Are houses like spouses, do you just know when it's the right house?
I vividly remember when I knew my house was going to be my home. I took a walk in the yard and could see what I was going to do with it. I remember giggling and saying to myself "this is it!!!!!!"
Do you just know? or does it become harder with each home you own? M
Our current house was a planned starter home. It was plenty big for us 9 years ago, and we thought we'd only be in it 5 years.
Oh yeah, I knew.
We looked at a lot of houses (many from just driving by) and the first time I walked into my home, I was barely out of the foyer when I knew I was home.
That was 15 years ago. Still in the same house and still love it as much as the first time I walked in.
Don't settle, J.. Wait for the giggle! :)
We just moved. Our old house was pretty, but wasn't "my" house. It was never quite home, even though we were there for almost 14 years. When we walked into this house, I knew right away, it was my house.
Yep--you just know.
Logic kind of goes out the window, but in a good way. ;)
It takes a lot of looking for me.
I have to be able to picture where the Christmas tree will go.
Even after I move in it takes awhile for it to feel like home to me.
When I've used every bathroom at least once and have planted something in the garden, then it feels like mine.
If you picked the right house, you wouldn't be looking for a new one. In other words you didn't plan on the amount of space needed for your growing family. Now that you have an idea of how life will be with kids and homeschooling etc, you can find the *perfect* home.
And to use your "houses like spouses" phrase, do you realize the divorce rate?
If it meets certain criteria, after that it's the feeling. This last house I had a need to have the master bedroom on the first floor. After that was settled, yes, lots of light, separate space for teens, airy.
Yup! when we were house shopping we went to about 10 open houses in one day. Sure there were some we really didnt want: busy street, crappy layout, too much fix up work. But there were 3 that really met all of our criteria but I just didn't have the feeling that it was my house. that night I went home kind of bummed and was notified of another listing placed that morning in the area we were looking for. We went to see it the next day and from the second I walked in I knew it was our house. We put in the offer the next day. The day after they received a cash offer but since we were first they accepted ours! It would have been so easy for them to take the cash offer instead of ours but that just means it was meant to be to me!
The first time I bought a house, I was buying locally and had about a month to get something under contract to get the new home tax credit. I looked at probably 50 houses and I never fell in love with any of them. I lived in that house for 3 years and just moved last summer to another state. I was on a very short timeframe for work and only had a week to look and ended up getting a house under contract the second day. I didn't fall in love with any of those either, but I do like the house I got. Mainly because it was newly renovated, so I know I won't have to do much in the next few years.
When it comes to big decisions like buying a house, I take all emotion out of it. A home is where my family is and can be made anywhere, whether that's the house I'm in now, the apartment I had right out of college, or the house I lived in when I was 3. That's the good thing about moving so much throughout my childhood. I never got attached to a house or a location. I've lived in 10 cities in 6 different states when you ask me about my time living there, I don't think about the houses we lived in.
I am renting with an option to buy (we will be buying this house). I have been wanting this house since last Summer. I LOVE this house. It's just so perfect in every way. I knew this was my house even before I saw the inside of it lol! I just knew. I know this will be the house I live in forever. I just could not be happier :)
The townhome that I bought solo was 'mine' when I saw that it was a corner lot, had an attached garage and a yard for me to spend countless hours.
Yep, I think you know. We've been in about 35 houses in our most recent search. There was 1 we came very close to buying, but it still didn't feel right, so I put the kibosh on it.
The house we ended up buying was one I didn't even want to bother looking at. Our Realtor showed us the MLS listing and I put it in the No pile. He convinced me to take a look since we were in the area already.
The minute I walked in the door and took a look around the gross smelling, damaged carpet, dark hole of a house, I knew it was The One. lol
All the problems were cosmetic and easily fixed. Buyers get too focused on the superficial and no one wanted this house, even though it was a high quality structure in a fantastic location. We got a heck of a deal because the seller was getting desperate.
If you are in a house that you love you are very lucky. I have always lived in areas with high cost of living and I have never felt as if I have the pick of the litter. It's much more practical - what can we afford and which house has the fewest problems. We're on house number 3 and I never felt an instant love for a home. But I have grown to appreciate the house later. Also, if you are purchasing it with a spouse they have to like it too. I might have had that feeling with a certain house and my spouse didn't share the love. Compromise.
