Hoping I can get some emotionally detached help.
Hubby and I are looking for a new home. We sold our property but don’t settle for another 6 months so we still have plenty of time to look around.
We looked at a house on the weekend and hubby absolutely loves it but I am not 100% sure. It basically ticks 95% of what we are looking for but the huge downfall in my opinion is that the master bedroom is quite small. The walk in robe is also very small, the linen cupboard is in the laundry, which is off the garage, which I found really strange. The house is 4 bedroom and the other bedrooms are not very large either, 1 of those is basically a study. The formal living area is not all that large either and this can’t be increased without major renovations. The family room off the kitchen is a decent size but this would mean having your main living area right beside the main bedroom and my hubby is a night owl so I would probably have the TV blaring in the room next to when I am sleeping. Hubby’s thoughts are ‘you don’t live in the bedroom’ and yes he is right but basically all you can put in the room is a bed, no room for our chest of drawers or tallboy like in our current house. I am use to space. We don’t have kids at home and could put this furniture in the other rooms but I don’t want to spend a bucket load of money on a house and have to reorganise all my furniture cause the rooms are too small. The master bedroom and walk in robe could be made bigger by moving a wall but this would create a strange alcove to access the bedroom…hubby can move the wall, he built our current home himself.
All other aspects of the property are superb and A1. I don’t want to sound like a whining snivelling snob here but I also don’t want to be discontent with what will be a very substantial purchase.
I have made a list of the good and bad and the good far outweighs the bad but it is playing on my mind. I am about to head off overseas for 2 months so can’t get back to look at the house until I return (fly out next Saturday) and hubby is pushing me to tie this deal up so we don’t lose the house. I guess I really in a small way hope we do lose the deal but in others I don’t. I love where the house is and all other aspects. Properties in the area don’t come up at the price of this one very often.
My thoughts are to wait until I get back and have another good look then.
What would you do and am I being a ‘size snob’?
