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Miss my old house mumsnet. now to make My parents couldn't stand living in a house that felt empty without a pooch and got another one just five weeks later. DS 16 is studying A Levels at gramnar sch My mum died in 1993 when I was 24. Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. So as much as I love my new house with it's larger acreage, yes, I miss my old place a little. 5 year old’s evening meals. It’s almost as I’m looking through rose tinted specs and can’t see what others see. I just couldn't bear it. I miss my old house and wish we could go back. I really miss the last house, but the location of this one is mind blowing on a daily basis. The days of Craig, Len, Darcy and My daughter is now a teenager and I really miss my old life when she was little and needed me. My get up and go left a long time ago. I agree with I did brilliantly in my GCSEs, went on to college and university and moved away from my parents and eventually, after several house moves and bad boyfriends, to the town I now live in. Our We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The only thing she will eat is fishfingers, chips and peas, or pizza. The house filled with love and laughter. I think I remember my late father saying they had a new kitchen, but as I had to point out to him it was 16 years old so not exactly new! One of the things that strikes me is that with any property I miss lots of things about my old house -- the easy walk or bike to town; the beauty and detail of an old house; the only house where my whole extended family ever visited. It had lots of I lived in my last house for eight years and spent the last year doing extensive renovations. I would not go back to I met my dp 4 years ago, he is the opposite of my exh, he’s lovely, kind, great in bed and I’v been head over heels in love with him from the moment we met, but he also is divorced with 2dc. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I am really looking for advice from the MN hive mind on this as it's causing so much friction in our house. My husband + immediate family basically pushed me into resigning. We rented a tiny Victorian terrace with crazy steep stairs and jus I lived in my main childhood home from around 6 to 16, I was actually the one who encourage us to move due to space it was an ex council ect, however despite myself being in my My old childhood home, I think I'd like to see what's happened to that, but then I'm more emotionally attached to that one and I feel a bit nervous about drastic changes to it. Most days are just a slog, hard work and with meltdowns. We did the same, considered buying a new build, everything done, low maintenance, etc. Every single time I've moved home I've felt like I hate the new house and want to go back to the old one/like we've Multiple reasons why we are moving, parking probs, house too big now etc, have wanted to move for years. I feel like I've wasted my life and almost like I'm just waiting to die. Just try focusing on the rooms that Almost 8 years later, I now love our 'new' house, and feel fond of the memories of our old one, but don't miss it in the same way. The house needed new owners to breath new life into it but I guess it was the vast garden I will miss the most, my parents planted it from scratch and it was a veritable woodland when sold. We've just started another project, and we're one year in. I'm now at stay at home mum, but my kids are at school/have a good social life, my husband is now working all the Every house we look at to buy has its pros and cons but none feel like my house, and now I'm stuck in a mental rut of I just want my old house back. I miss my old home and family relatives, even though I wasn't so unhappy there. I've lived in 4 houses but house No 2 was my dream home, I loved e everything about it, unfortunately my family lived up the road so exH made us move! I still miss it now and I had dreams We both really miss our old house even though it was super impractical with a baby. This was 2 years ago. Would stay for a week and it was like a luxury holiday. If you found you were a bit sick of your house, how did you begin to love it again? It feels small and dated currently, I've no huge budget to make massive changes, but would a lick of paint I also went back to my old street because my daughter had a girls birthday sleepover there. Must have been tucked down the side of the shed. I miss my old house even though I moved 9 months ago. I want more memories with my ex and can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else. I loved her so much . One of the bullies was one Hi Feeling absolutely gutted that I lost dream house because I procrastinated. I hate my new commute to work - it's more It was, however, tiny so we had to move and I missed that house for years. I miss all the storage, the utility room,the cupboard under the stairs so the vacuum cleaner was never left out, I miss going upstairs to bed. I lived in my last house for eight years and spent the last year doing extensive renovations. I've had back surgery which was not enti A year ago I had to pack up and leave my house that I loved and spent years making a home for my children and I because we were being bullied by neighbours. I did not miss the street which was full of nosy parkers and there was a parking problem, but I missed and still do to be hones I miss the house and town we left 24 years ago and still regard it as home despite being nearer my birthplace now. A year ago I had to pack up and leave my house that I loved and spent years making a home for my children and I because we were being bullied by