Which element would you sacrifice?
Poll: Which element would you sacrifice?
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I'm going against the grain & im going with budget.
It may not be popular & a little irresponsible but it's what I did to buy our dream house last year. Can we afford it? Just.
But then I thought to the amazing home it'll be to my family and for me it's a sacrifice worth making. Fancy holidays and cars we can do without for a few years and if in 5 years time we're struggling we'll just sell up.
Sometimes you just have to push yourself
It may not be popular & a little irresponsible but it's what I did to buy our dream house last year. Can we afford it? Just.
But then I thought to the amazing home it'll be to my family and for me it's a sacrifice worth making. Fancy holidays and cars we can do without for a few years and if in 5 years time we're struggling we'll just sell up.
Sometimes you just have to push yourself
It appears somebody on high might be reading this thread and is going to test us... 
Just appeared for sale in the village we currently live in, is a 4 bed detached, with double garage, backing on to fields, for £285k. The village we are in is lovely and apart from the 40 mile commute for my wife, have no issue with staying.
So... We are going to do a 'Kirsty & Phil'.
We are going to look at the above which the location is slightly compromised, as in there is nothing wrong with the village, its just not in the original search area.
We have also found a really nice stone place, for £315k, which only has a single garage, but has a massive drive, big enough for 4 cars and be able to get them all on and off without playing musical cars.
Now we need to find something to look at to test the budget.
And we'll see which comes out on top.
Just appeared for sale in the village we currently live in, is a 4 bed detached, with double garage, backing on to fields, for £285k. The village we are in is lovely and apart from the 40 mile commute for my wife, have no issue with staying.
So... We are going to do a 'Kirsty & Phil'.
We are going to look at the above which the location is slightly compromised, as in there is nothing wrong with the village, its just not in the original search area.
We have also found a really nice stone place, for £315k, which only has a single garage, but has a massive drive, big enough for 4 cars and be able to get them all on and off without playing musical cars.
Now we need to find something to look at to test the budget.
And we'll see which comes out on top.
Location and PARKING
I bought my first house 3 years ago, it's lovely on the inside, big, spacious, like a tardis!
It has no garage, I dislike that, but I can live with it.
However it's in an area I'm not really happy with and I can't bloody park as it's so busy!!!
That's seriously depressing, especially when you get home tired with a 1 year old and car full of shopping, drive around for 45 minutes trying to find a space then have to walk half a mile home carrying said baby and shopping.
So I would choose location over everything else. We're actually looking to move as well and am going through the same thing.
My requirements are nicer area + off street parking. Garage is a serious want, I'm aiming for one, but it'll be the first thing I sacrifice if I can't get the Location + Parking in the right budget.
I know personally I'm young enough to step up again so this isn't my forever home, just another step up the ladder. So take that into consideration with your needs as well.
I bought my first house 3 years ago, it's lovely on the inside, big, spacious, like a tardis!
It has no garage, I dislike that, but I can live with it.
However it's in an area I'm not really happy with and I can't bloody park as it's so busy!!!
That's seriously depressing, especially when you get home tired with a 1 year old and car full of shopping, drive around for 45 minutes trying to find a space then have to walk half a mile home carrying said baby and shopping.
So I would choose location over everything else. We're actually looking to move as well and am going through the same thing.
My requirements are nicer area + off street parking. Garage is a serious want, I'm aiming for one, but it'll be the first thing I sacrifice if I can't get the Location + Parking in the right budget.
I know personally I'm young enough to step up again so this isn't my forever home, just another step up the ladder. So take that into consideration with your needs as well.
MrSparks said:
Location and PARKING
I bought my first house 3 years ago, it's lovely on the inside, big, spacious, like a tardis!
It has no garage, I dislike that, but I can live with it.
However it's in an area I'm not really happy with and I can't bloody park as it's so busy!!!
That's seriously depressing, especially when you get home tired with a 1 year old and car full of shopping, drive around for 45 minutes trying to find a space then have to walk half a mile home carrying said baby and shopping.
So I would choose location over everything else. We're actually looking to move as well and am going through the same thing.
My requirements are nicer area + off street parking. Garage is a serious want, I'm aiming for one, but it'll be the first thing I sacrifice if I can't get the Location + Parking in the right budget.
I know personally I'm young enough to step up again so this isn't my forever home, just another step up the ladder. So take that into consideration with your needs as well.
