Is your childhood home still in the family?!
Question: Is your childhood home still in the family!?
Do you (or your parents) still own the home you grew up in!?
Could you ever sell it!?
I ask because I just finished preparing the house I was born in for sale and I'm finding it very hard to let the house goWww@Enter-QA@Com
Could you ever sell it!?
I ask because I just finished preparing the house I was born in for sale and I'm finding it very hard to let the house goWww@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Hi Bunches,
Oh I know exactly how you feel!. When my mum was getting old the house I was brought up in since the age of 10 (my dad had it built for him) was getting too much for her!. She said she would unwillingly have to sell it and go into sheltered housing!. I had my own house at this time and we knew it was always my dads' wish that the house get left to me, as he wanted it kept in the family!.
We thought long and hard and in the end i suggested that she move in with me and she was very happy with that!. She said that she would come in two or three weeks to get used to leaving the house, but one night took a bad fall, and died two weeks later!.
I was devastated but at least I knew I could fulfill their wishes and move into the house!. So i sold mine, and used the money to modernise my old home to my own likes!.
I now realise that I could not have passed this home without feeling sad and angry that someone else was living in MY home!.
Is there no way you can move into it!. Maybe i was lucky in being in the same town!. But of course my youngest (my daughter) was sad that I had sold the house that she was brought up in as she had the memories of her dad there!.
I just feel llike I have come home again!. All the stuff up in the attic is so interesting and I can sit up there for hours going thru by old stuff as my dad was a hoarder!.
I have a gorgeous view and a prime spot!. No one can build next to me for 100 years as my dad had that put into the deeds when he bought the land!.
There have been a few people in the town that have said to me if i ever sell will i give them first refusal, but i cant/
I could sell this house, buy myself a smaller one (its just a three bed bungalow) and have money left over, but i couldn't/
I have in fact three years ago put it into my kids names so if anything happened to me that i was to spend the rest of my life in care, then the government couldn't make them sell my house to pay for my care!. It means too much to all of us!.
I hope you are happy where you are now, but I understand exactly how you feel!. All the memories are there, all the times you spent with relatives visiting!. My house was always full of my friends and people were always coming and going!. Now my grand children play and sleep here and have a huge garden to run around in!.
I'm hoping that it will be in the family for generations to come!.
Good luck in selling and take plenty photos inside and out before you sell it!.
Edit!.!.!.!.!.My mum's saying was that everything happens for a reason, and to this day i swear that her death at that time was the reason that the house never had to be sold!. On saying that, I would rather have my mum back anyday!.
Hi Plato!.!.!.!.thanks!. Haven't seen you for a while!. xWww@Enter-QA@Com
Oh I know exactly how you feel!. When my mum was getting old the house I was brought up in since the age of 10 (my dad had it built for him) was getting too much for her!. She said she would unwillingly have to sell it and go into sheltered housing!. I had my own house at this time and we knew it was always my dads' wish that the house get left to me, as he wanted it kept in the family!.
We thought long and hard and in the end i suggested that she move in with me and she was very happy with that!. She said that she would come in two or three weeks to get used to leaving the house, but one night took a bad fall, and died two weeks later!.
I was devastated but at least I knew I could fulfill their wishes and move into the house!. So i sold mine, and used the money to modernise my old home to my own likes!.
I now realise that I could not have passed this home without feeling sad and angry that someone else was living in MY home!.
Is there no way you can move into it!. Maybe i was lucky in being in the same town!. But of course my youngest (my daughter) was sad that I had sold the house that she was brought up in as she had the memories of her dad there!.
I just feel llike I have come home again!. All the stuff up in the attic is so interesting and I can sit up there for hours going thru by old stuff as my dad was a hoarder!.
I have a gorgeous view and a prime spot!. No one can build next to me for 100 years as my dad had that put into the deeds when he bought the land!.
There have been a few people in the town that have said to me if i ever sell will i give them first refusal, but i cant/
I could sell this house, buy myself a smaller one (its just a three bed bungalow) and have money left over, but i couldn't/
I have in fact three years ago put it into my kids names so if anything happened to me that i was to spend the rest of my life in care, then the government couldn't make them sell my house to pay for my care!. It means too much to all of us!.