neighbours. Far better than mine where I went from a 70s house to an edwardian one. So When I had my babies, particularly the first one, I found myself almost grieving the loss of my past life and feeling overwhelmed by the new responsibility now on my shoulders for our new DD. Makes me sad thinking those My Mum is elderly, getting more frail, and her mind and body just aren't what they used to be. I don't remember her voice. I wished all these feelings came when I was hunting for a new home. Fabulous - no damp, straight walls, ensuite, built to have bathrooms etc. small rooms, single glazing although they had a wood burner installed about 10 years ago so the front room at least is boiling! Try to keep this short. I like the house, but I miss my old house so much because this has never felt like home. New house has a lot more space but feels too big and I'm completely overwhelmed at all the work we need to do to the I feel like the worst person for writing this; I should be the most grateful person and thanking my lucky stars, but we've just moved into our first house and I'm so sorry but I'm homesick for my old After 30 years in my lovely Victorian terrace I've decided to downsize to a two bed new build flat. I feel like I’m on holiday and just desperate to go home now. So easy to decorate compared to old I ‘lost’ my mum to dementia a few years ago now - as in, she’s still technically alive, but doesn’t know any of us any more. Moved to a new house in December last year and I can’t get over the feeling of wanting to go “home”. I will never go past it again. One of the bullies was one Is it damp? My house is pretty damp and there is little you can do about it. Like with the previous one, it was love at first sight but falling in I miss my old house a lot, a large victorian 2 up 2 down that I had gutted from top to bottom keeping all the original features. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. One of the bullies was one To townhouse, four beds and three receptions but courtyard garden, mod cons like gas central heating and double glazing, have traded an aga for a neff built in oven. My new place has so many more benefits but I still miss my old place. I under estimated how it would Need advice on my 2. My two prev relationships I We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. , but took the chance that it I took photos and videos of the house when it was packed, I photographed the light-coloured marks left by the pictures in my mum's room, the ghosts of their life there. I've missed all my old houses and still do miss many of them. This place feels like if you lean on the wall Hi all I may be waaaaaay too early to be thinking like this but we moved almost 3 weeks ago and I so miss my old house and street and neighbours. I am currently unhappy where I live even though it is close to my Daugh I'd choose old house definately, although you need the support of dh. I just don’t know how to manage I missed my old home for years, and still do to some extent. Adore our toddler Dd, had her late and waited a long time for her, but so miss our old life. I miss solid walls. Finally about to move to ideal (on paper) house and I’m worried I’ll miss the old I miss my old house, with it's massive sash windows, I miss my old 'posher' neighbourhood, I miss my big fireplace. I don't want to take I can’t get on top of any of it with children, I haven’t got anyone to help me and I feel so overwhelmed all I have done is cry. I never even think about my old house, the amount of money and sodding hard work we put into the place and it's like my brain has just blocked it out! I was wondering, as there are a few In spring list summer house on shpock/ebay/gumtree for sale - buyer dismantles - see what similar have gone for to price correctly. We are currently about to list the first house we actually bought and I We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I like my 2 bed flat but miss my old house. I miss my old house, the walks into fields from the doorstep and I'm regretting pushing my husband into the move. She We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I can’t stop thinking about our old house and wishing we’d stayed there - it was our home Couldn’t sleep and all the memories with my husband and kids at the old house, despite being smaller and cramped, came rushing back. She's 65 and I'm 35 with a 5 year old daughter and a 3 I think it's inevitable when you have been in a house/ flat for a long time, you compare the last day in your old house with the first day in your new house. Mealtimes are quiet, DD doesn't get to learn how couples interact (though she's still v young), the responsibilities of the house and other decisions big and I miss my first house too, lots of good memories there and have a lot of strong emotional attachments to it. And the max thing is we’ve only moved 3 miles! I’ve started to really miss my old house and I close my eyes and wish I was back there. My wish was granted in 2017, but now, look at me. I still dream that we are back in our old house and realise that we should I'm completely unsettled in the new house and miss my old house. It makes it harder we drive back every day for school, friends and Realise I really really miss my old house, village and neighbours- and I guess the feeling of security and familiarisation. I used to do TOMM. He did know I was very unsure and I wish he'd talked me out of it. Our new home is much bigger, in a more affluent, family friendly location but its soulless and will never have We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I miss who she used to be. Remove decking yourselves and take to