I sold my house and bought another....

Good to know that you have found a new dwelling. Unlike here in my place the property market is booming with the prices keep going up. I've also just sold my house which was too big for me after the kids left the nest and I really feel drowned in such a big bungalow with a land area of 4 acres I couldn't possibly manage to upkeep monthly. Now I've got a smaller unit with a small manageable empty spaces to keep me occupied with my not so green fingers. I've not moved in though as I am still doing the final touches in my new renovation for the kitchen.

You had to sell at a low price, as most people do. I hope you were also able to buy at a low price.

Hello Jenny Bianca. It is very interesting to hear about your move to a smaller house. I can understand downsizing when there are so many rooms that need cleaning and a large garden in summer needs lots of maintaining. You did really well to get packed up in just 4 weeks and then move. Good luck with unpacking all the boxes and getting your new home organized. Last summer I moved from my 2 bedroom terraced house to my 3 bedroom semi detached bungalow. I had to move because my disabled son was too heavy to carry upstairs. Life was getting a struggle in that house and it became too small once my daughter was born. I had to find out if I could afford to purchase a bungalow. I had to look around the bungalows on offer. Luckily the second person to look at my house agreed to buy it. I was able to have my offer on the bungalow accepted. This summer I have been enjoying developing my garden.

good to hear that you already moved to the new house, safe and i guess you are much more comfortable now than in your previous house. hope you are safe and enjoy what you love, gardening.

I am happy to know about your new home, long back you had shared some pictures of you, Dave and your daughter Bianca, i still have them. Hope this house is lucky for you. Thanks for sharing Best of luck. Professor

How wonderful that you were able to sell your home and get anotherer house for sale for three years before it sold. Most people have their homes for sale for years and never sell. My friend had had her home for sale for over 3 years before it sold. She bought a house in Florida while waiting for her house in NY to sell.

I wis h you happiness and God's Blessing on you and your new home. I also downsize exactly 13 years ago and that have been one of the best decision I ever made. I love my home and my postage stamp sized yard.

Congratulations Jenny. I wish you didn't have to sell low, but looks like the housing market is bad everywhere. But I am glad you're in a home that you like. Many blessings on your new life.

That is wonderful. It is good to hear from you. We love our home but get drove nuts here in this county and in this neighborhood. We do not want to leave our home that we have worked so hard for and done so much landscaping, but we do not know how much more we can stand here either.

Congratulations on your new home. Moving is a lot of work. My husband and I have considered moving to a bigger house a couple of times and even went out looking with a realtor a couple different times over the years, but we never found another home that was worth doing all the work of moving. We actually started packing things up at one point to get our house up for sale, but it just seemed like too much work and there wasn't anything we fell in love with. Now our kids our getting older, so I am sure in time we will downsize as well. My mom would kind of like to downsize but she feels she won't get a good deal if she sells her house in this market. It s nice that she has the bigger house though when my brother and sister who live in other states to come visit.

I am glad you are happy in your new home. Moving is always such a big unpleasant job. Doing it in a certain time frame always makes it worse. The few times I have moved, I would want to start packing, but realized it was too early and then before you know it it's too late. I know someone that moved a year ago, and she hasn't unpacked her boxes, so take your time and do a little at a clip.

Congrads on selling your house Iknow that is such a great feeling to sell a house and buy another house. we are in the mix of looking for a 4bdr 2ba so can you give me some pointers on what to look for?

I am happy that you are feeling more comfortable in you new house. But, I may not be your friend yet now. But, I am a well wisher of you. You said that the gardening a large garden is making you feel dis comfortable but, you should like to have green plants and trees around your home, that is also good for health. My dream home should have greenary around it.

Congratulations on your new house! The only time I move to another house is when I moved from my parent's house to the house owned by my husband's family. I know it is a difficult job, it is better to pack than unpacked and put things in order again. I am thinking that when our children are still small, we want a bigger house so they could have a place to move but when they grew up and start to be on their own, our house seems to be too big for us especially when they have their own family and seldom visit us. I don't want that to happen, to lose sight of my children but I could not control what's future might bring to them. Good luck!