house is underpinned due to previous subsidence, bit grotty decor in and out, no bath only a shower....but I LOVE IT it is my home and I am very strange and stroke the walls sometimes and realise how lucky we are. So it may be not my dream home on paper but it feels like my dream home :0)

ohIdoliketobebesidethe · 13/11/2008 14:10

We live in our dream flat. We love the area of London where we live and our block has a real sense of community. It would be nice to not have noise of neighbours and more space - but if we became suddenly rich - I'm not sure we'd move. Community means a lot to us esp with kids.

dannyb · 14/11/2008 22:56

I live in my dream house. It's in a lovely area, it's a 2 minute walk to school and the location has a real community feel. We are just reaching the end of a huge renovation on it and it's everything that we wanted. The garden is a little small and currently needs complete overhaul but even though the house hadn't been touched for 40 years and I have spent the best part of 2 years with builders in it my love of the house grows every day. We have a huge mortgage but I have never felt more settled that I do now.

Our previous house would have been many people's dream home but we regretted buying it from the moment we moved in but stayed for nearly 5 years before I got to the point where I couldn't bear it a moment longer.

twinsetandpearls · 14/11/2008 22:58

Am renting at the moment and my house is almost my dream house, some pictures on my profile. View to die for, spacious but would like a nicer exterior.

elastamum · 14/11/2008 23:06

I live in my dream house which we bought earlier this year. I worked so hard to get it just right for our family. Then my H left us about a month after we had moved in having just renovated it. I hated the place for a while and am just starting to love it again but it is huge!! Far too big for just the 3 of us and it eats money because it is so old. Not sure if we should stay or move elsewhere as sort of represents a broken dream

MrsBadger · 14/11/2008 23:15

admittedly it is not the forever house but it is perfect for probably 10-12yrs

and I suspect I will not want to move when the time comes - I'll force dh to move the business otu instead

MeMySonAndI · 14/11/2008 23:22

I live in my former dream house. It is too big for me and DS now.

although it is not huge... I'm yearning for something smaller (or perhaps a more compact version of what I have)

LovelyDear · 14/11/2008 23:23

we have lived in our dream house since may. i still stand at the end of the garden and look back at the house and cannot BELIEVE it's really ours. it needs a total overhaul. We are doing everything we can by ourselves, very steadily but slowly. We will not have finished fixing it up for a couple of years. we have no money for big jobs, bathroom/kitchen refits, etc, but i try not to let this stop me from inviting people over/to stay. I'm extremely content and think we'll live hear forever, or at least until we retire and have to sell it to live off the proceeds.

KatieDD · 15/11/2008 00:27

Ours is one house away from the dream home.
We rented 4 houses in 4 years, all of which I previously would have described as my dream home but it was in fact a very useful exercise because I now realise DH and I hate gardening, are crap at DIY, would rather have 4 holidays a year than pay a band G council tax bill and heat a 5 bed detached in the posh bit of the area.
I do intend to buy a 5 bed semi, by the beach, with a small garden and have an amazing kitchen/dining room. As soon as prices drop another 30% I shall be on the move !

feedthegoat · 15/11/2008 00:53

Ours is anything but dream house. Nothing wrong with it really but bought it for area (near family and good schools) rather than house. Intended when moved to buy house to spend next 15 years in to so ds in schools wanted (plus handy for my mum babysitting) but budget limited as he is only 3 and i don't want to work full time. Wouldn't have been so bad but so much has happened it has just coloured my view of the place to the point where i dislike it quite alot. Got quite depressed about it earlier this year but decided as we're likely to be skint for a while now I have to get on with it!

Tortington · 15/11/2008 00:58

in my dream house. its not big or fancy but i feckin love it in a big way. i bum my house. i bum it with someone elses dick i bum itso much.

twinsetandpearls · 15/11/2008 10:32

I have a very disturbing vision of custardo on my roof interfering with my chimney.

findtheriver · 15/11/2008 11:02

I think what this thread shows is that if you chase your 'dream home' you'll never find it. Because real life gets in the way. But at various points in your life, you may find that where you are living just feels totally right. And that could be the rather grotty flat you move into as newly weds, or the 'stepping stone' home where you started your family... I don't think it's about bricks and mortar, is't something deeper than that.

twinsetandpearls · 15/11/2008 11:50

very true findtheriver.

I never thought this would be our dream home, we dont own it for a start but it feels just right. It is quite nice inside, mumsnetters have said so , it must be true. But is an eyesore from the outside.

SesHashadafab12weekscan · 15/11/2008 12:00

Moved in 6 weeks ago. When we first looked round a year ago my exact words were "this is my dream house". It took 3 attempts to get a complete chain but we got there and everyday I look at it and can't believe how lucky I am.

Like TheFallenMadonna though it is a realistic dream house. 3 bedrooms, character and lovely garden. Built in 1920s and lovely name - Gable Cottage.

We do want to add a veg patch and maybe do a kitchen / 4th bedroom extension at some point but I am v happy as it is and won't contemplate moving til any DC are grown up. (Pg with Dc1 now!)

Judy1234 · 15/11/2008 12:06

Ours is quite nice but we were looking for an old house not a new one so that was a compromise and it's probably not where I would have chosen to live but the children's father preferred it. However in lots of ways it is a dream house.

trixymalixy · 15/11/2008 12:51

Ours is a realistic dream house. It looks lovely from the outside, it is an old stone farmhouse.

Inside it needs a lot of work and all original features have been removed so it is a bit of a project.

It's not in the best area, it isn't detached and has a steep garden. If all those problems were sorted out then it would be my dream house.

needmorecoffee · 15/11/2008 13:30

we live in a shithole. My dream house would be nothing like this!!
I want 4 beds, close to shops, no damp, downstairs bed and bathroom for dd, large hall so everytime we take the wheelchair in and out we don't have to move the bikes and a garden that isn't an overgrown mess.

RainbowChaser · 15/11/2008 13:52

I like my house but hate the area where we live. If only I could move the house.

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