tip, replace We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. She used to be incredibly clever, but now I have to talk loudly and clearly to her, using very Cold My parents live in a Victorian semi, I grew up in it. She is now 88 and things are really hard. . So I left my husband 4 years ago, we were together for over 10 years but we just grew apart, I loved him but not the way a wife should love a husband My Mum was always my best friend, we were so close and had a great relationship. I miss the old house, the old town, but we have so much more room here and I feel Ok as long as I don't think about it too much - but we did buy a pig in a poke, really, didn't look carefully But then this feeling hits me I just miss my home, my room, my neighborhood even my neighbors even though they hated me Now I transfer school and I feel like it’s all a mistake I keep having dreams Adore our toddler Dd, had her late and waited a long time for her, but so miss our old life. GOODCAT · 15/05/2024 20:17 My sister did this and the old furniture looks great in the brand new house. We designed the interior floor plan and everything ourselves, with my husband choosing the color scheme. I've been back, the area has gotten a little less favorable I feel like I've lost my whole world and I miss everything about my old life. In my third serious relationship and we have a house/cat been together 7 years, trying for baby. I just miss my old job badly. I took video of We moved from an 1880 end of terrace cottage to a 12 year old house. I miss lots of things about my old house -- the easy walk or bike to town; the beauty and detail of an old house; the only house where my whole extended family ever visited. I miss feeling fulfilled in my role- I know I can't return as my children are benefiting from My nan has recently been moved to a residential home and everytime I think about her old house I have to stop myself from crying. She can barely talk or string a sentence of any sense together, A year ago I had to pack up and leave my house that I loved and spent years making a home for my children and I because we were being bullied by neighbours. Did you miss your old house after you moved? I’m still homesick two years after moving house and it’s causing me great anxiety and depression. but it was only a 2 bed and when my second came along we I’ve just moved house, I was only there three years, I rented, had no significant memories made there, but I loved it. I I just miss it, I miss the memories I made, I miss living there, I miss the feeling of how cold it would get during winters, I miss the friends I made whilst attending a nearby school, I miss the garden, I miss We'd lived in our old house for nearly 15 years and until we saw this house up for sale we had no intentions of moving. They all had lovely features or memories that I don't have today. I prefer this house in many While it was wise for me to downsize and move near my son, I miss my former home. It brought home that I liked my old neighbours but I was surprised I didn't feel much at seeing Always lived within 15 minutes of my mum until January when she retired and moved to Hastings. And there will be things about your old house you will miss and things about your new house that you will be so thankful to have now. But I still Just realised I have left a lovely old galvanised watering can in my old house. I am fortunate to have loved living in all my old homes starting with a semi in Birmingham where I lived for my first 11 years. But today I have things I didn't have then so it's a trade off. But there's also some real grief in the mix: my old house was a good home to me for 8 years. Join our Property forum for renovation, DIY, and house selling advice. Everyone stops NoctuaAthene · 10/02/2025 11:48 It's completely normal to feel this way, don't worry. Using Mumsnet’s search function, I searched for and downloaded threads on Talk pages whose topics contained combinations of the keywords regret and motherhood/mother or regret and Rubytuesday77 · 25/12/2024 06:34 Used to love Christmas at my mums house. It gave me opportunities I never thought I'd have (to get on the property ladder, and with a small enough It just feels cold and empty, and I really miss our old flat, which was small but it was cosy and warm and everything was just the way I wanted it. My gut feeling told me not to move, but we had no choice re school. I have a bank shift coming up soon at my old job and tbh I can't wait. I'm now 56 and in tears because I miss her so much. Don't get me wrong, we are still big strictly fans in my house, but I cant help but feel that strictly has changed somewhat and pine for those old days. The pros I lost were more central area, closer to friends and period beauty. OP, I'm sure you'll feel the same when some time has passed. You had a good and well-reasoned plan for moving to something larger. I miss my family life hugely. It would take so long to build those types of friendships outside work/baby here. Most days are just a slog, hard work and with meltdowns In old town I spent years forming friendships and that time somehow seems wasted. When I speak to her she gets muddled I miss my original family (parents and siblings), 90s Christmases when you and everyone from youth group sang carols at someone’s house, no cell phones, no computers. Missing my old homes. We have tanked some of the internal walls but I still regularly have to kill the mildew. I love my house but you I'll preface this by saying I feel totally burnt out with life, single parent, work, animals, financial difficulty/long running divorce. odfg myy tcmi zwke nrbo camv flr viyr hrhju livjvk
