And the dinner parties thrown in the back yard, and games played in the front:
I know that once this new house gets more and more finished, I will love it just as much- and probably more. I remember when we used to shop house plans and it took us both so long to decide which one we wanted. Although I know I’m going to miss the old house, the new house will be incredible. I just want it to be finished and built though! But being honest right now, I miss the old house. And not just because it was ‘finished’, but I miss the memories made there. I’m glad that we moved as our old house just wasn’t suitable for us anymore. Right before we moved, we had an issue with our roof so I had to search a Roofing Directory to try and find someone to come and fix it. It got sorted before the new tenants arrived thankfully! The roof was the least of that house’s problems. The kitchen needed renovating and the garden was so overgrown. This house is much better, but I do miss the memories we had in the old house.
Please, please, don’t get me wrong and think that I am not happy with the new house. Because I SO am. I am so grateful for this house. For the memories we will make here. For the space we have and having insurance for all of this really gives me peace of mind. Home insurance is the best. If you want to protect your home as well check out the best companies that provide this service. I think just sometimes I am too much of a sap, a sentimentalist, and a hater of change. I know this house is the right place for us, so I can’t wait to feel 100% settled here. Currently, some of our stuff is still being delivered to us, so maybe that’s why the house doesn’t feel comfortable yet. We know it’s going to take a while to get used to, but it’s still difficult to forget about the old house. I remember being at the old house when one of my friends suggested that we contact a Moving company, like MC Movers, to help us relocate. My friend said that takes a lot of worry off your shoulders, allowing you to move happily. Now our stuff is being delivered, we should start to feel at home soon. We’ll always remember our old house though.
Have you ever had these thoughts after moving? Hope I’m not the only emotional one out here!
I was fine moving out of my parents house when I got married, and still love going to visit because of the warmth I feel there. They are now moving in a few months and I am very excited for them, but will probably miss that old house and all the memories made there. It seems like my whole childhood is held in that home, but that’s what pictures are for I guess 😉
Right now we live in a 200 year old farmhouse that needs lots of work. We have lived here 5 1/2 years and have gotten a lot done, but there is still much to do. We have made plans to buy my husband’s grandparents house in about 5 years, it is a beautiful Victorian farmhouse. So by then our little first house will be all done, and we will be moving to a larger grander house that will need a lot of renovation. We are so excited about it and it will be better for us, but it is going to be so hard to leave this little place that we love. My husband wants to sell it ourselves, so we can hand pick who gets to live here! 🙂
I miss the house I grew up in. I still dream of it and think of how I could renovate it now had my parents not sold it 12+ year ago. Btw it was small, it is in a not so great neighborhood now, it is in need of a ton of TLC when we drove by in on my last visit, but it will always be my home.
Yes. We had to foreclose our house and now live in a rental. The house wasn’t all that great and the neighborhood, especially our street with a lot of foreclosures was going WAY down hill (we live in a nice neighborhood now) but we had made the back yard BEAUTIFUL in the house we owned. I don’t miss it MUCH only because I will not allow myself to think about it.
Louise
It’s definitely more than just a house and I completely understand where you’re coming from. Like you said, it’s the memories.