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This is NOT the house I wanted to bring a baby to (rant)
Anyone else stuck in their starter house indefinitely?
We bought our 3 bedroom 1400 sq ft house in 2005 thinking that we would add some upgrades and resell it in 3-4 years. I thought that once we had kids, we would be in a bigger, more kid friendly home. But the value has dropped $100,000 and there is NO way we could sell it now. I just wish we had waited. All the houses we wistfully looked at before that were too expensive are now dirt cheap! boo
rant over
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Re: This is NOT the house I wanted to bring a baby to (rant)
Hmm, well we are renting a sweet little 2bedroom and I think it's perfect. ^_^ When we first moved in I envisioned us welcoming a little one here, and I hope that comes to pass. Wish it had a garage or attic for storage but we've managed to downsize nicely.
I wish we could afford to buy it, because I love it so much! But it's on acreage, and in this area, acreage = $$$$$$ so it's way out of the realm of possibility for us. Even if we could afford it, we want to move up out of state to be close to the in-laws in the next year or two, so it wouldn't make much sense to buy property down here right now.
It would be nice to own before welcoming a little one, but in the end I don't really mind, and in the long run it's not very important. Home is where the heart is, after all.
We just moved in to our first and "forever" home at the beginning of October. It's smaller than we had originally planned at 1,333 sq ft but DH is super handy at everything so the 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms we have to work with will suit us great when we have 2+ little ones residing here. 10 more years and we'll add a second story to make more room.
All of the negative "it's too small for a family" comments come from family and friends but we love it.
That is EXACTLY how I feel! I moved in with my husband into his "bachelor pad" townhouse and I've always hated living here. It doesn't feel like home to me, and I can't even imagine trying to raise a baby here. We live on a very busy street and have noisy neighbors. We tried to sell - the house was on the market for about 6 months and we never got an offer. We may be stuck here.
Not to be rude but I think you should be glad you have a home to bring a baby home to. Be thankful for what you have.
"Even miracles take a little time"
I am thankful for what I have, but it is kinda hard when I see friends buying houses for half of what I bought mine for. I was willing to deal with the long commute when I thought it was temporary, but being in the car up to 3 hours a day is not ideal.
Most of the time, I am glad, but it got to me last night.
We sold ours and got really lucky we had a buyer so fast.
We were also tired of our starter/ fixer upper home and knew it wasn't suitable for raising kids in. I mean, we had hopes we could but the more we lived in it and fixed it up, the more we realized we wanted something bigger and better.
Now we're waiting for another good opportunity to buy a house but for now we're OK with just renting.
This exactly! This isn't the house I wanted to raise children in. Honestly when we bought it, we really didn't even have children in mind (heck, we weren't even married or engaged yet!). However, it is now worth way less than what we paid and will be living here for the next 30 years I guess
. The good news is that they are building a Mormon temple right down the street, so I am HOPING that it makes our house value shoot up!
DH and I were INCREDIBLY blessed to have bought this year instead of last (when we originally wanted to) because the market dropped even more. We were able to buy our home for way less than it was worth last year. And it also happens to be an amazing size to start a family. We have 4 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms, 1995 square feet with a neat sized backyard. We love it, it's just enough room without toooo much maintenance.
We have two bedrooms we'd use for kids, and one for a guest room, so we really could stay here until our children are older or grown, even.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. -Ephesians 4:29
I can't help but lol that a 3 bedroom house isn't big enough for a kid.
We are stuck in 2 beds, with a second kid on the way. Sure, we'd love a bigger house but we'll make do.
That's what previous generations did.
Took the words (minus the having kids part) right out of my mouth.
This post gets a solid side eye from me.
"It's a child, not a cheeto" Thanks mmariluh!
"Ew. I've read all of two posts from you, and you stink like rotting garbage."
We rent a two bedroom apartment right now. When our lease is up, we will look for a small house or condo to rent (NEEDS to have a washer/dryer)
We would love to own a home, but this is what we have for now.
At least we have a roof over our heads, and we're thankful for that.