Finding a home / myLot

Belgium

October 7, 2018 3:02am CST

My boyfriend and I are looking to buy a house. We currently rent an apartment, but we think it would be so nice to get a place we can actually call our own. If we have our own home, we can change whatever we want in it, and it won't feel so temporary as our current situation. We've been browsing the real estate websites, but haven't really found anything yet. We've tried to visit three places, but unfortunately they were so popular, they were sold before we could see them. Did you easily find a house to buy? Maybe some of you are renting a place as well, or looking for your own place. Share your experiences here! And if you have any tips, definitely let me know.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

7 Oct 18

We rented for many years and bought this house, where we now live, twenty years ago. This was the first house we visited, then we visited many other houses and finally decided that the first one was the one we liked more.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

Wow, you found your house at the first try! But it's good that you visited some other places as well, it's always nice to compare.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

@LadyDuck Oh it's too bad that you have to do the cleaning all by yourself! But good thing it wasn't too big for you then.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

7 Oct 18

@maclanis I liked this house immediately, my husband has in mind something bigger, that I am glad he did not find, as the one who clean is me.

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Babes Says

@BabeSays (8576)

• Mauritius

7 Oct 18

It took my mom 16 years to be able to buy a home. We still live in it. It was very difficult to buy it. But we had facilities to pay monthly installment.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

Yes, we would be paying monthly installments as well. You have to be rich to be able to buy a house in one go!

Babes Says

@BabeSays (8576)

• Mauritius

9 Oct 18

@maclanis Yes that's true. Only rich people can afford buying as many houses as they'd like. For me my little house is enough. I never wished for a big house.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

9 Oct 18

@BabeSays I don't want a house that is too big either.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246793)

• United States

7 Oct 18

That happened to our son. He sold his brand new house after he got married. Every single new house he looked at either was sold before he looked at it, was outbid, or someone snuck in and paid in cash. He finally got lucky when someone couldn't obtain a mortgage on a house he wanted. My advice is to keep looking and don't give up hope.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

8 Oct 18

We won't. But we were quite disappointed. One house looked really amazing but we never got the chance to see it.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246793)

• United States

9 Oct 18

@maclanis I’m so sorry. Don’t give up. They say there is a house for every buyer.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Oct 18

Is housing hard to find in your country? Would it help to let a real estate agency know that you are looking for a home? Good luck with finding your dream home.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

8 Oct 18

There are a lot of houses available, but we really want to find something that is a good fit, we don't want to buy a house just to have a house.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Oct 18

@maclanis No, you need to buy something you really like. It might be a long time before you have the opportunity again.

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@dgobucks226 (34356)

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2 Jul

Not an easy process. Very time consuming to find one both affordable and which suits your tastes and needs.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

5 Jul

So true! Luckily, we have found our home at this point.

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@dgobucks226 (34356)

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5 Jul

@maclanis Congrats!!!

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Courage7

@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

7 Oct 18

Is it so easy to buy a house there in Belgium? Here it is not. Not for the average worker. I hope you will find the house of your dreams.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

It's not that easy, but we've both saved up money, and with a loan we'll get there. Thank you!

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Courage7

@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

7 Oct 18

@maclanis Welcome

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85127)

• Valdosta, Georgia

7 Oct 18

I hope you find a wonderful home to buy soon! =)

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

Thank you very much!

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solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

7 Oct 18

Are there rent-to-own houses there?

maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

I'm not sure if there are... But the actual buying of the house isn't really the problem, we just haven't found a house that we like.

Tokz

@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

7 Oct 18

If you have the financial back up that is the best thing to do, and you mentioned the plus factor owning own house. We are living in a house inherited by my wife, its sn old house but luckily there's no ghost.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

I'm glad your place isn't haunted!

Tokz

@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

7 Oct 18

It was not and so thankful about it because I'm afraid of ghost.

Tanmoy Moulik

@tom_view (6414)

• Kolkata, India

7 Oct 18

finding a house is a big headache

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maclanis

@maclanis (2357)

• Belgium

7 Oct 18

That's what my friend who just bought one told me!

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Tanmoy Moulik

@tom_view (6414)

• Kolkata, India

7 Oct 18

@maclanis yes..

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Katerina Katapodi

@KATKAT1992 (96)

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7 Oct 18

Dear Iridion9, I am writing now from the right tab of Discussions, giving You the same Best wishes for your new life and long term happiness, as well as health with Your boy-friend. Kat