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Would you buy a bungalow that you didn't like?

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PerserverencePays Fri 08-Apr-22 14:04:53

Even if it ticked all the boxes, but made your heart sink. I've accepted an offer on my house and been looking at properties for several months, but very little available on my low budget. Everything in my budget, two at the moment, are dark, crammed in with the neighbours, very small gardens. I'd prefer if it's a doer-upper but feel like I'm looking at one hideous dark box after another. Would I learn to like it once I was in, has anyone else done it, bought a house they didn't like?

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Whiff Sun 10-Apr-22 17:13:17

PP I live in the north west there are lovely bungalows up here. And the health care is brilliant and transport links. Free bus / local train pass for men and women from 60. Prices are higher than when I brought but still lot cheaper than where I came from. My bills are cheaper and people up here are wonderful.

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marymary62 Mon 11-Apr-22 19:19:01

Don’t feel
Pressure to buy something you don’t like - if your house sold quickly it will
sell again. I wouldn’t risk the rental phase in this market . You may lose money esp if your current house is an easy sell. We bought something we are not sure of ... but there were a lot of mitigating factors and we really needed to move .... time will tell! Try and re visit all the reasons for the move and balance that with how urgent it is ... focus on the priorities - maybe a nicer home where you need to get a bus or a taxi one way back from
town and walk in? I think others have said there may be a time when you just can’t manage the walk - so maybe prioritising the home is key ?

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