I hope you are happy where you are now, but I understand exactly how you feel!. All the memories are there, all the times you spent with relatives visiting!. My house was always full of my friends and people were always coming and going!. Now my grand children play and sleep here and have a huge garden to run around in!.
I'm hoping that it will be in the family for generations to come!.
Good luck in selling and take plenty photos inside and out before you sell it!.
Edit!.!.!.!.!.My mum's saying was that everything happens for a reason, and to this day i swear that her death at that time was the reason that the house never had to be sold!. On saying that, I would rather have my mum back anyday!.
Hi Plato!.!.!.!.thanks!. Haven't seen you for a while!. xWww@Enter-QA@Com
awe I know how you feel as I still live in my parents house,you will find this really hard but you have to move on I will maybe sell in years to come maybe to downsize!?but I am still OK and feel them my parents around me here and in the garden take care and make sure you sell it to people who you like and know that they will look after it and cherish it the way you did take care and I hope you will be happy in your new houseWww@Enter-QA@Com
no, it was a farm my parents sold it in 1969
now its a very nice restaurant party centre
the land has turned into a park
the last time i visited there everything looked so small
i am happy with the new situation and have good memories
my sister lives in my house in Antwerp, since i worked in Boston Singapore and Dubai!.
I had a Nippa hut in the Philippines but that one was destroyed by the storm (it was to close at the sea stupid me)
i am thinking to go back to the Philippines when i stop working, then i hope my sister likes to buy my house
So i know its hard to let the house go, but i think thats a part of live, letting things go!. Keep your good memories, nobody can take them away from you!.
Remember you came on this world with nothing and you are going to leave with nothing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
now its a very nice restaurant party centre
the land has turned into a park
the last time i visited there everything looked so small
i am happy with the new situation and have good memories
my sister lives in my house in Antwerp, since i worked in Boston Singapore and Dubai!.
I had a Nippa hut in the Philippines but that one was destroyed by the storm (it was to close at the sea stupid me)
i am thinking to go back to the Philippines when i stop working, then i hope my sister likes to buy my house
So i know its hard to let the house go, but i think thats a part of live, letting things go!. Keep your good memories, nobody can take them away from you!.
Remember you came on this world with nothing and you are going to leave with nothing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
That's very difficult Bunches-maybe you could rent it out and it would still be in the family
If your ok financially and have a home to live in yourself-you could do that-it's your decision-I would personally keep it and also it may be easier to let go later!
Hello Elsie-that was a really nice answer and so trueWww@Enter-QA@Com
If your ok financially and have a home to live in yourself-you could do that-it's your decision-I would personally keep it and also it may be easier to let go later!
Hello Elsie-that was a really nice answer and so trueWww@Enter-QA@Com
My childhood home has been in our family for decades and although I know it will happen, I cannot imagine what it will feel like when it is no longer owned by my parents!
Their very close friends house is for sale in the same street and it is really sad seeing the 'For Sale' sign outside it!.
It's like your memories are up for sale too!
Have you taken photographs of all the rooms and the garden - that will help preserve your family memories!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Their very close friends house is for sale in the same street and it is really sad seeing the 'For Sale' sign outside it!.
It's like your memories are up for sale too!
Have you taken photographs of all the rooms and the garden - that will help preserve your family memories!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I now own the house I grew up in!. I even sleep in my childhood bedroom!. I live here with my two sons!. I moved here when I was 4 and have lived here on and off for the last 43 years!. I don't think I will sell it now, as I'm too comfortable here!. I will leave it to my sons and it will be for them to decide what to do with it when I'm gone!.