This is key. A garage is one thing but I would NEVER even think about a house without off street parking. Having to find a space when coming home is infuriating!I bought my first house 3 years ago, it's lovely on the inside, big, spacious, like a tardis!
It has no garage, I dislike that, but I can live with it.
However it's in an area I'm not really happy with and I can't bloody park as it's so busy!!!
That's seriously depressing, especially when you get home tired with a 1 year old and car full of shopping, drive around for 45 minutes trying to find a space then have to walk half a mile home carrying said baby and shopping.
So I would choose location over everything else. We're actually looking to move as well and am going through the same thing.
My requirements are nicer area + off street parking. Garage is a serious want, I'm aiming for one, but it'll be the first thing I sacrifice if I can't get the Location + Parking in the right budget.
I know personally I'm young enough to step up again so this isn't my forever home, just another step up the ladder. So take that into consideration with your needs as well.
Megaflow said:
It will never get two cars stored in it. It will get one stored in it during the worst of winter at most.
Mostly it will be used for motorbike projects, car servicing and maintenance.
ETA: I was edging towards the double garage already, but it is interesting that a car based forum is leaning towards knocking the garage on the head.
You don't really need a garage for motorbike stuff. A previous owner of my house build a huge shed (about 20ft x 8 ft) and I used to keep my motorcycles in there.Mostly it will be used for motorbike projects, car servicing and maintenance.
ETA: I was edging towards the double garage already, but it is interesting that a car based forum is leaning towards knocking the garage on the head.
Edited by Megaflow on Monday 8th February 20:00
I agree with the previous posts - off street parking is an absolute must, but garage is a nice-if. I only have a single garage - and as a pre-fab it's VERY tight for the car I store in it. But at least I still have enough off road parking for the others (although I tend to keep one of them on the road if there is space).
LaurasOtherHalf said:
I'm going against the grain & im going with budget.
It may not be popular & a little irresponsible but it's what I did to buy our dream house last year. Can we afford it? Just.
But then I thought to the amazing home it'll be to my family and for me it's a sacrifice worth making. Fancy holidays and cars we can do without for a few years and if in 5 years time we're struggling we'll just sell up.
Sometimes you just have to push yourself
I'm afraid I'm on this side of the fence too. When we moved a year ago, a double garage was one of the minimum requirements. I knew it was unlikely I would ever have the spare £30k+ to build one and years of having one car in a rented garage 20 minutes away was becoming exceptionally tedious. I've had to sacrifice on some other things, like having a weekend toy alongside the project and the daily and we really would like a new kitchen, but the kitchen is a lot easier and cheaper than a garage. It may not be popular & a little irresponsible but it's what I did to buy our dream house last year. Can we afford it? Just.
But then I thought to the amazing home it'll be to my family and for me it's a sacrifice worth making. Fancy holidays and cars we can do without for a few years and if in 5 years time we're struggling we'll just sell up.
Sometimes you just have to push yourself
"other"
I'd go with "condition", perhaps the decoration is s
te, needs new bathrooms, windows, whatever... you can do that over time.. if you're planning on being there a while anyway. So long as it's reasonably liveable.
Made minor location (bit closer to main road) compromise with my current place but saved 100k, by not having it set-back from the road, and another 40-50k with it needing lots of jobs doing (windows/doors/pointing/flat roofs/carpets)...
Not the "forever home", so the road we can live with as it's a great place to commute from. Something more rural for the next and final house.
ETA, I'm super conservative financially so you'd never catch me pushing myself like that with a mortgage I felt I could only just afford... however I do have friends who have done very well out of pushing it as far as they can afford, and subsequent capital gains on the property have been substantially larger too.
I'd go with "condition", perhaps the decoration is s
te, needs new bathrooms, windows, whatever... you can do that over time.. if you're planning on being there a while anyway. So long as it's reasonably liveable.Made minor location (bit closer to main road) compromise with my current place but saved 100k, by not having it set-back from the road, and another 40-50k with it needing lots of jobs doing (windows/doors/pointing/flat roofs/carpets)...
Not the "forever home", so the road we can live with as it's a great place to commute from. Something more rural for the next and final house.
ETA, I'm super conservative financially so you'd never catch me pushing myself like that with a mortgage I felt I could only just afford... however I do have friends who have done very well out of pushing it as far as they can afford, and subsequent capital gains on the property have been substantially larger too.
Edited by ILoveMondeo on Tuesday 9th February 20:19
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