If I had to sell it and move on, I think I would be able to quite easily, after all, it is just bricks and mortar!. I would take all my memories with me!. No one can take those away from me!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
If I had to sell it and move on, I think I would be able to quite easily, after all, it is just bricks and mortar!. I would take all my memories with me!. No one can take those away from me!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
My parents still live in the family home , but when i first left home when i was 18 i hated not being there!.I loved my own house but it wasnt the same ,all of us sitting round the table on sunday for lunch , and in my house it was so quiet !.The trouble is that was such a long time ago the memory has faded somewhat!. Before i moved to Spain i had lived in the same house for 30 years and both our sons and me had a real problem leaving the only home they had known !.I still miss it now and had to go and have a look at it when i went to England last week!. So i know exactly how you feel but you still have your memories and no one can take that away from you!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm very fortunate to be living in my childhood home!. After my parents passed away 11 years ago, the house was given to me!. My husband and I have totally renovated the house which my parents built in 1963!. I have all my parents' photo albums and a few keepsakes left by them in it!. I've thought about what I would do with my house if I moved and I can't imagine selling it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
No but I still dream about it!. It is a very difficult decision to make but life changes and you have to seize any opportunity that will possibly bring you happiness!.!.!. Nothing can erase the memories and I would suggest you take plenty of photos, so you will have everlasting images!.!.!. Good luck!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
No it is not!. I rode out to my old home place this weekend on my motorcycle!. There are so many great memories there!. It was good to see that the people there are enjoying the home and the land!. They made some improvements and have horses and new barns on the property!. It looked beautiful and I left with a warm, happy feeling!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The one I was born in, which my dad sold to my uncle for ￡2500, is still owned by my aunt and has been valued at ￡850,000!. I've recently sold my mums to pay for her care and at ￡3,275 per month I don't think the money will go far!.
edit: I know what you mean, I love the house I was born in!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
edit: I know what you mean, I love the house I was born in!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
my parents live in it
i have happy memories of that home but i have my own now and have leven eft the homes where my babies were born !.!.!.
take the memories with you wherever you go - and leave the house for others to make happy memories inWww@Enter-QA@Com
i have happy memories of that home but i have my own now and have leven eft the homes where my babies were born !.!.!.
take the memories with you wherever you go - and leave the house for others to make happy memories inWww@Enter-QA@Com
My parents still live in the house we grew up in, and both sets of my grandparents still live in the houses they brought my parents up in too!.
It's nice to go see my Mum and Dad and see a lot of familiar things around!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's nice to go see my Mum and Dad and see a lot of familiar things around!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
We moved so often that I would have too many!.
I can imagine what you must be feeling!. It's hard to give up things that have many memories and have been around a long time!. A home represents so many things!.!.!. happy times and sad times are all there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I can imagine what you must be feeling!. It's hard to give up things that have many memories and have been around a long time!. A home represents so many things!.!.!. happy times and sad times are all there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
my nan and grandad still live in the house they moved into when ma mum was 8-it would break my heart if they sold it,coz that's were i went right after i was born and that's where i have some fantastic childhood memories!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It is and my Mother has lived their for 58 years and it will be a shame to sell it on when i have too, lot of memories in that house all goodWww@Enter-QA@Com
yes it is,and the same phone number for 40 years also!. and must you sell your house!? i am really sorry,can't even think of anything to say to you!.but i can understand about letting the house go!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I lived in my childhood home until I was 15 then my family moved across town; selling it to a random buyer!. Sometimes I drive by that old house and wonder what it looks like inside now!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
My family home was built by my great, great, great grandfather, and is still in the family, though I don't own it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
No!. The house my parents live in was my home from when I was 17 until I went to Uni!. I am not very sentimental about it!. Before that I had lived in three other houses!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
aaw Bunches that's so sad!.!.!.!.its hard to let go of so many memories especially if they are good ones!.!.!.
My mom still lives her ours!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
My mom still lives her ours!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It doesn't apply to me as I lived in so many different houses none of them hold any particular memories!.
Good luck with selling it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Good luck with selling it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
nope, thank god, divorce, etc!.
Seems you've the opposite, so that's nice for you!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Seems you've the opposite, so that's nice for you!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Nope my parents sold it when I was 21, it's a good thing too, I didn't have good memories of what went on in that house!Www@Enter-QA@Com
No Bunches, my sister brought my mothers flat (in an underhanded manner), so, no is the answer!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Not in family!.Home was bombed in WW2 and we had to get a new one!Www@Enter-QA@Com
My mother went into a home last year, so it was sold then!.
You need to move on eventually, especially at your age!.
Try and think of any bad times!. XX!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
You need to move on eventually, especially at your age!.
Try and think of any bad times!. XX!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
DON'T SELL IT!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
My daughter and her young family now have it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
nope my parents sold it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Nope we were Gypsy's honestWww@Enter-QA@Com